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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 submitted | July 22, 2011 |
| Times taken | 1,920,003 |
| Rating | 5.00 |
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starfast
+3
level 62
Mar 9, 2017
I seriously gotta brush up on my African geography....
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Mar 12, 2017
My 4th time taking this quiz and I have a score of 157. Only need to learn most of Africa and half of Oceania.
alieninvasion109
+1
level 27
Mar 19, 2017
Wow! Dat knowledge :)
GreenFriday
+1
level 76
Mar 19, 2017
Isn't the capital of Equatorial Guinea now Oyala?
Gamer1162
+1
level 62
Apr 29, 2017
It has not changed
KataJ
+1
level 40
Dec 19, 2017
It's still being built, but will replace Malabo
gprimoff
+1
level 62
Mar 23, 2017
Isn't Abidjan the capital of Cote d'Ivoire
Gamer1162
+1
level 62
Apr 29, 2017
In the past, sure
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Oct 24, 2019
Abidjan is the chief port of the Ivory Coast and was its capital from 1935 to 1983.
Syjared63
+1
level 13
Mar 26, 2017
I only finished 114, and I am 11.
RPHXX
+1
level 61
Dec 8, 2017
I finished 196/196 and I'm 12 ^^
Moosey
+1
level 15
Dec 19, 2017
Same
Yakk
+1
level 48
Jan 3, 2018
When I was eleven I finished 176 of them
Fee
+3
level 51
Jan 5, 2018
When I was 11 a lot of these countries weren't around, and a number of countries have changed or renamed capitals. Bring back Colombo!
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Oct 24, 2019
How old are you now, may I ask, Yakk?
AlexanderQ
+1
level 76
Mar 27, 2017
Finally! With 1:18 left. I can die in peace now :p
ChaosLord
+1
level 64
Mar 29, 2017
I've nailed Europe, but Africa... Oh, God, Africa. I've got all the countries. It's time to nail these. This will take a while.
KataJ
+1
level 40
Dec 19, 2017
Yeah same, Nailed europe, nearly nailed south america, going for asia now
policraticus
+3
level 60
Mar 29, 2017
I just can't type fast enough.
zombiehater779
+1
level 2
Mar 29, 2017
I got every single one except for seychelles grenada, saint lucia, and tuvalu. all the islands are hard to remember
JappyBoy
+1
level 22
Apr 2, 2017
I got 119.... i didn't want to cheat so #YOLO
by the way reply to me your score!
DasCreamy109
+1
level 53
Dec 8, 2017
I got 196 on my first try, and I didn't want to cheat either, so #YOLO, whatever that means...
Guam
+2
level 62
Jan 10, 2018
168. Also didn't cheat. I got Kingstown by luck because it was a type-in for Kingston. And yes, YOLO, except not according to a video that said a boy once said "in my past life I was murdered by an ax". The boy brought his family to a village and said "this is where it happened". It turned out there had recently been a murder there with an ax, and the village officials had not found the culprit. The boy gave a description of the man, and he was found. The man confessed to committing the murder. So maybe you don't always live once.
rumblemaster3
+2
level 51
Jan 13, 2018
Finally got 196 on my 5th try. Ouagadougou, Ngerulmud, and Tegucigalpa was the main ones that hand me until my latest attempt. My score was like yours when I first tried though.
Dijko
+1
level 45
Jan 28, 2018
Got 174, bunch of the Island Capitals are kinda non-guessable if you don't know them
Ew4n
+1
level 60
Apr 5, 2017
Yaren isn't the capital of Nauru, only the location of parliament and largest settlement.
Gamer1162
+4
level 62
Apr 29, 2017
Which practically means it's the capital
Thomas739945
+1
level 15
Jan 28, 2018
Yaren actually is the capital of Nauru, I have a world map and looked a Nauru and Yaren is starred and I also just searched it up. Yaren is the capital of Nauru.
Fincye
+1
level 55
Apr 3, 2019
Nauru doesn't have an official capital city.
AoLong
+1
level 16
Feb 4, 2018
Yaren is practically the capital of Nauru, but it isn't the caputal "city" because it isn't a city.
catlover2496
+1
level 39
Apr 12, 2017
This is really just a spelling test.
TomHolland
+8
level 58
Apr 21, 2017
Actually, it's not.
