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๐Ÿ›๏ธ CapitalGuess

Quick-fire quiz matching countries to capitals and vice versa.

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Capitals are the beating hearts of nations โ€” seats of government, cultural centers, and often the largest cities. But not always. Some capitals were deliberately built as neutral ground (Canberra, Brasรญlia), while others grew organically over millennia (Athens, Rome). The capital of a country tells you a lot about its history and governance.

CapitalGuess puts your knowledge to the test in a rapid-fire format: 20 questions in 60 seconds. You'll alternate between naming a country's capital and identifying which country a capital belongs to. The time bonus rewards quick thinking โ€” just like real geography.

How to Play

  • โ€ข 20 questions in 60 seconds
  • โ€ข Two modes: 'What is the capital of X?' and 'X is the capital of which country?'
  • โ€ข 4 choices per question
  • โ€ข Time bonus for remaining seconds

Learning Tips

  • ๐Ÿ’ก Start with well-known capitals (London, Paris, Tokyo)
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Learn region by region โ€” Europe first, then Asia, Africa
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Many capitals are the largest city โ€” but not always
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Some countries have multiple capitals (South Africa)

All Capitals by Continent

Americas

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ AnguillaThe Valley
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ArgentinaBuenos Aires
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ ArubaOranjestad
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ BahamasNassau
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง BarbadosBridgetown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ BelizeBelmopan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ BermudaHamilton
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด BoliviaSucre
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท BrazilBrasรญlia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin IslandsRoad Town
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CanadaOttawa
  • Caribbean NetherlandsKralendijk
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman IslandsGeorge Town
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ChileSantiago
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด ColombiaBogotรก
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa RicaSan Josรฉ
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ CubaHavana
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ CuraรงaoWillemstad
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ DominicaRoseau
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ EcuadorQuito
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El SalvadorSan Salvador
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland IslandsStanley
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French GuianaCayenne
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ GreenlandNuuk
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ GrenadaSt. George's
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต GuadeloupeBasse-Terre
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น GuatemalaGuatemala City
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ GuyanaGeorgetown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น HaitiPort-au-Prince
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ HondurasTegucigalpa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ JamaicaKingston
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ MartiniqueFort-de-France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ MexicoMexico City
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ MontserratPlymouth
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ NicaraguaManagua
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ PanamaPanama City
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ ParaguayAsunciรณn
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช PeruLima
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto RicoSan Juan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint BarthรฉlemyGustavia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint LuciaCastries
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint MartinMarigot
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Pierre
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint MaartenPhilipsburg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท SurinameParamaribo
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos IslandsCockburn Town
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United StatesWashington D.C.
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ UruguayMontevideo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช VenezuelaCaracas

Asia

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ AfghanistanKabul
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ArmeniaYerevan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ AzerbaijanBaku
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ BahrainManama
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ BangladeshDhaka
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น BhutanThimphu
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ CambodiaPhnom Penh
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ChinaBeijing
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช GeorgiaTbilisi
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ IndiaNew Delhi
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ IndonesiaJakarta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท IranTehran
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ IraqBaghdad
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ IsraelJerusalem
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต JapanTokyo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด JordanAmman
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ KazakhstanAstana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ KuwaitKuwait City
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ KyrgyzstanBishkek
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ LaosVientiane
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง LebanonBeirut
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป MaldivesMalรฉ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ MongoliaUlan Bator
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ MyanmarNaypyidaw
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต NepalKathmandu
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North KoreaPyongyang
  • ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ OmanMuscat
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ PakistanIslamabad
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ PalestineRamallah
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ PhilippinesManila
  • ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ QatarDoha
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ SingaporeSingapore
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South KoreaSeoul
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri LankaColombo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ SyriaDamascus
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ TajikistanDushanbe
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ ThailandBangkok
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-LesteDili
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท TรผrkiyeAnkara
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ TurkmenistanAshgabat
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ UzbekistanTashkent
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ VietnamHanoi
  • ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช YemenSana'a

