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Anagrams of Countries and Their Capitals Quiz
Rearrange the words in the anagram to reveal a country and its capital. Answers are CAPITAL followed by COUNTRY, with a space between. They are NOT case sensitive, but the addition of extra spaces or punctuation will render your answer wrong.
A multiple-choice quiz
by delboy22.
Estimated time: 6 mins.
Mar 25 2025
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Guest 169: 0/10
Mar 22 2025
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Mar 14 2025
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Mar 08 2025
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Guest 49: 6/10
Feb 25 2025
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Feb 10 2025
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Faked inn in hills
Answer: helsinki finland
Helsinki is home to important wordwide businesses, such as Nokia and Laponia jewellery, and is often regarded as the economical capital of Scandinavia.
Helsinki is situated on the south coast of Finland. The city was initially a small fishing town until 1812 when it was modernised under Russian rule. The German architect Carl Engel, was commissioned to redesign it. The city was heavily bombed by the Soviets during WW2, and several thousand people died.
2. Ma! Coca cola's Carbon!
Answer: casablanca morocco
Casablanca is the economic and business capital of Morocco, but Rabat is the political capital.
Casablanca has a very turbulent history. Not least of all being the terrorist attack on May 16 2003, where 33 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, when Casablanca was hit by multiple suicide bombs. The attacks were carried out by Moroccans, but claimed by some to have been linked to Al-Qaeda.
3. Ethical ion gas
Answer: santiago chile
By the mid 17th century, the population of the Spanish settlements in Chile numbered approximately 100,000. This population grew to about 500,000 within 100 years, and to one million by 1830. The settlers were concentrated mainly in central Chile, between Santiago and Concepcion.
4. Bust up hydrangea
Answer: budapest hungary
During WW2, Hungary allied with Germany, and recovered many previously lost territories. Following the German invasion of Russia on June 22 1941, Hungary joined the attack against the Soviet Union, but was badly defeated on the eastern front, and withdrew in May 1943.
The German occupation ripped the country apart during the rest of the war, and thousands of Hungarian Jews and Gypsies were sent to death camps. The German regime was eventually driven out by the Soviets between 1944 and 1945.
5. Dog wants broader bib
Answer: bridgetown barbados
From 1958 to 1962, Barbados was a member of the West Indies Federation, followed by a period as a self governing British colony. Independence was negotiated at a constitutional conference with the United Kingdom in June 1966, and after years of peaceful and democratic progress, Barbados became an independent state within the British Commonwealth on November 30 1966.
6. Megaphone end crank
Answer: copenhagen denmark
Denmark evolved hundreds of years ago, from a society of hunters and fishers into one of farmers. The area around the country now known as Denmark, was called Jutland by the end of the 8th century, and was home to the Vikings, or Norsemen, who raided western Europe and the British Isles from the 9th to 11th century.
In 1940, Denmark was invaded by the Nazis. There was fierce resistance, and Denmark was the only occupied country in WW2 to save all its Jews from extermination, by smuggling them out of the country.
7. Maids laugh, as I moo
Answer: mogadishu somalia
Somalia is situated in the "Horn of Africa". It's coastline borders the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It's neighbours are Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the southwest. In area, it is roughly the size of Texas USA. Mainly an arid and barren country, Somalia has two chief rivers, the Shebelle and the Juba.
8. Aha faulting banks
Answer: kabul afghanistan
Afghanistan is bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, on the northeast by China, on the east and south by Pakistan, and by Iran on the west. It is a mountainous country with peaks rising to 24,000 ft, and deep valleys between.
9. Rub Sue's leg limbs
Answer: brussels belgium
The northern part of Belgium is known as Flanders, where the main spoken languages are Flemish and Dutch. There are many historical cities in Flanders, featuring quaint medieval squares, tree-lined canals, wonderful architecture, and world class museums.
10. Can veal raze sauce
Answer: caracas venezuela
Because of its proximity to the Equator, Venezuela experiences few climatic variations. There are really only two seasons - the dry season lasts from December to April, the wet one from May to November.
Venezuela is home to the highest waterfall in the world, and South America's largest lake.
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