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What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
Hint: Located on the River Thames
What is the capital of France?
Hint: Known as the 'City of Light'
What is the capital of Germany?
Hint: This city was divided by a famous wall
What is the capital of Spain?
Hint: Located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula
What is the capital of Italy?
Hint: The center of the ancient Roman Empire
What is the capital of Greece?
Hint: Named after the goddess of wisdom
What is the capital of Russia?
Hint: Home of the Kremlin and Red Square
What is the capital of Portugal?
Hint: Westernmost capital city in continental Europe
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Hint: Known for its canals and tulips
What is the capital of Sweden?
Hint: Built on 14 islands connected by bridges
What is the capital of Norway?
Hint: Located at the head of a fjord
What is the capital of Poland?
Hint: Located on the Vistula River
What is the capital of Austria?
Hint: Famous for classical music composers like Mozart
What is the capital of Denmark?
Hint: Home of the Little Mermaid statue
What is the capital of Finland?
Hint: The northernmost capital of an EU member state on the European mainland
What is the capital of Ireland?
Hint: Located on the River Liffey
What is the capital of Hungary?
Hint: Split by the Danube into Buda and Pest
What is the capital of Czechia (Czech Republic)?
Hint: Known as the 'City of a Hundred Spires'
What is the capital of Romania?
Hint: Sometimes called the 'Little Paris of the East'
What is the capital of Belgium?
Hint: Also the de facto capital of the European Union
What is the capital of Croatia?
Hint: Located in the northwestern part of the country, not coastal Dubrovnik
What is the capital of Ukraine?
Hint: Located on the Dnieper River
What is the capital of Bulgaria?
Hint: Named after the Saint Sofia Church in the city center
What is the capital of Egypt?
Hint: Located near the Great Pyramids of Giza
On which continent is the country at the southern tip below Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique located?
Hint: The country name contains the continent name.
What is the largest city in South Africa?
Hint: This city is the economic hub and is NOT one of the three capitals.
What is the executive capital of South Africa?
Hint: South Africa has 3 capitals: Pretoria (executive/president), Cape Town (legislative/parliament), Bloemfontein (judicial/courts)
What is the capital of Kenya?
Hint: Famous for nearby wildlife safari parks on the East African savanna
What is the capital of Ethiopia?
Hint: Its name means 'New Flower' in Amharic, the official language
What is the capital of Morocco?
Hint: Not Casablanca (largest city) or Marrakech (famous tourist city) — Rabat is on the Atlantic coast
What is the capital of Ghana?
Hint: Located on the southern coast of West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
What is the capital of Tanzania?
Hint: Not Dar es Salaam, the largest city and former capital — Dodoma is in the interior
What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Hint: Located across the Congo River from Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo
What is the capital of Sudan?
Hint: Located where the Blue and White Nile rivers meet in northeastern Africa
What is the capital of Algeria?
Hint: Algeria is the largest country in Africa by area — its capital sits on the Mediterranean coast
Which city is the capital of the North African country near ancient Carthage?
Hint: Ancient Carthage (the great rival of Rome) was located just outside this city
What is the capital of Libya?
Hint: Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa
What is the capital of Senegal?
Hint: Located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula — the westernmost point of mainland Africa
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Hint: Not Douala (largest city) — the capital sits on a central plateau, not on the coast
What is the capital of Uganda?
Hint: Located on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, the source of the White Nile
What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
Hint: Located in the northeast of Zimbabwe; formerly called Salisbury during British colonial rule
What is the capital of Mozambique?
Hint: A port city on the southern coast, formerly called Lourenço Marques under Portuguese rule
What is the capital of Madagascar?
Hint: Located in the central highlands of the world's fourth-largest island, off Africa's east coast
What is the capital of Rwanda?
Hint: Rwanda is a tiny landlocked country known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' — its capital is named Kigali
What is the political capital of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)?
Hint: Not Abidjan (largest city) — the official capital is inland and home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
What is the capital of Angola?
