Left of Centre Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon is located at the mouth of the Tagus River, the longest on the Iberian peninsula. While Lisbon is the westernmost capital on the European mainland, Reykjavik in Iceland is some 12 degrees longitude further west.

Answer: Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava is located so close to the tripoint with Austria and Hungary that the city limit actually reaches the border, making Bratislava the only capital city that borders two other countries. The Little Carpathians, a subrange of the Carpathian Mountains, begin in the northern part of the city.

Answer: Moscow, Russia

Moscow is the most populous city in European Russia, the part of Russia to the west of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. While significantly smaller in area than the Asian portion of the country, European Russia contains the vast majority of the Russian people. Moscow is home to a number of important locations, including the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral.

Answer: Pyongyang, North Korea

The Rangrim Mountains run from north to south in Central North Korea, reaching a high point of 2,260 m at Wagalbong. As well as being the source of the Taedong, the Rangrim is also the source of the Chongchon River, which flows into the Yellow Sea around 60 km north of Pyongyang. 'Pyongyang' can be translated as either 'Flat Land' or 'Peaceful Land' from the Korean.

Answer: Lima, Peru

Home to more than Ten million people, the Lima Metropolitan Area that surrounds and includes the city is the third-largest in the Americas after São Paulo and Mexico City. Despite being located on the Pacific coast, Lima has a near-desert climate, and reaches elevations of up to 1,500 m further inland.

Answer: Managua, Nicaragua

Lake Managua is the second largest lake in the country, around eight times smaller than Lake Nicaragua to the south. The 'agua' in both of their names comes from the Spanish word for water. In the contest to become capital city, León was regarded as very liberal, while Granada was more conservative, a tradition that continues to the present day.

Answer: Havana, Cuba

Cuba is the largest Caribbean island by some distance, almost 50% larger than the second largest island of Hispaniola. The Straits of Florida separate Cuba from the American mainland, with the narrowest point between Key West and Northern Cuba around 150 km wide. Cuba is one of five Communist countries in the world, the other four being China, Laos, Vietnam and North Korea.

Answer: Dakar, Senegal

Dakar is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula of Western Senegal. Gorée Island, found just off of the coast of the peninsula, was a major location in the Atlantic Slave Trade and is home to the House of Slaves prison and museum. The Gambia, a country entirely surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, is home to Banjul, the second most western capital on the African mainland.

Answer: Conakry, Guinea

The city of Conakry was founded on Tombo Island by French colonialists near the end of the 19th Century. When linked via a causeway to the much larger Kaloum peninsula, the city expanded rapidly and now has a population of over one million people. The city is home to the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, named after the Egyptian President of the same name.

Answer: N'Djamena, Chad

In a similar situation to Kinshasa and Brazzaville facing one another across the Congo River, N'Djamena is located on the opposite side of the River Chari from the Cameroonian town of Kousséri. N'Djamena experiences only a short wet season each year, with a semi-arid climate most of the time. The average daily high temperature is over 30 degrees Celsius throughout the year.