World Capitals Study Guide

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Nairobi 11 Ottawa 10 Rome 9 Manila 9 Baghdad 9 Wellington 9 Vienna 8 Port-au-Prince 8 New Delhi 8 Montevideo 8 Lisbon 8 Copenhagen 8 Cairo 8 Buenos Aires 8

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Europe

35 answers | 177 clues

Must-Know (7)

Rome 9x $344 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $100 1985 World capital serviced by Leonardo da Vinci Airport

J $500 1984 If the other twin had founded it, it might have been called "Reme"

DJ $200 1994 One of the tourist sites in this capital is the arch of Janus near the Tiber River

Wellington 9x $775 avg J:3 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $200 1991 You'll find the National Art Gallery of New Zealand in this city

J $500 1996 Suprema a Situ, supreme by situation, is the motto of this New Zealand capital

DJ $1,200 2008 Major projects to reclaim land from the sea have thrived here since the 1850s, before it was N.Z.'s capital

Vienna 8x $386 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $200 1988 Travel guides say the best places in this Austrian capital's opera house are in standing room

DJ $600 1997 It's home to the Hofburg, the former imperial palace of the Hapsburgs

FJ 2022 Among its nicknames are the "City of Classical Music" &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the "City of Dreams"

Port-au-Prince 8x $712 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $200 1985 Sounds like they're set for arrival of "Purple Rain" star by boat in this capital of Haiti

DJ $800 2018 In 1749 the French laid out this Caribbean capital in a grid pattern & called it L'Hopital

DJ $2,000 DD 1996 A palace & a statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines dominate this capital's Place du Champ-de-Mars

Montevideo 8x 37.5% stumper $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $400 2025 One theory for its name goes back to a Spanish or Portuguese explorer who exclaimed, "I saw a mountain"

J $600 2003 A landmark of this Uruguayan capital is The Cerro, or hill, for which it's named

DJ $4,000 DD 2018 This capital is just a 3-hour voyage cross the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires

Lisbon 8x 12.5% stumper $838 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $100 1993 The people of this capital city are known as Lisboetas

DJ $600 1999 In this capital you can watch the sun turn the Tagus' estuary into Mar de Palha, the "sea of straw"

DJ $4,600 DD 2018 It's continental Europe's westernmost national capital

Buenos Aires 8x $1,114 avg DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $200 1995 The name of this South American city is Spanish for "good air"

DJ $1,000 1996 In 1816 it became capital of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata

FJ 1997 The Spaniards named it for the Virgin of the Fair Winds for bringing them safely across the Atlantic

Should-Know (16)

Oslo 7x $686 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $200 1992 This capital of Norway lies at the head of a fjord, about 60 miles from the open sea

DJ $600 1994 The Sonja Henie-Niels Onstad Art Center is in this capital

DJ $2,000 2007 Check our Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft in this city

Mexico City 7x 14.3% stumper $857 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $400 2005 By population, it's the largest capital in the Western Hemisphere

DJ $600 1994 This city's Constitution Plaza was the site of the Aztecs' governmental & religious center

DJ $1,000 1985 Capital with de la Madrid in the Capitol

London 7x $314 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 2006 Charing Cross, a traffic square near the Thames, is usually regarded as this city's center

DJ $800 1995 Throughout the 1800s, it was the world's largest city

DJ $200 1996 This city dates back to the founding of the Roman settlement of Londinium in 43 A.D.

Bucharest 7x 14.3% stumper $786 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $400 2007 Budapest is the capital of Hungary; this is the capital of Romania

J $500 1992 From 1659 to 1862, this Romanian city was the capital of the principality of Walachia

DJ $1,200 2007 The first written mention of this capital's name was in a 1459 document of Vlad the Impaler

Brussels 7x $429 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $200 1997 Once the capital of the Spanish Netherlands, today it's the capital of Belgium

DJ $800 2005 This capital is surrounded by, but is not part of, the Flemish region of Brabant

J $1,000 DD 2025 The Comic Art Museum in this city includes 100 portraits of the Smurfs

Helsinki 6x 16.7% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $100 1988 Temppeliaukio Church, which was carved from solid rock, is in this Finnish capital

DJ $600 1996 South Harbor is the oldest of this Finnish capital's 5 harbors

DJ $1,000 1996 This city's railroad terminal was designed by Eliel Saarinen & completed in 1914

Dublin 6x $283 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1991 O'Connell Street is this European capital's main boulevard

J $500 1993 The house where George Bernard Shaw was born is now a museum in this capital city

DJ $200 1996 During the Middle Ages, this city was capital of The Pale, an area ruled by England on Ireland's E. coast

Sofia 5x $440 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1985 Bulgaria's capital, it sounds like an Italian actress

DJ $800 1993 The Byzantines called this present Bulgarian capital Triaditsa

DJ $400 2025 It's the Bulgarian capital seen here, with its St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the center

Kabul 5x 20.0% stumper $1,260 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 1985 In 1979 Soviet troops began occupying this Afghan capital

J $500 1990 In 1919, Soviet troops occupied this capital of Afghanistan

DJ $4,000 DD 2003 Population 1.4 million & occupied by Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989

Budapest 5x $340 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $100 1990 Hungary's house of parliament is in Belvaros, the old inner city of this capital

DJ $600 1996 Heroes' Square in this capital is a monument to the Magyar Conquest

DJ $200 1994 Part of this European capital is built on the hills of Buda, which sweep down to the Danube River

Athens 5x $420 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2002 The Hellenic Star is a leading newspaper in this European capital

DJ $500 DD 1998 This capital city's port, Piraeus, lies on the Saronic Gulf

J $1,000 DD 2017 This European capital city is served by 3 main ports: Piraeus, Rafina & Lavrion

Stockholm 4x $250 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1999 During the Middle Ages, this capital was mostly confined to Stadsholmen & Riddarholmen islands

DJ $200 1992 This Swedish capital is built on 14 islands that are connected by about 50 bridges

DJ $200 1991 Most of the Nobel prizes are awarded in this Swedish city

Madrid 4x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 2001 King Juan Carlos' main home, Zarzuela Palace, lies just outside this capital

DJ $600 1991 In the 900s, the Moors built a fortress called Majrit on the site of what is now this capital

J $200 1998 In 1561 King Philip II chose this city as the capital of Spain, perhaps because he was born in the area

Georgetown 4x 25.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1987 Name shared by capitals of the Cayman Islands & Guyana, & a neighborhood of the U.S. capital

DJ $1,000 1997 Named for a British monarch, it's the capital of Guyana

J $300 1985 The oldest part of Washington, D.C., or the capital of Guyana

Amsterdam 4x $200 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1992 This capital's name is derived from a dam once built on the Amstel River

J $200 2002 The story of Hans Brinker is set in & around this capital

DJ $200 1997 This Dutch city has more than 400 bridges linking its approximately 90 islands

Prague 4x $1,200 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 1992 It was home to composers Bedrich Smetana & Antonin Dvorak

DJ $1,000 1991 When in this European capital, don't forget to see the Antonin Dvorak Museum & the tomb of St. Wenceslas

DJ $1,400 DD 2007 A castle in this world capital was once the home of the kings of Bohemia

Worth Knowing (12)

Stockholm, Sweden 3 Santiago 3 Paris 3 Bonn 3 Berlin 3 Belgrade 3 Ankara 3 Kingston 3 Vilnius 2 Jerusalem 2 Belfast 2 Asuncion 2

Asia

24 answers | 98 clues

Must-Know (3)

Ottawa 10x 12.5% stumper $238 avg J:4 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $100 1996 The name of this Canadian capital comes from an Indian word meaning "to trade"

DJ $600 DD 1997 Capital in which the followingwas minted:

FJ 2018 It's the only world capital whose name is derived from an Algonquin word

Manila 9x $589 avg J:2 DJ:7

DJ $200 1993 This capital city of the Philippines is nicknamed the "Pearl of the Orient"

J $500 1989 This Asian city, "The Pearl of the Orient", has an archbishop named Cardinal Sin

DJ $1,000 DD 1992 The name of this capital of a Pacific island nation means "place of the nila bush"

New Delhi 8x $662 avg J:2 DJ:6

DJ $200 1996 The viceroy of India lived in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in this city; now the president does

DJ $800 2022 Indira Gandhi International Airport serves this capital

DJ $1,700 DD 1991 While many new cities have been made capitals, this is the only world capital that starts with "New"

Should-Know (8)

Jakarta 6x 50.0% stumper $1,783 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2015 Indonesia's capital, it's on the island of Java