Hint: A port city on the Atlantic coast of southwestern Africa, bordering the DRC to the north
What is the capital of Namibia?
Hint: Located in the central highlands; Namibia contains both the Namib Desert (Atlantic coast) and the Kalahari
What is the capital of China?
Hint: Home to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in northeastern China
What is the capital of Japan?
Hint: The most populous metropolitan area in the world, on the island of Honshu
What is the capital of India?
Hint: Not Mumbai (largest city) or Kolkata — the capital is in the north near Pakistan's border
What is the capital of South Korea?
Hint: Located along the Han River in the northwestern part of the Korean Peninsula
What is the capital of North Korea?
Hint: One of the most isolated capital cities in the world — North Korea is largely closed to the outside
What is the capital of Thailand?
Hint: Known for ornate Buddhist temples and vibrant street food — in the heart of mainland Southeast Asia
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hint: Located in the north of the country; Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is in the south
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Hint: Located on the island of Java — Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago nation
What is the capital of the Philippines?
Hint: The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Hint: Not Mecca or Medina (the holy cities) — the capital is in the central part of the country
What city does Israel designate as its capital?
Hint: A holy city for all three Abrahamic religions — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
What is the capital of Iraq?
Hint: Located on the Tigris River — once the center of the Islamic Golden Age (8th–13th centuries)
What is the capital of Iran?
Hint: Formerly known as Persia — the country changed its name to Iran in 1935
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Hint: Located along the Kabul River in a valley surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains
What is the capital of Malaysia?
Hint: Home to the Petronas Twin Towers — one of the world's most recognizable skylines
What is the capital of the island city-state between Malaysia and Indonesia?
Hint: A city-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula — the country and capital share the same name
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Hint: Home to the descendants of Genghis Khan — a vast, sparsely populated landlocked country
What is the capital of Nepal?
Hint: Gateway city for climbers heading to Mount Everest in the Himalayas
What is the capital of Bangladesh?
Hint: One of the world's most densely populated cities, located on the Buriganga River in South Asia
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Hint: Located at the junction of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers in Southeast Asia
What is the capital of Laos?
Hint: Located along the Mekong River — the name means 'city of sandalwood' in Pali
What are the two capitals of Sri Lanka?
Hint: This island nation in South Asia has two capitals — one legislative, one commercial
What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
Hint: Not Dubai (the most famous city) — the capital is on an island in the Persian Gulf to the west
What is the capital of Fiji?
Hint: An island nation in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Hint: Located on the southern coast of New Guinea island, directly north of Australia
What is the capital of Samoa?
Hint: A Polynesian island nation in the central South Pacific — not to be confused with American Samoa nearby
What is the capital of Tonga?
Hint: A Polynesian kingdom in the South Pacific — one of the few Pacific nations that remained a monarchy
What is the capital of Vanuatu?
Hint: An archipelago northeast of Australia, formerly called the New Hebrides under French-British rule
What is the capital of the Solomon Islands?
Hint: Located on Guadalcanal island — site of a major World War II battle in 1942–43
What is the capital of Palau?
Hint: One of the least populous national capitals — Palau's islands are famed for world-class diving
What is the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia?
Hint: Located on Pohnpei island — Micronesia is the Pacific region north of Melanesia
What is the capital of Argentina?
Hint: Its name means 'good airs' (fair winds) in Spanish — a reference to the winds sailors felt arriving
What is the capital of Chile?
Hint: Chile is a long, narrow strip along South America's western coast — the Andes are on its eastern border
What is the capital of Peru?
Hint: Peru was home to the ancient Inca Empire — Machu Picchu and Cusco are here
What is the capital of Colombia?
Hint: Located high in the Andes mountains at over 8,600 feet elevation
What is the capital of Venezuela?
Hint: Located on the coast near the Andes in northern South America, near the Caribbean
What is the capital of Mexico?
Hint: Built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which was on a lake island
What is the capital of Cuba?
Hint: Famous for colorful classic cars and Spanish colonial architecture in the Caribbean
What is the capital of Guatemala?
