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Capital city quiz wheel

Each slice is a capital city. Spin it, then name the country it belongs to. The answer key is under the wheel, so the quizmaster never has to check a phone.

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One entry per line. Add *3 after a name to give it three times the chance.

Whose capital is it?

Abuja

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    How to run the quiz

    1. Split into teams of two to four. Turn on Remove the winner after each spin so no capital comes up twice.
    2. Spin. The team whose turn it is has 15 seconds to name the country. A correct answer scores 1 point; if they miss, the next team can steal for 1 point.
    3. For a bonus point, name the continent too, or one other city in the same country.
    4. Play 10 spins per team. The Results tab keeps the full list of capitals that came up, so you can go back over the misses at the end.

    Answer key

    CapitalCountry
    AbujaNigeria
    AccraGhana
    Addis AbabaEthiopia
    AnkaraTürkiye
    AthensGreece
    BangkokThailand
    BeijingChina
    BerlinGermany
    BogotáColombia
    BrasíliaBrazil
    BudapestHungary
    Buenos AiresArgentina
    CairoEgypt
    CanberraAustralia
    CopenhagenDenmark
    DakarSenegal
    DodomaTanzania
    DublinIreland
    HanoiVietnam
    HavanaCuba
    HelsinkiFinland
    IslamabadPakistan
    KampalaUganda
    KathmanduNepal
    KigaliRwanda
    KyivUkraine
    LimaPeru
    LisbonPortugal
    LondonUnited Kingdom
    LusakaZambia
    MadridSpain
    ManilaPhilippines
    Mexico CityMexico
    MoscowRussia
    NairobiKenya
    New DelhiIndia
    OsloNorway
    OttawaCanada
    ParisFrance
    PragueCzechia
    RabatMorocco
    ReykjavíkIceland
    RiyadhSaudi Arabia
    RomeItaly
    SantiagoChile
    SeoulSouth Korea
    StockholmSweden
    TehranIran
    TokyoJapan
    UlaanbaatarMongolia
    ViennaAustria
    WarsawPoland
    Washington, D.C.United States
    WellingtonNew Zealand

    Play it the other way round

    To ask for the capital instead, clear the box and type countries, or use labels like “Kenya: ?” and keep this answer key handy. The 54 capitals here were chosen because each has one clear answer. Some well-known countries were left out on purpose: South Africa has three capital cities (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein), Bolivia splits its capital between Sucre and La Paz, and the Netherlands has Amsterdam as its capital while the government sits in The Hague. Those make good bonus questions once players know the basics.

    Questions and answers

    Which capitals catch people out most?

    Canberra (not Sydney), Ottawa (not Toronto), Ankara (not Istanbul), Brasília (not Rio de Janeiro), Abuja (not Lagos) and Dodoma (not Dar es Salaam) are the classic traps, and all six are on the wheel.

    Is this good for kids?

    For ages 9 and up, yes. For younger children, cut the list to 10 or 15 famous capitals such as London, Paris, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and play with a world map on the table.

    Where can I spin countries instead?

    The country wheel has 100 countries from every continent, and the European country wheel is complete for Europe.

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