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World Capitals Quiz

There are 196 nations on Earth. Can you name their capital cities?
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Last updated: August 2, 2019
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First submittedJuly 22, 2011
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Europe
Albania
Tirana
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Austria
Vienna
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Brussels
Bosnia &
Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Bulgaria
Sofia
Croatia
Zagreb
Czech Republic
Prague
Denmark
Copenhagen
Estonia
Tallinn
Finland
Helsinki
France
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Greece
Athens
Hungary
Budapest
Iceland
Reykjavík
Ireland
Dublin
Italy
Rome
Kosovo
Pristina
Latvia
Riga
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Lithuania
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Malta
Valletta
Moldova
Chișinău
Monaco
Monaco
Montenegro
Podgorica
Netherlands
Amsterdam
North Macedonia
Skopje
Norway
Oslo
Poland
Warsaw
Portugal
Lisbon
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
San Marino
San Marino
Serbia
Belgrade
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Spain
Madrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Switzerland
Bern
Ukraine
Kiev
United Kingdom
London
Vatican City
Vatican City
 
 
North America
Antigua &
Barbuda
Saint John's
Bahamas
Nassau
Barbados
Bridgetown
Belize
Belmopan
Canada
Ottawa
Costa Rica
San José
Cuba
Havana
Dominica
Roseau
Dominican
Republic
Santo Domingo
El Salvador
San Salvador
Grenada
Saint George's
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Jamaica
Kingston
Mexico
Mexico City
Nicaragua
Managua
Panama
Panama City
St. Kitts & Nevis
Basseterre
St. Lucia
Castries
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
Kingstown
Trinidad &
Tobago
Port-of-Spain
United States
Washington D.C.
Asia
Afghanistan
Kabul
Armenia
Yerevan
Azerbaijan
Baku
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Bhutan
Thimphu
Brunei
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
China
Beijing
Cyprus
Nicosia
East Timor
Dili
Georgia
Tbilisi
India
New Delhi
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Israel
Jerusalem
Japan
Tokyo
Jordan
Amman
Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Laos
Vientiane
Lebanon
Beirut
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Malé
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Nepal
Kathmandu
North Korea
Pyongyang
Oman
Muscat
Pakistan
Islamabad
Philippines
Manila
Qatar
Doha
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Singapore
Singapore
South Korea
Seoul
Sri Lanka
Sri
Jayawardenepura
Kotte
Syria
Damascus
Taiwan
Taipei
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Thailand
Bangkok
Turkey
Ankara
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
United Arab
Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Vietnam
Hanoi
Yemen
Sana'a
 
 
Oceania
Australia
Canberra
Fiji
Suva
Kiribati
South Tarawa
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Micronesia
(Fed. States)
Palikir
Nauru
Yaren
New Zealand
Wellington
Palau
Ngerulmud
Papua New
Guinea
Port Moresby
Samoa
Apia
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Vanuatu
Port Vila
South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
La Paz / Sucre
Brazil
Brasília
Chile
Santiago
Colombia
Bogotá
Ecuador
Quito
Guyana
Georgetown
Paraguay
Asunción
Peru
Lima
Suriname
Paramaribo
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Caracas
 
 
Africa
Algeria
Algiers
Angola
Luanda
Benin
Porto-Novo /
Cotonou
Botswana
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African
Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Comoros
Moroni
Congo
(Dem. Rep.)
Kinshasa
Congo
(Rep. of.)
Brazzaville
Djibouti
Djibouti
Egypt
Cairo
Equatorial
Guinea
Malabo
Eritrea
Asmara
Eswatini
Mbabane
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Ghana
Accra
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Kenya
Nairobi
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Mali
Bamako
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Morocco
Rabat
Mozambique
Maputo
Namibia
Windhoek
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé &
Principe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa
Pretoria / Cape Town
/ Bloemfontein
South Sudan
Juba
Sudan
Khartoum
Tanzania
Dodoma
Togo
Lomé
Tunisia
Tunis
Uganda
Kampala
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare
crazykitten
+5
Level 16
Oct 10, 2017
I looked up the capital of Sri Lanka and it said that it was Colombo as well as Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte so maybe accept Colombo as well
RealTomHolland
+3
Level 58
Nov 14, 2017
No, it's just Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
4hrue
+2
Level 34
May 22, 2019
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is in the suburb of Colombo. That would be like accepting District of Colombia for Washington DC.
MDW
+5
Level 43
Dec 31, 2019
No, accepting Sri Kotte is the same as accepting Capital Hill - a suburb of Washington. According to your logic Malaysia should go back to insisting Putrajaya is the capital. New Delhi also annoys me. Delhi is the name of the city, New Delhi is the suburb. If you want to make a capital suburbs quiz, go make a different quiz.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 67
Feb 20, 2020
Its Capitol* Hill.
Eigengrau
+1
Level 60
Apr 10, 2020
@JackintheBox and it's Arkansas, not Arkansaw
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Apr 19, 2020
Also @4hrue it's Columbia not Colombia.
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 49
Jun 28, 2020
@MDW, Delhi is the union territory where the CITY of New Delhi is located. There are many other cities located in Delhi.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 80
Jul 27, 2020
Not a valid analogy at all.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Jul 27, 2020
Strongly agree. It would be the same as accepting Delhi for New Delhi, which the quiz does. Sri Kottage Cheese is a district within the larger city of Colombo where the government mailboxes are.
