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Test your knowledge of world capitals with this quiz! Identify the closest pairs of capital cities by region and challenge yourself to beat the clock.

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Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

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25 Closest Capital Pairs By Region

Name the closest pairs of world capitals by region in which they are located. For 'US' it is state capitals. Enter capital pairs by entering one city after the other in either order, i.e. 'washingtonparis'. For countries with multiple capitals I use the administrative.

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50 Closest World Capital Pairs On Different Continents

Name the 50 pairs of world capitals which are the closest yet are on different continents (continent where capital is located even if country may be on multiple continents). Enter pairs by typing one capital after the other in either order, i.e. 'washingtonparis'.

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Closest 25 Countries To Each Capital – Choose Capital

First type in any world capital city (using administrative capitals for countries with multiple capitals), then choose it from the list box. Then, name the 25 countries which are located closest to that capital city (not including the country of that capital). Closest refers to land distance between the center of the capital and the closest point on land to the other country. Dependent territories are included (answer the country they are part of, not the territory's name), and disputed regions are not. Distances to 25 closest countries in km shown.

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Closest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number

Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 closest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'washingtontokyo'.

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Farthest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number

Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 farthest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'londonparis'.

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World 100K Cities Farthest From Their Country’s Capital

Name the 100K+ population city in each country that is farthest from that country's capital (including cities in overseas territories). Countries without a 100K+ non-capital city are not included. Country, distance, and city population shown.

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World 25 Capitals With Highest Elevation Elimination

Name the capitals whose elevation is in the top 25 of all capital elevations. Naming a capital outside the top 25 will end the quiz. Elevation in meters shown. This quiz uses the administrative capital if there are multiple capitals.

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World Capital Coverage Challenge

Enter a world capital - all capitals within 1000km will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each world capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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World Capital Pairs 7×7 Proximity Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 7x7 table of World capitals. The object of the quiz is to pair up capitals two at a time which have the shortest distance between them.

Single click on a capital's text and it will highlight red. To choose the other capital of the pair click another capital's text. Also, you can re-click on the first capital to deselect it. The distance between them will be shown and you will get up to 100 points. 100 points corresponds to the closest pair of capitals, 0 points to the farthest apart pair – scores decrease based on the distance of your two capitals related to the possible range of distances. Those two capitals will then be replaced with their score and you will now choose the closest pair of capitals from the remaining 47 capitals which have been adjusted to have 100 and 0 corresponding to the closest/farthest pairs among those 47, and so on until you run out of time or complete 24 pairs of capitals leaving one left.

You get a 100 point bonus for completing all 24 pairs within 15 minutes, making for a total possible point total of 5000.

This quiz is only available to Premium members.

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World Capital Pairs Proximity Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 table of World capitals. The object of the quiz is to pair up capitals two at a time which have the shortest distance between them.

Single click on a capital's text and it will highlight red. To choose the other capital of the pair click another capital's text. Also, you can re-click on the first capital to deselect it. The distance between them will be shown and you will get up to 100 points. 100 points corresponds to the closest pair of capitals, 0 points to the farthest apart pair – scores decrease based on the distance of your two capitals related to the possible range of distances. Those two capitals will then be replaced with their score and you will now choose the closest pair of capitals from the remaining 23 capitals which have been adjusted to have 100 and 0 corresponding to the closest/farthest pairs among those 23, and so on until you run out of time or complete 12 pairs of capitals leaving one left.

You get a 100 point bonus for completing all 12 pairs within 5 minutes, making for a total possible point total of 2500.

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World Capital Satellite View Challenge

You will be given a satellite view zoomed in on one of 10 of the world capital cities, focused randomly within a km or so of the city center. Name the city you are looking at within one minute. I left some road and other labels in as hints, but most have been removed. Panning and zooming are disabled.

