Capital Cities 1 - Answers

Published: Sunday 8th August 2010
  1. Which capital city featured in the film "Lost in Translation"? Tokyo.
  2. Which FOUR capital cities does the River Danube flow through? Vienna [Austria], Bratislava[Slovakia], Budapest[Hungary] and Belgrade[Serbia].
  3. What is the most Northerly capital city of a country recognised by the UN in the World? Reykjavik[Iceland].
  4. What is the most Southerly capital city of a country recognised by the UN in the World? Wellington[New Zealand].
  5. Ouagadougou is the capital of which small land-locked African country? Burkina Faso.
  6. What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa.
  7. Which of Europe's capital cities houses the World's oldest zoo? Vienna.
  8. Which football teams from Capital cities have won the European Cup? Real Madrid, Benfica[Lisbon], Ajax[Amsterdam], Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade plus London since Chelsea won in 2012.
  9. Which capital city's name in its original language translates as "Black Pool"? Dublin.[Dubh Linn]
  10. Which capital city is at the highest altitude? La Paz [Bolivia]
  11. What is the capital of Turkey? Ankara.
  12. In an alphabetical list of the World's capital cities, which city would come first? Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates].
  13. In an alphabetical list of the World's capital cities, which city would come last? Zagreb[Croatia].
  14. What were the two cities that were capital of the USA prior to Washington DC? New York City [1785-1790] and Philadelphia[1790-1800].
  15. Which South American country has a capital that translates as "Fair Wind"? Argentina [Buenos Aires]
  16. Which city, an anagram of the current capital, used to be the capital of Japan? Kyoto.
  17. What does Seoul, the capital of South Korea, mean in the Korean language? Capital City.
  18. What is the capital of Belarus? Minsk.
  19. Can you name the three capital cities of South Africa? Pretoria [Executive], Bloemfontein [Judicial] and Cape Town [Legislative].
  20. Of which country is Kathmandu the capital? Nepal.

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