Quiz  /  Challenging World Capitals Across History Quiz

  • 1. 
    What is the capital of Iraq?

  • Mosul
  • Basra
  • Baghdad
  • Damascus

  • 2. 
    What is the capital of Taiwan?

  • Hong Kong
  • Moscow
  • Taipei
  • Seoul

  • 3. 
    What is the capital of Croatia?

  • Sarajevo
  • Zagreb
  • Ljubljana
  • Pristina

  • 4. 
    What is the capital of Denmark?

  • Aarhus
  • Copenhagen
  • Odense
  • Gdansk

  • 5. 
    Which French city became the capital of the papacy in 1309?

  • Marseille
  • Nice
  • Rennes
  • Avignon

  • 6. 
    What is the capital of Russia?

  • St. Petersburg
  • Omsk
  • Volgograd
  • Moscow

  • 7. 
    What is the capital of Brazil?

  • Buenos Aires
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Juba
  • Brasília

  • 8. 
    Which Indian state has its capital at Shimla?

  • Rajasthan
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Odisha
  • Uttar Pradesh

  • 9. 
    What is the capital of Iceland?

  • Reykjavík
  • Vilnius
  • Zagreb
  • Nuuk

  • 10. 
    Bratislava is the capital of which country?

  • Croatia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Burundi

  • 11. 
    Pretoria is the administrative capital of which country?

  • South Africa
  • Czech Republic
  • Zimbabwe
  • Central African Republic

  • 12. 
    What is the capital of Slovenia?

  • Vienna
  • Yerevan
  • Zagreb
  • Ljubljana

  • 13. 
    Yerevan is the capital of which country?

  • Moldova
  • Peru
  • Armenia
  • Belarus

  • 14. 
    What is the capital of Moldova?

  • Bâcu
  • Bairiki, Ambo, and Betio
  • Chișinău
  • Saint George’s

  • 15. 
    What is the capital of Botswana?

  • Francistown
  • Molepolole
  • Lobatse
  • Gaborone

  • 16. 
    In which former Japanese imperial capital would you find Higashi Hongan-ji?

  • Tokyo
  • Nagano
  • Ōsaka
  • Kyōto

  • 17. 
    What city is the capital of Vietnam?

  • Hanoi
  • Beijing
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Phnom Penh

  • 18. 
    What is the capital of Turkmenistan?

  • Ashgabat
  • Dushanbe
  • La Paz
  • Samarkand

  • 19. 
    Which country’s national capital is the city of Tegucigalpa?

  • Honduras
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Peru
  • Finland

  • 20. 
    What is the world’s highest capital?

  • Bogotá, Columbia
  • La Paz, Bolivia
  • Asunción, Paraguay
  • Montevideo, Uruguay

  • 21. 
    Which European capital, once known as “Queen of the Danube,” was formed from two separate polities located on either side of that river?

  • Bucharest
  • Budapest
  • Prague
  • Vienna

  • 22. 
    What city was made the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in 880/879 BCE?

  • Jerusalem
  • Samaria
  • Bethany
  • Bethlehem

  • 23. 
    Which city was Japan’s capital and the place of residence of the imperial family from 794 to 1868?

  • Kyōto
  • Okinawa
  • Kōbe
  • Sendai

  • 24. 
    Which capital is situated on the banks of the Chao Phraya River?

  • Vientiane
  • Canberra
  • Phnom Penh
  • Bangkok

  • 25. 
    Which European capital was formerly known as Kristiania?

  • Reykjavík
  • Copenhagen
  • Amsterdam
  • Oslo

  • 26. 
    What country’s capital is named Yaoundé?

  • Cameroon
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Zambia

  • 27. 
    Which U.S. state capital houses the Old State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” address?

  • Washington, D.C.
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Springfield, Illinois

  • 28. 
    What is the capital of the U.S. state of California?

  • Los Angeles
  • San Francisco
  • San Diego
  • Sacramento

  • 29. 
    Which city replaced Moscow as the capital of Russia for more than 200 years?

  • St. Petersburg
  • Volgograd
  • Omsk
  • Novgorod

  • 30. 
    Libreville is the capital of what country?

  • Brazil
  • Gabon
  • Senegal
  • Liberia

  • 31. 
    Which country’s capital city derives its name from dakhar, a Wolof name for the tamarind tree?

  • Bangladesh
  • Senegal
  • Denmark
  • Madagascar

  • 32. 
    Havana is the capital of which country?

  • Jamaica
  • Mexico
  • The Bahamas
  • Cuba

  • 33. 
    Doha is the capital of which country?

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Libya
  • Qatar
  • Indonesia

  • 34. 
    The capital of which West Indian country was originally called L’Hôpital?

  • Cuba
  • Puerto Rico
  • Virgin Islands
  • Haiti

  • 35. 
    What city is the capital of the People’s Republic of China?

  • Beijing
  • Shanghai
  • Wuhan
  • Shenzen

  • 36. 
    What is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta?

  • Toronto
  • Edmonton
  • Montreal
  • Calgary

  • 37. 
    What is the capital and largest city of Algeria?

  • Algiers
  • Tunis
  • Oran
  • Skikda

  • 38. 
    The city of Nicosia is the capital of which island country?

  • Iceland
  • Sardinia
  • Cyprus
  • Rhodes

  • 39. 
    What capital city was founded as the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán?

  • Mexico City
  • Panama City
  • Bogotá
  • Managua
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