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Middle East capitals quiz

See the country, pick its capital.

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Example

Middle East capitals quiz: 16 questions, and the Gulf capitals offered side by side

A traveller with a Gulf stopover on the way to Muscat learns the capitals. The quiz asks 16: every country on the map but Palestine, which has no capital in it; Kuwait is asked, its capital being Kuwait City. Each question lights a country and offers four capitals: the right one, two of the six nearest countries’ capitals and one with the same first letter, where there is one.

  1. Press Start: the bar reads “Middle East · 16 left” and the first country lights up, with a question such as “What is the capital of Bahrain?” above four buttons.
  2. A wrong pick turns red; a second wrong pick shows the right answer and counts the question as missed.
  3. On a phone a small country such as Bahrain is zoomed to when it is asked, so you can see which one is lit.
Country lit Right answer Six nearest capitals (two are offered) Same first letter
United Arab Emirates Abu DhabiDoha, Manama, Muscat, Kuwait City, Riyadh, TehranAmman, Ankara
Bahrain ManamaDoha, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Riyadh, Muscat, TehranMuscat
Qatar DohaManama, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Riyadh, Muscat, TehranDamascus
Oman MuscatAbu Dhabi, Doha, Manama, Sanaa, Riyadh, Kuwait CityManama
Lebanon BeirutNicosia, Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, Ankara, BaghdadBaghdad
Cyprus NicosiaBeirut, Jerusalem, Ankara, Damascus, Amman, CairoNone: the fourth is any other capital
Yemen SanaaRiyadh, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Manama, Kuwait CityNone: the fourth is any other capital

At the end you get the score (first tries out of 16), the time and the missed countries with their capitals, such as “Oman · Muscat”; “Practise the ones I missed” replays only those. In the Gulf the answers are often all Gulf capitals, so knowing the region is not enough.

How it works

  1. Press Start: a country lights up on the map.
  2. Choose its capital from the four answers; two wrong answers show the right one.
  3. At the end, see your time and score, then practise the capitals you missed.

Frequently asked questions

Which capitals come up?
Those of the Middle East map, from Cairo, Ankara and Nicosia to Tehran and Sanaa, with the Gulf capitals — Kuwait City, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi — among them.
Why multiple choice?
Four answers make it quick to learn the capitals; to practise finding the countries themselves, use the Middle East map quiz.
How does it work?
A country lights up on the map and four capitals appear: choose one. A right answer turns green; after two wrong ones the answer is shown and the question counts as missed. Skipped questions come back at the end, and the ones you missed can be practised again.
Why is Palestine not asked?
It is on the map, and in the find-the-place quiz, but the list of capitals the quiz uses has none for it, so the capitals quiz asks the other 16 countries.
Do I need an account?
No. The quiz runs in your browser with nothing to install or sign up for, and your scores are not stored anywhere.

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