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World Capitals Quiz

Question: Micronesia
Answer: Palikir is the capital of Micronesia.
Question: Denmark
Answer: Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.
Question: Tuvalu
Answer: Funafuti is the capital of Tuvalu.
Question: Nigeria
Answer: Abuja is the capital of Nigeria.
Question: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Answer: Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Question: Senegal
Answer: Dakar is the capital of Senegal.
Question: Afghanistan
Answer: Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan.
Question: Lebanon
Answer: Beirut is the capital of Lebanon.
Question: Niger
Answer: Niamey is the capital of Niger.
Question: Togo
Answer: Lomé is the capital of Togo.
Question: Bahrain
Answer: Manama is the capital of Bahrain.
Question: Argentina
Answer: Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.
Question: United Kingdom
Answer: London is the capital of the United Kingdom.
Question: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Answer: Kinshasha is the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Question: East Timor
Answer: Dili is the capital of East Timor.
Question: Palau
Answer: Melekeok on Babelthuap is the site of the Ngerulmud capitol complex, which serves as the capital of Palau.
Question: Cyprus
Answer: Lefkosia (conventional Nicosia) is the capital of the Republic of Cyprus; Lefkoşa (conventional Nicosia) is the capital of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Question: Côte d’Ivoire
Answer: Yamoussoukro is the capital of Côte d’Ivoire, though Abidjan is its de facto capital.
Question: Papua New Guinea
Answer: Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.
Question: Eritrea
Answer: Asmara is the capital of Eritrea.
Question: Solomon Islands
Answer: Honiara is the capital of Solomon Islands.
Question: Eswatini (Swaziland)
Answer: The administrative and judicial capital of Eswatini is Mbabane; Lobamba is the country''s legislative capital.
Question: Venezuela
Answer: Caracas is the capital of Venezuela.
Question: Finland
Answer: Helsinki is the capital of Finland.
Question: Ireland
Answer: Dublin is the capital of Ireland.
Question: Libya
Answer: Tripoli is the capital of Libya.
Question: Bulgaria
Answer: Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria.
Question: Myanmar (Burma)
Answer: Nay Pyi Taw is the capital of Myanmar (Burma).
Question: Maldives
Answer: Male is the capital of Maldives.
Question: Somalia
Answer: Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia.
Question: Honduras
Answer: Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras.
Question: The Gambia
Answer: Banjul is the capital of The Gambia.
Question: Central African Republic
Answer: Bangui is the capital of the Central African Republic.
Question: South Africa
Answer: South Africa has three de facto capitals: Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative).
Question: Suriname
Answer: Paramaribo is the capital of Suriname.
Question: Colombia
Answer: Bogotá is the capital of Colombia.
Question: Croatia
Answer: Zagreb is the capital of Croatia.
Question: Liechtenstein
Answer: Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein.
Question: Indonesia
Answer: Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia.
Question: Jordan
Answer: Amman is the capital of Jordan.
Question: Marshall Islands
Answer: Majuro is the capital of the Marshall Islands.
Question: Norway
Answer: Oslo is the capital of Norway.
Question: Cambodia
Answer: Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia.
Question: Barbados
Answer: Bridgetown is the capital of Barbados.
Question: Sri Lanka
Answer: Colombo is the executive and judicial capital of Sri Lanka; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital.
Question: Laos
Answer: Vientiane is the capital of Laos.
Question: Romania
Answer: Bucharest is the capital of Romania.
Question: India
Answer: New Delhi is the capital of India.
Question: Costa Rica
Answer: San José is the capital of Costa Rica.
Question: Canada
Answer: Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
Question: Estonia
Answer: Tallinn is the capital of Estonia.
Question: Algeria
Answer: Algiers is the capital of Algeria.
Question: Ethiopia
Answer: Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.
Question: Burundi
Answer: Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi.
Question: Mauritius
Answer: Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius.
Question: Kosovo
Answer: Pristina is the capital of Kosovo, which declared itself independent in 2008.
Question: Cameroon
Answer: Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon.
Question: Benin
Answer: Porto-Novo is Benin''s official capital; it was established under the constitution and is the seat of the legislature. The president and most government ministers reside in Cotonou.
Question: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Answer: Kingstown is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Question: Haiti
Answer: Port-au-Prince is the capital of Haiti.
Question: Egypt
Answer: Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
Question: Gabon
Answer: Libreville is the capital of Gabon.
