I can name Madison without blinking, but ask me to separate Pierre from Bismarck and suddenly I need coffee. These 120 state capital questions test every state in both directions, then finish with the sneaky facts that decide close games.
State Capitals from Alabama to Maryland
Q: What is the capital of Alabama?
A: Montgomery. It is the city where Alabama's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Alaska?
A: Juneau. It is the city where Alaska's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Arizona?
A: Phoenix. It is the city where Arizona's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Arkansas?
A: Little Rock. It is the city where Arkansas's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of California?
A: Sacramento. It is the city where California's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Colorado?
A: Denver. It is the city where Colorado's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Connecticut?
A: Hartford. It is the city where Connecticut's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Delaware?
A: Dover. It is the city where Delaware's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Florida?
A: Tallahassee. It is the city where Florida's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Georgia?
A: Atlanta. It is the city where Georgia's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Hawaii?
A: Honolulu. It is the city where Hawaii's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Idaho?
A: Boise. It is the city where Idaho's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Illinois?
A: Springfield. It is the city where Illinois's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Indiana?
A: Indianapolis. It is the city where Indiana's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Iowa?
A: Des Moines. It is the city where Iowa's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Kansas?
A: Topeka. It is the city where Kansas's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Kentucky?
A: Frankfort. It is the city where Kentucky's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Louisiana?
A: Baton Rouge. It is the city where Louisiana's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Maine?
A: Augusta. It is the city where Maine's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Maryland?
A: Annapolis. It is the city where Maryland's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Massachusetts?
A: Boston. It is the city where Massachusetts's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Michigan?
A: Lansing. It is the city where Michigan's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Minnesota?
A: Saint Paul. It is the city where Minnesota's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Mississippi?
A: Jackson. It is the city where Mississippi's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Missouri?
A: Jefferson City. It is the city where Missouri's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Montana?
A: Helena. It is the city where Montana's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Nebraska?
A: Lincoln. It is the city where Nebraska's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Nevada?
A: Carson City. It is the city where Nevada's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of New Hampshire?
A: Concord. It is the city where New Hampshire's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of New Jersey?
A: Trenton. It is the city where New Jersey's state government is based.
State Capitals from Massachusetts to Wyoming
Q: What is the capital of New Mexico?
A: Santa Fe. It is the city where New Mexico's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of New York?
A: Albany. It is the city where New York's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of North Carolina?
A: Raleigh. It is the city where North Carolina's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of North Dakota?
A: Bismarck. It is the city where North Dakota's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Ohio?
A: Columbus. It is the city where Ohio's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Oklahoma?
A: Oklahoma City. It is the city where Oklahoma's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Oregon?
A: Salem. It is the city where Oregon's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
A: Harrisburg. It is the city where Pennsylvania's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Rhode Island?
A: Providence. It is the city where Rhode Island's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of South Carolina?
A: Columbia. It is the city where South Carolina's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of South Dakota?
A: Pierre. It is the city where South Dakota's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Tennessee?
A: Nashville. It is the city where Tennessee's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Texas?
A: Austin. It is the city where Texas's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Utah?
A: Salt Lake City. It is the city where Utah's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Vermont?
A: Montpelier. It is the city where Vermont's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Virginia?
A: Richmond. It is the city where Virginia's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Washington?
A: Olympia. It is the city where Washington's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of West Virginia?
A: Charleston. It is the city where West Virginia's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Wisconsin?
A: Madison. It is the city where Wisconsin's state government is based.
Q: What is the capital of Wyoming?
A: Cheyenne. It is the city where Wyoming's state government is based.
Q: Which state has Montgomery as its capital?
A: Alabama. Montgomery serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Juneau as its capital?
A: Alaska. Juneau serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Phoenix as its capital?
A: Arizona. Phoenix serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Little Rock as its capital?
A: Arkansas. Little Rock serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Sacramento as its capital?
A: California. Sacramento serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Denver as its capital?
A: Colorado. Denver serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Hartford as its capital?
A: Connecticut. Hartford serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Dover as its capital?
A: Delaware. Dover serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Tallahassee as its capital?
A: Florida. Tallahassee serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Atlanta as its capital?
A: Georgia. Atlanta serves as that state's seat of government.
Name the State from Its Capital
Q: Which state has Honolulu as its capital?
A: Hawaii. Honolulu serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Boise as its capital?
A: Idaho. Boise serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Springfield as its capital?
A: Illinois. Springfield serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Indianapolis as its capital?
A: Indiana. Indianapolis serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Des Moines as its capital?
A: Iowa. Des Moines serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Topeka as its capital?
A: Kansas. Topeka serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Frankfort as its capital?
A: Kentucky. Frankfort serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Baton Rouge as its capital?
A: Louisiana. Baton Rouge serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Augusta as its capital?
A: Maine. Augusta serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Annapolis as its capital?
