Capital Cities Quiz Questions for Kids, with Answers

For parents and teachers · 45 questions with answers

Forty-five questions about the world’s capital cities, both ways round: “What is the capital of…?” and “Which country has this capital?”. Easy starts with famous capitals like Paris and Tokyo; Hard has the ones that trip everyone up.

Easy (ages 6–8)

1. Rome is the capital of which country?

   1. Serbia
   2. Sweden
   3. Italy
   4. Malta

2. What is the capital of Kenya?

   1. Victoria
   2. Algiers
   3. Tripoli
   4. Nairobi

3. Paris is the capital of which country?

   1. Czechia
   2. Hungary
   3. Netherlands
   4. France

4. What is the capital of Cuba?

   1. San José
   2. Belmopan
   3. Havana
   4. Santo Domingo

5. New Delhi is the capital of which country?

   1. South Korea
   2. Malaysia
   3. Yemen
   4. India

6. What is the capital of Brazil?

   1. Brasília
   2. Paramaribo
   3. Santiago
   4. Caracas

7. Hanoi is the capital of which country?

   1. Pakistan
   2. Vietnam
   3. Kyrgyzstan
   4. Bhutan

8. What is the capital of Morocco?

   1. Nairobi
   2. Antananarivo
   3. Rabat
   4. Cairo

9. Bangkok is the capital of which country?

   1. Afghanistan
   2. Syria
   3. Thailand
   4. Cambodia

10. What is the capital of Norway?

    1. Ljubljana
    2. Vienna
    3. Tirana
    4. Oslo

11. Cairo is the capital of which country?

    1. Burundi
    2. Tanzania
    3. South Sudan
    4. Egypt

12. What is the capital of Ireland?

    1. Dublin
    2. Vilnius
    3. Zagreb
    4. Helsinki

13. Lisbon is the capital of which country?

    1. Portugal
    2. Switzerland
    3. Czechia
    4. Netherlands

14. What is the capital of Nigeria?

    1. Pretoria
    2. Windhoek
    3. Bamako
    4. Abuja

15. Tokyo is the capital of which country?

    1. Palestine
    2. Japan
    3. Iraq
    4. Pakistan

Answer key: Easy

1. C. Italy
2. D. Nairobi
3. D. France
4. C. Havana
5. D. India
6. A. Brasília
7. B. Vietnam
8. C. Rabat
9. C. Thailand
10. D. Oslo
11. D. Egypt
12. A. Dublin
13. A. Portugal
14. D. Abuja
15. B. Japan

Medium (ages 8–10)

16. Montevideo is the capital of which country?

    1. Colombia
    2. Uruguay
    3. Bolivia
    4. Paraguay

17. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Dhaka
    2. Ulan Bator
    3. Hanoi
    4. New Delhi

18. What is the capital of Costa Rica?

    1. Ottawa
    2. San Salvador
    3. San José
    4. Havana

19. Dakar is the capital of which country?

    1. Senegal
    2. Mozambique
    3. Seychelles
    4. Botswana

20. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Tashkent
    2. Tokyo
    3. Ramallah
    4. Dhaka

21. What is the capital of Denmark?

    1. Moscow
    2. Tirana
    3. Sofia
    4. Copenhagen

22. Port Moresby is the capital of which country?

    1. Papua New Guinea
    2. Tuvalu
    3. Tonga
    4. Solomon Islands

23. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Ngerulmud
    2. Suva
    3. Wellington
    4. Port Moresby

24. What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

    1. Paris
    2. Minsk
    3. Bern
    4. Sarajevo

25. Warsaw is the capital of which country?

    1. Albania
    2. France
    3. Poland
    4. Montenegro

26. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Ankara
    2. Beijing
    3. Vientiane
    4. Seoul

27. What is the capital of Myanmar?

    1. Dushanbe
    2. Tehran
    3. Bishkek
    4. Naypyidaw

28. Vilnius is the capital of which country?

    1. Latvia
    2. Lithuania
    3. Estonia
    4. Romania

29. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Skopje
    2. Amsterdam
    3. Tallinn
    4. Kyiv

30. What is the capital of Madagascar?

    1. Antananarivo
    2. Gaborone
    3. Maputo
    4. Lusaka

Answer key: Medium

16. B. Uruguay
17. C. Hanoi
18. C. San José
19. A. Senegal
20. B. Tokyo
21. D. Copenhagen
22. A. Papua New Guinea
23. C. Wellington
24. D. Sarajevo
25. C. Poland
26. A. Ankara
27. D. Naypyidaw
28. B. Lithuania
29. B. Amsterdam
30. A. Antananarivo

Hard (ages 10–12)

31. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Chișinău
    2. Minsk
    3. Oslo
    4. Vilnius

32. What is the capital of Eswatini?

    1. Moroni
    2. Lobamba
    3. Nouakchott
    4. Harare

33. Praia is the capital of which country?

    1. Somalia
    2. Cabo Verde
    3. Liberia
    4. Tanzania

34. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Yamoussoukro
    2. Lilongwe
    3. Bangui
    4. Niamey

35. What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?

    1. San Salvador
    2. Basseterre
    3. Port-au-Prince
    4. Saint John's

36. Victoria is the capital of which country?

    1. Guinea
    2. Seychelles
    3. Equatorial Guinea
    4. Angola

37. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Naypyidaw
    2. Doha
    3. Beirut
    4. Beijing

38. What is the capital of Benin?

    1. Freetown
    2. Porto-Novo
    3. Accra
    4. Rabat

39. Conakry is the capital of which country?

    1. Mozambique
    2. Eswatini
    3. Namibia
    4. Guinea

40. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Bogotá
    2. Asunción
    3. Buenos Aires
    4. Quito

41. What is the capital of Brunei?

    1. Vientiane
    2. Abu Dhabi
    3. Bandar Seri Begawan
    4. Seoul

42. Yaren is the capital of which country?

    1. Fiji
    2. New Zealand
    3. Nauru
    4. Solomon Islands

43. What is the capital of the country with this flag?

    
    1. Brazzaville
    2. Dakar
    3. Lusaka
    4. Juba

44. What is the capital of Dominica?

    1. Basseterre
    2. Havana
    3. Roseau
    4. Nassau

45. Vaduz is the capital of which country?

    1. Sweden
    2. Portugal
    3. Albania
    4. Liechtenstein

Answer key: Hard

31. B. Minsk
32. B. Lobamba
33. B. Cabo Verde
34. B. Lilongwe
35. D. Saint John's
36. B. Seychelles
37. B. Doha
38. B. Porto-Novo
39. D. Guinea
40. D. Quito
41. C. Bandar Seri Begawan
42. C. Nauru
43. B. Dakar
44. C. Roseau
45. D. Liechtenstein

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