J $500 1990 During the Dutch period, this Indonesian capital was called Batavia

J $1,000 DD 2006 In 1619 the Dutch East India Company took it over & began rebuilding it in the form of a Dutch city with many canals

Bangkok 6x 16.7% stumper $683 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1987 Due to its many canals, this Thai capital has been called "the Venice of Asia"

DJ $800 1987 This Asian city is the only capital with canals called klongs

DJ $2,000 2007 It's home to King Rama IX Royal Park

Tokyo 5x $320 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1995 The harbors of this city & Yokohama have been combined to form one called Keihin

J $600 2002 Depending on the movie, Godzilla crushes either New York or this Asian capital of 8 million

DJ $200 1994 This city's Ueno Park has outstanding displays of cherry blossoms

Seoul 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2017 This South Korean capital is said to be the world's most wired city, with around 95% of households having broadband

DJ $1,000 1998 It was chosen in 1394 as the capital of the kingdom of Choson

J $200 2001 Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea; this is the capital of South Korea

Kathmandu 5x $580 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1996 2 9-hole golf courses serve this capital of Nepal

DJ $800 1986 There are more than 2,000 Hindu & Buddhist shrines in this capital of Nepal

DJ $1,000 1991 In the summer the Gai Jatra, or Festival of the Cow, is celebrated in this capital of Nepal

Bogota 5x $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1996 This Colombian capital is located at an elevation of almost 8,700 feet

DJ $600 1992 It's the headquarters of Colombia's national airline, Avianca

DJ $1,200 2005 The famous Gold Museum in this Colombian capital houses a large collection of pre-Columbian gold objects

Kuala Lumpur 4x $1,150 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 1998 Batu Cave in this Malaysian capital is noted for its Hindu temple

DJ $1,200 2007 The name of this Malaysian capital means "muddy confluence"

DJ $800 1996 Kebangsaan University & the University of Malaya are located in this capital city

Hanoi 4x 33.3% stumper $367 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $200 1995 This Vietnamese capital is connected by rail to Haiphong, its deepwater port

J $500 1991 This capital city lies on the Red River in the Tonkin Delta

FJ 1994 This city was founded in the 6th century as a capital in the Tonkin Lowland

Worth Knowing (13)

Taipei 3 Phnom Penh 3 Abu Dhabi 3 Beijing 3 Queen Victoria 3 Ulan Bator 2 Pyongyang 2 Pakistan 2 Islamabad 2 Dacca 2 Colombo 2 Bhutan 2 Bangkok, Thailand 2

Africa

14 answers | 57 clues

Must-Know (3)

Nairobi 11x $940 avg J:3 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $200 1992 The name of this Kenyan capital is Masai for "cold water"

DJ $600 1997 Though only 90 miles from the equator, this Kenyan capital has a moderate climate

DJ $2,000 2018 Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident Nov. 24, 1982 in this city

Copenhagen 8x 37.5% stumper $525 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $200 1999 Opera lovers know the Royal Danish Opera is based in this city

DJ $500 DD 2007 Laid out in 1874, the botanical gardens in this capital have an observatory with a statue of Tycho Brahe

DJ $1,000 1994 Ships once paid a toll at Helsingor before proceeding to this capital 25 miles to the south

Cairo 8x $338 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $100 1995 A new opera house opened in this Egyptian capital in 1988

DJ $1,000 1985 The largest capital in the Sahara Desert

J $100 1990 The name of this Egyptian capital is Arabic, meaning "the victorious"

Should-Know (2)

Monrovia 5x $1,020 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 1993 You'll find a John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in this Liberian capital named for another president

J $500 1997 It's located on Liberia's Bushrod Island & Cape Mesurado

DJ $1,000 1995 This Liberian capital was founded in 1822 as Christopolis

Rabat 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1991 Of Morocco's 4 "imperial cities", the one that's the capital

J $500 1999 You'll find this city's Museum of Moroccan Arts inside a former royal palace

J $1,000 2003 It ranks as the second-largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca

Worth Knowing (9)

Tunis 3 Nigeria 3 Amman 3 Tripoli 2 Monrovia, Liberia 2 Mogadishu 2 Khartoum 2 Bloemfontein 2 Addis Ababa 2

Other

11 answers | 31 clues

Should-Know (2)

