I got them all bar the eleventh one. After a minute or so it came to me, but I spent 30 seconds swearing at the screen and scratching my head when the country wasn't accepted. Cue a large face palm when the time ran out.
I didn't even realize Kazakhstan's capital had been renamed back to Astana until I looked it up after this quiz. Love when things like that happen on this site.
no, the city's name went from Akmoly in 1830, to Akmolinsk in 1832, to Tselinograd in 1961, to Akmola in 1991, to Astana in 1998, to Nur-Sultan in 2019, and then back to Astana in 2022, with Astana being the most recent and current name.
It was, uh… a while ago, though. May have recovered since then.
OK that's a good one @FreeStater