10 prompts across 10 dives · narrowest: 28 answers · widest: 1,980
The short version
Capital city questions look easy. They're not. Yes, everyone knows that Paris is the capital of France and Tokyo is the capital of Japan — but those answers score 10 points because the entire player base types them within the first three seconds. What separates a 200-point dive from a 400-point dive on capital prompts is knowing the second tier: capitals that are real, verifiable, and yet almost never the first thing anyone thinks of. Canberra. Ottawa. Brasilia. These are famous capitals of major countries — and they still out-score Paris because human psychology defaults to the "iconic city" rather than the "administrative capital." Below is every capital prompt we've tracked, with the full pool data.
Every krillion capital city answers prompt on record
| Pool | Prompt | Dive | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Name a national capital city that starts with B | #52 | September 5, 2026 |
| 30 | Name a national capital city that starts with A or C | #66 | September 19, 2026 |
| 44 | Name a world capital city south of the equator | #25 | August 9, 2026 |
| 45 | Name a national capital that is not its country's largest city | #47 | August 31, 2026 |
| 50 | Name a US state capital | #2 | July 17, 2026 |
| 51 | Name the capital city of a European country | #3 | July 18, 2026 |
| 55 | Name the capital city of an Asian country | #14 | July 29, 2026 |
| 59 | Name a capital city in the Americas | #50 | September 3, 2026 |
| 60 | Name an African capital city | #22 | August 6, 2026 |
| 1,980 | Name the current capital of a state or province anywhere in the world (must be officially called a state or province) | #91 | October 14, 2026 |
How to score rare on these prompts
The single best strategy for capital prompts: think "administrative capital," not "biggest city." Half the world's capitals are not the largest or most famous city in their country — and that gap is your scoring opportunity. The second pattern: small country capitals. The capital of Vanuatu is Port Vila. The capital of Bhutan is Thimphu. These are real, notable places — but they're not in anyone's top-10 mental list. The third pattern: capitals with unusual spellings or that have been renamed. Côte d'Ivoire's capital is Yamoussoukro (not Abidjan, which is the economic capital). Myanmar moved its capital to Naypyidaw. These edge cases are reliably in the pool and reliably rare.
Common mistakes
- Confusing the largest city with the capital (Sydney is not Australia's capital)
- Using an old capital name (Rio de Janeiro hasn't been Brazil's capital since 1960)
- Naming a city that's a state/territory rather than a national capital
What the data says about krillion capital city answers
Looking at the full archive, krillion capital city answers show up in 10 of 119 dives — roughly 8% of all daily games have at least one prompt in this category. The average pool size is 240 answers, making this a narrower-than-average category. The spread between the narrowest (28) and widest (1,980) prompt is 70× — a huge range that means your strategy should change from prompt to prompt, not stay static.
Pro tips from the archive
- Read the constraint twice. The narrowest krillion capital city answers prompts almost always have a specific condition — "ends in", "starts with", "contains" — that cuts the valid pool dramatically.
- Use the autocomplete. Type the first few letters of your candidate answer — if the game suggests it, it's in the pool. If not, try a different spelling.
- Don't go too exotic. The 100-point answer is still a real, documented answer. If you've never heard of it, it might not be in the pool at all.
- Bank on wide, gamble on narrow. When the pool is 5,000+, play it safe. When it's under 100, that's your rare-answer window.
- Study yesterday's 100-point answers. The yesterday page shows what won — patterns emerge within a week of daily reading.
Where to go next
Every category has its own hub, and every hub links back here. The loop: check today's hints before the dive, play your seven prompts, then study the rare answers record and full statistics to calibrate. When you're done for the day, Whallion is our bonus game — same rare-answer instinct, but you feed a whale.