Capital Cities Quiz: 28 Questions and Answers
A capital cities quiz that covers national capitals around the world and the state capitals of the United States. Some questions simply ask for a capital, and others are puzzles about the names. The answers are printed with each question.
There are 28 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.What city is capital of Australia's Victoria state?
Answer: MELBOURNE
Open this question2.What is the only U.S. state capital city named after a Biblical character?
Answer: ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
Open this question3.If all the state capital cities in the USA were listed in alphabetical order, what would be first two?
Answer: ALBANY / ANNAPOLIS
Open this question4.Before Sacramento became California's capital city in 1854, five other places hosted the seat of California's government. Can you name them?
Answer: LOS ANGELES / MONTEREY / SAN JOSE / BENICIA / VALLEJO
Open this question5.Capital Cities of countries: a. Chile b. Jordan c. Laos
Answer: a. SANTIAGO b.AMMAN c. VIENTIANE
Open this question6.Can you name two US state capital cities whose names end with the 5-letter Greek word for city?
Answer: POLIS - INDIANAPOLIS / ANNAPOLIS
Open this question7.The capital city of this Asian nation is named after the national religion. Which country, which capital city?
Answer: PAKISTAN / ISLAMABAD
Open this question8.Can you name the capital city of each of these republics of the former Yugoslavia? a. Bosnia-Herzegovina? b. Croatia c. Serbia
Answer: a. SARAJEVO b. ZAGREB c. BELGRADE
Open this question9.What capital city lies on the Tigris River?
Answer: BAGHDAD
Open this question10.Can you name the four U.S. state capital cities named after U.S. Presidents?
Answer: LINCOLN, nebraska / MADISON, wisconsin / JEFFERSON CITY, mo. / JACKSON, mississippi
Open this question11.Which U.S. state capital city was named after a knighted British navigator and writer?
Answer: RALEIGH, N.C.
Open this question12.Australia is divided into eight states or territories. One of them is an island state about 150 miles south of the mainland. What is its name, and what is its capital city?
Answer: TASMANIA / HOBART
Open this question13.Name the capital cities of each of these islands: a. Cyprus b. Dominican Republic c. Falkland Islands
Answer: a. NICOSIA b. SANTO DOMINGO c. STANLEY
Open this question14.I'll give you the name of the capital city. You name the country. a. Port-au-Prince b. Kuala Lumpur c. Khartoum
Answer: a. HAITI b. MALAYSIA c. SUDAN
Open this question15.The capital city of a Central American country has the same name as a major city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Which city and county in Central America is it?
Answer: SAN JOSE ...costa rica
Open this question16.Can you name the five state capital cities which begin with the letter, "A"?
Answer: AUGUSTA / ATLANTA / ALBANY / ANNAPOLIS / AUSTIN
Open this question17.In the year 1800, the federal government of the United States moved to its newly constructed capital in Washington, D.C., from what city?
Answer: PHILADELPHIA
Open this question18.Which food additive is named after the capital of French Guyana? Give a two-word answer
Answer: CAYENNE pepper
Open this question19.When the Great Pyramid was being built, what was the capital of Egypt?
Answer: MEMPHIS
Open this question20.At 11,900 feet above sea level, what is the highest capital city in the world?
Answer: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
Open this question21.What do the cities of Atlanta in the United States and Tbilisi in the former Soviet Union have in common?
Answer: BOTH ARE CAPITALS OF GEORGIA
Open this question22.This African country, settled by returning black slaves, speaks English, uses the dollar for currency, and has a capital city named for a U.S. President. Name the country and the capital.
Answer: LIBERIA / MONROVIA
Open this question23.What vegetable in the mustard family is named for a European capital city?
Answer: BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Open this question24.If all the U.S. state capitals were listed in alphabetical order, the first and last on the list would be capitals of bordering states. Can you name them?
Answer: ALBANY (New York) / TRENTON (New Jersey)
Open this question25.Can you name the two states capitals which contain the entire name of the state in their spellings?
Answer: OKLAHOMA CITY / INDIANAPOLIS
Open this question26.Since this city hosts the headquarters of the European Union, you might call it the capital city of Europe. Which city is this?
Answer: BRUSSELS
Open this question27.The world's largest bullring is located in what capital city?
Answer: MEXICO CITY
Open this question28.What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
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