US State Capitals Quiz: Name All 50 Capital Cities
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Rules & what counts
US State Capitals Quiz — Rules & Which Cities Count
Type any state capital and its state lights up on the US map. No prompts and no fixed order — you empty your head of every capital you know, and the map keeps score out of 50.
State capitals are famously tricky because the capital is usually not the state's biggest city: it's Albany, not New York City; Sacramento, not Los Angeles; Springfield, not Chicago. That mismatch is exactly what this quiz tests.
How to play
Type capital cities in any order — each correct one colors its state in on the map. You can start typing right away.
Spelling is forgiving: common slips like "Tallahasse," "Bismark," and "Cheyene" are accepted, and so are established alternates — St. Paul or Saint Paul, OKC for Oklahoma City.
Hover a colored state to see the capital you got it with; the end screen pairs every state with its capital so the misses teach you something.
A timer tracks your run and your best score and time are saved. Stuck at 45? Give up to reveal the capitals you missed.
What counts in this quiz
All 50 state capitals, one per state — from Montgomery, Alabama to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Nothing is set aside, so a perfect run is exactly 50.
Current capitals only: each state's one official seat of government as it stands today.
What's not included — and why
Washington, D.C. is the national capital, not a state capital, so it is not an answer here.
Big cities that are not capitals — New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia — score nothing, no matter how famous they are.
Good to know
Four state capitals are named after US presidents: Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, and Jefferson City.
Santa Fe is both the oldest state capital (founded around 1610) and the highest, at roughly 7,200 feet.
Juneau, Alaska is the only state capital you cannot drive to — every road out ends at water or ice.
Montpelier, Vermont is the smallest state capital, with fewer than 9,000 residents — and famously no McDonald's.
Kentucky's capital is Frankfort with an o — the spelling that separates it from Frankfurt, Germany (though we accept both).