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1. Which of these capitals was founded the most recently?
It was founded on 22nd June 1527. Baghdad was founded in 762 and Moscow in 1147.
Baghdad
Jakarta
Moscow
2. Which capital is home to a pyramidal building called the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation?
It serves as a non-denominational national spiritual centre and an event venue.
Dushanbe
Kabul
Nur-Sultan
3. Which of these has never been a capital, within the area of modern France?
Tours was capital of France during the reign of Louis XI, while Orléans was the capital of the Kingdom of Orléans.
Nice
Orléans
Tours
4. Which of these capitals wasn't founded by a conquistador?
It was founded by Pedro Arias Dávila, a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator, on 15th August 1519. Lima was founded on 18th January 1535 by Francisco Pizarro while Santiago was founded on 12th February 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia.
Lima
Panama City
Santiago
5. Which capital city was home to the world's tallest building from 1998 to 2004?
The tallest building during that time was the Petronas Towers. Taipei 101 was subsequently the tallest, from 2004 to 2010.
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Taipei
6. Which South African city is the judicial capital of the country?
Pretoria is the executive capital while Cape Town is the legislative capital.
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Cape Town
7. Which city was the capital of the Median Empire?
Assur was the capital of the Old, Middle and Neo-Assyrian Empires, while Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire.
Hattusa
Assur
Ecbatana
8. Which capital city has the world's oldest underground passenger railway?
The London Underground had its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, which was opened in January 1863.
Berlin
London
Paris
9. Which of these countries only has one capital?
Its capital is Chișinău. The capitals of Bolivia are La Paz and Sucre, while the capitals of the Ivory Coast are Yamoussoukro and Abidjan.
Ivory Coast
Bolivia
Moldova
10. Which city has never been the capital of an Indian empire?
Agra served as one of the capitals of both the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. Patna was the capital of the Maurya, Shunga, Gupta and Pala Empires.
Patna
Lucknow
Agra
11. Which capital is Bogotá not twinned with?
It is also twinned with Baghdad, Beirut, London and Washington D.C..
Tehran
Manila
Seoul
12. Which capital has the highest murder rate?
Roughly 100 people are killed in Caracas per 100,000 people, per year. The equivalent figures for Cape Town and Kingston are 66 and 54 respectively.
Caracas
Kingston
Cape Town
13. The Massacre of the Latins occurred in which former capital city?
It was a massacre of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Constantinople by the Eastern Orthodox population, which occurred in April 1182.
Barcelona
Istanbul
Florence
14. Which capital is closest to the equator?
Kinshasa is roughly four degrees south of the equator. Abuja is roughly nine degrees to the north, while Maputa is roughly twenty five degrees to the south.
Kinshasa
Maputo
Abuja
15. In which capital would you find St. Stephen's Basilica?
There is, however, a St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and a St. Stephen's Church in Prague.