Shiloh376
+6
Level 72
Oct 29, 2017
I spelled Ouagadougou every way but right!
Sifhraven
+10
Level 67
Nov 23, 2019
Try left next time
Pinoccio
+1
Level 30
Nov 5, 2017
Try the one minute sprint here
AlexThirkell
+10
Level 53
Apr 10, 2020
No thanks D:
SkyjumperTalon
+7
Level 43
Nov 7, 2017
12:01 left! And i'm only -5 years old!
Sp1r1tFlam3
+2
Level 23
Apr 20, 2020
Can't believe that
RealTomHolland
+6
Level 58
Nov 14, 2017
AFTER A YEAR, I FINALLY DID IT!!
SturmZebra
+2
Level 28
Dec 2, 2017
I am surprised more people have Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte than capitals of just some smaller countries.
Wulfjaws
+3
Level 34
Dec 2, 2017
Its probably because they can just look at the comments where there are so many comments about the spelling of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
leviOsa
+8
Level 40
Feb 23, 2019
Or they just put 'Kotte'.
someone2018
+2
Level 81
Mar 24, 2020
Or have predictive text.
geopro
+1
Level 43
Oct 27, 2020
Sjk works as well.
tailsfan11
+1
Level 50
Dec 7, 2017
Missed: Majuro, Nuku'alofa, and Funafuti, the latter of which I was about to type in.
DasCreamy109
+1
Level 53
Dec 8, 2017
Donald Trump announced, on Wednesday, December 6, that the U.S. will now acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
DasCreamy109
+2
Level 53
Dec 8, 2017
...For all Americans who believe Tel Aviv should be the capital...
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jul 27, 2020
Donald Trump doesn't really have any control over that. What he announced, realistically, is that he was too dumb to understand why our embassy was in Tel Aviv, and so he was going to waste tons of money moving it.
mustardwombat
+3
Level 45
Dec 11, 2017
I haven't yet been implanted into the uterine wall and I finished this quiz with 2 hours remaining. You guys suck!
kiwirage
+2
Level 62
Dec 11, 2017
For another challenge, try this quiz in reverse!
Timothy2b
+8
Level 59
Dec 17, 2017
Can whoever created this quiz also accept Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel? I know its capital is disputed, but since Tel Aviv is recognized as its capital by most countries, it should at least be one of the options.
Haaolto
+1
Level 59
Dec 18, 2017
I did this without looking at the list of countries, just visualizing the map from "Countries of the world" and go around my usual route. When i got to the end, I saw that I had skipped one country, Mexico, which is number three on my normal route.
AwesomeAnna10
+9
Level 28
Dec 20, 2017
Tel Aviv is the capital city of Israel according to me and many others not Jerusalem. Please accept Tel Aviv as a valid answer
Algernon
+2
Level 68
Dec 23, 2017
Great quiz, but it requires either you to have memorised all the capitals and be a quick typer, or it requires more time. Especially hard on an ipad when you have to keep scrolling down.
Apocalyptic
+7
Level 53
Jan 1, 2018
Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, the whole international community agrees except USA and the her island puppet in the pacific
tbd123
+1
Level 52
Jan 3, 2018
Try this capital quiz Hello Dean, https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/266516/capital-city-by-elevation ta
alexp10801
+1
Level 33
Jan 9, 2018
How did I forget Oslo?
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Jan 10, 2018
Need to brush up on your African capitals?........ try my African Alphabetical quiz ........here it is
Remymer
+1
Level 15
Jan 14, 2018
3 minutes 57 seconds left GG
AwesomeAnna10
+1
Level 28
Jan 21, 2018
195/196! I ALWAYS FORGET LIBERIA (its monrovia) Also, can you accept Tel Aviv for Israel
BillB1
+1
Level 56
Jan 26, 2018
I don't understand how Malabo is still the capital of Equatorial Guinea when Oyala is the new capital!
MirandaR87
+1
Level 33
May 7, 2018
They are still building Oyala, it is not the capital yet but will be once construction is completed.
MattD07
+1
Level 56
Jan 29, 2018
One of my favorite quizzes on jetpunk! Check out my quizzes!
mikan
+3
Level 18
Jan 31, 2018
i was trying to input Beograde for a minute, but here it was written as Belgrade, hey, fix it, plz
JackintheBox
+3
Level 67
Jun 2, 2020
It's spelt Belgrade in English.
podgorica
+2
Level 23
Feb 5, 2018
the time is not enough
betarad
+3
Level 32
Feb 15, 2018
i think tel aviv should be accepted as an answer along with jerusalem
Velaris
+1
Level 64
Mar 5, 2018
I should have known that I'd suck at this quiz. I only got 38 and I cheated on like half of them!
GunnerForever
+1
Level 40
Mar 5, 2018
4:23...
guvygvygbu
+2
Level 5
Mar 25, 2018
I'm a single celled organism and i completed this quiz with 2hrs left. We are coming for you humans. You humans will never know what is going to hit you. WE ARE DECLARING WAR AGAINST HUMANKIND!!!!!
Panifex
+1
Level 32
Mar 26, 2018
Taking this quiz reminded me how much I need to brush up on capitals... I can be proud of Yaren and N'Djamena, but I didn't know Buenos Aires or Brussels? My brain is failing me.
