Capital City
Quiz
Type the capital · 195 countries · beat your streak
Question 1 of 5
What is the capital of
France
Choose your mode
How well do you know capitals?
Type-to-answer · Auto-advances on correct · Smart matching tolerates typos
How it works
Three rules · three modes
Pick a mode
Quick for a warm-up · Daily for streaks · Full to test all 195
Type the capital
No multiple choice · auto-advances the instant your answer matches
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Notable capitals
The capitals that trip everyone up
Eight capitals worth knowing before you take the Full Quiz · screenshot fodder for the next time someone says geography is boring
Longest name
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka · 25 letters
Highest altitude
La Paz
Bolivia · 3,640 m above sea level
Newest capital
Ciudad de la Paz
Equatorial Guinea · designated Jan 2026
Three capitals
South Africa
Pretoria · Cape Town · Bloemfontein
Smallest country
Vatican City
0.49 km² · the city is the country
Largest metro
Tokyo
Japan · ~37 million people
Built from scratch
Brasília
Brazil · planned and completed in 41 months
Two capitals
Netherlands
Amsterdam (constitutional) · The Hague (seat of government)
By continent
195 capitals · split by where
The fastest way to memorise capitals is to drill one continent at a time · here's the lay of the land
Africa
54Largest continent for capitals · spelling is the real test
Trickiest
Ouagadougou, N’Djamena, Yamoussoukro
Free points
Cairo, Nairobi, Cape Town
Asia
50Mix of mega-capitals and tiny island states · know all five Stans
Trickiest
Naypyidaw, Thimphu, Vientiane
Free points
Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Bangkok
Europe
50Most tested continent · micro-states (Andorra, Monaco) are the trap
Trickiest
Vaduz, Ljubljana, Chișinău
Free points
Paris, London, Rome, Berlin, Madrid
North America
23Caribbean island states inflate the count · capitals you rarely hear
Trickiest
Basseterre, Roseau, Castries
Free points
Washington D.C., Ottawa, Mexico City
South America
12Smallest continent · learnable in one evening
Trickiest
Asunción, Paramaribo, Sucre
Free points
Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogotá
Oceania
14Micro-state capitals rarely appear in news · pure memorisation
Trickiest
Funafuti, Yaren, Nuku’alofa, Palikir
Free points
Canberra, Wellington, Suva
Study guide
Memorise 195 capitals · faster
Five techniques that beat brute-force flashcards · proven by every quiz champion who didn't grow up with an atlas
Drill by continent · not alphabetically
Group capitals by region so each new one sits next to neighbours you already know. South America (12) can be learned in an evening · use that win to build momentum into Africa (54).
Daily 5 beats weekly 50
The Daily Challenge mode picks five fresh capitals every day · five minutes a day for two months covers every country on Earth. Streaks reinforce recall better than any single cram session.
Anchor each capital to one fact
Pair every capital with one sticky detail · La Paz is the highest, Brasília was built from scratch, Astana renamed itself twice. The detail makes the name unforgettable.
Master the spelling traps first
N’Djamena, Ouagadougou, Reykjavík, Bratislava · capitals you can pronounce but never spell. Type them out three times each before quizzing yourself · the matcher tolerates typos but your brain shouldn’t.
Use the flag as the picture · the capital as the caption
Visual memory beats verbal memory. When Croatia comes up, see the red-and-white checkerboard first · then Zagreb. Pair every flag with its capital and you’ll never forget either.
FAQ
Common questions
How does the Capital City Quiz work?
How many countries does the quiz cover?
What counts as a correct answer?
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How do you tell apart "Pretoria" and "Cape Town" — South Africa has multiple capitals?
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All 195 countries
Capitals tracked in this quiz
Every UN-recognised country and its official capital. Hover for the answer.
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