Historical Capitals Trivia Questions
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Which country did Kyoto begin its 1,074-year tenure as the capital in 794?
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japan
Which city was chosen by Queen Victoria to be the capital of Canada in 1857?
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ottawa
Which city became the capital of the Russian state and the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church by the 15th century?
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moscow
What city became the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Charles IV?
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prague
What city served as the longtime capital of Prussia and became the capital of a unified Germany in 1871?
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berlin
What is the name of the Greek city that had only about 4,000 inhabitants when it was recaptured from the Turks in 1833?
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athens
Which capital of the Byzantine Empire was named after an emperor and looted by Crusaders in April 1204?
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constantinople
Which world capital's royal palace was built for Philip V on the site of an ancient Moorish fortress?
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madrid
Around 1200, what city became the capital of a Muslim empire in India and has a modern version that is India's capital today?
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delhi
Which city did King Philip II designate as the capital of Spain in 1561, likely due to his birthplace being in the vicinity?
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madrid
What was the capital of the kingdom of Hejaz and is the site of the Great Mosque and the Kaaba?
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mecca
What is the capital city of Lebanon, which was ruled by the Druze, a Syrian sect, in the 16th century?
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beirut
What city became the capital of the duchy of Burgundy in around 1015?
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dijon
Which state declared its independence from Mexico at Washington-on-the-Brazos and had this as its capital from 1842-45?
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texas
Which capital city of Bulgaria was plundered and burned by the Huns around 447?
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sofia
Which state had Cahaba replace Huntsville as its capital in 1820?
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alabama
In 1734, which city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?
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naples
What country had Cordoba as its capital under Muslim rule?
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spain
What is the name of the Scandinavian capital that was rebuilt and renamed Christiania after a fire in 1624?
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oslo
Which city, established over 2,500 years ago, became the capital of Afghanistan in 1776?
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kabul
What Afghan city served as the capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 to 1526?
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kabul
In which world capital did the Hapsburgs reside in the Hofburg palace complex?
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vienna
In the 1940s, which city served as the capital of North Korea and was home to the forces of the occupying Soviet army?
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pyongyang
What city became the new capital of the caliphate when the Abbasid dynasty moved it from Damascus?
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baghdad
Which Afghan capital was rebuilt and modernized by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in the 19th century?
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kabul
What city did Hammurabi make the capital of his kingdom after conquering surrounding city-states?
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babylon
Which major port and current capital of Latvia was once part of the Hanseatic League?
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riga
What city became a city in 1782 and later served as the Confederate capital, with half of its population being slaves at the time?
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richmond, virginia
What is the Jordanian capital that was known as Philadelphia during the Roman and Byzantine Empires?
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amman
In which state was Lancaster the nation's capital for just one day in 1777?
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pennsylvania
Which capital city was originally settled during the 'Pikes Peak or Bust' gold rush of 1859?
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denver
What is the Ecuadoran capital where one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in 1809?
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quito
Which city served as the capital of Lithuania but was under Polish control from 1920 to 1939?
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vilnius
Which city served as the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800?
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philadelphia
What was the capital of Assyria where Ashurbanipal founded a library?
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nineveh
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