Question: Nicaragua
Answer: Managua is the capital of Nicaragua.
Question: Ecuador
Answer: Quito is the capital of Ecuador.
Question: Tanzania
Answer: Dodoma became the designated national capital of Tanzania in 1974; Dar es Salaam remains the seat of most government functions.
Question: Malta
Answer: Valletta is the capital of Malta.
Question: Bolivia
Answer: La Paz is Bolivia''s administrative capital; Sucre is its constitutional capital.
Question: Syria
Answer: Damascus is the capital of Syria.
Question: Philippines
Answer: Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
Question: Hungary
Answer: Budapest is the capital of Hungary.
Question: Peru
Answer: Lima is the capital of Peru.
Question: Georgia
Answer: Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia.
Question: Vanuatu
Answer: Port-Vila is the capital of Vanuatu.
Question: Trinidad and Tobago
Answer: Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
Question: Portugal
Answer: Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.
Question: The Bahamas
Answer: Nassau is the capital of The Bahamas.
Question: Czech Republic
Answer: Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic.
Question: Mauritania
Answer: Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania.
Question: Seychelles
Answer: Victoria is the capital of Seychelles.
Question: Rwanda
Answer: Kigali is the capital of Rwanda.
Question: Chad
Answer: N''Djamena is the capital of Chad.
Question: Monaco
Answer: Strictly speaking, the Principality of Monaco is a single administrative unit, and no separate area within it is distinguished as capital, but it is conventional to identify "Monaco" as its own capital.
Question: Sao Tome and Principe
Answer: São Tomé is the capital of Sao Tome and Principe.
Question: Luxembourg
Answer: Luxembourg (the city) is the capital of Luxembourg (the country).
Question: Angola
Answer: Luanda is the capital of Angola.
Question: Yemen
Answer: Sanaa is the capital of Yemen.
Question: Armenia
Answer: Yerevan is the capital of Armenia.
Question: Brunei
Answer: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of Brunei.
Question: Zimbabwe
Answer: Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe.
Question: Guatemala
Answer: Guatemala City is the capital of Guatemala.
Question: United Arab Emirates
Answer: Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Question: Tunisia
Answer: Tunis is the capital of Tunisia.
Question: Poland
Answer: Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
Question: Guyana
Answer: Georgetown is the capital of Guyana.
Question: Mali
Answer: Bamako is the capital of Mali.
Question: Italy
Answer: Rome is the capital of Italy.
Question: Mozambique
Answer: Maputo is the capital of Mozambique.
Question: Lesotho
Answer: Maseru is the capital of Lesotho.
Question: Morocco
Answer: Rabat is the capital of Morocco.
Question: Iraq
Answer: Baghdad is the capital of Iraq.
Question: Lithuania
Answer: Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania.
Question: North Korea
Answer: P''yŏngyang is the capital of North Korea.
Question: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Answer: Basseterre is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Question: Malawi
Answer: Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi.
Question: United States
Answer: Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States.
Question: Tajikistan
Answer: Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan.
Question: Bangladesh
Answer: Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.
Question: New Zealand
Answer: Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.
Question: Sweden
Answer: Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
Question: El Salvador
Answer: San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador.
Question: Dominica
Answer: Roseau is the capital of Dominica.
Question: Uganda
Answer: Kampala is the capital of Uganda.
Question: Djibouti
Answer: Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti.
Question: Austria
Answer: Vienna is the capital of Austria.
Question: Moldova
Answer: Chișinău is the capital of Moldova.
Question: Taiwan (Republic of China)
Answer: Taipei is the seat of government of Taiwan (Republic of China).
Question: Belize
Answer: Belmopan is the capital of Belize.
Question: Mexico
Answer: Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.
Question: Ghana
Answer: Accra is the capital of Ghana.
Question: Madagascar
Answer: Antananarivo is the capital of Madagascar.
Question: North Macedonia
Answer: Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia.
Question: Namibia
Answer: Windhoek is the capital of Namibia.
Question: Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
Answer: Praia is the capital of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde).
Question: Saint Lucia
Answer: Castries is the capital of Saint Lucia.
Question: Liberia
Answer: Monrovia is the capital of Liberia.
Question: Guinea
Answer: Conakry is the capital of Guinea.
Question: Serbia
Answer: Belgrade is the capital of Serbia.
Question: Sierra Leone
Answer: Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone.
Question: Ukraine
Answer: Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.
