Romania counties quiz

The 42 counties in the quiz

Romania has 41 counties and the municipality of Bucharest: 42 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: Bucharest (about 110 sq mi), Ilfov (about 570 sq mi), and Giurgiu (about 1,300 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• The 7 counties bordering Bulgaria trace that border on the map: Călărași, