Capitals Quiz

The Capitals Quiz teaches the capitals of the world's countries with 4-option questions. Either you see a country's name and find its capital, or you see a capital and find its country. The game asks the capitals of 192 countries, and the names of countries and capitals are spelled the way each language spells them. Capitals is a mode of the World Capitals and Flags Quiz: your save, passport and scores are shared with the main game.

This guide covers the two question directions, choosing a continent and a length, points and the streak multiplier, the wrong-answer card, the 50/50 joker and where capitals fit into your passport.

Before a round starts you choose the direction on the Question row:

• Country › Capital: the screen shows the country's name and a small flag and asks "What is the capital?". You pick the right one of 4 capitals.
• Capital › Country: the screen shows the capital's name and asks "Which country's capital is this?". You pick the right one of 4 countries.

The two directions are different skills: everyone who knows Ankara is the capital of Türkiye will not instantly think of Myanmar on hearing "Naypyidaw". Playing both makes what you learn stick.

On the Continent row you choose All, Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas or Oceania. Türkiye and Russia are asked in both Europe and Asia rounds. The Length row has two options:

• 10 questions: the questions are sorted from easy to hard; well-known countries come first, less familiar ones later.
• Full round: every country of the chosen continent is asked. The button shows how many questions that is; with All selected you get all 192 capitals.

The wrong options are not random: they mostly come from the same continent and from countries that are about as well known. For countries with more than one capital (such as South Africa or Bolivia), the other city never appears as a wrong option.

• A correct answer is worth 100 points.
• Speed bonus: answer within 3 seconds for +50; the bonus slowly shrinks until 10 seconds.
• Streak multiplier: every 5 correct answers in a row add 0.2 to the multiplier: ×1.2 at 5, ×1.4 at 10, up to ×2.
• A wrong answer resets the streak and the multiplier starts over.

At the end of the round you earn stars based on how many you got right on the first try: 90% or more gives 3 stars, 70% or more gives 2, anything less gives 1. Your best score is kept on your device for each continent and length; the setup screen shows it as "Your best score in this round".

After a wrong answer a learning card opens. It shows the Correct answer (flag, country, capital and continent), Your choice (for example "Tokyo → Japan") and a short note when there is one. The notes cover commonly confused capitals, such as "The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Sydney". The card closes with Continue or by itself after a few seconds.

When the round ends you see your score, how many you got right on the first try, your time and a "Worth another look" list. Practice your mistakes builds a new round from only the countries you got wrong; Play again restarts with the same settings.

The 50/50 joker removes two wrong options, leaving two. You get 2 free jokers every round. When they run out you can watch a short ad for 2 more if you like; it is entirely your choice. You can use it only once per question. Jokers exist only in practice rounds; World Streak and Daily Round have none.

Your Passport has a stamp space for every country. A country's stamp is added once you have got its capital, its flag and its place on the map right on the first try at least once each. So every capital you get right in Capitals is one of the three parts of a stamp; the other two come from the Flags and Map modes. Tap a stamp to open the country card: large flag, name, capital, continent, a small map and the status of all three.

The main game also has World Streak (capital, flag and map questions mixed, 3 lives) and the Daily Round (the same 10 questions for everyone).