Hint: Shares its name with the country — Guatemala City is both the city and country name
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
Hint: Costa Rica is known for extraordinary biodiversity and environmental conservation in Central America
What is the capital of Panama?
Hint: Located near the famous Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Hint: The country is named for the equator that runs through it — 'Ecuador' means equator in Spanish
What is the constitutional capital of Bolivia?
Hint: La Paz is the seat of government, but Sucre is the constitutional (judicial) capital
What is the capital of Uruguay?
Hint: Located on the Río de la Plata estuary across from Buenos Aires, Argentina
What is the capital of Paraguay?
Hint: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas, founded by Spain in 1537
What is the capital of Honduras?
Hint: One of the few national capitals in the world with no railway system
What is the capital of El Salvador?
Hint: El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Hint: Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America by area
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Hint: Jamaica is a Caribbean island nation south of Cuba in the Greater Antilles
What is the capital of Guyana?
Hint: Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America — on the northeast coast
What is the capital of Suriname?
Hint: The smallest country in South America, formerly a Dutch colony — its language is Dutch
What is the capital of Haiti?
Hint: Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic — Haiti is on the western third
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
Hint: Founded in 1496, it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded cities in the Americas
What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Hint: Twin-island nation (Trinidad and Tobago) in the southern Caribbean, near Venezuela's coast
Many people think Istanbul is the capital of Turkey. What is the actual capital?
Hint: Istanbul is the largest city, but the government sits in a different city in central Turkey
Brazil's capital is often confused with Rio de Janeiro. What is the actual capital, a planned city built in the 1960s?
Hint: It was purpose-built in the interior of the country to be the new capital
Australia's capital is neither Sydney nor Melbourne. What planned city serves as Australia's capital?
Hint: Like Brasilia, it was purpose-built as a compromise between two rival cities
What is the capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma)?
Hint: The capital moved from Yangon (Rangoon) to this new city in 2006
Nigeria's most populous city is Lagos, but what inland city has been the capital since 1991?
Hint: It was chosen as capital because of its central location in the country
South Africa is unique in having three capital cities. Pretoria is the executive capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital. What is the judicial capital?
Hint: The Supreme Court of Appeal sits in this city in the Free State province
Many people guess Zurich or Geneva, but what is the actual capital of Switzerland?
Hint: Zurich is the largest city and Geneva hosts the UN, but neither is the capital
Auckland is New Zealand's largest city, but what city at the southern tip of the North Island is actually the capital?
Hint: It is one of the world's southernmost capital cities, on the southern tip of the North Island
Pakistan's largest city is Karachi, but what planned city in the north serves as the capital?
Hint: Built in the 1960s near the older city of Rawalpindi
Canada's capital is often confused with Toronto. What city in Ontario, on the border with Quebec, is the actual capital?
Hint: Queen Victoria chose it partly because of its location between English and French Canada
On many maps, what does a star symbol usually mark?
Hint: Look for stars near city names
A country shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal and has Madrid as its capital. Which country is it?
Hint: Madrid is Spain's capital
A country lies south of the Himalayas and reaches toward the Indian Ocean. Which country fits best?
Hint: The Indian Ocean is the clue
Which country stretches across northern North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Hint: It is north of most of the United States
A country in northeast Africa contains the Nile Delta and has Cairo as its capital. Which country is it?
Hint: Cairo and the Nile Delta point to Egypt
A country is made of islands in the South Pacific and has Suva as its capital. Which country is it?
Hint: Suva is the capital of Fiji
New Zealand belongs to which world region?
Hint: It is in the island region of the Pacific
If you are visiting Cairo, which country are you in?
Hint: Cairo is the capital city
Brasilia is the capital of which country?
Hint: It is the largest country in South America
Tokyo is the capital of which Asian country?
Hint: Tokyo is on an island nation east of Korea
Madrid is the capital of which European country?
Hint: Madrid is near the center of the Iberian Peninsula
Wellington is the capital of which country in Oceania?
Hint: It is the island country southeast of Australia