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1.Which of these capitals was founded the most recently?
Baghdad
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Jakarta
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Moscow
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It was founded on 22nd June 1527. Baghdad was founded in 762 and Moscow in 1147.
2.Which capital is home to a pyramidal building called the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation?
Dushanbe
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Kabul
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Nur-Sultan
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It serves as a non-denominational national spiritual centre and an event venue.
3.Which of these has never been a capital, within the area of modern France?
Nice
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Orléans
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Tours
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Tours was capital of France during the reign of Louis XI, while Orléans was the capital of the Kingdom of Orléans.
4.Which of these capitals wasn't founded by a conquistador?
Lima
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Panama City
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Santiago
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It was founded by Pedro Arias Dávila, a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator, on 15th August 1519. Lima was founded on 18th January 1535 by Francisco Pizarro while Santiago was founded on 12th February 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia.
5.Which capital city was home to the world's tallest building from 1998 to 2004?
Kuala Lumpur
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Bangkok
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Taipei
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The tallest building during that time was the Petronas Towers. Taipei 101 was subsequently the tallest, from 2004 to 2010.
6.Which South African city is the judicial capital of the country?
Bloemfontein
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Pretoria
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Cape Town
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Pretoria is the executive capital while Cape Town is the legislative capital.
7.Which city was the capital of the Median Empire?
Hattusa
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Assur
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Ecbatana
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Assur was the capital of the Old, Middle and Neo-Assyrian Empires, while Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire.
8.Which capital city has the world's oldest underground passenger railway?
Berlin
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London
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Paris
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The London Underground had its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, which was opened in January 1863.
9.Which of these countries only has one capital?
Ivory Coast
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Bolivia
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Moldova
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Its capital is Chișinău. The capitals of Bolivia are La Paz and Sucre, while the capitals of the Ivory Coast are Yamoussoukro and Abidjan.
10.Which city has never been the capital of an Indian empire?
Patna
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Lucknow
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Agra
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Agra served as one of the capitals of both the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. Patna was the capital of the Maurya, Shunga, Gupta and Pala Empires.
11.Which capital is Bogotá not twinned with?
Tehran
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Manila
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Seoul
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It is also twinned with Baghdad, Beirut, London and Washington D.C..
12.Which capital has the highest murder rate?
Caracas
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Kingston
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Cape Town
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Roughly 100 people are killed in Caracas per 100,000 people, per year. The equivalent figures for Cape Town and Kingston are 66 and 54 respectively.
13.The Massacre of the Latins occurred in which former capital city?
Barcelona
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Istanbul
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Florence
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It was a massacre of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Constantinople by the Eastern Orthodox population, which occurred in April 1182.
14.Which capital is closest to the equator?
Kinshasa
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Maputo
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Abuja
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Kinshasa is roughly four degrees south of the equator. Abuja is roughly nine degrees to the north, while Maputa is roughly twenty five degrees to the south.
15.In which capital would you find St. Stephen's Basilica?
Vienna
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Prague
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Budapest
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There is, however, a St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and a St. Stephen's Church in Prague.