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World Capital Street View Challenge

You will be given a Google Street View window randomly placed near the center of a world capital in which you can move around in. Name the capital where you are located within two minutes. The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max points is 100 for guessing in 10 seconds or less. A handful of capitals were not included as they don't have street view available.

About 80 of the world's capitals are featured in this quiz, the rest don't yet have street view available.

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World Capitals

Name the capitals of the world. Countries will fill in when their capital is named. Use administrative capital if there are multiple. 'Top' categories on bottom right refer to the population of the capital city. Red markers are also added for Oceania/Caribbean countries whose outlines are difficult to see - the markers are near the country centroids, not necessarily right where the capital is. You do only start with 5 minutes, but there are time bonuses. Quiz may take a few moments to load.

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World Capitals Distance Challenge

The object of this quiz is to travel to all World capitals in the shortest distance. Begin at any capital by it. Its marker will turn green. Click on successive capitals to ‘travel’ between them, trying to accumulate the shortest total distance. When you have visited all capitals your score will be saved. There is a time limit to complete all the capitals. Countries with multiple capitals use the administrative.

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World Capitals East To West In Order

Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

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World Capitals Identifier

Double-click on the red marker of the world capital listed. Correct guesses will change the marker from red to green - incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all capitals to save your score.

Note - you may have to zoom in if a couple capitals are close to each other to make sure you click on the correct one.

If by chance you don't see red markers, try refreshing the quiz.

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World Capitals Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a world country capital to start, then name successive captials such that the next capital's first letter is the last letter of the current capital and the next capital is as close to the current capital as possible. NOTE: You must type a '.' (period) after the capital name to submit it. The same capital cannot be used twice in this quiz.

For example, you start with 'Paris' - you are now trying to name a capital city starting with 'S' (the last letter of 'Paris') which is closest to Paris. If you answer 'Sofia' - now you are trying to name the closest capital to Sofia which starts with a 'A' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th capital from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest capital on each step, and they decline based on the distance your capital was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

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World Capitals North To South In Order

Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

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World Capitals Triplets Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 grid of 25 of the capital cities of World countries.

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 3 in the given category for the capitals shown in the grid. When you begin you’ll be given 25 different capitals plus a category to name the top 3 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says ‘Top 3 Largest Population’ you are to click on the 3 capitals with the largest population. If it says ‘Top 3 Lowest Population Density’ you are to click on the 3 whose population density is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second capital you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 3rd capital they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 3 comes to the optimum set of 3 (which will be shown as a ‘Rank’ on top out of the # of possible sets of 3 for the last choice). When you’ve answered all 8 sets of 3 leaving only 1 capital the quiz is over. You get a 100 points bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 2500.

Note: I set the Vatican's Cost Of Living to the same as Rome's, as there is no data for it.

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World Closest Capital Challenge

First type 'start' to begin. Then you will be given a world capital city. Try to name the closest other world capital (administrative capitals only) to the given capital. Only the 5 closest capitals will be accepted as an answer. You can type 'next' to skip the current capital. Getting the closest capital will yield 100 points. 2nd thru 5th closest will give a lower point total, based both on the rank of the capital (2nd thru 5th, minus 10 points for each ranking below first) and how much farther the guessed capital is away than the closest capital. 10 total capitals and 3 minutes total time, 20 seconds maximum per capital.

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World Closest Capital Pairs By Letter

For each letter that has at least two world capitals starting with it, name the closest pair of world capitals which both start with that letter. Administrative capitals are used for countries with multiple capitals. Letter and distance apart shown. Enter capitals in either order to submit a capital pair (i.e. BrasiliaBratislava or BratislavaBrazil).

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World Closest Capital Pairs Starting With The Same Letter

Name the 50 pairs of world capitals (administrative capital used if multiple for a country) which start with the same letter and are the closest to one another. First letter of capitals and distance apart shown.

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World Countries & Capitals

Name the world countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z. If a country has multiple capitals you need the executive or legislative one.

