Ready for a trip around the map? Play 75 world capital trivia questions in five rounds: Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.
Read each question before checking the answer below it. A few clues distinguish an official capital from a government seat, and source links appear beside facts that can change or need extra context. For a full set of related quizzes, browse our geography trivia guide.
Europe (22 questions)
- Q: Which capital is built across 14 islands connected by 57 bridges?
A: Stockholm Source - Q: Where would you find the “City of a Hundred Spires”?
A: Prague - Q: Which European capital sits furthest north?
A: Reykjavík - Q: Which sovereign-state capital begins with the letter Z?
A: Zagreb - Q: Which European capital has a UNESCO-listed medieval Old Town with upper and lower districts?
A: Tallinn Source - Q: Where can you cross from Buda to Pest over the Chain Bridge?
A: Budapest - Q: What is the capital of the Netherlands, although its government sits in The Hague?
A: Amsterdam Source - Q: What capital hosts the oldest subway on continental Europe (1896)?
A: Budapest - Q: Which Iberian capital was rebuilt in Baroque grid style after a 1755 quake‑tsunami‑fire triple disaster?
A: Lisbon - Q: Which capital’s skyline is crowned by Fernsehturm’s disco‑ball antenna?
A: Berlin - Q: Europe’s highest capital by altitude?
A: Andorra la Vella - Q: Which capital shares its name with a mythic she‑wolf’s adoptive sons’ founding city?
A: Rome - Q: Where can you ride a funicular up Mount Lycabettus for sunset over the Acropolis?
A: Athens - Q: Which capital has a Royal Mile connecting its castle to Holyrood Palace?
A: Edinburgh Source - Q: Which capital lies farthest west in continental Europe?
A: Lisbon Source - Q: In which capital is smørrebrød, a Danish open-faced sandwich, a local specialty?
A: Copenhagen Source - Q: Where can you visit the House of Blackheads guildhall rebuilt after WWII?
A: Riga - Q: Which Baltic capital has a TV tower defended by civilians during Soviet attacks in January 1991?
A: Vilnius Source - Q: Which capital hosted the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest?
A: Copenhagen Source - Q: Which capital has a converted-barge swimming pool floating on the River Spree?
A: Berlin Source - Q: Which capital is an officially bilingual Finnish-and-Swedish city?
A: Helsinki Source - Q: Which capital is served by the UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna sea fortress?
A: Helsinki Source
Asia (13 questions)
- Q: Which capital is known in Thai as Krung Thep Mahanakhon?
A: Bangkok Source - Q: Which capital holds regular Car Free Day events on selected major streets?
A: Jakarta Source - Q: Which capital straddles the Tigris River?
A: Baghdad - Q: Which planned capital was built to replace Karachi as Pakistan’s seat of government?
A: Islamabad Source - Q: Which city-state banned ordinary chewing-gum sales in 1992, later allowing limited therapeutic gum?
A: Singapore Source - Q: What is the capital of North Korea?
A: Pyongyang - Q: Which capital’s name literally translates “Red Hero”?
A: Ulaanbaatar - Q: What is Iran’s capital, where families celebrate Nowruz with Haft-Sin tables?
A: Tehran - Q: Which capital’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque contains a record-setting hand-woven carpet?
A: Abu Dhabi Source - Q: Capital whose Petronas Towers were world’s tallest 1998‑2004?
A: Kuala Lumpur - Q: What is the capital of Qatar?
A: Doha - Q: In the UN’s 2025 urban-agglomeration estimates, which national capital has the largest population?
A: Jakarta Source 1 Source 2 - Q: What is Bhutan’s capital, where gho and kira are familiar traditional dress?
A: Thimphu Source
Africa (18 questions)
- Q: Which two national capitals face each other across the Congo River?
A: Kinshasa and Brazzaville Source - Q: Which city was declared Tanzania’s capital in 1973?
A: Dodoma Source - Q: Which African capital is famed for art‑deco cinemas thanks to 1930s Italian planners?
A: Asmara, Eritrea Source - Q: Which city did Equatorial Guinea designate as its capital in January 2026?
A: Ciudad de la Paz Source - Q: Which South African city is the legislative capital and seat of Parliament?
A: Cape Town Source - Q: Which African capital was named for U.S. President James Monroe?
A: Monrovia - Q: Which capital hosts the African Union headquarters?
A: Addis Ababa Source - Q: Which Ugandan capital is traditionally described as a city of seven hills?
A: Kampala - Q: What is the capital of Lesotho, the country completely surrounded by South Africa?
A: Maseru Source - Q: Which capital is known as the “Green City in the Sun” and has a national park on its doorstep?
A: Nairobi - Q: What is the capital of Namibia?
A: Windhoek - Q: Which Libyan capital has a name associated with ancient Tripolitania’s three cities?
A: Tripoli Source - Q: Which Moroccan capital has the Kasbah of the Udayas overlooking the Bou Regreg estuary?
A: Rabat Source - Q: Which capital was called Fort-Lamy until 1973?
A: N’Djamena Source - Q: What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
A: Bissau - Q: Which capital faces Gorée Island across the water?
A: Dakar Source - Q: Only capital that starts with “Y” on the African continent?
A: Yaoundé, Cameroon - Q: Which capital was once called Salisbury?
A: Harare
Americas (12 questions)
- Q: Which sovereign-state capital is the only one beginning with Q?
A: Quito - Q: Which planned capital replaced Rio de Janeiro in 1960?
A: Brasília Source - Q: Which Caribbean capital is home to La Cabaña fortress?
A: Havana - Q: Which inland capital was built after Hurricane Hattie damaged Belize City in 1961?
A: Belmopan Source - Q: Which capital’s Obelisk was built in 31 days in 1936?
A: Buenos Aires Source - Q: Which capital has the historic Calle Las Damas in its Colonial City?
A: Santo Domingo Source - Q: Which Bolivian seat of government sits below the higher city of El Alto?
A: La Paz Source 1 Source 2 - Q: Which capital stands beside the Paraguay River?
A: Asunción - Q: Which sovereign-country capital lies farthest north in the Americas?
A: Ottawa - Q: Which sovereign-country capital lies farthest south in the Americas?
A: Montevideo - Q: Which capital’s presidential palace is called the Casa Rosada?
A: Buenos Aires - Q: Which Central American capital was devastated by a major earthquake in 1972?
A: Managua Source
Oceania (10 questions)
- Q: Which Australian capital was chosen in 1908 after Sydney and Melbourne both sought the role?
A: Canberra Source - Q: What is the world’s southernmost national capital?
A: Wellington Source - Q: Which capital replaced Koror as Palau’s government seat in 2006?
A: Ngerulmud Source - Q: Which capital’s Tongan name is commonly translated as “Abode of Love”?
A: Nukuʻalofa Source - Q: Which capital of Tuvalu lies on an atoll made up of 29 islets?
A: Funafuti Source - Q: What is the capital of Samoa?
A: Apia - Q: Which capital of the Solomon Islands lies by the Mataniko River?
A: Honiara Source - Q: Which district serves as Nauru’s de facto government seat, although the country has no official capital?
A: Yaren Source 1 Source 2 - Q: Which part of Tarawa Atoll is Kiribati’s main government and population center?
A: South Tarawa Source - Q: Which capital of the Federated States of Micronesia is on Pohnpei?
A: Palikir Source
That’s all 75 questions. Pick a region to replay, or share the full set at your next game night.
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