TriviaQuestionGames

Trivia › General Knowledge › World Capitals Trivia Questions › Hard

Hard World Capitals Trivia Questions

The hard questions from our world capitals set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.

Written and checked by the Trivia Question Games editors · Updated September 2026

14questions
3min to read
5game modes
14answers explained
AllEasyMediumHard
Multiple choice 1/14 Score 0

Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.

The hard band covers split capitals and small states. Bolivia and South Africa divide the role between cities, Sri Lanka and Ivory Coast moved theirs, and Belize, Malta, Suriname and Liechtenstein turn up rarely enough to catch out confident players.

14 hard world capitals trivia questions with answers

  1. Which city is the constitutional capital of Bolivia?

    Answer: Sucre It holds the supreme court and the constitutional title.Why?

  2. Which Bolivian city is the seat of government and home to the legislature?

    Answer: La Paz At over 3,600 metres it is among the highest seats of government anywhere.Why?

  3. Which city is South Africa's legislative capital?

    Answer: Cape Town Parliament sits there while the executive is based elsewhere.Why?

  4. Which city is South Africa's executive capital?

    Answer: Pretoria The presidency and government departments are based there.Why?

  5. Which city is South Africa's judicial capital?

    Answer: Bloemfontein The Supreme Court of Appeal sits there, completing the three-capital arrangement.Why?

  6. What is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka?

    Answer: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Parliament moved to this suburb of Colombo in the early 1980s.Why?

  7. What is the capital of Bhutan?

    Answer: Thimphu Punakha held the role before the seat of government moved in 1955.Why?

  8. What is the capital of Mongolia?

    Answer: Ulaanbaatar It is one of the coldest capital cities in the world.Why?

  9. What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?

    Answer: Bishkek Almaty is in neighbouring Kazakhstan and Dushanbe is in Tajikistan.Why?

  10. What is the capital of Suriname?

    Answer: Paramaribo The Dutch colonial waterfront district is a World Heritage site.Why?

  11. What is the capital of Belize?

    Answer: Belmopan The capital moved inland after a hurricane devastated the coastal city in 1961.Why?

  12. What is the capital of Malta?

    Answer: Valletta The fortified city was laid out by the Knights of St John in the sixteenth century.Why?

  13. What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

    Answer: Vaduz The whole country has fewer residents than a mid-sized town.Why?

  14. What is the political capital of Ivory Coast?

    Answer: Yamoussoukro Abidjan remains the largest city and the economic centre.Why?

Answer key

  1. Sucre
  2. La Paz
  3. Cape Town
  4. Pretoria
  5. Bloemfontein
  6. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
  7. Thimphu
  8. Ulaanbaatar
  9. Bishkek
  10. Paramaribo
  11. Belmopan
  12. Valletta
  13. Vaduz
  14. Yamoussoukro

How to play

  1. Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
  2. Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
  3. Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
  4. Hosting a night? The full world capitals list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.

Not in a quiz mood?

The question games are a different kind of round: no right answers, just prompts you read out and argue about. Would You RatherNever Have I EverTruth or DareThis or That

More trivia question games

DisneyHalloweenHarry PotterChristmasMarvelTVBible90s