World Capitals timeline Trivia Quiz

Q1: What was the first capital of the United States?

Answer: New York City

Q2: Which city served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990?

Answer: Bonn

Q3: What was the capital of Japan before Tokyo?

Answer: Kyoto

Q4: Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire for over 1,000 years?

Answer: Constantinople

Q5: What was the first capital of unified Italy in 1861?

Answer: Turin

Q6: Which city served as the capital of Brazil before Brasília?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Q7: What was the capital of West Pakistan from 1947 to 1959?

Answer: Karachi

Q8: Which city was the capital of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years?

Answer: Constantinople

Q9: What was the first capital of Australia before Canberra?

Answer: Melbourne

Q10: Which city served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

Answer: Richmond

Q11: What was the capital of the Soviet Union before Moscow?

Answer: Petrograd

Q12: Which city was the capital of Portuguese India from 1510 to 1961?

Answer: Goa

Q13: What was the first capital of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan?

Answer: Karakorum

Q14: Which city served as the capital of East Germany from 1949 to 1990?

Answer: East Berlin

Q15: What was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before WWI?

Answer: Vienna

Q16: Which city was the capital of the Aztec Empire?

Answer: Tenochtitlan

Q17: What was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy after unification?

Answer: Florence

Q18: Which city served as the capital of Nigeria before Abuja?

Answer: Lagos

Q19: What was the capital of the Inca Empire at its height?

Answer: Cusco

Q20: Which city was the capital of Burma (Myanmar) before Naypyidaw?

Answer: Yangon