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World capitals quiz
How well do you really know World capitals? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of World capitals questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
France is up first! Name its capital and the continent where that city is located.
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- Paris
- France
- Europe
- Warm-up
With the Nile flowing nearby, what is Egypt’s capital, and which continent is Egypt mostly in?
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- Cairo
- Africa
- The Nile flows near Cairo
- Easy
A river separates Buda from Pest: name the European capital they form, and the country it’s in.
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- Budapest
- Hungary
- The Danube separates Buda and Pest
- Medium
Japan’s capital is a long way from Europe’s familiar examples: name the city and the island it stands on.
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- Tokyo
- Honshu
- Japan
- Medium
Nigeria shifted its capital inland in 1991: name the new capital and the city it replaced.
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- Abuja became Nigeria’s capital in 1991.
- Lagos was the former capital.
- Abuja is inland, in central Nigeria.
- Medium
At roughly 3,650 metres up, which city is often called the world’s highest capital, and which country is it in?
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- La Paz
- Bolivia
- About 3,650 metres above sea level
- Hard
Pakistan’s purpose-built capital sits beneath a green ridge: name the city and the hill range along its northern edge.
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- Islamabad is Pakistan’s capital.
- The Margalla Hills lie along its northern edge.
- Islamabad was planned and built as a purpose-built capital.
- Boss
Bhutan’s capital has a famously unusual central street scene: name the city and the traffic-control device its centre is known for lacking.
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- Thimphu
- Bhutan
- No traffic lights in the city centre
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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