In the United States, I’d probably name Oregon City, the famous end of the Oregon Trail and the first city founded west of the Rocky Mountains during the pioneer era. Its population is only 37,000.

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Oregon City would be my answer to ‘what’s the capital of Oregon?’

Just a standard, since I never heard of the capital I’ll try the state name plus city guess.

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I take it it’s not Portland?

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I just looked it up. Salem is the capital. Portland is the largest city.

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