Capitals of the world

Every capital the live asks about, with how often players pick it in the capital rounds (the flag is shown, four cities to choose from), over 194 rounds so far. A few capitals that are argued about (Bolivia, South Africa, Benin, Sri Lanka, Chile) are left out of the game.

The capitals players get wrong most ›

Kabul, Afghanistan—

Tirana, Albaniamost picked instead: Lisbon89%

Algiers, Algeria100%

Luanda, Angola—

St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda—

Buenos Aires, Argentinamost picked instead: Bogotá90%

Yerevan, Armenia—

Canberra, Australiamost picked instead: Sydney79%

Vienna, Austria—

Baku, Azerbaijan100%

Nassau, Bahamas—

Manama, Bahrain—

Dhaka, Bangladesh—

Bridgetown, Barbados—

Minsk, Belarus—

Brussels, Belgiummost picked instead: Vienna87%

Belmopan, Belize—

Thimphu, Bhutan—

Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovinamost picked instead: Valletta88%

Gaborone, Botswana—

Brasília, Brazil100%

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei—

Sofia, Bulgariamost picked instead: Kyiv92%

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso—

Gitega, Burundi—

Phnom Penh, Cambodiamost picked instead: Bangkok82%

Yaoundé, Cameroon—

Ottawa, Canada100%

Praia, Cape Verde—

Bangui, Central African Republic—

N'Djamena, Chad—

Beijing, China100%

Bogotá, Colombiamost picked instead: Medellín75%

Moroni, Comoros—

Brazzaville, Congo—

San José, Costa Rica100%

Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire—

Zagreb, Croatia—

Havana, Cubamost picked instead: Santiago de Cuba81%

Nicosia, Cyprusmost picked instead: Damascus67%

Prague, Czechia—

Copenhagen, Denmarkmost picked instead: Riga83%

Roseau, Dominica—

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republicmost picked instead: Nassau80%

Kinshasa, DR Congo—

Quito, Ecuador—

Cairo, Egyptmost picked instead: Alexandria83%

Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea moved its capital in 2026 from Malabo, on the island of Bioko, to Ciudad de la Paz, a new city built on the mainland at Oyala. Most quizzes still say Malabo.—

Asmara, Eritrea—

Tallinn, Estonia100%

Mbabane, Eswatini—

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia100%

Suva, Fiji—

Helsinki, Finlandmost picked instead: Tallinn90%

Paris, Francemost picked instead: Amsterdam92%

Libreville, Gabon—

Banjul, Gambia—

Tbilisi, Georgia100%

Berlin, Germany100%

Accra, Ghana—

Athens, Greece100%

St. George's, Grenada—

Conakry, Guinea—

Georgetown, Guyana—

Port-au-Prince, Haitimost picked instead: Nassau88%

Tegucigalpa, Hondurasmost picked instead: Managua50%

Budapest, Hungary100%

Reykjavík, Iceland100%

New Delhi, Indiamost picked instead: Mumbai94%

Jakarta, Indonesia100%

Tehran, Iran100%

Baghdad, Iraqmost picked instead: Beirut57%

Dublin, Irelandmost picked instead: Cork88%

Rome, Italymost picked instead: Belgrade93%

Kingston, Jamaicamost picked instead: Bridgetown78%

Tokyo, Japan100%

Amman, Jordan—

Astana, Kazakhstan100%

Nairobi, Kenya100%

South Tarawa, Kiribati—

Vientiane, Laos100%

Riga, Latviamost picked instead: Copenhagen57%

Beirut, Lebanon—

Maseru, Lesotho—

Monrovia, Liberia—

Tripoli, Libyamost picked instead: Cairo92%

Vaduz, Liechtenstein—

Vilnius, Lithuania—

Antananarivo, Madagascar—

Lilongwe, Malawi—

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiamost picked instead: Bangkok80%

Malé, Maldives—

Bamako, Mali—

Valletta, Maltamost picked instead: Skopje92%

Majuro, Marshall Islands—

Nouakchott, Mauritania—

Port Louis, Mauritius—

Palikir, Micronesia—

Chișinău, Moldovamost picked instead: Bucharest63%

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia—

Podgorica, Montenegro—

Rabat, Morocco—

Maputo, Mozambique—

Naypyidaw, Myanmar—

Windhoek, Namibia—

Kathmandu, Nepalmost picked instead: Islamabad88%

Amsterdam, Netherlands100%

Wellington, New Zealandmost picked instead: Auckland83%

Managua, Nicaragua100%

Niamey, Niger—

Abuja, Nigeriamost picked instead: Lagos80%

Pyongyang, North Korea—

Skopje, North Macedonia100%

Oslo, Norway—

Muscat, Oman—

Islamabad, Pakistan100%

Ngerulmud, Palau—

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea—

Asunción, Paraguay0%

Lima, Perumost picked instead: Cusco93%

Manila, Philippines100%

Warsaw, Poland100%

Lisbon, Portugalmost picked instead: Porto75%

Doha, Qatar100%

Bucharest, Romania—

Moscow, Russia100%

Kigali, Rwandamost picked instead: Mogadishu88%

Apia, Samoa—

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—

Dakar, Senegalmost picked instead: Conakry43%

Belgrade, Serbiamost picked instead: Tirana67%

Victoria, Seychelles—

Freetown, Sierra Leone—

Bratislava, Slovakia100%

Ljubljana, Sloveniamost picked instead: Sarajevo70%

Honiara, Solomon Islands—

Mogadishu, Somalia—

Seoul, South Koreamost picked instead: Beijing95%

Juba, South Sudan—

Madrid, Spainmost picked instead: Barcelona69%

Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis—

Castries, St. Lucia—

Kingstown, St. Vincent & Grenadines—

Khartoum, Sudanmost picked instead: Tripoli0%

Paramaribo, Suriname—

Stockholm, Swedenmost picked instead: Helsinki75%

Bern, Switzerland—

Damascus, Syriamost picked instead: Doha83%

Dushanbe, Tajikistan—

Dodoma, Tanzania100%

Bangkok, Thailandmost picked instead: Vientiane89%

Dili, Timor-Leste—

Lomé, Togo—

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga—

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago—

Tunis, Tunisia100%

Ankara, Türkiyemost picked instead: Istanbul86%

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan—

Funafuti, Tuvalu—

Kampala, Uganda—

Kyiv, Ukrainemost picked instead: Warsaw93%

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emiratesmost picked instead: Dubai90%

London, United Kingdommost picked instead: Helsinki87%

Washington, D.C., United Statesmost picked instead: San José80%

Montevideo, Uruguaymost picked instead: Buenos Aires93%

Tashkent, Uzbekistan—

Port Vila, Vanuatu—

Caracas, Venezuelamost picked instead: Georgetown94%

Hanoi, Vietnammost picked instead: Ho Chi Minh City82%

Sanaa, Yemenmost picked instead: Tbilisi57%

Lusaka, Zambia—

Harare, Zimbabwe—