Geography quiz: capitals and continents
Ten questions a round. Pick a region and a question type, then find out how well you really know the map.
Capitals people get wrong
The biggest city is often not the capital. These catch out almost everyone:
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Canberra | not Sydney |
| Canada | Ottawa | not Toronto |
| Türkiye | Ankara | not Istanbul |
| Brazil | Brasília | not Rio de Janeiro |
| Nigeria | Abuja | not Lagos |
| Switzerland | Bern | not Zurich or Geneva |
| New Zealand | Wellington | not Auckland |
| Morocco | Rabat | not Casablanca |
Every capital, by continent
Africa
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Benin | Porto-Novo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| Cabo Verde | Praia |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| DR Congo | Kinshasa |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara |
| Eswatini | Mbabane |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia | Banjul |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria |
| South Sudan | Juba |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Tanzania | Dodoma |
| Togo | Lomé |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
Asia
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Azerbaijan | Baku |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| China | Beijing |
| Georgia | Tbilisi |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Israel | Disputed |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jordan | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| Laos | Vientiane |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Malé |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| North Korea | Pyongyang |
| Oman | Muscat |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Palestine | Disputed |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Qatar | Doha |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| South Korea | Seoul |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Syria | Damascus |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| Timor-Leste | Dili |
| Türkiye | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
| Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Yemen | Sana'a |
Europe
| Albania | Tirana |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cyprus | Nicosia |
| Czechia | Prague |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Greece | Athens |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavík |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Italy | Rome |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Moldova | Chișinău |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Montenegro | Podgorica |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| North Macedonia | Skopje |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Serbia | Belgrade |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Ukraine | Kyiv |
| United Kingdom | London |
| Vatican City | Vatican City |
North America
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's |
| Bahamas | Nassau |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Costa Rica | San José |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Grenada | St. George's |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Mexico | Mexico City |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Panama | Panama City |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Castries |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
| United States | Washington, D.C. |
South America
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Bolivia | Sucre |
| Brazil | Brasília |
| Chile | Santiago |
| Colombia | Bogotá |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| Paraguay | Asunción |
| Peru | Lima |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
Oceania
| Australia | Canberra |
| Fiji | Suva |
| Kiribati | South Tarawa |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Micronesia | Palikir |
| Nauru | Yaren (de facto) |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Palau | Ngerulmud |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Samoa | Apia |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Tonga | Nukuʻalofa |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila |
Questions people ask
How many capital cities are in the quiz?
Capitals for 193 of the 195 countries. We leave out Israel and Palestine, whose capitals are disputed internationally.
Which countries have more than one capital?
South Africa has three (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, for the executive, legislature and judiciary). Bolivia's constitutional capital is Sucre while the government sits in La Paz. We accept the constitutional or executive capital used by standard atlases.
Why is Istanbul not the capital of Türkiye?
The capital moved to Ankara in 1923 when the republic was founded. It is one of the most commonly missed capital questions, along with Canberra, Ottawa and Brasília.
Why are some countries missing from the continent round?
Countries that straddle two continents, such as Russia, Türkiye, Egypt and Kazakhstan, are left out of continent questions so there is never an arguable answer.
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