Memorize these and you could recognize 37.1% of all World Capitals clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 11 | The name of this Kenyan capital is Masai for "cold water" |
| 2 | Ottawa | 10 | 1 of 3 national capitals that begin with "O" |
| 3 | Rome | 9 | World capital serviced by Leonardo da Vinci Airport |
| 4 | Manila | 9 | This Asian city, "The Pearl of the Orient", has an archbishop named Cardinal Sin |
| 5 | Baghdad | 9 | The Tigris Rivercuts through the center of this capital |
| 6 | Wellington | 9 | New Zealand's capital was named for Arthur Wellesley, the 1st man given this title |
| 7 | Vienna | 8 | This Austrian capital has a boys' choir to sing its praises |
| 8 | Port-au-Prince | 8 | Sounds like they're set for arrival of "Purple Rain" star by boat in this capital of Haiti |
| 9 | New Delhi | 8 | This capital is home to the Nehru Memorial Museum |
| 10 | Montevideo | 8 | This Uruguayan capital lies across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 11 | Lisbon | 8 | In 1755 the first opera house in this Portuguese capital was leveled by an earthquake |
| 12 | Copenhagen | 8 | King Christian IV built the Round Tower in this Danish capital as an astronomical observatory |
| 13 | Cairo | 8 | The largest population center in the Mid-East, its Arabic name is "El Qahira", "The victorious" |
| 14 | Buenos Aires | 8 | This South American capital was originally named for "Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds" or "Good Air" |
| 15 | Oslo | 7 | Edvard Munch bequeathed his works of art to this Norwegian capital, which built a museum to display them |
| 16 | Mexico City | 7 | The National Palace in this capital is located near the former site of Montezuma's palace |
| 17 | London | 7 | A 1666 fire which broke out in a baker's shop nearly destroyed this capital |
| 18 | Damascus | 7 | This capital's inhabitants are known as Damascenes |
| 19 | Bucharest | 7 | Many parts of this Romanian capital were patterned after the design of Paris |
| 20 | Brussels | 7 | While Paris is on the Seine, this Belgian capital is on the Senne |
| 21 | Lima | 7 | The Andes rise east of this 4-letter coastal capital |
| 22 | Jakarta | 6 | During the Dutch period, this Indonesian capital was called Batavia |
| 23 | Helsinki | 6 | Temppeliaukio Church, which was carved from solid rock, is in this Finnish capital |
| 24 | Havana | 6 | Its sheltered harbor lies less than 100 miles south of Key West, Florida |
| 25 | Dublin | 6 | Multiplyin' by 2, or the capital of Ireland |
| 26 | Brasilia | 6 | Easternmost capital in South America |
| 27 | Bangkok | 6 | This Asian city is the only capital with canals called klongs |
| 28 | Tokyo | 5 | This Asian city needed major rebuilding after the earthquake & fire of 1923, & again after WWII |
| 29 | Sofia | 5 | Shortly after its liberation from Ottoman rule, it became Bulgaria's capital |
| 30 | Seoul | 5 | Inchon is the port of this capital city |
| 31 | San Jose | 5 | The National Theatre in this capital of Costa Rica is known for its lavish decor |
| 32 | Quito | 5 | The churches & convents in this capital of Ecuador are renowned for their art treasures |
| 33 | Monrovia | 5 | Some of the architecture in this Liberian capital is reminiscent of the southern U.S. |
| 34 | Kathmandu | 5 | There are more than 2,000 Hindu & Buddhist shrines in this capital of Nepal |
| 35 | Kabul | 5 | In 1979 Soviet troops began occupying this Afghan capital |
| 36 | Budapest | 5 | The Hungarian National Gallery is housed in this city's royal palace |
| 37 | Bogota | 5 | Founded by famed conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada on Chibcha Indian site "Bacata" |
| 38 | Bern | 5 | Encyclopedia Americana implies this Swiss city is boring, but Birnbaum's Guide mentions topless sunbathers |
| 39 | Beirut | 5 | Augustus Caesar renamed this Middle Eastern capital Julia Augusta Felix Berytus |
| 40 | Athens | 5 | Only about 4,000 people lived in this Greek city when it was recaptured from the Turks in 1833 |
| 41 | Stockholm | 4 | Most of the Nobel prizes are awarded in this Swedish city |
| 42 | Rabat | 4 | Of Morocco's 4 "imperial cities", the one that's the capital |
| 43 | Madrid | 4 | This city's royal palace was built for Philip V on the site of an ancient Moorish fortress |
| 44 | Kuala Lumpur | 4 | The Lake Gardens are one of the most popular attractions in this Malaysian capital |
| 45 | Hanoi | 4 | This capital city lies on the Red River in the Tonkin Delta |
| 46 | Georgetown | 4 | Name shared by capitals of the Cayman Islands & Guyana, & a neighborhood of the U.S. capital |
| 47 | Edinburgh | 4 | The Encyclopaedia Britannica was founded in 1768 in this Scottish capital |
| 48 | Amsterdam | 4 | This capital's name is derived from a dam once built on the Amstel River |
| 49 | Tehran | 4 | Its name is derived from old Persian words meaning "warm place" |
| 50 | Prague | 4 | When in this European capital, don't forget to see the Antonin Dvorak Museum & the tomb of St. Wenceslas |