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Quiz
- Fez was the capital of which country for over four centuries?
- What was the capital of Nigeria before Abuja?
- Which city was the former capital of Pakistan until 1959?
- Alfred the Great made which English city his capital in 871?
- Which spa town became a French state capital headed by Marshal Petain during World War II?
- Which name links a former capital of ancient Egypt with a city on the Mississippi River?
- Where was the ancient capital of Scotland and the coronation site of Scottish kings?
- Spanish Town was the capital of which country from 1534 until 1872?
- Cusco was the capital of which empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century?
- In 1927, the national capital of Australia was relocated to Canberra from which city?
- Belmopan was established as the capital of Belize in 1970 after the destruction of which former capital by a hurricane?
- Almaty was the capital of which country from 1929 to 1936?
- Which city, the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868, is sometimes called the 'thousand-year capital'?
- Which city served as the temporary capital of the USA between 1790 and 1800, until the new capital in Washington, D.C., was ready?
- Which former European capital is also the birthplace of Beethoven?
- Edirne was the capital city of which empire from 1369 to 1453?
- Which city was officialy the capital of Poland until the end of the 16th century?
- Coimbra was the capital of which country from 1131 to 1255?
Answers
- Morocco
- Lagos
- Karachi
- Winchester
- Vichy
- Memphis
- Scone
- Jamaica
- Inca Empire
- Melbourne
- Belize City
- Kazakhstan
- Kyoto
- Philadelphia
- Bonn (Germany)
- The Ottoman Empire
- Krakow
- Portugal