Countries and Capitals Quiz: 120 Questions with Answers

Capitals are the classic quiz round: everyone knows Paris and Tokyo, but the room splits on Australia, Canada and Turkey. Below are 120 questions with answers, from easy to tricky, sorted by continent. At the end there's a bonus round of world geography trivia.

Want to play it as a game? In World Domination, a trivia game online, the free Planet takeover topic is all about countries, capitals and world geography, and every correct answer wins you regions on the map.

Europe

What is the capital of Spain? Madrid
What is the capital of Germany? Berlin
What is the capital of Italy? Rome
What is the capital of Portugal? Lisbon
What is the capital of Poland? Warsaw
What is the capital of Norway? Oslo
What is the capital of Sweden? Stockholm
What is the capital of Finland? Helsinki
What is the capital of Denmark? Copenhagen
What is the capital of Austria? Vienna
What is the capital of Hungary? Budapest
What is the capital of the Czech Republic? Prague
What is the capital of Greece? Athens
What is the capital of Ireland? Dublin
What is the capital of Belgium? Brussels
What is the capital of Switzerland? Bern
What is the capital of Romania? Bucharest
What is the capital of Bulgaria? Sofia
What is the capital of Croatia? Zagreb
What is the capital of Iceland? Reykjavík
What is the capital of Slovenia? Ljubljana
What is the capital of Slovakia? Bratislava
What is the capital of Lithuania? Vilnius
What is the capital of Latvia? Riga
What is the capital of Estonia? Tallinn
What is the capital of Malta? Valletta
What is the capital of Montenegro? Podgorica
What is the capital of Liechtenstein? Vaduz
What is the capital of the Netherlands? Amsterdam (the government sits in The Hague)
What is the capital of Scotland? Edinburgh

Asia

What is the capital of Japan? Tokyo
What is the capital of China? Beijing
What is the capital of India? New Delhi
What is the capital of South Korea? Seoul
What is the capital of Thailand? Bangkok
What is the capital of Vietnam? Hanoi
What is the capital of the Philippines? Manila
What is the capital of Malaysia? Kuala Lumpur
What is the capital of Pakistan? Islamabad
What is the capital of Turkey? Ankara
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? Riyadh
What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates? Abu Dhabi
What is the capital of Nepal? Kathmandu
What is the capital of Mongolia? Ulaanbaatar
What is the capital of Kazakhstan? Astana
What is the capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw
What is the capital of Bhutan? Thimphu
What is the capital of Qatar? Doha
What is the capital of Uzbekistan? Tashkent
What is the capital of Singapore? Singapore (it's a city-state)

Africa

What is the capital of Egypt? Cairo
What is the capital of Kenya? Nairobi
What is the capital of Nigeria? Abuja
What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat
What is the capital of Ethiopia? Addis Ababa
What is the capital of Ghana? Accra
What is the capital of Senegal? Dakar
What is the capital of Tanzania? Dodoma
What is the capital of Algeria? Algiers
What is the capital of Tunisia? Tunis
What is the capital of Uganda? Kampala
What is the capital of Zimbabwe? Harare
What is the capital of Madagascar? Antananarivo
What is the capital of Côte d'Ivoire? Yamoussoukro
South Africa has three capitals. Name one. Pretoria, Cape Town or Bloemfontein

North and Central America

What is the capital of the United States? Washington, D.C.
What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa
What is the capital of Mexico? Mexico City
What is the capital of Cuba? Havana
What is the capital of Jamaica? Kingston
What is the capital of Costa Rica? San José
What is the capital of Panama? Panama City
What is the capital of Belize? Belmopan
What is the capital of Guatemala? Guatemala City
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic? Santo Domingo

South America

What is the capital of Brazil? Brasília
What is the capital of Argentina? Buenos Aires
What is the capital of Peru? Lima
What is the capital of Chile? Santiago
What is the capital of Colombia? Bogotá
What is the capital of Venezuela? Caracas
What is the capital of Ecuador? Quito
What is the capital of Uruguay? Montevideo
What is the capital of Paraguay? Asunción
Bolivia has two capitals. Name both. Sucre and La Paz

Oceania

What is the capital of Australia? Canberra
What is the capital of New Zealand? Wellington
What is the capital of Fiji? Suva
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea? Port Moresby
What is the capital of Samoa? Apia

Reverse round: name the country

Lima is the capital of which country? Peru
Nairobi is the capital of which country? Kenya
Canberra is the capital of which country? Australia
Hanoi is the capital of which country? Vietnam
Reykjavík is the capital of which country? Iceland
Ankara is the capital of which country? Turkey
Ottawa is the capital of which country? Canada
Bern is the capital of which country? Switzerland
Kathmandu is the capital of which country? Nepal
Montevideo is the capital of which country? Uruguay

Bonus: world geography trivia

Which is the only country that is also a continent? Australia
Which country has the most neighbors? China (14, tied with Russia)
What is the longest river in South America? The Amazon
Which European capital stands on the Danube along with Vienna, Bratislava and Belgrade? Budapest
Which country has the most active volcanoes? Indonesia
What is the smallest country in Africa by area? Seychelles
Which is the largest island in the world that isn't a continent? Greenland
Which country has a red maple leaf on its flag? Canada
Which strait separates Europe from Africa? The Strait of Gibraltar
Which country is home to the city of Timbuktu? Mali
Which is the highest capital city in the world? La Paz (seat of government of Bolivia)
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun? Japan
Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia? The Ural Mountains
Which salt lake lies at the lowest point on land, so salty you float without trying? The Dead Sea
Which country has the longest coastline? Canada
Which landlocked country is completely surrounded by South Africa? Lesotho
Through which city does the prime meridian run? London (Greenwich)
What is the largest country in South America? Brazil
Which country's flag is not a rectangle? Nepal
Which two continents is Istanbul located on? Europe and Asia

How to play it as a quiz

Speed round: read country names one after another, and teams shout the capital. 60 seconds per team.
Map round: show a blank world map and ask players to point at the country before naming its capital.
Online: open a room in World Domination, pick a topic and play from your phones on a video call.

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