Bern 5x $420 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1997 This Swiss capital is the headquarters for the International Copyright Union

DJ $600 1994 It's the capital of a country as well as the capital of a canton

DJ $200 1998 The bear is the heraldic symbol of this Swiss capital whose name means "bear"

Edinburgh 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 DD 2003 Commissioned by Malcolm III's wife, the Chapel of St. Margaret is the oldest surviving structure in this capital

DJ $1,000 1992 Leith on the Firth of Forth is this capital city's seaport

DJ $400 1995 This capital lies on the Firth of Forth, an inlet of the North Sea

Worth Knowing (9)

Warsaw 3 Moscow 3 Kiev 3 Reykjavik, Iceland 3 Tegucigalpa 2 St. John's 2 Reykjavik 2 Peking 2 Belarus 2

Middle East

5 answers | 28 clues

Must-Know (1)

Baghdad 9x $475 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 1987 Fabled city of Arabian Nights' caliph Harun-al-Rashid where Israelis bombed nuclear reactor in 1981

J $600 2015 The central part of this city has 2 main districts: Karkh & Rusafah, which lie on the west & east banks of the Tigris

DJ $1,000 1990 The Tigris River divides this city into two districts, Karkh on the west & Rusafa on the east

Should-Know (3)

Damascus 7x $833 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1990 This Syrian capital is believed to be the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world

DJ $600 1995 This Syrian capital has several sites associated with the conversion of St. Paul to Christianity

DJ $3,000 DD 1984 Thought to be world's oldest existing city, it's the capital of Syria

Beirut 5x 20.0% stumper $980 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1988 Augustus Caesar renamed this Middle Eastern capital Julia Augusta Felix Berytus

DJ $2,000 DD 1995 This Middle Eastern capital is divided into Muslim West & Christian East sectors

J $300 1988 This Arab capital is divided into Christian & Muslim halves

Tehran 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $400 1992 Its name is derived from old Persian words meaning "warm place"

J $500 DD 1990 In 1926 Reza Shah Pahlavi began his modernization of this city by tearing down its ancient wall

FJ 1993 The capital of Albania is named for this other world capital

Worth Knowing (1)

Riyadh 3

South America

6 answers | 28 clues

Should-Know (4)

Lima 7x $471 avg J:3 DJ:4

DJ $200 1991 The University of San Marcos, Peru's oldest school of higher learning, was founded here in 1551

DJ $600 1994 Plaza de Armas in this capital city was designed by Pizarro

J $1,000 2015 The Andes rise east of this 4-letter coastal capital

Brasilia 6x 20.0% stumper $860 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1989 In 1986 Brazil's 1st conference of street urchins was held in this capital

DJ $800 2008 This new South American capital was dedicated on April 21, 1960

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 This South American capital was laid out in the shape of an airplane in the late 1950s

Quito 5x $460 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1991 Now Ecuador's capital, in 1487 it became the northern capital of the Inca Empire

J $500 2001 This Ecuadorian capital is located near the foot of the volcano Pichincha

J $200 1985 The only national capital to begin with a "Q" is this, Ecuador's

Bolivia 4x 33.3% stumper $800 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 1989 The world's highest ski run is on this country's Mount Chacaltaya near La Paz

DJ $1,000 1991 Revolutionary leader Antonio José de Sucre has a capital named after him in this country

FJ 2017 The world's highest international airport, at an elevation of over 13,000', serves this South American capital city

Worth Knowing (2)

Caracas 3 La Paz 3

North America

7 answers | 24 clues

Should-Know (2)

Havana 6x 20.0% stumper $860 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1998 This capital of Cuba has a colonial museum & not surprisingly, a Museum of the Revolution

J $1,000 DD 2002 It's the capital city where you'd find the Ministry of Defense building seen here

FJ 1985 A major foreign tourist center with many American-owned hotels & businesses, but only til '59

San Jose 5x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1984 Costa Rican capital people might know the way to

J $500 1991 The National Theatre in this capital of Costa Rica is known for its lavish decor

DJ $1,000 1993 In 1823 the capital of Costa Rica was moved from Cartago to this city

Worth Knowing (5)

Santo Domingo 3 Managua 3 Belmopan 3 Jamaica 2 the Dominican Republic 2

Oceania

2 answers | 5 clues

Worth Knowing (2)

Canberra 3 Haiti 2

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