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Different Kind of Capital Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by blinkin_au. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
blinkin_au

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,526

Updated
May 12 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
9106

Last 3 plays: Guest 100 (6/15), gracious1 (10/15), Guest 70 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which capital city is located on the Niger River in West Africa and is located south west of Timbuktu? Hint

Bamako

Ouagadougou

Niamey

Lagos

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which capital city is built on the banks of the Vistula river and through its long history has been under the control of the Russians, Germans and Prussians? Hint

Warsaw

Prague

Vilnius

Riga

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which capital city lies on the Mekong river near the border between itself and the country to its west? Hint

Vientiane

Hanoi

Phnom Penh

Bangkok

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which city lies on both the White and Blue Nile Rivers? Hint

Cairo

Kampala

Addis Ababa

Khartoum

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Question 5 of 15

5. The Yalta conference was held in this country. What is the capital of the country it was considered part of at the time? Hint

Minsk

Riga

Kishinev

Moscow

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Question 6 of 15

6. What capital city lies about 100km west of Lake Nyasa? Hint

Lusaka

Gaborone

Maputo

Lilongwe

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which capital lies about 40km south of the equator but is not in Africa? Hint

Quito

Kampala

Nairobi

Libreville

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which capital was designed by Walter Burley Griffin? Hint

London

Ottawa

Washington DC

Canberra

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which capital city is the second largest national capital city built on an island in Europe? Hint

London

Valletta

Nicosia

Copenhagen

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which capital city was founded by Remus and Romulus? Hint

Rome

Madrid

Paris

Athens

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which two capital cities lie across a river from each other? Hint

Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo

Copenhagen and Stockholm

Vientiane and Bangkok

Brazzaville and Kinshasa

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Question 12 of 15

12. What capital city lies in the country that is only bordered by Austria and Switzerland? Hint

Vaduz

Andorra

Luxembourg

San Marino

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which is the only capital in Arabia that has the same name as the country? Hint

Yemen City

Qatar City

Iran City

Kuwait City

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which capital contains the Kremlin? Hint

Mexico City

Bucharest

Moscow

Athens

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Question 15 of 15

15. The capital city of United Arab Emirates is? Hint

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Doha

Manama

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which capital city is located on the Niger River in West Africa and is located south west of Timbuktu?

Answer: Bamako

Although Niamey is built on the Niger river it is not south west of Timbuktu.

2. Which capital city is built on the banks of the Vistula river and through its long history has been under the control of the Russians, Germans and Prussians?

Answer: Warsaw

3. Which capital city lies on the Mekong river near the border between itself and the country to its west?

Answer: Vientiane

4. Which city lies on both the White and Blue Nile Rivers?

Answer: Khartoum

5. The Yalta conference was held in this country. What is the capital of the country it was considered part of at the time?

Answer: Moscow

Yalta is in the Crimea, so its nationality has been disputed over the years. At the time of the Yalta conference, it was part of the Soviet Union, with the capital in Moscow. At other times it has been accepted as part of Ukraine, with the capital of Kyiv.

This is a situation which is by no means settled.

6. What capital city lies about 100km west of Lake Nyasa?

Answer: Lilongwe

7. Which capital lies about 40km south of the equator but is not in Africa?

Answer: Quito

8. Which capital was designed by Walter Burley Griffin?

Answer: Canberra

9. Which capital city is the second largest national capital city built on an island in Europe?

Answer: Copenhagen

10. Which capital city was founded by Remus and Romulus?

Answer: Rome

11. Which two capital cities lie across a river from each other?

Answer: Brazzaville and Kinshasa

12. What capital city lies in the country that is only bordered by Austria and Switzerland?

Answer: Vaduz

13. Which is the only capital in Arabia that has the same name as the country?

Answer: Kuwait City

14. Which capital contains the Kremlin?

Answer: Moscow

15. The capital city of United Arab Emirates is?

Answer: Abu Dhabi

Source: Author blinkin_au

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