Capitals of Europe Quiz

Name the capital city of every country in Europe: 45 questions, each with four capitals from the same continent. Below the game is the full list of Europe countries and their capitals to study first. This capitals of Europe quiz also has the quiz in a printable form, and tables that sort the 45 capitals by level, first letter and name length.

Capitals of Europe quiz to print (PDF)

The four printable pages below are a multiple-choice sheet, a write-in sheet, the answer key and a black-and-white version. Click a picture for the PDF.

How to play the capitals of Europe quiz

Set the level, the number of questions and the timer above the quiz. This quiz has 45 questions in three levels: 20 easy, 19 medium and 6 hard. A wrong answer shows the right one, and the result ends with a list of answers to learn.

Capitals people often get wrong

• Switzerland: Bern, not Zurich or Geneva

Europe countries and capitals

Capitals of Europe quiz: 45 capitals by level

The capitals of Europe quiz sorts the 45 capitals of Europe into three levels, so players of every age can find a level that suits them. Easy has 20 capitals that most people know, medium has 19 and hard has 6:

Europe capitals quiz: capitals by first letter

A quick way to see the shape of a list is to count the first letters. In this Europe capitals quiz, the letter B starts the most capitals (7 of 45), followed by S (5). Here is the full count:

Capitals of Europe: the longest and shortest names

When you study the capitals of Europe, the names with the fewest letters are the easiest to spell, and the longest are the ones that are most often written wrong. Counting only letters, the names are:

For the write-in sheet, accents and apostrophes do not matter for learning, but players should know that the spelling of some capitals has changed over the years.

Europe capital cities quiz: capitals with the same name as the country

The Europe capital cities quiz has 5 capitals that share a name with their country, which makes them the easiest to remember:

Europe countries and capitals: a five-day study plan

To learn the Europe countries and capitals in a week, work through the levels one by one. This plan uses the 20 easy, 19 medium and 6 hard capitals in the quiz, and a short write-in test to check what you remember:

Most players need two or three rounds to get to 100% on the easy level, and about 9 minutes to play all 45 questions at 12 seconds each.

Capital city changes in Europe

Some of the capitals in this quiz are new, and others are not the largest city. These facts help players remember the answers, and they come from the history of each country. Wikipedia’s list of national capitals has the full details:

• Switzerland has Bern as its “federal city”, and Zurich and Geneva are bigger.
• The Netherlands has Amsterdam as its capital, but the government and parliament sit in The Hague.
• Four capitals stand on the Danube: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade.
• Montenegro has Podgorica as its capital, and Cetinje is the old royal capital.
• North Macedonia took its present name in 2019, and its capital is Skopje.
• Ukraine’s capital is spelled Kyiv in English now, and older books say Kiev.
• The tiny states of Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City all have capitals that are very small cities, and three of them (Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City) share the name of the country.

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