Q 01/05

Which city was chosen as Australia's capital as a compromise between two rival cities?

A) Canberra

B) Melbourne

C) Perth

D) Sydney

Answer · why

A) Canberra

Canberra was chosen in 1908 because neither Sydney nor Melbourne would accept the other as capital; Melbourne hosted the federal parliament until it m...

Q 02/05

Vientiane is the capital city of which Southeast Asian country?

A) Cambodia

B) Thailand

C) Vietnam

D) Laos

Answer · why

D) Laos

Vientiane is the capital of Laos. It sits on the Mekong River beside the Thai border and served as the administrative capital of French Laos while Lua...

Q 03/05

Which European capital hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, then endured a 1,425-day siege?

A) Skopje

B) Pristina

C) Sarajevo

D) Vilnius

Answer · why

C) Sarajevo

Sarajevo's siege ran from April 1992 to February 1996, the longest of a capital in modern warfare; the Olympic bobsleigh track on the mountain above t...

Q 04/05

Before 1982, the capital of Zimbabwe was known by what name?

A) Bulawayo

B) Salisbury

C) Blantyre

D) Livingstone

Answer · why

B) Salisbury

Founded as Fort Salisbury in 1890 after the British prime minister, it was renamed on the second anniversary of independence.

Q 05/05

Port Moresby is the capital of which Pacific island nation?

A) Papua New Guinea

B) Solomon Islands

C) Vanuatu

D) Marshall Islands

Answer · why

A) Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's capital was named in 1873 by Captain John Moresby, who charted the harbour and called it after his father, an admiral; locals short...