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World Countries Whose Capital Is Not Largest City Elimination

Name the countries (not capitals) whose capital city is not the largest city of that country. For countries with multiple capitals the administrative is used. Naming a country whose capital is its largest city will end the quiz. Ratio of largest city's population to capital's shown. Sorted by largest to smallest ratio. One country is forgiven as typing another country which is an answer requires typing a wrong country. For other countries with this situation, either both are correct or both aren't. Keep in mind city populations are city proper.

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World Countries With Same First Letter As Capital

Name the 29 countries (not capitals) with the same first letter as their capital city. No hints are given and only 3 minutes (6 min for premium members) allowed. Results will be displayed in A-Z order by country name.

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World Dependent Territory Capitals

Name the capitals (in some cases 'de jure' or 'de facto') of the dependent territories of the world. Name of territory and country shown.

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World Largest Capitals By Population

Name the 50 largest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

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World Smallest Capitals By Population

Name the 50 smallest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

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Closest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 closest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'washingtontokyo'.

Farthest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 farthest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'londonparis'.

World 25 Capitals With Highest Elevation Elimination Name the capitals whose elevation is in the top 25 of all capital elevations. Naming a capital outside the top 25 will end the quiz. Elevation in meters shown. This quiz uses the administrative capital if there are multiple capitals.

World Capital Coverage Challenge Enter a world capital - all capitals within 1000km will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles. hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

World Capital Locator Double-click on the map as close as possible to each world capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

World Capitals East To West In Order Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

World Capitals North To South In Order Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

World Closest Capital Pairs Starting With The Same Letter Name the 50 pairs of world capitals (administrative capital used if multiple for a country) which start with the same letter and are the closest to one another. First letter of capitals and distance apart shown.

World Countries & Capitals Name the world countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z. If a country has multiple capitals you need the executive or legislative one.

World Countries With Same First Letter As Capital Name the 29 countries (not capitals) with the same first letter as their capital city. No hints are given and only 3 minutes (6 min for premium members) allowed. Results will be displayed in A-Z order by country name.

World Dependent Territory Capitals Name the capitals (in some cases 'de jure' or 'de facto') of the dependent territories of the world. Name of territory and country shown.

World Largest Capitals By Population Name the 50 largest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

World Smallest Capitals By Population Name the 50 smallest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

Closest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number

Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 closest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'washingtontokyo'.

Farthest World Capital Pairs – Choose Number

Enter '25', '50', '100', or 'All' to begin. Then name up to the 250 farthest pairs of world capitals (use administrative capitals). Distances in km shown. Name pairs by entering one capital after the other in either order i.e. 'londonparis'.

World 25 Capitals With Highest Elevation Elimination

Name the capitals whose elevation is in the top 25 of all capital elevations. Naming a capital outside the top 25 will end the quiz. Elevation in meters shown. This quiz uses the administrative capital if there are multiple capitals.

World Capital Coverage Challenge

Enter a world capital - all capitals within 1000km will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

World Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each world capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

World Capitals East To West In Order

Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

World Capitals North To South In Order

Name the world capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. For countries with multiple capitals use the administrative one. You start with 3 minutes (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

World Closest Capital Pairs Starting With The Same Letter

Name the 50 pairs of world capitals (administrative capital used if multiple for a country) which start with the same letter and are the closest to one another. First letter of capitals and distance apart shown.

World Countries & Capitals

Name the world countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z. If a country has multiple capitals you need the executive or legislative one.

World Countries With Same First Letter As Capital

Name the 29 countries (not capitals) with the same first letter as their capital city. No hints are given and only 3 minutes (6 min for premium members) allowed. Results will be displayed in A-Z order by country name.

World Dependent Territory Capitals

Name the capitals (in some cases 'de jure' or 'de facto') of the dependent territories of the world. Name of territory and country shown.

World Largest Capitals By Population

Name the 50 largest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

World Smallest Capitals By Population

Name the 50 smallest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.