Hedgehog1044
+1
level 41
Nov 8, 2019
What about Antanananananananananarivo?
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Nov 11, 2019
@Hedgehog1044 What about it?
tralalalalala
+1
level 34
May 17, 2017
174
ElectricMelons
+3
level 35
May 26, 2017
I had 3 seconds left on the clock. I nearly had a heart attack.
khantil10
+5
level 26
Jun 8, 2017
I first attempted this quiz on 29th November 2015 and now, today on 8 June 2017, I have finally completed this quiz!! I finally know all the capitals, of all the countries. It feels so good to say that!!!!
Quizmaster
+8
level ∞
Jun 8, 2017
Nice work!
yorksguy1865
+1
level 39
Jun 13, 2017
Would have got more if I had had time to think, cant type fast enough.
Yehterf
+1
level 65
Jun 29, 2017
I knew them all but missed Paramaribo, Tegucigalpa, Ouagadougou, Yamoussoukro, Mbabane, and Nouakchott due to spelling mistakes... :/
noahnatawl
+2
level 8
Jun 30, 2017
Distinct lack of Ramallah. Of all your 'Worlds' quizzes and all the disputed territories you include as sovereign nations, it really sticks out that you choose not to put in Palestine. *Other* quiz sites do...just saying.....
Aesthus
+3
level 51
Aug 24, 2017
That's because Quizmaster is of the belief that Palestine isn't a country. And I heartily agree. It would be fine if they had just taken one of Israel's five attempted two-nation systems, but no.
Thomas739945
+1
level 15
Jan 28, 2018
This creator is probably from the United States and the United States does not recognize Jerusalem as Palestine's capital. The US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestine claims East Jerusalem as the capital while Israel does not recognize Palestine therefore recognizing all of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
LydiaBodsworth
+1
level 32
Oct 29, 2019
Yet they count Kosovo who is far less of a country than palestine and Vatican City who has the same observer status as Palestine
amgine
+2
level 57
Jul 2, 2017
There are not 196 "nations". What this quiz deals with is sovereign states. The "United Nations" is also a misnomer. The Kurds are a nation, so are the Inuit, Tatars, Tibetans, as well as German, Irish, Greek and Japanese. Conversely Vatican City citizens do not constitute a nation. Somewhat grey area, but contemporary usage is way off.
markasol
+3
level 66
Jul 8, 2017
There are 193 UN members and 206 effectively sovereign states plus one sovereign entity. This quiz takes the UN members and adds the Vatican (a UN observer), Taiwan (an ex-UN member) and Kosovo (recognised by over half the UN membership). The remaining 10 are more controversial, either lacking recognition (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia, Somaliland and Ashkelia) or not being fully sovereign despite having some UN recognition (Cook Islands, Palestinian Territories, Niue). The entity is the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta - which is a UN observer!!!
Thomas739945
+2
level 15
Jan 28, 2018
The creator is probably from the US and all of the countries in the map are countries that are recognized by the US. Kurdistan is not recognized in the US along with Tibet and a lot of other ones.
kalbahamut
+1
level 77
Jun 2, 2019
If you were making this comment in the 1800s when the concept of nationalism was a new thing you would be correct. Today, however, nation-states have become so common that the terms "nation," "state," and "country" are all used as synonyms.
Avantiel
+1
level 33
Jul 11, 2017
3.14 remaining.
TheNewYork
+1
level 38
Jul 16, 2017
I forgot Moscow,Oslo,Stockholm,San Jose,Panama City,Tripoli, and Luanda. What is wrong with me.
Sifhraven
+1
level 61
Jun 7, 2019
I am sorry to break this to you.... *looks at the floor and takes a deep breath* ... but you are human... I know... it is an awfull diagnosis...
ethanstar333
+1
level 20
Jul 20, 2017
arrrrgh I was at 90 percent done and just gave up
Avantiel
+1
level 33
Jul 20, 2017
3.49 left
ChaosLord
+1
level 64
Aug 7, 2017
122... Those African and Oceanian capitals just aren't sticking.
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
You'll get there, keep trying!
