World Capitals Trivia Quiz: 10 Questions That Test What You Know

This world capitals trivia quiz is full of cities people often get wrong, such as Canberra instead of Sydney and Ankara instead of Istanbul. Ten questions test what you know.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Oceania
What is the capital of Australia?
Americas
What is the capital of Canada?
Europe
Which city is the capital of Turkey?
Americas
Which planned city became Brazil's capital in 1960?
Africa
What is the capital of Kenya?
Oceania
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Asia
Which city is the capital of Vietnam?
Africa
What is the capital of Morocco?
Americas
Which South American capital is the highest seat of government in the world?
Asia
What is the capital of Myanmar?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Canberra was built as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne. Parliament first met there in 1927.
Q2: What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa in 1857, partly because it lay between English-speaking and French-speaking Canada.
Q3: Which city is the capital of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made Ankara the capital in 1923. Istanbul remains Turkey's largest city.
Q4: Which planned city became Brazil's capital in 1960?
Answer: Brasília
Brasília was designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. From above, its plan looks like an airplane or a bird.
Q5: What is the capital of Kenya?
Answer: Nairobi
Nairobi grew from a railway depot in 1899. Nairobi National Park lies inside the city, with lions and giraffes near skyscrapers.
Q6: What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
Wellington became the capital in 1865. It is the southernmost capital of a sovereign state.
Q7: Which city is the capital of Vietnam?
Answer: Hanoi
Hanoi is more than 1,000 years old. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the country's largest city.
Q8: What is the capital of Morocco?
Answer: Rabat
Rabat sits on the Atlantic coast. Casablanca is larger, but the king and government are based in Rabat.
Q9: Which South American capital is the highest seat of government in the world?
Answer: La Paz
La Paz, Bolivia's seat of government, sits about 3,600 meters above sea level. Sucre is the constitutional capital.
Q10: What is the capital of Myanmar?
Answer: Naypyidaw
Myanmar moved its government to the newly built city of Naypyidaw in 2005. Yangon is still the biggest city.

World Capitals Trivia Quiz – When the Biggest City Is Not the Capital

Many countries chose capitals that are not their largest city. Some built new capitals from scratch, such as Brasília, Canberra and Abuja. Others picked a neutral city between rival regions, as Canada did with Ottawa.

Capitals can also move. Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty to Astana in 1997, Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja in 1991 and Indonesia is gradually moving government offices to a new city called Nusantara on Borneo.

What This Quiz Teaches

Students, travelers and quiz fans can use this quiz to fix the classic capital mix-ups.

Why Canberra and Ottawa were chosen
Which capitals were planned from scratch
Where the highest seat of government is
Which countries moved their capitals
Which capitals people most often confuse

Did You Know?

Reykjavík, Iceland, is the northernmost capital of a sovereign state.
Vatican City is both a country and its own capital.
South Africa has three capital cities.
Bern is called the federal city of Switzerland rather than its capital.
Tokyo became Japan's capital in 1868, replacing Kyoto.