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Capital Cities Quiz
Put names to places in this capital cities quiz, with 100 questions across five sets. Expect world capitals, US state capitals and wider trivia about capital cities. Some questions ask you to identify the city; others test what you know about the places behind the names.
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Set 1 · Capital cities
- EasyWhat is the capital of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
- EasyWhat is the capital of Indonesia?
Answer: Jakarta
- EasyWhat is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi
- EasyWhat is the capital of the US State of New York?
Answer: Albany
- EasyWhat is the capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome
- MediumWhat is the capital of Iceland?
Answer: Reykjavik
- MediumWhat is the capital of Slovenia?
Answer: Ljubljana
- MediumHow many U.S. state capitals have two words in their name?
Answer: 8
- MediumWhich of these is NOT a state capital?
Answer: Dallas
- MediumWhat is the capital city of Sudan?
Answer: Khartoum
- HardWhich river flows through Pennsylvanias capital city, Harrisburg?
Answer: Susquehanna
- HardWhat is the only U.S. state capital to border another country?
Answer: Juneau
- HardThis country is home to the northernmost capital in mainland Europe?
Answer: Finland
- HardWhat city is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
- HardWhat city, situated on the Baltic Sea coast, is the capital of Latvia?
Answer: Riga
- Very hardWhat is the least populated U.S. state capital according to the 2000 census?
Answer: Montpelier
- Very hardWhat is the capital of the U.S. state in which the largest city is Omaha?
Answer: Lincoln
- Very hardWhat state capital is also the county seat of Marion County, U.S.?
Answer: Indianapolis
- Very hardWhich ancient city was declared Israel’s official capital with a law from January 1950?
Answer: Jerusalem
- Very hardWhat is the largest U.S. state capital that is not the largest city in its state?
Answer: Austin
Set 2 · Capital cities
- EasyWhat is the capital and largest city of Italy?
Answer: Rome
- EasyWhat river flows through the central part of the French capital, Paris?
Answer: Seine
- EasyWhat is the name of the capital and largest city of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
- EasyWhat carnivorous mammal is a symbol of Italy and of its capital city, Rome?
Answer: Wolf
- EasyWhat is the capital of the American state of Arizona?
Answer: Phoenix
- MediumWhat is the capital of Slovakia?
Answer: Bratislava
- MediumWhich of these countries has two capital cities?
Answer: Bolivia
- MediumWhat is the capital city of Iceland?
Answer: Reykjavik
- MediumWhat is the name of the capital city of Latvia?
Answer: Riga
- MediumWhich of the following is NOT a capital city?
Answer: Sydney
- HardWhat is the capital of the state of Nevada?
Answer: Carson City
- HardWhich city, founded in 1607, is the capital of New Mexico?
Answer: Santa Fe
- HardWhat city is the capital and the largest city of Jamaica?
Answer: Kingston
- HardWhat is the capital city of the Federative Republic of Brazil?
Answer: Brasilia
- HardWhat is the capital of Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast)?
Answer: Yamoussoukro
- Very hardWhat port on the Atlantic Ocean is the largest city and capital of Sierra Leone?
Answer: Freetown
- Very hardWhat is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
Answer: Colombo
- Very hardWhich city, founded in 1848, is the capital of the State of California, USA?
Answer: Sacramento
- Very hardWhat is the name of the capital and largest city of the US state of Mississippi?
Answer: Jackson
- Very hardIn 1862, during the American Civil War, Opelousas briefly served as capital of which state?
Answer: Louisiana
Set 3 · Capital cities
- EasyWhat is the capital of Greenland?
Answer: Nuuk
- EasyWhat is the capital of Belarus?
Answer: Minsk
- EasyWhat is the capital of Switzerland?
Answer: Berne
- EasyWhich city is the capital of Switzerland?
Answer: Bern
- EasyWhat is the capital of Monaco?
Answer: Monaco
- MediumTopeka is the capital city of which U.S. state?
Answer: Kansas
- MediumWhat is the capital of British Columbia, Canada?
Answer: Victoria
- MediumKuala Lumpur is the capital of which country?
Answer: Malaysia
- MediumThe capital city of what country is called Quito?
Answer: Ecuador
- MediumWhich capital is NOT situated on an island?
Answer: Amsterdam
- HardWhat is the capital and largest city of Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires
- HardWhat is the capital of Illinois, the 21st US State?