OffFiddleDiddle
+1
level 51
Feb 24, 2018
And those of the Caribbean. I also never remember them (but I never try to remember them... )
KeroseneAndFire
+1
level 49
Aug 8, 2017
I am so frustrated! I have been trying for so long but I can't type fast enough!
tyler198484
+1
level 35
Aug 22, 2017
5:19 left
abeels
+1
level 74
Aug 23, 2017
Can I respectfully request that the time be extended by a minute or two. This should be a test of knowledge not typing speed. As a two finger typist I just can't complete them all in time. For the periodic table of elements (118 elements) you get 12 minutes, which I can do with a minute to spare. Here there are 196 answers required in 12 minutes also (3.6 seconds per answer). I think 5 seconds per answer would be more reasonable.
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
I'm also a two-fingered typer and I got it with 1:28 remaining. Practice makes perfect.
SteveS
+2
level 31
Aug 25, 2017
Keep practicing. You get quicker bit by bit. I used to run out of time but I've just done it with 2 mins to spare. I'm also now a much better typist! Try bunching things together. For example, there are 6 "Ports" so just rattle these off. And just typing "Ouagad" and "Kotte" and "Bandar" etc works.
woshiwaiguoren
+1
level 46
Aug 30, 2017
I'm never forgiving Sri Lanka for this betrayal. NEVER
TomHolland
+2
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
Just type Sri Kotte.
livefre3esh
+1
level 35
Sep 7, 2017
I got full marks and I am 10 and I got 3.10 remaining
TomHolland
+2
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
I want to believe you but there are too many liars.
maxxxxxi
+1
level 24
Sep 8, 2017
Only got 83. I was obsessed with capitals when I was a kid. But I was unaware that the capitals of Sri Lanka and Myanmar had changed
AceCyp
+1
level 17
Sep 14, 2017
I really cannnot believe why you put Cyprus in Asia.. we are in the EU since 2004 AND in the eurozone since 2008
Aesthus
+2
level 51
Sep 20, 2017
Switzerland is not in the EU or the Eurozone. They are still in Europe. The correct way to define this kind of thing is by geographical location, and Cyprus lies closer to Asia than to Europe.
kalbahamut
+1
level 77
Sep 22, 2017
If Cyprus is in Europe then Cyprus would lie very close to Europe. What about the Greek island of Rhodes?
CardinalSin
+1
level 67
Oct 24, 2019
Rhodes is geographically in Asia too.
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
Yeah, it's not like they're geographically apart of Asia or anything.
thelfckid07
+1
level 25
Jul 3, 2019
Agreed brother. Fellow Cypriot here.
michaelgtcpa
+2
level 44
Sep 22, 2017
Have learned from only getting maybe 30 or so to all 196 in 8 minutes and 15 seconds. 3:45 left. This is the stuff to prevent alzheimers and dementia! Creates new brain paths!
michaelgtcpa
+2
level 44
Oct 3, 2017
Finally did it fairly fast. Broke my record and did in 7:28 Seconds, with 4:32 left. I can see if you typed perfectly and remembered all the locations where you could break 7 minutes. I lost seconds on misspellings and had to see which city I missed which took a good 8 seconds to find I forgot to fill in Ankara Turkey. This is a great quiz for extending those brain cells and hand eye coordination! Not bad for a 62 year old.
crazykitten
+1
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
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
No, it's just Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
4hrue
+1
level 23
May 22, 2019
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is in the suburb of Colombo. That would be like accepting District of Colombia for Washington DC.
Jai4
+1
level 10
Oct 25, 2017
Got 100% with 0:41 seconds remaining. Not bad for a teenager.
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
True, but I'm in a pompous mood so take my bragging about how I did it in a shorter time than you while probably being younger than you to the heart and get offended, please.
Sifhraven
+1
level 61
Jun 7, 2019
Doing great when you are young (unless like under the age of 8) is no feat. A lot of things you have freshly learned when you are a teenager, while for others it might be 30 years since they were taught certain things. Plus when you are young you retain things much faster. Plus your mind is still relatively empty. And still works smoothly haha. (though indeed on the flipside; is probably occupied with other things... and might fill their heads with more useless stuff like poplyrics..)
Shiloh376
+1
level 70
Oct 29, 2017
I spelled Ouagadougou every way but right!
Jai4
+1
level 10
Oct 30, 2017
Got 100% with 1:20 seconds remaining.
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
I got 1:28 remaining.
