Capitals Quiz Questions
Round 1
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What was the capital of Russia before Moscow?
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What is the capital of Andorra?
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What lies to the north of Algiers?
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Which country has the last capital alphabetically?
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What was Harare’s former name?
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Which Asian capital is at the head of the Mekong Delta?
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Which capital is known as Leukosia or Lefkosa by its inhabitants?
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Tashkent is the capital of which former Soviet republic?
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Which capital is on the slopes of the volcano Pichincha?
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Which is further north, Pakistan’s new capital, Islamabad, or the former one, Karachi?
Round 1 Answers
- St. Petersburg
- Andorra de la Vella
- Mediterranean
- Croatia (Zagreb)
- Salisbury
- Phnom Penh
- Nicosia (Cyprus)
- Uzbekistan
- Quito (Ecuador)
- Islamabad
Round 2
- St John’s is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda but on which island does it stand?
- Which capital’s former name was Christiania?
- In Berlin which avenue runs east from the Brandenburg Gate?
- Which capital is the largest city in Africa?
- Where was Botswana’s seat of government prior to 1965, after which it moved to Gaborone?
- What was the capital of Italian East Africa between 1936 and 1941?
- Which capital lies on the river Helmand?
- In Pan’s what links the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde?
- Which new capital’s main architect was Oscar Niemeyer?
- Which capital’s main industrial area is Piraeus?
- In which capital is the Teatro Colon opera house?
Round 2 Answers
- Antigua
- Oslo
- Unter den Liden
- Cairo
- Mafeking
- Addis Ababa
- Kabul
- Champs Elysees
- Brasilia
- Athens
Round 3
- In which capital is the Teatro Colon opera house?
- What is the full name of the capital of Colombia?
- Which capital’s heating comes from natural hot springs?
- What did New Delhi replace as the capital of British India in 1912?
- On which sea is the Azerbaijani capital Baku?
- Which capital is known as the Eternal City?
- What is the capital of Bahrain?
- Which capital began as the village of Edo?
- Which capital in the West Indies is to be found on New Provence Island?
- Which capital houses the Great Mosque and the Gate of God?
Round 3 Answers
- Buenos Aires
- Santa Fe de Bogota
- Reykjavik (Iceland)
- Calcutta
- Caspian
- Rome
- Manama
- Tokyo
- Nassau
- Damascus (Syria)