Answer: Springfield
- HardWhat is the state capital of the U.S. state of Iowa?
Answer: Des Moines
- HardWhat is the capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont?
Answer: Montpelier
- HardAmman is the capital of what country?
Answer: Kingdom of Jordan
- Very hardWhat U.S. state capital has served as a state capital for the longest period, without a break?
Answer: Boston
- Very hardWhat was the name of the city that served as South Carolinas capital until 1790?
Answer: Charleston
- Very hardWhat is the capital of the unincorporated territory of the United States, known as American Samoa?
Answer: Pago Pago
- Very hardFrom 1819 to 1839, Vandalia, the county seat of Fayette County, was the capital of which state?
Answer: Illinois
- Very hardWho was the first ancient ruler, who officially declared Jerusalem capital of the Kingdom of Israel?
Answer: King David
Set 4 · Capital cities
- EasyWhat is the capital of Poland?
Answer: Warsaw
- EasyWhat is the state capital of Idaho?
Answer: Boise
- EasyWhat is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
- EasyWhat is the capital of Micronesia?
Answer: Palikir
- EasyWhat is the capital of South Dakota?
Answer: Pierre
- MediumWhich city is the worlds most northern capital?
Answer: Reykjavik
- MediumWhat city, located on Upolu Island, is the capital of Samoa?
Answer: Apia
- MediumHow many U.S. state capitals have the word city included in their name?
Answer: 4
- MediumWhich European capital is home to major EU institutions?
Answer: Brussels
- MediumWhat is the capital and largest city of Jamaica?
Answer: Kingston
- HardWhat is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia?
Answer: Atlanta
- HardWhich capital was supposedly founded by Ulysses, after he left Troy escaping the Greeks?
Answer: Lisbon
- HardWhat is the name of the capital and largest city of South Carolina?
Answer: Columbia
- HardWhat is the capital and largest city of Hawaii, the 50th US state?
Answer: Honolulu
- HardWhat is the capital and largest city in the Kingdom of Cambodia?
Answer: Phnom Penh
- Very hardWhat is the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Missouri?
Answer: Jefferson City
- Very hardBolivia is unusual in that the official capital is not the seat of government. What city is the official capital?
Answer: Sucre
- Very hardThe city of Natchez, founded in 1716, was the capital of which state from 1817 to 1821?
Answer: Mississippi
- Very hardWhich of the following South American countries is paired with the wrong capital?
Answer: Colombia - Santiago
- Very hardThe USA owns a territory in the Pacific called The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. What is its capital city?
Answer: Saipan
Set 5 · Capital cities
- EasyWhich European capital was known as Reval?
Answer: Talinn
- EasyWhat is the capital of Seychelles?
Answer: Victoria
- EasyWhat is the capital of Finland?
Answer: Helsinki
- EasyWhat is the state capital of Washington?
Answer: Olympia
- EasyWhat is the capital of New Hampshire?
Answer: Concord
- MediumWhat is the state capital of the U.S. state of Delaware?
Answer: Dover
- MediumWhat is the capital and largest commercial city of Libya?
Answer: Tripoli
- MediumWhat is the capital and largest city of Romania?
Answer: Bucharest
- MediumWhat is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Peru?
Answer: Lima
- MediumWhat is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas?
Answer: Austin
- HardWhat is the name of the official capital city of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur
- HardThis city, known as the City of Oaks, is the capital of North Carolina?
Answer: Raleigh
- HardWhat is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona?
Answer: Phoenix
- HardWhich of these is the capital and the largest city in North Korea?
Answer: Pyongyang
- HardWhat is the name of the capital and largest city of the Republic of Cuba?
Answer: Havana
- Very hardWhat is the capital city of Bermuda?
Answer: Hamilton
- Very hardWhat is the capital of Wisconsin, USA?
Answer: Madison
- Very hardPrague is the capital of the Czech Republic. Bratislava is the capital of the Slovak Republic. Which city used to be the capital of Czechoslovakia?
Answer: Prague
- Very hardThe USA has an extensive Interstate Highway System. What five state capitals are NOT directly served by this system?
Answer: Juneau, Dover, Jefferson City, Pierre, Carson City
- Very hardWhat is the capital of Mauritius?
Answer: Port Louis
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