Capitals

About this quiz

This one trips people up more than it should, because the capital often isn't the city they'd guess. Brasília, not São Paulo or Rio. Canberra, not Sydney. Naypyidaw, not Yangon. Countries pick capitals for all kinds of reasons: political compromise, a fresh planned city away from an old colonial center, better defensibility, or just geography (something central instead of stuck on one coast).

The quiz covers every UN member state plus the handful of commonly recognized others. Scope it to a continent if you want to drill a region you're weaker on, or leave it worldwide and see how far you get before the first one stumps you.