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European Capitals Quiz

We name a capital city, you click its country on the map. Can you place all 47?

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European Capitals Quiz

47 capitals. We name a capital, you click its country on the map. Three tries each.

How to play

Press Start. The name of a capital city shows at the top of the map: click the country it belongs to. Right on the first try turns the country green; right after a miss turns it amber; after three misses it turns red and the quiz moves on. A wrong click shows the name of the country you clicked. To test just the capitals, point at a country to see its name, or tick Show country names to write the names on the map (zoom in for the small ones). A run with names shown says so on the result card and keeps its own best time. The smallest countries have a circle: click inside it. When you finish, practice just the capitals you missed, or learn the countries first in the Europe map quiz.

The 47 countries and their capitals

Northern Europe

  • Denmark Copenhagen
  • Estonia Tallinn
  • Finland Helsinki
  • Iceland Reykjavik
  • Ireland Dublin
  • Latvia Riga
  • Lithuania Vilnius
  • Norway Oslo
  • Sweden Stockholm
  • United Kingdom London

Western Europe

  • Austria Vienna
  • Belgium Brussels
  • France Paris
  • Germany Berlin
  • Liechtenstein Vaduz
  • Luxembourg Luxembourg
  • Monaco Monaco
  • Netherlands Amsterdam
  • Switzerland Bern

Southern Europe

  • Albania Tirana
  • Andorra Andorra la Vella
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
  • Croatia Zagreb
  • Cyprus Nicosia
  • Greece Athens
  • Italy Rome
  • Kosovo Pristina
  • Malta Valletta
  • Montenegro Podgorica
  • North Macedonia Skopje
  • Portugal Lisbon
  • San Marino San Marino
  • Serbia Belgrade
  • Slovenia Ljubljana
  • Spain Madrid
  • Turkey Ankara
  • Vatican City Vatican City

Eastern Europe

  • Belarus Minsk
  • Bulgaria Sofia
  • Czechia Prague
  • Hungary Budapest
  • Moldova Chisinau
  • Poland Warsaw
  • Romania Bucharest
  • Russia Moscow
  • Slovakia Bratislava
  • Ukraine Kyiv

Study on paper first

Print the labeled map of Europe to study, then test yourself on the blank map of Europe: write in every country you know, check it against the labeled map, and play again here. There are closer maps of Western Europe and Eastern Europe too, and a physical map of Europe with mountains and rivers.

Questions

How many capitals are in this quiz?

47, one for each country the quiz asks.

Which European capitals do people get wrong?

Bern (not Zurich or Geneva) in Switzerland, Ankara (not Istanbul) in Turkey and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where the government sits in The Hague. Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino and Luxembourg share their name with their capital.

How is the score worked out?

Your score is the share of capitals you placed on the first try. A capital you place on the second or third try turns its country amber and does not count toward the score; after three misses the country turns red and the quiz moves on.

Can my class use this?

Yes, free, with no sign-up and no ads. At the end, students type their name and take a screenshot of the result card (map, score, time and date) to hand in.

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