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World: Capitals - capitals quiz

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"World: Capitals" is a capitals quiz with 194 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 Kabul, Vaduz and Harare, and some that sit in small places that are easy to miss: Vatican City, Monaco and Nauru. Choose Play for a scored run, or Learn to explore the map first.

Answer list (194)

CapitalCountryRegion
Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
AbujaNigeriaWestern Africa
AccraGhanaWestern Africa
Addis AbabaEthiopiaEastern Africa
AlgiersAlgeriaNorthern Africa
AmmanJordanWestern Asia
AmsterdamNetherlandsWestern Europe
Andorra la VellaAndorraSouthern Europe
AnkaraTürkiyeWestern Asia
AntananarivoMadagascarEastern Africa
ApiaSamoaPolynesia
AshgabatTurkmenistanCentral Asia
AsmaraEritreaEastern Africa
AstanaKazakhstanCentral Asia
AsunciónParaguaySouth America
AthensGreeceSouthern Europe
BaghdadIraqWestern Asia
BakuAzerbaijanWestern Asia
BamakoMaliWestern Africa
Bandar Seri BegawanBruneiSouth-Eastern Asia
BangkokThailandSouth-Eastern Asia
BanguiCentral African RepublicMiddle Africa
BanjulGambiaWestern Africa
BasseterreSaint Kitts and NevisCaribbean
BeijingChinaEastern Asia
BeirutLebanonWestern Asia
BelgradeSerbiaSoutheast Europe
BelmopanBelizeCentral America
BerlinGermanyWestern Europe
BernSwitzerlandWestern Europe
BishkekKyrgyzstanCentral Asia
BissauGuinea-BissauWestern Africa
BogotáColombiaSouth America
BrasíliaBrazilSouth America
BratislavaSlovakiaCentral Europe
BrazzavilleCongoMiddle Africa
BridgetownBarbadosCaribbean
BrusselsBelgiumWestern Europe
BucharestRomaniaSoutheast Europe
BudapestHungaryCentral Europe
Buenos AiresArgentinaSouth America
CairoEgyptNorthern Africa
CanberraAustraliaAustralia and New Zealand
CaracasVenezuelaSouth America
CastriesSaint LuciaCaribbean
ChișinăuMoldovaEastern Europe
City of San MarinoSan MarinoSouthern Europe
ColomboSri LankaSouthern Asia
ConakryGuineaWestern Africa
CopenhagenDenmarkNorthern Europe
DakarSenegalWestern Africa
DamascusSyriaWestern Asia
DhakaBangladeshSouthern Asia
DiliTimor-LesteSouth-Eastern Asia
DjiboutiDjiboutiEastern Africa
DodomaTanzaniaEastern Africa
DohaQatarWestern Asia
DublinIrelandNorthern Europe
DushanbeTajikistanCentral Asia
FreetownSierra LeoneWestern Africa
FunafutiTuvaluPolynesia
GaboroneBotswanaSouthern Africa
GeorgetownGuyanaSouth America
GitegaBurundiEastern Africa
Guatemala CityGuatemalaCentral America
HanoiVietnamSouth-Eastern Asia
HarareZimbabweEastern Africa
HavanaCubaCaribbean
HelsinkiFinlandNorthern Europe
HoniaraSolomon IslandsMelanesia
IslamabadPakistanSouthern Asia
JakartaIndonesiaSouth-Eastern Asia
JubaSouth SudanEastern Africa
KabulAfghanistanSouthern Asia
KampalaUgandaEastern Africa
KathmanduNepalSouthern Asia
KhartoumSudanNorthern Africa
KigaliRwandaEastern Africa
KingstonJamaicaCaribbean
KingstownSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean
KinshasaDR CongoMiddle Africa
Kuala LumpurMalaysiaSouth-Eastern Asia
Kuwait CityKuwaitWestern Asia
KyivUkraineEastern Europe
LibrevilleGabonMiddle Africa
LilongweMalawiEastern Africa
LimaPeruSouth America
LisbonPortugalSouthern Europe
LjubljanaSloveniaCentral Europe
LobambaEswatiniSouthern Africa
LoméTogoWestern Africa
LondonUnited KingdomNorthern Europe
LuandaAngolaMiddle Africa
LusakaZambiaEastern Africa
LuxembourgLuxembourgWestern Europe
MadridSpainSouthern Europe
MajuroMarshall IslandsMicronesia
MalaboEquatorial GuineaMiddle Africa
MaléMaldivesSouthern Asia
ManaguaNicaraguaCentral America
