Hungary counties quiz

The 20 counties in the quiz

Hungary has 19 counties and the capital, Budapest: 20 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Budapest (about 200 sq mi), Komárom-Esztergom (about 920 sq mi), and Nógrád (about 970 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Bács-Kiskun, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, and Pest cover 24% of the area of Hungary.
• The 6 counties bordering Slovakia trace that border on the map: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád, Pest, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.

Playing in class

If you teach in Hungary, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 20 counties

1. Bács-Kiskun Kecskemét
2. Baranya Pécs
3. Békés Békéscsaba
4. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Miskolc
5. Budapest Budapest
6. Csongrád-Csanád Szeged
7. Fejér Székesfehérvár
8. Győr-Moson-Sopron Győr
9. Hajdú-Bihar Debrecen
10. Heves Eger
11. Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok
12. Komárom-Esztergom Tatabánya
13. Nógrád Salgótarján
14. Pest Budapest
15. Somogy Kaposvár
16. Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Nyíregyháza
17. Tolna Szekszárd
18. Vas Szombathely
19. Veszprém Veszprém
20. Zala Zalaegerszeg