Capital Cities Quiz

Question 1

What is the capital of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

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Sydney

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Melbourne

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Brisbane

Question 2

What is the capital of Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ottawa

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Toronto

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Vancouver

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Montreal

Question 3

Naypyidaw replaced Rangoon (Yangon) as the capital of Myanmar in 2006. Why was this unusual?

Accepted Answer

It is a purpose-built new city that was secretly constructed — initially barely inhabited

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It was built entirely underground

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It was built on an island in a lake

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It is shared with Thailand

Question 4

Which country has two capitals — a judicial capital and an legislative/executive capital?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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South Africa

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Bolivia

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Netherlands

Question 5

What is the capital of Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Brasília

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Rio de Janeiro

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São Paulo

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Salvador

Question 6

Astana (renamed Nur-Sultan, then renamed back to Astana) is the capital of which country?

Accepted Answer

Kazakhstan

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Uzbekistan

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Azerbaijan

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Turkmenistan

Question 7

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. In which part of the country is it located?

Accepted Answer

North Island, southern tip

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South Island, northern tip

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North Island, central

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South Island, east coast

Question 8

What is the capital of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Madrid

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Barcelona

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Seville

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Valencia

Question 9

Which African capital city has the highest elevation of any capital on the continent?

Accepted Answer

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Maseru, Lesotho

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Kigali, Rwanda

Question 10

Which capital city is built on seven hills, like Rome?

Accepted Answer

All three

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Lisbon

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Edinburgh

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Istanbul

Question 11

What is the capital of the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

Manila

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Cebu

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Davao

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Quezon City

Question 12

Dodoma replaced Dar es Salaam as the official capital of which country?

Accepted Answer

Tanzania

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Kenya

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Mozambique

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Uganda

Question 13

Which is the only country whose capital city name includes all five vowels?

Accepted Answer

Djibouti (Djibouti)

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Mozambique (Maputo)

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Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)

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Mozambique's capital has all five

Question 14

Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland. Approximately what percentage of Iceland's total population lives in the greater Reykjavik area?

Accepted Answer

Over 65%

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30%

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45%

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60%

Question 15

What is the capital of Myanmar (Burma)?

Accepted Answer

Naypyidaw

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Yangon (Rangoon)

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Mandalay

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Bagan

Question 16

Which European country's capital shares the same name as the country itself?

Accepted Answer

All three

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Luxembourg and Luxembourg City

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San Marino and City of San Marino

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Monaco and Monaco-Ville

Question 17

Islamabad replaced which city as Pakistan's capital in 1967?

Accepted Answer

Karachi

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Lahore

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Peshawar

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Rawalpindi

Question 18

What is the capital of Argentina?

Accepted Answer

Buenos Aires

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Córdoba

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Mendoza

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Rosario

Question 19

The tiny mountain nation of Liechtenstein has its capital in which city?

Accepted Answer

Vaduz

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Schaan

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Eschen

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Balzers

Question 20

Which capital city is the most visited in the world by international tourists?

Accepted Answer

Bangkok

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Paris

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London

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Dubai