Ni3
+1
level 14
Nov 2, 2017
Oceania :/
TomHolland
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
Used to be relatable but not anymore!
Pinoccio
+1
level 30
Nov 5, 2017
Try the one minute sprint here
SkyjumperTalon
+1
level 44
Nov 7, 2017
12:01 left! And i'm only -5 years old!
TomHolland
+2
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
AFTER A YEAR, I FINALLY DID IT!!
SturmZebra
+1
level 28
Dec 2, 2017
I am surprised more people have Sri Jayawardenepura
Kotte than capitals of just some smaller countries.
Wulfjaws
+1
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
+1
level 40
Feb 23, 2019
Or they just put 'Kotte'.
tailsfan11
+1
level 51
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...
LydiaBodsworth
+1
level 32
Oct 29, 2019
The USA isnt the whole world, in fact, they are a rather embarrassing corner of it. Israel's capital is Tel Aviv and i am very angry at the quiz maker to suggest otherwise, they don't even recognise Palestine as a country
mustardwombat
+1
level 43
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
+1
level 62
Dec 11, 2017
For another challenge, try this quiz in reverse!
Timothy2b
+5
level 57
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 57
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
+8
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 67
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
+5
level 43
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 32
Jan 9, 2018
How did I forget Oslo?
Malbaby
+1
level 67
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 54
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 34
May 7, 2018
They are still building Oyala, it is not the capital yet but will be once construction is completed.
MattD07
+1
level 40
Jan 29, 2018
One of my favorite quizzes on jetpunk! Check out my quizzes!
mikan
+2
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
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 42
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...
Chatteress
+1
level 25
Mar 6, 2018
As a geography buff, I love these quizzes. I have challenged myself to answer these both in alphabetical order by country and then alphabetical order by continent/country.
guvygvygbu
+1
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.
GeographyExpert22
+2
level 18
Mar 31, 2018
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan are apart of Europe change this please.
Shade9099
+1
level 56
Oct 11, 2018
Uh No?
CardinalSin
+1
level 67
Oct 24, 2019
GeographyExpert22, I think you mean that they are apart from Europe.
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Oct 24, 2019
But they are mostly located in Asia, by area and by population.
FieldHockey123
+1
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.
Geogbuff
+1
level 50
Apr 6, 2018
helpful to me in getting southern Africa: Remember three M's and three L's--Mbabane, Maputo, Maseru, Lilongwe, Luanda, Lusaka.
jsmash
+1
level 31
Apr 19, 2018
What is Swaziland??? Did you mean eSwatini?
ArcherM1
+1
level 24
May 2, 2018
Um...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland
ArcherM1
+1
level 24
May 2, 2018
Finally did it, after months of trying.
So 'appy.
carolynlouisecolbert
+1
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?
CoopTheBoot
+1
level 23
May 6, 2018
I got none of Africa correct because I was going in order... and half of South America...
CoopTheBoot
+1
level 23
May 6, 2018
Also possibly can you change then time to 15 minutes?
TheEpicQuizzer
+1
level 28
May 12, 2018
Please accept Masseru for Lesotho.
dzelei
+1
level 38
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
+1
level 65
May 19, 2018
187/196.....Oceania is the absolute bane of my capital memorizing existance
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Oct 24, 2019
existence* ;)
CreativeSWAT
+1
level 51
May 20, 2018
Like Capital Cities quizzes ?
Try my
Capital Cities of different things Quiz
wyattc
+1
level 40
May 27, 2018
Quizmaster, you should make a world capital quiz with a map
=D
Andrew5
+1
level 4
Jun 7, 2018
Wow just wow
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 43
Jun 21, 2018
98/196 :( Shame on me
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 46
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
+1
level 1
Jul 10, 2018
the african countries are so freaking hard!
freamishly
+1
level 44
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 29
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 41
Aug 7, 2018
Your perseverance is inspiring!
diamadi
+1
level 54
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! :-))
JjoKing
+1
level 28
Aug 7, 2018
It Djbouti not Djabouti.
Toby1John
+2
level 16
Aug 9, 2018
It's Djibouti*
masterattac
+3
level 29
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
+1
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
+2
level 49
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 66
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 67
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 76
Sep 1, 2018
Good thing I got my 100% a few days before the change was made!