ManamaBahrainWestern Asia
ManilaPhilippinesSouth-Eastern Asia
MaputoMozambiqueEastern Africa
MaseruLesothoSouthern Africa
Mexico CityMexicoNorth America
MinskBelarusEastern Europe
MogadishuSomaliaEastern Africa
MonacoMonacoWestern Europe
MonroviaLiberiaWestern Africa
MontevideoUruguaySouth America
MoroniComorosEastern Africa
MoscowRussiaEastern Europe
MuscatOmanWestern Asia
N'DjamenaChadMiddle Africa
NairobiKenyaEastern Africa
NassauBahamasCaribbean
NaypyidawMyanmarSouth-Eastern Asia
New DelhiIndiaSouthern Asia
NgerulmudPalauMicronesia
NiameyNigerWestern Africa
NicosiaCyprusSouthern Europe
NouakchottMauritaniaWestern Africa
Nuku'alofaTongaPolynesia
OsloNorwayNorthern Europe
OttawaCanadaNorth America
OuagadougouBurkina FasoWestern Africa
PalikirMicronesiaMicronesia
Panama CityPanamaCentral America
ParamariboSurinameSouth America
ParisFranceWestern Europe
Phnom PenhCambodiaSouth-Eastern Asia
PodgoricaMontenegroSoutheast Europe
Port LouisMauritiusEastern Africa
Port MoresbyPapua New GuineaMelanesia
Port of SpainTrinidad and TobagoCaribbean
Port VilaVanuatuMelanesia
Port-au-PrinceHaitiCaribbean
Porto-NovoBeninWestern Africa
PragueCzechiaCentral Europe
PraiaCape VerdeWestern Africa
PretoriaSouth AfricaSouthern Africa
PristinaKosovoSoutheast Europe
PyongyangNorth KoreaEastern Asia
QuitoEcuadorSouth America
RabatMoroccoNorthern Africa
ReykjavikIcelandNorthern Europe
RigaLatviaNorthern Europe
RiyadhSaudi ArabiaWestern Asia
RomeItalySouthern Europe
RoseauDominicaCaribbean
Saint John'sAntigua and BarbudaCaribbean
San JoséCosta RicaCentral America
San SalvadorEl SalvadorCentral America
Sana'aYemenWestern Asia
SantiagoChileSouth America
Santo DomingoDominican RepublicCaribbean
São ToméSão Tomé and PríncipeMiddle Africa
SarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaSoutheast Europe
SeoulSouth KoreaEastern Asia
SingaporeSingaporeSouth-Eastern Asia
SkopjeNorth MacedoniaSoutheast Europe
SofiaBulgariaSoutheast Europe
South TarawaKiribatiMicronesia
St. George'sGrenadaCaribbean
StockholmSwedenNorthern Europe
SucreBoliviaSouth America
SuvaFijiMelanesia
TallinnEstoniaNorthern Europe
TashkentUzbekistanCentral Asia
TbilisiGeorgiaWestern Asia
TegucigalpaHondurasCentral America
TehranIranSouthern Asia
ThimphuBhutanSouthern Asia
TiranaAlbaniaSoutheast Europe
TokyoJapanEastern Asia
TripoliLibyaNorthern Africa
TunisTunisiaNorthern Africa
Ulan BatorMongoliaEastern Asia
VaduzLiechtensteinWestern Europe
VallettaMaltaSouthern Europe
Vatican CityVatican CitySouthern Europe
VictoriaSeychellesEastern Africa
ViennaAustriaCentral Europe
VientianeLaosSouth-Eastern Asia
VilniusLithuaniaNorthern Europe
WarsawPolandCentral Europe
Washington D.C.United StatesNorth America
WellingtonNew ZealandAustralia and New Zealand
WindhoekNamibiaSouthern Africa
YamoussoukroIvory CoastWestern Africa
YaoundéCameroonMiddle Africa
YarenNauruMicronesia
YerevanArmeniaWestern Asia
ZagrebCroatiaSoutheast Europe

Questions and answers

How many capitals are in "World: Capitals"?

194 capitals. The quiz leaves out Israel, because countries disagree about the status of its capital.

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 2785 points. Learn mode has no timer and no score.

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

By area, the smallest is Vatican City (0.44 km²) and the largest is Russia (17,098,242 km²), using the area figures of the app's country data.

Is this quiz free?

Learn mode is free in your browser. Playing this quiz for a score is part of Pro, which is coming soon.

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