Europe is where I confidently point at Italy, then hesitate over three neighboring countries the size of a weekend road trip. These 120 questions begin with capitals and end with rivers, mountains, borders, and a few map traps.
European Capitals from Albania to Hungary
Q: What is the capital of Albania?
A: Tirana. It is recognized as the capital city of Albania.
Q: What is the capital of Andorra?
A: Andorra la Vella. It is recognized as the capital city of Andorra.
Q: What is the capital of Armenia?
A: Yerevan. It is recognized as the capital city of Armenia.
Q: What is the capital of Austria?
A: Vienna. It is recognized as the capital city of Austria.
Q: What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
A: Baku. It is recognized as the capital city of Azerbaijan.
Q: What is the capital of Belarus?
A: Minsk. It is recognized as the capital city of Belarus.
Q: What is the capital of Belgium?
A: Brussels. It is recognized as the capital city of Belgium.
Q: What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
A: Sarajevo. It is recognized as the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Q: What is the capital of Bulgaria?
A: Sofia. It is recognized as the capital city of Bulgaria.
Q: What is the capital of Croatia?
A: Zagreb. It is recognized as the capital city of Croatia.
Q: What is the capital of Cyprus?
A: Nicosia. It is recognized as the capital city of Cyprus.
Q: What is the capital of Czechia?
A: Prague. It is recognized as the capital city of Czechia.
Q: What is the capital of Denmark?
A: Copenhagen. It is recognized as the capital city of Denmark.
Q: What is the capital of Estonia?
A: Tallinn. It is recognized as the capital city of Estonia.
Q: What is the capital of Finland?
A: Helsinki. It is recognized as the capital city of Finland.
Q: What is the capital of France?
A: Paris. It is recognized as the capital city of France.
Q: What is the capital of Georgia?
A: Tbilisi. It is recognized as the capital city of Georgia.
Q: What is the capital of Germany?
A: Berlin. It is recognized as the capital city of Germany.
Q: What is the capital of Greece?
A: Athens. It is recognized as the capital city of Greece.
Q: What is the capital of Hungary?
A: Budapest. It is recognized as the capital city of Hungary.
Q: What is the capital of Iceland?
A: Reykjavik. It is recognized as the capital city of Iceland.
Q: What is the capital of Ireland?
A: Dublin. It is recognized as the capital city of Ireland.
Q: What is the capital of Italy?
A: Rome. It is recognized as the capital city of Italy.
Q: What is the capital of Kosovo?
A: Pristina. It is recognized as the capital city of Kosovo.
Q: What is the capital of Latvia?
A: Riga. It is recognized as the capital city of Latvia.
Q: What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
A: Vaduz. It is recognized as the capital city of Liechtenstein.
Q: What is the capital of Lithuania?
A: Vilnius. It is recognized as the capital city of Lithuania.
Q: What is the capital of Luxembourg?
A: Luxembourg City. It is recognized as the capital city of Luxembourg.
Q: What is the capital of Malta?
A: Valletta. It is recognized as the capital city of Malta.
Q: What is the capital of Moldova?
A: Chisinau. It is recognized as the capital city of Moldova.
European Capitals from Iceland to Romania
Q: What is the capital of Monaco?
A: Monaco. It is recognized as the capital city of Monaco.
Q: What is the capital of Montenegro?
A: Podgorica. It is recognized as the capital city of Montenegro.
Q: What is the capital of the Netherlands?
A: Amsterdam. It is recognized as the capital city of the Netherlands.
Q: What is the capital of North Macedonia?
A: Skopje. It is recognized as the capital city of North Macedonia.
Q: What is the capital of Norway?
A: Oslo. It is recognized as the capital city of Norway.
Q: What is the capital of Poland?
A: Warsaw. It is recognized as the capital city of Poland.
Q: What is the capital of Portugal?
A: Lisbon. It is recognized as the capital city of Portugal.
Q: What is the capital of Romania?
A: Bucharest. It is recognized as the capital city of Romania.
Q: What is the capital of Russia?
A: Moscow. It is recognized as the capital city of Russia.
Q: What is the capital of San Marino?
A: San Marino. It is recognized as the capital city of San Marino.
Q: What is the capital of Serbia?
A: Belgrade. It is recognized as the capital city of Serbia.
Q: What is the capital of Slovakia?
A: Bratislava. It is recognized as the capital city of Slovakia.
Q: What is the capital of Slovenia?
A: Ljubljana. It is recognized as the capital city of Slovenia.
Q: What is the capital of Spain?
A: Madrid. It is recognized as the capital city of Spain.
Q: What is the capital of Sweden?
A: Stockholm. It is recognized as the capital city of Sweden.
Q: What is the capital of Switzerland?
A: Bern. It is recognized as the capital city of Switzerland.
Q: What is the capital of Turkey?
A: Ankara. It is recognized as the capital city of Turkey.
Q: What is the capital of Ukraine?
A: Kyiv. It is recognized as the capital city of Ukraine.
Q: What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
A: London. It is recognized as the capital city of the United Kingdom.
Q: What is the capital of Vatican City?
A: Vatican City. It is recognized as the capital city of Vatican City.
Q: Which European country or territory has Tirana as its capital?
A: Albania. Tirana is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Andorra la Vella as its capital?
A: Andorra. Andorra la Vella is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Yerevan as its capital?
A: Armenia. Yerevan is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Vienna as its capital?
A: Austria. Vienna is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Baku as its capital?
