World Capitals Trivia Questions
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Which capital city was designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin from Chicago without him seeing the site?
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canberra
What is the capital of Ethiopia where the Organization of African Unity is headquartered?
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addis ababa
What is the name of the capital of China where the Forbidden City is located?
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beijing
In which world capital can you watch the sun turn the Tagus' estuary into a picturesque body of water known as Mar de Palha, or the 'sea of straw'?
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lisbon
Which capital city features tourist attractions like the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the Gum Department Store?
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moscow
In which capital city can you find St. Stephen's Basilica, which houses the mummified right hand of St. Stephen?
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budapest
What is the current name of the city that was known as Serdica in ancient times and is now the capital of Bulgaria?
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sofia
On December 9, 1992, U.S. Marines entered the capital of Somalia. What is the name of this capital?
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mogadishu
What country on the Arabian Peninsula has its capital city as Doha?
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qatar
In which capital city can you find the Gulistan Palace that houses the jeweled Peacock Throne of Fath Ali Shah?
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tehran
In which world capital was Jose Napoleon Duarte born?
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san salvador
What city, founded by the Boers in 1855, serves as the administrative capital of South Africa?
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pretoria
In which capital city can you find Goya's wall paintings decorating the Church of San Antonio de la Florida?
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madrid
What is the judicial capital of Bolivia, named after the country's first president?
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sucre
What city served as the capital of the Polish province of Wilno from 1920 to 1939 and is now the capital of Lithuania?
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vilnius
Which world capital was home to composers Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak?
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prague
What country's capital and largest city is Windhoek, and gained independence from South Africa?
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namibia
What is the name of the Congolese capital that was named after the explorer who claimed the area in 1880?
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brazzaville
In which city is the Grand Ducal Palace, the ceremonial residence of Grand Duke Jean, located?
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luxembourg
In which world capital are the Spanish Steps located?
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rome
In which capital city is Parque Dario, home to a monument honoring Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, located?
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managua
In which country's capital can you find a statue of Leif Ericson that was a gift from the U.S.?
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iceland
What is the capital city of Belarus that was formerly part of Lithuania and later part of Poland?
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minsk
What is the name of the capital of Honduras, founded as a silver mining town and meaning 'silver hill'?
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tegucigalpa
In which capital city of the Dominican Republic is the Guacara Taina, potentially the only disco-in-a-cave in the world, located?
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santo domingo
In which country is Tallinn, a city that was settled by the Danes in 1219 and later joined the Hanseatic League, the capital?
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estonia
What is the capital city of Morocco that is located about 60 miles northeast of Casablanca?
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rabat
Which Indonesian island, known for its dancing and decorative arts, is the most populous in the Lesser Sunda Islands?
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bali
In which capital city can you find a statue of King Olav V on skis near the Holmenkollen Ski Museum?
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oslo
What world capital was known as Julia Augusta Felix Berytus during its time as a Roman colony?
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beirut
In which city did King Rama I build the Grand Palace, which houses the Temple of the Emerald Buddha?
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bangkok
Which country has Sucre as its judicial capital, named after its first president?
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bolivia
Which city is home to landmarks such as the Pardo and the Prado?
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madrid
What is the capital of Somalia, which is also one of the first Arab settlements on the East African coast?
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mogadishu
Which city has a park and monument dedicated to Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario?
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managua
What country, which became independent in 1966, now has Gaborone as its capital, having previously been known as Bechuanaland?
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botswana
In which capital city of Georgia can you find Ilya Chavchavadze Boulevard, which is named after a Georgian poet?
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tbilisi
What is the capital of Honduras that is one of the few capitals in the world without a railroad?
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tegucigalpa
Which world capital is known for its architectural landmarks including the parliament buildings and the Kenyatta Conference Center?
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nairobi
Which city was selected as the capital of the kingdom of Choson in 1394?
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seoul
In which capital is al-Azhar University, the most famous university in the Islamic world, located?
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cairo
In which country was the construction of its capital, Islamabad, started in 1961?
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pakistan
What country has Asuncion as its capital?
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paraguay
What is the world capital that houses the international headquarters of the Salvation Army?
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london
In which capital city of the Dominican Republic will you find the Museum of Dominican Man?
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santo domingo
What is the capital city that the Greeks refer to as Levkosia and the Turks call Lefkosa?
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nicosia
Which country's interim capital was Rawalpindi while Islamabad was being constructed?
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pakistan
What Mideast country had the capital named Muscat until the year 1970?
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oman
What is the capital city of Uganda, whose name means 'impala hill' according to the Encyclopedia Americana?
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kampala
In which city is the mausoleum of Kemal Atat�rk located, which wasn't completed until 1953, 15 years after his death?
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ankara
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