GeoNat
+1
Level 27
Oct 3, 2020
Same, got Sri Jayawardenepura and Naypiydaw but not Riyadh or Ankara
GeographyExpert22
+3
Level 18
Mar 31, 2018
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan are apart of Europe change this please.
Shade9099
+1
Level 60
Oct 11, 2018
Uh No?
CardinalSin
+1
Level 70
Oct 24, 2019
GeographyExpert22, I think you mean that they are apart from Europe.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Oct 24, 2019
But they are mostly located in Asia, by area and by population.
PanSerbia7
+1
Level 21
May 12, 2020
Caucasia (only Georgia and Armenia) is in Europe!
ItsVanessa
+1
Level 28
Jul 4, 2020
Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus and any country East of them is Asia. Check before speaking. Europe is mostly Christian countries apart from Albania and Kosovo, these countries have other religions and other non-European languages. Definitely not Europe
FieldHockey123
+2
Level 29
Apr 5, 2018
Can this please have another minute or two. I know most of the answers, but cannot even type quick enough to get to Africa.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 9, 2020
Agreed, more time wont harm this quiz. It is not like you can accidentally fill in answers by randomly listing everything. Because well they are all correct answers. (And I'd be amazed aswell if you just make up a capital and it turned out to exist)

(Unlike quizzes like: name the 20 countries with the most rainfall, too much time there can result in just people listing all the countries untill they get the correct 20 answers)

Geogbuff
+1
Level 54
Apr 6, 2018
helpful to me in getting southern Africa: Remember three M's and three L's--Mbabane, Maputo, Maseru, Lilongwe, Luanda, Lusaka.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 9, 2020
Mbabane reminds me of Zimbabwe and Luanda of Rwanda :) eventhough they dont belong together. Still the same region though
jsmash
+1
Level 31
Apr 19, 2018
What is Swaziland??? Did you mean eSwatini?
ArcherM1
+1
Level 28
May 2, 2018
Um... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland
ArcherM1
+1
Level 28
May 2, 2018
Finally did it, after months of trying. So 'appy.
carolynlouisecolbert
+2
Level 53
May 2, 2018
Any chance we could get more time? Maybe extend the time to 15 minutes like the Countries of the World Quiz?
TheEpicQuizzer
+1
Level 28
May 12, 2018
Please accept Masseru for Lesotho.
dzelei
+1
Level 37
May 18, 2018
I'm really annoyed by the quiz omitting the last letters of some names. I type Riyadh and it gots accepted after Riyad, and then I end up gluing this h at the beginning if the next capital. Same goes for Vientian(e), Phnom Pen(h), Sana('a) and a few others... :/
jsmacd95
+2
Level 65
May 19, 2018
187/196.....Oceania is the absolute bane of my capital memorizing existance
JackintheBox
+2
Level 67
Oct 24, 2019
existence* ;)
SWATkun
+2
Level 57
May 20, 2018
Like Capital Cities quizzes ? Try my Capital Cities of different things Quiz
wyattc
+2
Level 40
May 27, 2018
Quizmaster, you should make a world capital quiz with a map =D
WarMartins
+1
Level 8
Jun 18, 2018
194/196 first time. For whatever reason my brain died trying to remember Maputo and Lilongwe. Tomorrow I'll try again. Had about 2 minutes to remember these two and just couldnt... feelsbadman
WarMartins
+1
Level 8
Jun 28, 2018
Just got 7:45 seconds (4:15 remaining). Got stuck for about 15 seconds.
WarMartins
+1
Level 8
Jul 11, 2018
4:57 remaining now.
IXON009
+1
Level 42
Jun 21, 2018
98/196 :( Shame on me
Sp1r1tFlam3
+1
Level 23
Apr 20, 2020
I got 32
joez
+1
Level 69
Jun 21, 2018
192/196. My high score is 195. Maybe some day I'll get them all before time runs out.
JGElias
+1
Level 52
Jul 3, 2018
Think you know the countries like the back of your hand? Try seeing if you can list them in reverse alphabetical order with my new quiz, Countries of the World Z-A: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/284204/countries-of-the-world-z-a
Swagmaster7890
+1
Level 1
Jul 9, 2018
1st try and got 78!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Swagmaster7890
+2
Level 1
Jul 10, 2018
the african countries are so freaking hard!
freamishly
+1
Level 61
Jul 21, 2018
i knew most of the ones that i missed plus the many that i skipped because i didn't have time to write them all down or think about it
masterattac
+1
Level 31
Jul 30, 2018
I have done 195 countries once and 194 countries twice so I am hoping I will soon be able to do them all. I would like to have a few more seconds but I will not give up.
DENCRO
+2
Level 46
Aug 7, 2018
Your perseverance is inspiring!
diamadi
+1
Level 55
Aug 1, 2018
Sri Lanka has 2 capitals. Why aren't both accepted, as with South Africa's three options? (specially since one is much easier to spell than the other! :-))
Bryson
+1
Level 28
Aug 7, 2018
It Djbouti not Djabouti.
Toby1John
+3
Level 21
Aug 9, 2018
It's Djibouti*
masterattac
+4
Level 31
Aug 10, 2018
I have now done this twice first time with 20 seconds left, second time with 40 seconds left. this was a chore for me at 77 years old. It has been a great ride.