A: Azerbaijan. Baku is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Minsk as its capital?
A: Belarus. Minsk is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Brussels as its capital?
A: Belgium. Brussels is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Sarajevo as its capital?
A: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Sofia as its capital?
A: Bulgaria. Sofia is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Zagreb as its capital?
A: Croatia. Zagreb is recognized as its capital city.
European Capitals from Russia to Vatican City
Q: Which European country or territory has Nicosia as its capital?
A: Cyprus. Nicosia is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Prague as its capital?
A: Czechia. Prague is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Copenhagen as its capital?
A: Denmark. Copenhagen is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Tallinn as its capital?
A: Estonia. Tallinn is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Helsinki as its capital?
A: Finland. Helsinki is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Paris as its capital?
A: France. Paris is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Tbilisi as its capital?
A: Georgia. Tbilisi is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Berlin as its capital?
A: Germany. Berlin is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Athens as its capital?
A: Greece. Athens is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Budapest as its capital?
A: Hungary. Budapest is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Reykjavik as its capital?
A: Iceland. Reykjavik is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Dublin as its capital?
A: Ireland. Dublin is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Rome as its capital?
A: Italy. Rome is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Pristina as its capital?
A: Kosovo. Pristina is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Riga as its capital?
A: Latvia. Riga is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Vaduz as its capital?
A: Liechtenstein. Vaduz is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Vilnius as its capital?
A: Lithuania. Vilnius is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Luxembourg City as its capital?
A: Luxembourg. Luxembourg City is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Valletta as its capital?
A: Malta. Valletta is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Chisinau as its capital?
A: Moldova. Chisinau is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Monaco as its capital?
A: Monaco. Monaco is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Podgorica as its capital?
A: Montenegro. Podgorica is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Amsterdam as its capital?
A: the Netherlands. Amsterdam is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Skopje as its capital?
A: North Macedonia. Skopje is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Oslo as its capital?
A: Norway. Oslo is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Warsaw as its capital?
A: Poland. Warsaw is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Lisbon as its capital?
A: Portugal. Lisbon is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Bucharest as its capital?
A: Romania. Bucharest is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Moscow as its capital?
A: Russia. Moscow is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has San Marino as its capital?
A: San Marino. San Marino is recognized as its capital city.
Rivers, Mountains, Seas & Map Traps
Q: Which European country or territory has Belgrade as its capital?
A: Serbia. Belgrade is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Bratislava as its capital?
A: Slovakia. Bratislava is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Ljubljana as its capital?
A: Slovenia. Ljubljana is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Madrid as its capital?
A: Spain. Madrid is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Stockholm as its capital?
A: Sweden. Stockholm is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Bern as its capital?
A: Switzerland. Bern is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Ankara as its capital?
A: Turkey. Ankara is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Kyiv as its capital?
A: Ukraine. Kyiv is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has London as its capital?
A: the United Kingdom. London is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which European country or territory has Vatican City as its capital?
A: Vatican City. Vatican City is recognized as its capital city.
Q: Which mountain range is commonly treated as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia?
A: The Ural Mountains. The exact continental boundary is a geographic convention, not an ocean divide.
Q: Which sea separates much of southern Europe from North Africa?
A: The Mediterranean Sea. It connects to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Q: Which river flows through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade?
A: The Danube. It crosses or borders more countries than any other major European river.
Q: Which river flows through Paris?
A: The Seine. Its banks pass many of the French capital's best-known landmarks.
Q: Which river flows through London?
A: The Thames. It reaches the North Sea through a broad estuary.
Q: Which mountain is the highest in the Alps?
A: Mont Blanc. It rises on the France-Italy border region.
Q: Which country occupies the Iberian Peninsula with Spain?
A: Portugal. Andorra and the British territory of Gibraltar also occupy small parts of the peninsula.
Q: Which two countries make up most of the Scandinavian Peninsula?
A: Norway and Sweden. A small northwestern portion of Finland is also on the peninsula.
Q: Which European country is shaped like a boot?
A: Italy. The peninsula extends into the central Mediterranean.
Q: Which European country contains Transylvania?
A: Romania. The historic region lies inside the arc of the Carpathian Mountains.
Q: Which country is the world's largest by land area?
A: Russia. Its territory stretches across eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Q: Which European microstate is surrounded entirely by Italy?
A: San Marino. Vatican City is also completely enclosed by Italy.
Q: Which country completely surrounds Vatican City?
A: Italy. Vatican City is an independent state inside Rome.
Q: Which country completely surrounds Lesotho?
A: South Africa. This is a trap question because Lesotho is not in Europe.
Q: Which European capital stands on 14 islands?
A: Stockholm, Sweden. Bridges link the central islands across Lake Malaren and the Baltic coast.
Q: Which European capital is split by the Danube into Buda and Pest?
A: Budapest, Hungary. The two historic cities were unified with Obuda in 1873.
Q: Which sea lies between Sweden and the Baltic states?
A: The Baltic Sea. It connects to the North Sea through Danish straits.
Q: Which country has coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea?
A: Spain. France also reaches both bodies of water.
Q: Which active volcano towers over eastern Sicily?
A: Mount Etna. It is one of Europe's most active volcanoes.
Q: Which language family includes Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian?
A: The Romance languages. They developed from forms of spoken Latin.
How Did You Score?
If Chisinau, Podgorica, Vaduz, and Ljubljana did not slow you down, your mental map is in excellent shape. Mine usually develops a suspicious coffee stain somewhere over the Balkans.
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