CaritasInVeritate
+2
level 84
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 50
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 17
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 86
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
+1
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 67
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 76
Sep 12, 2018
Insert a cell with no borders.
Cooldrive
+1
level 49
Sep 20, 2018
Like school. Too much red ink. Need to get back to baseball.
P3
+3
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 57
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
+2
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 57
May 20, 2019
Because they aren't sovereign states.
AAFANTASTIC
+1
level 28
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
+1
level 18
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 77
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
+1
level 76
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 77
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 77
Dec 11, 2018
What is this "Ivory Coast" of which you speak?
TomHolland
+4
level 58
Dec 11, 2018
a country in Africa that, like every other country, has different names in different languages.
Sifhraven
+1
level 61
Jun 7, 2019
yes and it is côte d'ivoire in english
Tallinn773
+2
level 45
Dec 17, 2018
Porto-Novo is the ONLY capital of Benin. Cotonou shouldn't be there.
ElReichlicho
+1
level 21
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 65
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 77
Jun 2, 2019
Replaced one answer I couldn't remember with another I can't remember. Great.
WishfulThinker
+5
level 33
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 !!
Yoga
+4
level 21
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 71
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?
LOGIC
+1
level 49
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 27
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 61
Jun 7, 2019
How can a city be the capital of a city??
Antimatter
+1
level 41
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?
HinesBrothers
+1
level 62
Jan 5, 2019
Which Countries have you been to?
Cam01
+1
level 30
Jan 7, 2019
More time plz like a minute
Pribs
+1
level 27
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 48
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 40
Jan 28, 2019
Just moved capitals in December 2018
Raptorgeo
+1
level 40
Jan 28, 2019
got 99 right the first attempt
Raptorgeo
+1
level 40
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 40
Jan 29, 2019
147 third attempt
Johnb
+1
level 50
Feb 3, 2019
195, Berundi, how inconsidrate moving your capital city.
em2133
+1
level 42
Feb 4, 2019
wow, i didn't know the capital of burundi was changed
geofut
+1
level 44
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 40
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 57
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 44
Feb 26, 2019
of course burundi changed its capital
HinesBrothers
+1
level 62
Feb 27, 2019
How does 16% not know DC?
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Feb 28, 2019
I got 187/196, but managed to skip Beijing by accident :(:)
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Mar 12, 2019
My best time so far is 9:16 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Mar 12, 2019
Update: 9:30 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Mar 22, 2019
Update: 9:45 remaining
JackintheBox
+1
level 57
Nov 13, 2019
Update: 10:07 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 46
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 64
Mar 20, 2019
Astana was renamed Nursultan.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
level 46
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 69
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 25
Mar 20, 2019
Abidjan is also a capital of South Africa.
HinesBrothers
+1
level 62
Mar 21, 2019
No its not
TheSavageGeographer
+1
level 48
Mar 22, 2019
dude that's a city in Ivory Coast
JackintheBox
+2
level 57
Mar 26, 2019
And Dublin is also a capital of England.
HinesBrothers
+2
level 62
Mar 21, 2019
Astana > Nursultan
ThisIsAGreatUsername
+1
level 50
Mar 22, 2019
So when will the displayed name of Astana be changed to Nursultan?
JoanSR
+1
level 63
Mar 25, 2019
that's why I never mastered this quizz. always moving countries and capitals all around the globe.
JessieTan04
+1
level 26
Mar 26, 2019
132/196 c'monnnnn!!! and also those dang island capitals.... watch me, i'm gonna memorise them all.
Jamesasmith
+1
level 43
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 44
Jun 8, 2019
Pristina is Kosovo xD
RedLightning
+1
level 44
Jun 8, 2019
Lol the small Caribean nations and small Oceanic nations are the hardest, otherwise I'm pretty good! XD
ing
+1
level 56
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 72
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 80
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.
mf3
+1
level 80
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
+1
level 33
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 24
Aug 4, 2019
Palau's Capital is the least populated capital in the world and it is the least known capital :D
Bartek
+1
level 30
Aug 22, 2019
After tons of tries, I finally got 196. :D
JoeCrouchMMA
+1
level 61
Aug 28, 2019
Not a fan of Kazkhstan's new name for their capital. Imagine they changed London to Borisville or TheresaTown...
jennyfleur
+2
level 62
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.
clownmamma
+1
level 47
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 18
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.
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