Panifex
+2
Level 32
Aug 11, 2018
Does anyone else have the problem that all of the ones you miss sound familiar, but you just couldn't think of them during the actual quiz? Also, the time limit on this is a little sketchy considering that I was barely started on Africa before the quiz ended
RoadmanM
+1
Level 53
Aug 26, 2018
Aden is the current official capital of Yemen. Both Sanaa and Aden are currently capitals of Yemen, but considering Sanaa is currently not in control of the Yemeni government Aden is both the de facto and the de jure capital.
torny81
+1
Level 68
Aug 29, 2018
Seems like that Bandar and Kotte as shortcuts for Brunei and Sri Lanka are not anymore accepted. Do we need to write the entire names now?!?
Vege
+3
Level 68
Aug 30, 2018
So it would seem. Bandar I sort of understand as it really is Bandar Seri Bagawan, but Kotte is universal. Also, Riyad is accepted without the H (Riyadh) and so Vientian without the E (Vientiane). I think this was a bad update.
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Sep 1, 2018
Good thing I got my 100% a few days before the change was made!
CaritasInVeritate
+2
Level 86
Sep 1, 2018
I got all except Brunei and Sri Lanka. It’s a bit much to ask for the full names when Bandar and Kotte are used in common speech. And if these have to be exact then why leave Kingston and Kingstown interchangeable?
Geogbuff
+2
Level 54
Sep 2, 2018
For several months you have accepted Kotte and Bandar for Sri Lanka and Brunei respectively. Any special reason you now want the whole names of those cities--like, you want to drive us all insane?
xXKushSc0pezXx
+1
Level 19
Sep 2, 2018
Memorized all of these during my senior year of high school. Came back and did this after not having practiced all summer and got 147. Still happy that I retained most of the knowledge. I definitely find this harder than the countries of the world quiz.
DannyWozza
+1
Level 88
Sep 7, 2018
CHISINAU no longer works - what has happened? When the answers come up, it is 'Chișinău', so it is now necessary to type in the special 's' and 'a' characters (I don't have those on my keyboard)? Out of curiosity, I tried the Europe Capitals Quiz and the same problem happened but, I left this quiz open on a separate tab and, when Chisinau wouldn't work, I copied and pasted the answer from this quiz onto the Europe quiz and it worked... For those who may be worried, I wasn't cheating as I've completed both quizzes multiple times and only doing some investigative work...
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 7, 2018
Is anyone else having this problem? It works for me.
CRey
+1
Level 82
Sep 8, 2018
I had the same problem today on Internet Explorer. However on Chrome it works fine.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 70
Oct 24, 2019
Works fine for me on Firefox
Pentax25
+1
Level 25
Sep 12, 2018
How did you get the boxes for different areas underneath each other?
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Sep 12, 2018
Insert a cell with no borders.
Cooldrive
+2
Level 54
Sep 20, 2018
Like school. Too much red ink. Need to get back to baseball.
P3
+2
Level 35
Oct 16, 2018
The United States and Israel are the only two nations on earth that claim Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, with Russia claiming West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. By all rights, the answer should be Tel Aviv.
TWM03
+2
Level 59
Oct 25, 2018
Well no because countries get to decide their own capital city. Israel says it is Jerusalem, so it is Jerusalem. It doesn't matter what other countries say.
DNeon
+1
Level 19
Mar 5, 2019
Then why aren't the capitals of Palestine, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Western Sahara, Abkhazia and Northern Cyprus in the quiz? They also claim to have a capital city despite what other countries say, and have just as many other countries agreeing with them as Israel does for Jerusalem.
TWM03
+1
Level 59
May 20, 2019
Because they aren't sovereign states.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 23, 2019
But if they say they are, they are, maybe?
AAFANTASTIC
+1
Level 35
Nov 22, 2018
This quiz is outdated please change Swaziland to Eswatini
SooLiz
+1
Level 58
Nov 25, 2018
I know most of the capitals but there just isn't enough time to type them all. On another quiz site you are given 20 mins for the same quiz and I managed 181.
Ashado28
+2
Level 20
Dec 5, 2018
One of the hardest quizzes! 12 min. is NOT enough time to get it all done. And I have tried so many times to get this, and each time is a no go.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Dec 11, 2018
It's plenty of time if you know all the answers. I can do the countries of the world quiz in under 12 minutes easily. Still working on this one.
ander217
+2
Level 78
Dec 11, 2018
It's not enough time for me. I don't know all the answers yet, but even if I did I'm not sure I could get them all in the allotted time. Spelling is much more of an issue for me on this one than on the countries of the world quiz.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Jun 2, 2019
but if you knew all the answers (including how to spell them), it would be plenty of time. You just admitted that you don't know all the answers. This is a bigger problem than the time limit. If you spend several minutes thinking about one waiting for the answer to come to you you'll run out of time.
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 80
Dec 11, 2018
What is this "Ivory Coast" of which you speak?
RealTomHolland
+4
Level 58
Dec 11, 2018
a country in Africa that, like every other country, has different names in different languages.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 7, 2019
yes and it is côte d'ivoire in english
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Jun 2, 2020
French*
Tallinn773
+2
Level 48
Dec 17, 2018
Porto-Novo is the ONLY capital of Benin. Cotonou shouldn't be there.