A: Maryland. Annapolis serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Boston as its capital?
A: Massachusetts. Boston serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Lansing as its capital?
A: Michigan. Lansing serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Saint Paul as its capital?
A: Minnesota. Saint Paul serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Jackson as its capital?
A: Mississippi. Jackson serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Jefferson City as its capital?
A: Missouri. Jefferson City serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Helena as its capital?
A: Montana. Helena serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Lincoln as its capital?
A: Nebraska. Lincoln serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Carson City as its capital?
A: Nevada. Carson City serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Concord as its capital?
A: New Hampshire. Concord serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Trenton as its capital?
A: New Jersey. Trenton serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Santa Fe as its capital?
A: New Mexico. Santa Fe serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Albany as its capital?
A: New York. Albany serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Raleigh as its capital?
A: North Carolina. Raleigh serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Bismarck as its capital?
A: North Dakota. Bismarck serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Columbus as its capital?
A: Ohio. Columbus serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Oklahoma City as its capital?
A: Oklahoma. Oklahoma City serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Salem as its capital?
A: Oregon. Salem serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Harrisburg as its capital?
A: Pennsylvania. Harrisburg serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Providence as its capital?
A: Rhode Island. Providence serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Columbia as its capital?
A: South Carolina. Columbia serves as that state's seat of government.
Capital City Records, History & Traps
Q: Which state has Pierre as its capital?
A: South Dakota. Pierre serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Nashville as its capital?
A: Tennessee. Nashville serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Austin as its capital?
A: Texas. Austin serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Salt Lake City as its capital?
A: Utah. Salt Lake City serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Montpelier as its capital?
A: Vermont. Montpelier serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Richmond as its capital?
A: Virginia. Richmond serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Olympia as its capital?
A: Washington. Olympia serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Charleston as its capital?
A: West Virginia. Charleston serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Madison as its capital?
A: Wisconsin. Madison serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which state has Cheyenne as its capital?
A: Wyoming. Cheyenne serves as that state's seat of government.
Q: Which U.S. state capital has the largest population?
A: Phoenix, Arizona. It is the only state capital with more than one million residents.
Q: Which U.S. state capital has the smallest population?
A: Montpelier, Vermont. Its population is under 10,000, making it unusually small for a capital.
Q: Which state capital is farthest north?
A: Juneau, Alaska. It sits farther north than every other U.S. state capital.
Q: Which state capital is farthest south?
A: Honolulu, Hawaii. Its tropical latitude puts it south of every mainland capital.
Q: Which state capital is farthest west?
A: Honolulu, Hawaii. On standard U.S. maps, it is also the westernmost capital.
Q: Which state capital is farthest east by longitude?
A: Augusta, Maine. It lies east of the other state capitals in the contiguous United States.
Q: Which four state capitals are named after U.S. presidents?
A: Jackson, Jefferson City, Lincoln, and Madison. Their names honor Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and James Madison.
Q: Which state capital is named for Christopher Columbus?
A: Columbus, Ohio. The city became Ohio's capital in 1816.
Q: Which state capital was named for explorer William Clark?
A: Helena, Montana. The name was selected after the gold-rush settlement had used other names.
Q: Which state capital shares its name with Oregon's capital?
A: None. Salem is Oregon's capital, while Salem, Massachusetts, is a different famous city.
Q: Which state capital is located on Oahu?
A: Honolulu, Hawaii. Oahu is Hawaii's third-largest island by area.
Q: Which state capital can be reached from most of its state only by boat or airplane?
A: Juneau, Alaska. No road connects Juneau to the rest of Alaska's highway system.
Q: Which state capital lies at the highest elevation?
A: Santa Fe, New Mexico. The city sits roughly 7,000 feet above sea level.
Q: Which state capital lies on the Mississippi River?
A: Saint Paul, Minnesota. The river bends through the city beside downtown.
Q: Which state capital lies on the Colorado River?
A: Austin, Texas. The river is locally dammed into a chain of lakes.
Q: Which state capital is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
A: Nashville, Tennessee. Music attractions are concentrated near its downtown entertainment district.
Q: Which state capital contains the historic French Quarter?
A: None. The French Quarter is in New Orleans, while Louisiana's capital is Baton Rouge.
Q: Which state capital is known as the Mile High City?
A: Denver, Colorado. The nickname refers to its elevation near 5,280 feet.
Q: Which state capital was designed in part by planner Pierre L'Enfant?
A: Indianapolis, Indiana. Alexander Ralston, who had assisted L'Enfant, planned its central layout.
Q: Which state capital is also the nation's capital?
A: None. Washington, D.C., is a federal district and is not a state capital.
How Did You Score?
If Montpelier, Pierre, Frankfort, and Jefferson City arrived before the coffee did, you know this map cold. I still think Missouri naming its capital Jefferson City was a tiny act of quiz-night mischief.
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