Question: Mongolia
Answer: Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator) is the capital of Mongolia.
Question: South Korea
Answer: Seoul is the capital of South Korea.
Question: Latvia
Answer: Riga is the capital of Latvia.
Question: Bhutan
Answer: Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan.
Question: Belgium
Answer: Brussels is the capital of Belgium.
Question: Andorra
Answer: Andorra la Vella is the capital of Andorra.
Question: Comoros
Answer: Moroni is the capital of Comoros.
Question: Republic of the Congo
Answer: Brazzaville is the capital of the Republic of the Congo.
Question: Turkmenistan
Answer: Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan.
Question: Uzbekistan
Answer: Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan.
Question: Jamaica
Answer: Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.
Question: Kazakhstan
Answer: Nursultan is the capital of Kazakhstan.
Question: Grenada
Answer: Saint George''s is the capital of Grenada.
Question: Singapore
Answer: Singapore is the capital of Singapore.
Question: Botswana
Answer: Gaborone is the capital of Botswana. (The high court meets in Lobatse.)
Question: Vietnam
Answer: Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
Question: Thailand
Answer: Bangkok is the capital of Thailand.
Question: Belarus
Answer: Minsk is the capital of Belarus.
Question: Slovenia
Answer: Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia.
Question: Pakistan
Answer: Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
Question: Paraguay
Answer: Asunción is the capital of Paraguay.
Question: Netherlands
Answer: Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. The Hague is its seat of government.
Question: Dominican Republic
Answer: Santo Domingo is the capital of Dominican Republic.
Question: Equatorial Guinea
Answer: Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea.
Question: Kenya
Answer: Nairobi is the capital of Kenya.
Question: San Marino
Answer: San Marino (the city) is the capital of San Marino (the republic).
Question: Kiribati
Answer: The capitals of Kiribati are the islet villages of Bairiki (executive), Ambo (legislative), and Betio (judicial) on South Tarawa.
Question: France
Answer: Paris is the capital of France.
Question: Azerbaijan
Answer: Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan.
Question: Tonga
Answer: Nukuʿalofa is the capital of Tonga.
Question: Japan
Answer: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
Question: Kuwait
Answer: Kuwait is the capital of Kuwait.
Question: Panama
Answer: Panama City is the capital of Panama.
Question: Fiji
Answer: Suva is the capital of Fiji.
Question: Nauru
Answer: Yaren district is the site of Nauru’s government offices; Nauru has no official capital.
Question: Switzerland
Answer: Bern is the capital of Switzerland.
Question: Antigua and Barbuda
Answer: Saint John''s is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.
Question: Spain
Answer: Madrid is the capital of Spain.
Question: Slovakia
Answer: Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia.
Question: Albania
Answer: Tirana is the capital of Albania.
Question: Qatar
Answer: Doha is the capital of Qatar.
Question: Malaysia
Answer: Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.
Question: Burkina Faso
Answer: Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.
Question: Iran
Answer: Tehrān is the capital of Iran.
Question: Chile
Answer: Santiago is the capital of Chile. (Legislative bodies meet in Valparaíso.)
Question: Uruguay
Answer: Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay.
Question: Samoa
Answer: Apia is the capital of Samoa.
Question: Zambia
Answer: Lusaka is the capital of Zambia.
Question: Brazil
Answer: Brasília is the capital of Brazil.
Question: Germany
Answer: Berlin is the capital of Germany.
Question: South Sudan
Answer: Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
Question: Iceland
Answer: Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland.
Question: Israel
Answer: Jerusalem is Israel’s seat of government and the country’s proclaimed capital, though the latter status has not been widely recognized internationally.
Question: Saudi Arabia
Answer: Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Question: Greece
Answer: Athens is the capital of Greece.
Question: Turkey
Answer: Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
Question: Montenegro
Answer: Podgorica is the capital of Montenegro. Cetinje was the historical capital.
Question: Kyrgyzstan
Answer: Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Question: Nepal
Answer: Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal.
Question: Oman
Answer: Muscat is the capital of Oman.
Question: Cuba
Answer: Havana is the capital of Cuba.
Question: Russia
Answer: Moscow is the capital of Russia.
Question: Sudan
Answer: Khartoum is the capital of Sudan.
Question: China
Answer: Beijing is the capital of China.
Question: Australia
Answer: Canberra is the capital of Australia.
Question: Guinea-Bissau
Answer: Bissau is the capital of Guinea-Bissau.