Easy European capitals
London, Paris, Madrid, Rome. Universal recall — warm up the room.
Q1.Which German city is located on the River Isar?Tap to reveal
Answer: Munich
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Q2.What is the largest Muslim country in the world?Tap to reveal
Answer: Indonesia
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Q3.What is the only nation that borders both Uruguay and Venezuela?Tap to reveal
Answer: Brazil
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Q4.What is the capital of Belarus?Tap to reveal
Answer: Minsk
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Q5.The Space Needle is located in which city?Tap to reveal
Answer: Seattle
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Q6.Where is the area commonly known as the Bermuda Triangle?Tap to reveal
Answer: North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida and Puerto Rico
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Q7.What is the capital of Estonia?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tallinn
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Q8.What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pyrenees
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Q9.Which country does Austria not border?Tap to reveal
Answer: France
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Q10.What is the area of Vatican City?Tap to reveal
Answer: 0.44km^2
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Q11.What tiny principality lies between Spain and France?Tap to reveal
Answer: Andorra
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Q12.What was the African nation of Zimbabwe formerly known as?Tap to reveal
Answer: Rhodesia
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Q13.Which city is the capital of Michigan?Tap to reveal
Answer: Lansing
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Asian capitals — the tricky ones
Tokyo (easy), Beijing (easy), but Kuala Lumpur, Pyongyang, Naypyidaw (Myanmar's capital since 2006) trip people up.
Q1.What is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas?Tap to reveal
Answer: Austin
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Q2.The Hunua Ranges is located in...Tap to reveal
Answer: New Zealand
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Q3.What is the smallest country in the world?Tap to reveal
Answer: Vatican City
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Q4.Which of the following languages does NOT use the Latin alphabet?Tap to reveal
Answer: Georgian
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Q5.What is the capital of Lithuania?Tap to reveal
Answer: Vilnius
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Q6.How many countries share a land border with Russia? (Not including disputed territories)Tap to reveal
Answer: 14
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Q7.Which of these countries is NOT located in Africa?Tap to reveal
Answer: Suriname
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Q8.What are the four corner states of the US?Tap to reveal
Answer: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
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Q9.What city is known as the Rose Capital of the World?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tyler, Texas
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Q10.In which ocean is the Réunion island?Tap to reveal
Answer: Indian Ocean
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Q11.Where is Hadrian's Wall located?Tap to reveal
Answer: Carlisle, England
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Q12.What is the capital of Brazil?Tap to reveal
Answer: Brasilia
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Q13.Which country is the Taedong River in?Tap to reveal
Answer: North Korea
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African capitals — often missed
Cairo, Nairobi, Lagos vs Abuja (Nigerian capital moved). The Africa round usually stumps.
Q1.What is the highest mountain in the world?Tap to reveal
Answer: Mt. Everest
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Q2.Which US state has the highest population?Tap to reveal
Answer: California
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Q3.Which of the following Arab countries does NOT have a flag containing only Pan-Arab colours?Tap to reveal
Answer: Qatar
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Q4.What is the capital of India?Tap to reveal
Answer: New Delhi
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Q5.How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?Tap to reveal
Answer: 4
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Q6.Which of these is NOT an island that is part of the Philippines?Tap to reveal
Answer: Java
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Q7.What is the capital of Ecuador?Tap to reveal
Answer: Quito
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Q8.What is the capital of Vietnam?Tap to reveal
Answer: Hanoi
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Q9.On a London Underground map, what colour is the Circle Line?Tap to reveal
Answer: Yellow
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Q10.How many provinces are in the Netherlands?Tap to reveal
Answer: 12
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Q11.What is the capital of British Columbia, Canada?Tap to reveal
Answer: Victoria
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Q12.What city is the Terracotta Army located in?Tap to reveal
Answer: Xi'an
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Q13.What is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in 2010?Tap to reveal
Answer: Indonesia
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Americas and Oceania
Brasília (not Rio), Canberra (not Sydney), Wellington (not Auckland). Purpose-built capitals are common trivia.
Q1.About how many countries are there in the world?Tap to reveal
Answer: 200
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Q2.Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state?Tap to reveal
Answer: Niue
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Q3.In which Indian city can the Taj Mahal be found?Tap to reveal
Answer: Agra
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Q4.Which country claims ownership of the disputed state Kosovo?Tap to reveal
Answer: Serbia
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Q5.How many countries does Mexico border?Tap to reveal
Answer: 3
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Q6.Which of these African countries list "Spanish" as an official language?Tap to reveal
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
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Q7.What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal?Tap to reveal
Answer: Iberian Peninsula
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Q8.Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is fully enclosed by which country?Tap to reveal
Answer: Italy
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Q9.What is the capital of Scotland?Tap to reveal
Answer: Edinburgh
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Q10.Bridgetown is the capital of which island country in the Carribean?Tap to reveal
Answer: Barbados
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Q11.What is the capital of Cyprus?Tap to reveal
Answer: Nicosia
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Running world capitals trivia
Run rounds by continent for natural variety. Start easy (Europe), build up to obscure (Africa, Oceania). Add a 'name the country from capital' reverse round.
Trivio.NET has Geography packs with world capitals coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which world capital is most-missed?
Naypyidaw (Myanmar's capital since 2006), Astana (Kazakhstan — renamed Nur-Sultan briefly, then back), and Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast's official capital, though Abidjan is the largest city).
Are world capitals trivia good for kids?
Easy capitals for school-age kids. Obscure capitals for adult quizzes.
Where can I find more world capitals trivia?
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What's the best way to learn world capitals?
Daily exposure beats cramming. 5 capitals per day for 2 months covers most countries.
