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Capitals of the Americas quiz
From Andean valleys to island harbors, how well do you know the capitals of Central America, South America and the Caribbean? Look out for famous traps, lookalike names and cities that moved.
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What is the capital of Cuba?
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What is the capital of Costa Rica?
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Nassau is the capital of which country?
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Which city served as Guatemala's capital until the Santa Marta earthquakes of 1773 forced the capital to move?
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Paramaribo is the capital of which country?
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What is the capital of Chile?
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What is the capital city of the Dominican Republic?
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Kingstown is the capital of which Caribbean country?
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What is the capital of Colombia?
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What is the capital of Nicaragua?
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What is the capital city of Paraguay?
Question 13 of 20Famous connectionsHard
In which capital city was Simón Bolívar born, in 1783?
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What is the capital of Jamaica?
Question 15 of 20Name the countryMedium
Georgetown is the capital of which South American country?
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What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Question 17 of 20Name the countryHard
Roseau is the capital of which Caribbean country?
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Bridgetown is the capital of which island nation?
Question 19 of 20Renamed and movedHard
Which city did Tegucigalpa replace as the capital of Honduras in 1880?
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What is the capital of El Salvador?
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- What is the capital city of Peru? LimaFrancisco Pizarro founded it in 1535 as the 'City of the Kings'. Despite lying in the tropics, it gets almost no rain.
- What is the capital of Cuba? HavanaFounded by the Spanish in 1519, its old town and fortifications became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
- What is the capital of Costa Rica? San JoséIts National Theatre, opened in 1897, was paid for with a tax on coffee, then the country's main export.
- Nassau is the capital of which country? BahamasNamed after William III, Prince of Orange-Nassau, it became a pirate haven in the early 1700s, visited by Blackbeard himself.
- Which city served as Guatemala's capital until the Santa Marta earthquakes of 1773 forced the capital to move? Antigua GuatemalaIts Baroque churches and ruins, overlooked by volcanoes, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The capital moved to today's Guatemala City in 1775–76.
- Paramaribo is the capital of which country? SurinameIts historic inner city of mostly wooden Dutch colonial buildings, on a street plan dating from 1683, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.
- What is the capital of Chile? SantiagoThe Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founded it in 1541, and the Mapocho River flows through the city beneath the Andes.
- What is the capital city of the Dominican Republic? Santo DomingoUNESCO, which listed its colonial city in 1990, says it was the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas.
- Kingstown is the capital of which Caribbean country? Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIts botanic gardens, founded in 1765, hold a breadfruit tree descended from one Captain William Bligh brought to the island in 1793.
- What is the capital of Colombia? BogotáIts Gold Museum holds the famous Muisca golden raft, found in 1969 and linked to the legend of El Dorado.
- What is the capital of Nicaragua? ManaguaIt became capital in the 1850s as a compromise between rivals León and Granada. An earthquake in 1972 destroyed most of its downtown.
- What is the capital city of Paraguay? AsunciónOne of South America's oldest cities, founded in 1537 on the Paraguay River, it is nicknamed 'the Mother of Cities'.
- In which capital city was Simón Bolívar born, in 1783? CaracasThe city fills a valley about 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level, cut off from the Caribbean coast by the mountains of El Ávila National Park.
- What is the capital of Jamaica? KingstonBob Marley's former home at 56 Hope Road, once base of his Tuff Gong record label, has been a museum since 1986.
- Georgetown is the capital of which South American country? GuyanaRenamed in honor of King George III in 1812, it had been the Dutch town of Stabroek. Much of the city lies below high-tide level, behind a sea wall.
- What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago? Port of SpainIt has been the capital since 1757, when the Spanish governor moved his seat there from the older inland town now called St Joseph.
- Roseau is the capital of which Caribbean country? DominicaAbout 10 km (6.5 miles) east of the city lies the Boiling Lake, the world's second-largest hot lake, in Morne Trois Pitons National Park.
- Bridgetown is the capital of which island nation? BarbadosThe country became a republic on 30 November 2021, when a president replaced the British monarch as head of state.
- Which city did Tegucigalpa replace as the capital of Honduras in 1880? ComayaguaFounded by the Spanish in 1537, it was the colonial capital of Honduras, then alternated as capital with Tegucigalpa from 1824 until 1880.
- What is the capital of El Salvador? San SalvadorIt lies in a valley the Spanish called the 'Valle de las Hamacas' (Valley of the Hammocks) because the ground shakes so often.