ElReichlicho
+1
Level 24
Dec 22, 2018
six left, because i had to correct too many Ks to Cs and didn't know how to write pyongyang in english :-/
Lilylee
+5
Level 68
Jan 1, 2019
The capital of Burundi is now Gitega.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 1, 2019
Can't believe you are the first to mention this! The quiz has now been updated.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Jun 2, 2019
Replaced one answer I couldn't remember with another I can't remember. Great.
WishfulThinker
+5
Level 32
Jan 2, 2019
Gutted to learn that Burundi has changed capital! Bujumbura was the best name for a capital
willowtest
+1
Level 32
Jan 15, 2019
Ive only just discovered today! Tried typing it in over and over - then got answer on Google !!
Onanymousss
+4
Level 48
Jan 3, 2019
Burundi changed its capital to Gitega from Bujumbura WTF??!!
jsmacd95
+4
Level 65
Jan 3, 2019
Today I learn that Burundi has a new capital. I guess repeat taking of this quiz does have learning value. Pretty obscure factoid though!
Bernard62601
+2
Level 74
Jan 3, 2019
I kept scratching my head as to why Bujumbura wasn't being accepted, thought I must have been spelling it wrong. I never knew Burundi was changing its capital. Has this been in the works for a while or was it just a sudden decision?
Aleksandro
+1
Level 51
Jan 4, 2019
I had the same problem and missed it in the end. I was confused and looked it up, and apparently they changed officially on December 24th.
Pribs
+1
Level 26
Jan 12, 2019
Gitega is the capital of a CITY in Burundi not the capital of Burundi according to the internet research.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 12, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 7, 2019
How can a city be the capital of a city??
Antimatter
+1
Level 45
Jan 3, 2019
Same, I was trying every possible spelling of it I could think of! I’m not 100 per cent sure, but I think they’ve had an election recently, so the change may be to do with that?
Cam01
+1
Level 29
Jan 7, 2019
More time plz like a minute
Pribs
+1
Level 26
Jan 12, 2019
Gitega to Burundi? Why this change?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 12, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi
GeoDude
+1
Level 53
Jan 13, 2019
Huh. I always thought Belize City was the capital of Belize. Turns out they changed it before I was even born.
Deadpool246
+1
Level 65
Jan 16, 2019
Thanks to JetPunk for finally motivating me to learn those Caribbean ones that weren't shown on the map in my room.
vigeneus
+1
Level 55
Jan 18, 2019
Burundi capital is not gitega. It's bujumbura.
Raptorgeo
+2
Level 39
Jan 28, 2019
Just moved capitals in December 2018
Raptorgeo
+1
Level 39
Jan 28, 2019
got 99 right the first attempt
Raptorgeo
+1
Level 39
Jan 29, 2019
Second attempt 138/196 with a little bit of help from a list of capitals that are hard to spell
Raptorgeo
+1
Level 39
Jan 29, 2019
147 third attempt
Johnb
+1
Level 55
Feb 3, 2019
195, Berundi, how inconsidrate moving your capital city.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Feb 20, 2020
It's Burundi*, and inconsiderate*.
em2133
+1
Level 42
Feb 4, 2019
wow, i didn't know the capital of burundi was changed
geofut
+1
Level 58
Feb 5, 2019
i got 196 on my 7th try with 4:08 left and the ones i finally remembered were lomé and castries
Raptorgeo
+1
Level 39
Feb 15, 2019
196/196 with 3:06 left
AlphaTundra
+1
Level 34
Feb 17, 2019
Ayyyy I did it
Tummykong
+1
Level 67
Feb 19, 2019
Some updates I see! North Macedonia? Eswatini? Coming back to this quiz every so often yields new things.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Feb 22, 2019
There are two capitals in Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative and legislative capital, and Colombo, the commercial, executive and judicial capital. Could Colombo also be accepted? (Just as Bolivia and South Africa have multiple capitals)
freamishly
+1
Level 61
Feb 26, 2019
of course burundi changed its capital
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 71
Feb 27, 2019
How does 16% not know DC?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Feb 28, 2019
I got 187/196, but managed to skip Beijing by accident :(:)
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Mar 12, 2019
My best time so far is 9:16 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Mar 12, 2019
Update: 9:30 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Mar 22, 2019
Update: 9:45 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Nov 13, 2019
Update: 10:07 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Feb 20, 2020
Update: 10:12 remaining
AFCW1889
+1
Level 32
Mar 14, 2019
I didn't miss that many.... it's not like I completely forgot about the ENTIRE South America...
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
Level 64
Mar 16, 2019
Yes! Got them all with 4:45 remaining at 1:42:46 PM on March 16, 2019. It took more than three months of practice for me to get them all. Oceania, the Caribbean, parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and even the Balkans for a time gave me trouble. But not anymore. I tried to guess them all in order, which proved not possible for Oceania and Africa; however, I still got most of them in order, and guessed Zimbabwe's capital last as I intended. I almost forgot Mali's capital but remembered it after about twenty seconds of thought. This is a great quiz! There should be a badge for not just getting all the countries of the world, but all the capitals and flags as well.
promastermage
+1
Level 65
Mar 20, 2019
Astana was renamed Nursultan.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
Level 64
Mar 20, 2019
promastermage is correct, this happened following the resignation of their longtime (29 years) president yesterday (whom I had never heard of until I saw this on Wikipedia's current events portal), which prompted Kazakhstan's government to rename their capital in his honor. That's quite a few name changes in the past few months, isn't it? First Swaziland and Macedonia change their names a little, then Burundi relocates its capital, then this happens.
