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The Americas: Capitals - capitals quiz

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"The Americas: Capitals" is a free capitals quiz with 35 capitals. You see the name of a capital and tap the place it belongs to on a blank map; each capital allows three tries, and the faster and more accurately you answer, the more points you score.

The list includes Saint John's, Guatemala City and Caracas, and some that sit in small places that are easy to miss: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Choose Play for a scored run, or Learn to explore the map first.

Answer list (35)

CapitalCountryRegion
AsunciónParaguaySouth America
BasseterreSaint Kitts and NevisCaribbean
BelmopanBelizeCentral America
BogotáColombiaSouth America
BrasíliaBrazilSouth America
BridgetownBarbadosCaribbean
Buenos AiresArgentinaSouth America
CaracasVenezuelaSouth America
CastriesSaint LuciaCaribbean
GeorgetownGuyanaSouth America
Guatemala CityGuatemalaCentral America
HavanaCubaCaribbean
KingstonJamaicaCaribbean
KingstownSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean
LimaPeruSouth America
ManaguaNicaraguaCentral America
Mexico CityMexicoNorth America
MontevideoUruguaySouth America
NassauBahamasCaribbean
OttawaCanadaNorth America
Panama CityPanamaCentral America
ParamariboSurinameSouth America
Port of SpainTrinidad and TobagoCaribbean
Port-au-PrinceHaitiCaribbean
QuitoEcuadorSouth America
RoseauDominicaCaribbean
Saint John'sAntigua and BarbudaCaribbean
San JoséCosta RicaCentral America
San SalvadorEl SalvadorCentral America
SantiagoChileSouth America
Santo DomingoDominican RepublicCaribbean
St. George'sGrenadaCaribbean
SucreBoliviaSouth America
TegucigalpaHondurasCentral America
Washington D.C.United StatesNorth America

Questions and answers

How many capitals are in "The Americas: Capitals"?

35 capitals. The list has the 193 UN member states plus Vatican City and Kosovo.

How does the quiz work?

In Play mode you get one place at a time, in random order, and tap it on the map. Each place allows up to three taps: right on the first tap counts most, and a quicker run scores more. The most you can score in this quiz is 887 points. Learn mode has no timer and no score.

Which is the smallest and which is the largest in "The Americas: Capitals"?

By area, the smallest is Saint Kitts and Nevis (261 km²) and the largest is Canada (9,984,670 km²), using the area figures of the app's country data.

Is this quiz free?

Yes. You can play it in your browser without an account, and your best score is stored only in this browser.

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