Africa

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ AlgeriaAlgiers
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด AngolaLuanda
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ BeninPorto-Novo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ BotswanaGaborone
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina FasoOuagadougou
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ BurundiGitega
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ CameroonYaoundรฉ
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape VerdePraia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African RepublicBangui
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ ChadN'Djamena
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ComorosMoroni
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ DjiboutiDjibouti
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR CongoKinshasa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ EgyptCairo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial GuineaMalabo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท EritreaAsmara
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ EswatiniLobamba
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น EthiopiaAddis Ababa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ GabonLibreville
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ GambiaBanjul
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ GhanaAccra
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ GuineaConakry
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-BissauBissau
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory CoastYamoussoukro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช KenyaNairobi
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ LesothoMaseru
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท LiberiaMonrovia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ LibyaTripoli
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ MadagascarAntananarivo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ MalawiLilongwe
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ MaliBamako
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท MauritaniaNouakchott
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ MauritiusPort Louis
  • ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น MayotteMamoudzou
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ MoroccoRabat
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ MozambiqueMaputo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ NamibiaWindhoek
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช NigerNiamey
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ NigeriaAbuja
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the CongoBrazzaville
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช RรฉunionSaint-Denis
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ RwandaKigali
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaJamestown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and PrรญncipeSรฃo Tomรฉ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ SenegalDakar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ SeychellesVictoria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra LeoneFreetown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด SomaliaMogadishu
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South AfricaPretoria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South SudanJuba
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ SudanKhartoum
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ TanzaniaDodoma
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ TogoLomรฉ
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ TunisiaTunis
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ UgandaKampala
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western SaharaEl Aaiรบn
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ZambiaLusaka
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ ZimbabweHarare

Europe

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ร…land IslandsMariehamn
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ AlbaniaTirana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ AndorraAndorra la Vella
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น AustriaVienna
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ BelarusMinsk
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช BelgiumBrussels
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ BulgariaSofia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท CroatiaZagreb
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ CyprusNicosia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ CzechiaPrague
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ DenmarkCopenhagen
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช EstoniaTallinn
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe IslandsTรณrshavn
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ FinlandHelsinki
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท FranceParis
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช GermanyBerlin
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ GibraltarGibraltar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท GreeceAthens
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ GuernseySt. Peter Port
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ HungaryBudapest
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ IcelandReykjavik
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช IrelandDublin
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of ManDouglas
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ItalyRome
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช JerseySaint Helier
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป LatviaRiga
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ LiechtensteinVaduz
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น LithuaniaVilnius
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ LuxembourgLuxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น MaltaValletta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ MoldovaChiศ™inฤƒu
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ MonacoMonaco
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช MontenegroPodgorica
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ NetherlandsAmsterdam
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North MacedoniaSkopje
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด NorwayOslo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ PolandWarsaw
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น PortugalLisbon
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด RomaniaBucharest
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ RussiaMoscow
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San MarinoCity of San Marino
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ SerbiaBelgrade
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ SlovakiaBratislava
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ SloveniaLjubljana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ SpainMadrid
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช SwedenStockholm
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ SwitzerlandBern
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ UkraineKyiv
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United KingdomLondon
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican CityVatican City

Oceania

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American SamoaPago Pago
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AustraliaCanberra
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Christmas IslandFlying Fish Cove
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡จ Cocos (Keeling) IslandsWest Island
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook IslandsAvarua
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ FijiSuva
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French PolynesiaPapeetฤ“
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ GuamHagรฅtรฑa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ KiribatiSouth Tarawa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall IslandsMajuro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ MicronesiaPalikir
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท NauruYaren
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New CaledoniaNoumรฉa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New ZealandWellington
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ NiueAlofi
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ซ Norfolk IslandKingston
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ PalauNgerulmud
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ณ Pitcairn IslandsAdamstown
  • ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ SamoaApia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon IslandsHoniara
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ TokelauFakaofo
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด TongaNuku'alofa
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป TuvaluFunafuti
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ VanuatuPort Vila
  • ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and FutunaMata-Utu