Moos1005
+2
Level 76
Mar 20, 2019
Since it has already spread that Kazakhstan is renaming their capital to Nursultan this comment is rather pointless. However, I'd like to suggest something for the interesting facts category. The former name the city had since 1998, Astana, literally means "capital city" in Kazakh.
ferny2002
+1
Level 32
Mar 20, 2019
Abidjan is also a capital of South Africa.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 71
Mar 21, 2019
No its not
TheSavageGeographer
+1
Level 48
Mar 22, 2019
dude that's a city in Ivory Coast
JackintheBox
+2
Level 67
Mar 26, 2019
And Dublin is also a capital of England.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 71
Mar 21, 2019
Astana > Nursultan
ThisIsAGreatUsername
+1
Level 51
Mar 22, 2019
So when will the displayed name of Astana be changed to Nursultan?
JoanSR
+1
Level 64
Mar 25, 2019
that's why I never mastered this quizz. always moving countries and capitals all around the globe.
JessieTan04
+1
Level 28
Mar 26, 2019
132/196 c'monnnnn!!! and also those dang island capitals.... watch me, i'm gonna memorise them all.
Jamesasmith
+1
Level 60
May 9, 2019
done with 2 33 remaining and im 11 years old. id say thats something to be proud of
SwissNoScope
+1
Level 15
May 20, 2019
I spent at least 5 minutes trying to spell Ulaanbaatar. 80% of the capitals are impossible to spell! Capital of Iceland is Reykjavik, HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT!??! Anyways great quiz! : )
tessaaa
+1
Level 22
Jun 5, 2019
I tried 'Praia' for Kosovo and ended up getting it for Cape Verde's capital. Had no idea about that
RedLightning
+1
Level 48
Jun 8, 2019
Pristina is Kosovo xD
RedLightning
+1
Level 48
Jun 8, 2019
Lol the small Caribean nations and small Oceanic nations are the hardest, otherwise I'm pretty good! XD
ing
+2
Level 68
Jun 10, 2019
You've changed Macedonia to North Macedonia. You've changed the capital of Burundi to Gitega. You've even (incorrectly) changed Swaziland to Eswatini (it's actually eSwatini). But for some reason you haven't changed the name of the capital of Kazakhstan from Astana to Nur-Sultan. While I am a bit offended by the change (as I might also be if our capital became Trumpington, D.C.), I think that in this case we have to concede the facts on the ground.
Jerry928
+2
Level 74
Jun 10, 2019
On 23 March 2019, Kazakhstan's capital was renamed to Nur-Sultan following a unanimous vote by its parliament. This has wrecked all the Capitals Starting with A quizzes as well.
mf3
+1
Level 83
Jun 10, 2019
I stumbled across Nur-Sultan in today's newspaper, and immediately the question crossed my mind: Has the capital been renamed in all the relevant Jetpunk quizzes? So I looked, and sure enough, no! I think this is one of Jetpunk's "keynote" quizzes and should be corrected soon. I'm even fairly sure he/she is also right about the eSwatini thing, although Wikipedia hasn't changed it to that at this point. It doesn't affect the typed-in answer on the Countries quiz since input case is irrelevant, but still.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 10, 2019
Guys I am aware of Nur-Sultan. @Jerry928 I even sent you a personal e-mail with my reasoning. We'll make the change eventually, but we're not in a rush to bend over backwards because of some third world despot.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Jul 27, 2020
Kazakhstan is technically 2nd world.
mf3
+2
Level 83
Jun 12, 2019
Third-world despots are responsible for many changes in country names and their capitals. Almost every capital change -- Gitega, Dodoma, Naypyidaw, Astana/Nur-Sultan itself -- is nothing more than a power move by a despot trying to create a personal base away from the former power center. Unless you have reason to believe the change is brief -- Paraguay's Ciudad Pte. Stroessner and Russia's Stalingrad and Leningrad reverted to their original names years later -- there's no way to ignore it (unless you also stop accepting the country names Myanmar and Burkina Faso on the same grounds). Compromise: Accept both names, but display the currently correct name.
EpicQuizer123
+2
Level 32
Jul 30, 2019
Does anyone know why the Quizmaster considers The Vatican/Holy See, Taiwan, and Kosovo countries though they are not fully recognized by the UN, but doesn't consider Somaliland, Palestine, Abakizia, South Ossetia, North Cyprus, Western Sahara, and many more as countries? They have the same level of representation at the UN as Kosovo. If he considers those countries he needs to consider many more as countries. Also, Palestine has more representation in the UN than Kosovo.
Bearn
+1
Level 26
Aug 4, 2019
Palau's Capital is the least populated capital in the world and it is the least known capital :D
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 9, 2020
I know it, just couldnt spell it, turned out I missed the first u. Thought it was Ngerlmud. Instead of thinking to add a u, I thought I mist have messed up the order of "gerl" so Ngrelmud, Nreglmud, and quite a few others..

