Middle East Capital Quiz

How the Middle East Capitals Quiz works

A country outline is shown with its capital marked, and you pick the capital city from four names. One of them is correct; the other three come from the same Middle Eastern pool, so you cannot win by eliminating a region you are good at. A correct answer scores a point and moves you on; a wrong one shows the right answer before the next question. The round always ends with your score.

The pool covers the region

Each round is drawn from the capitals of every country in the Middle East, from the best-known capitals to the smaller ones that are easier to forget. No two rounds are the same: replaying keeps testing new capitals, and the places you miss tend to come back until you have learned them.

Capitals test place names, not geography

Naming a capital is a different skill from placing a country on a map: cities carry their own names and history. Playing both kinds of quiz back to back is a good way to learn a country twice, and the map version of the Middle East quiz uses the same country pool if you want to switch between the two.

Where to start

If the region pool feels like a lot, pick a scale that suits you. The countries of the world capital quiz widens the pool to the whole world, while the Europe capital quiz narrows it to one continent, all in the same format.

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