Test your knowledge of world capitals, from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Paris has been capital since Hugh Capet in 987, Rome since the 1871 unification, Berlin since the 1990 reunification. Test the 20 European capitals everyone should know, easy level.
Riga and its UNESCO-listed Art Nouveau centre, Tallinn the birthplace of Skype, Ljubljana European Green Capital 2016: 20 capitals of Central, Baltic and Balkan Europe to move past the obvious.
Vaduz and its 5,700 inhabitants, Andorra la Vella perched at 1,023 metres, San Marino a republic founded in 301: 20 capitals of micro-states and tricky countries for advanced players.
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands but the government sits in The Hague. Bern is only a federal city, not a de jure capital. Atatürk moved the capital to Ankara in 1923. Expert level.
Algiers the White, Tunis next to Carthage, Cairo on the Nile near the Giza pyramids, Accra capital of the former Gold Coast: 20 African capitals to know, easy level.
Bamako on the banks of the Niger, Rabat official capital of Morocco since 1912 (not Casablanca), Kampala built on seven hills by Lake Victoria: 20 medium-level African capitals.
Gitega is the political capital of Burundi since 2019, not Bujumbura. Porto-Novo is the official capital of Benin but the government sits in Cotonou. N'Djamena, Bangui, São Tomé: 20 sharp questions.
Tokyo replaced Kyoto in 1868, Jakarta will soon be supplanted by Nusantara in Borneo, and Bangkok holds the world's longest city name (169 letters). Test 20 Asian capitals.
Beirut nicknamed the Paris of the Middle East, Amman built on seven hills like Rome, Damascus among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world: test 20 intermediate Asian capitals.
Astana was renamed Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022 before reverting, Dili is the capital of a country independent since 2002, and Malé fits on 5 km². Test 20 obscure Asian capitals.
Brasília was built in 4 years by Niemeyer and Costa to replace Rio in 1960, Lima was founded by Pizarro in 1535, and Washington D.C. has nothing to do with the state of Washington. Test 20 capitals.
Ottawa was picked by Queen Victoria in 1857 as a compromise between English and French speakers, Tegucigalpa has no railway, and Managua rules Central America's largest country. 20 questions.
Belmopan replaced Belize City after Hurricane Hattie in 1961, La Paz peaks at 3,640 m, and Santo Domingo, founded in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, remains the oldest European city in the New World. 20 questions.
South Africa has three capitals (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein), Turkey left Istanbul for Ankara in 1923, and Vatican City fits in 0.44 km². 20 questions for capital city specialists.