I decided from now on I will remember it by thinking of "dumb lure" which is nearly what the first part is backwards, if if wasnt for the "silent b" in dumb.

Bartek
+1
Level 36
Aug 22, 2019
After tons of tries, I finally got 196. :D
JoeCrouchMMA
+2
Level 60
Aug 28, 2019
Not a fan of Kazkhstan's new name for their capital. Imagine they changed London to Borisville or TheresaTown...
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jan 9, 2020
Imagine they would call a city washington.. Or nassau, sucre, georgetown, and many others (like perhaps gaborone, yamoussoukro, malabo, mbabane, port louis,). It is a common practice to name (capital) cities after leaders. Quite often aswell without using a specific name, like kingstown and port-au-prince.
jennyfleur
+2
Level 63
Sep 3, 2019
I don't wish to start a fight on here, but given the contested status of Jerusalem, listing it as a capital like any other, without so much as an asterisk, is a political statement, especially given that the majority of world nations continue to recognize Tel Aviv instead. In addition to a footnote, other options include adding Tel Aviv to the answer, a la Benin, or adding Palestine to the quiz, a la Taiwan.
callahag
+1
Level 39
May 14, 2020
I suppose all we need to do is ask an Israeli that ought to clear it up!
clownmamma
+1
Level 58
Sep 29, 2019
I'm not sure if I've asked this in the comments of a quiz or not. But... could you or someone possibly do a quiz that has...1. an empty map at the start and 2. you need both country and capital together to make the country show...??? I love jetpunk!
agabriel1917
+1
Level 15
Oct 25, 2019
I finally got 100%! And with five minutes to spare. I've been at it for like a month, whenever I've had 15 minutes to spare, usually between 1-3 times per day. Never thought I'd know all the capitals of the world, although I know nothing about most of them aside from their name. I'm pretty sure I know some of these just based on the order of this list. I need to retest my knowledge on an empty map now.
MCreeperWL
+1
Level 27
Nov 12, 2019
Yes! 100% with 1:36 left. I worked on this for roughly about 3 days and for 1 hour a day. Africa was the hardest in my opinion, I took so much time on it. I feel relieved.
Marvel072506
+3
Level 36
Nov 14, 2019
Still CANNOT believe I spelled Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte correctly on my first try.
joanie97
+1
Level 61
Jan 10, 2020
Impressive! But you know you can just type in "Kotte", right?
85mission
+1
Level 39
Jan 5, 2020
Finally after 2 days of hard graft I got all 196. Oceania was very difficult to learn, and the stans are really easy to get confused with each other.
Geographiac
+1
Level 25
Jan 27, 2020
9:07 remaining. Ez Pz.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 67
Feb 20, 2020
95% of quiz-takers would disagree with you. (although I got 10:12 remaining)
YesIAmAHuman
+2
Level 40
Jan 29, 2020
How can 20% of the people who take this quiz even spell Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Geographiac
+1
Level 25
Jan 31, 2020
and why is Colombo not an option?
andwer21
+1
Level 41
Apr 11, 2020
Because Colombo isn't the capital of Sri Lanka anymore.
driehoek25
+1
Level 56
Feb 6, 2020
Sri Kotte is allowed
Garrincha
+1
Level 45
Jan 31, 2020
You should accept Colombo for Sri Lanka.
andwer21
+1
Level 41
Apr 11, 2020
It isn't the capital anymore though.
Marvel072506
+2
Level 36
Feb 3, 2020
World Capitals that Begin with a Vowel Quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1255618/world-capitals-that-start-with-a-vowel
Marvel072506
+2
Level 36
Feb 19, 2020
Nominate it if you feel it is good enough!
raf060805
+1
Level 24
Feb 17, 2020
196 in 10 minutes. i had gotten 194 previously missing maseru and nuku'alofa.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2020
change czech republic to czechia
jcrolffs
+1
Level 20
Apr 27, 2020
Yes, this change is already in place on the Countries of the World quiz
ooftownroad
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2020
plz accept abidjan for yamoussoukro
ooftownroad
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2020
also accept bujumbura for gitega.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2020
last ones were conakry, san jose and.....
ooftownroad
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2020
HANOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
naomii
+1
Level 55
Mar 2, 2020
took me forever to type Yamoussoukro and Ouagadougou but i finally got everything
ssota
+1
Level 19
Mar 4, 2020
Excellent Quiz! But why is São Tomé & Principe on Africa's column?
Riversdale
+1
Level 41
Mar 11, 2020
Because it's just off the west coast of Africa...?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 27, 2020
Which continent were you thinking they were in then? Or confused with a different country? (I dont know, El salvador?, also 2 words one starting with an s and in a Romance language. Long shot I know..) It is not like it is near any other continent, so curious about your thought proces.

Ah san marino is a better candidate :)

callahag
+1
Level 39
May 14, 2020
Maybe she would like all non African sounding names like Liberia, Sao Tome, etc to be in Europe lol
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Mar 6, 2020
Hi, This is a great quiz but although I've now fulfilled my 'Hello' badge, not given. :o(
ThePurpleKing
+1
Level 28
Mar 23, 2020
First i did'nt know that Gitega was Burundi's capital. I thought it was Bujumbura. Thanks anyway!
KindaSamuel
+1
Level 48
Apr 3, 2020
They changed their capital around a year ago. The president of Burundi in 2007 promised they would move their government there.
Nintendofan
+1
Level 26
Mar 24, 2020
Hi, just wanted to make a suggestion. Could you also accept Colombo as a capital for Sri Lanka?
KindaSamuel
+1
Level 48
Apr 3, 2020
It hasn't been the capital for decades. It is now Sri Kotte Jayawardenapura.
EpiCon
+1
Level 54
Mar 25, 2020
1:50 remaining
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 27, 2020
Went from 127 to 146. I am getting there :) Not actively learning them, but subconscious absorption through other quizzes. Which helps remembering them in the long run instead of actively learning them, then they are fast in, but just as fast out again (with a few sticking).||

Though the downside with that is... the ones that never get mentioned in any quizzes haha. I think most of the ones I didnt get fall in that category, I think there are atleast 10 more that I missed that I should ve gotten or atleast look familiar enough. I think about 30 you hardly see on any quiz.

maple
+1
Level 36
Apr 4, 2020
I think you should allow Columbo as Sri Lanka's capital as well because, Sri Lanka, like South Africa, has multiple capitals.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 53
Apr 10, 2020
It's irritating, certainly. Sri Jidontknowwhatitis Kotte is apparently a suburb of Colombo... Make of that what you will.
andwer21
+1
Level 41
Apr 11, 2020
Just takes time to slowly learn them all. About 30% to 73% complete within a month.
stanley7149
+1
Level 26
Apr 15, 2020
Great quiz, finished with plenty of time. I think you should add another version of this with less time for experts and this for starters. Also, Colombo should be added as the capital of Sri Lanka, since that is the more commonly used capital. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is impossible to spell!!
BotswanaEmperor
+1
Level 56
Apr 22, 2020
Use Kotte. Its easy, and it works.
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 47
Apr 21, 2020
Let's make Colombo great again!
Fuse
+2
Level 67
Apr 28, 2020
Aged 14, just got 196/196, with 2:42 left. That is one of the most stressful things I have just done (being against the clock), and it is complete!
Regtheledge1000
+1
Level 31
May 3, 2020
Hi
SteelzBlade
+1
Level 35
May 7, 2020
i honestly got everything right except for one. that one was an easy one but i kept on spelling it wrong. it was chisnau
SteelzBlade
+1
Level 35
May 7, 2020
there spelled it wrong again
MyNameIsNotJohn
+2
Level 17
May 8, 2020
2 pet peeves with this quiz having spent a while to master it. I think there should be some sort of option to take the quiz 1) without any predictive text/filling in the answer when you get close, since I would like to get in the habit of typing the full names correctly and 2) removing the duplicate answer when you type Kingston and it fills in Kingstown for St Vincent. Because of this I rarely remember the latter because it is always filled in for me. Also would like to type the "city" for capitals that use it i.e. making answer Guatemala City instead of it counting just Guatemala but that is a minor issue I guess
PanSerbia7
+1
Level 21
May 18, 2020
If you make all capitals in the full name, you should know that the full name of Santiago is Santiago de Chile. (it's not a criticism)
mheater22
+1
Level 39
May 20, 2020
Epic!! 5:41 remaining!!
OrcJuggernaut
+1
Level 20
May 30, 2020
Wrote Istanbul for Turkey. And I am a geography guy! Giant Facepalm. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
ItsVanessa
+1
Level 28
Jun 10, 2020
161/196 with 5 minutes left, but I just can't learn all the African and Oceanian ones.
khhan
+1
Level 41
Jun 16, 2020
I repeatedly try Den Haag until I realize that Amsterdam is the Netherlands' capital smh
Dablord
+1
Level 20
Jun 18, 2020
Got 158, not bad for a 8 yr old
Jerry928
+2
Level 74
Jun 18, 2020
Isn't Eswatini one of those dual-capital countries? Mbabane and Lobamba?
Yev
+1
Level 69
Jul 9, 2020
As far as I know, Majuro is the island on which the capital, Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, is located. I don't know whether there is a particular reason why you chose Majuro instead, but I believe you should at least accept Delap-Uliga-Djarrit (commonly referred to as DUD) as a type-ins.
johnappleseed
+1
Level 36
Aug 17, 2020
is there a yellow box version?
johnappleseed
+1
Level 36
Aug 17, 2020
fro some of the oceanian ones its wrong
killuaoddly
+1
Level 45
Aug 22, 2020
im surprised 9% didnt get paris, even though france is one of the first countries to be in the quiz... anyways, i also though more people knew ngerulmud...
mapgeek
+1
Level 45
Aug 23, 2020
Sri Lanka has two capitals: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and Colombo But Colombo doesn't work here.
damienloc
+1
Level 28
Aug 30, 2020
This made me reliase I need to work on my Caribbean and African capitals lol
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 21
Sep 27, 2020
please accept port au prance for port au prince
desktop
+1
Level 19
Oct 10, 2020
I cant believe I got them all right and I'm only ten. Wasn't even touch typing :D
ThatOneGuy25
+1
Level 55
Oct 17, 2020
Can someone please tell me what to put to make zoomable circle?
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 21
Oct 24, 2020
When I typed Kingston Kingstown appeared up too. Is there a reason why
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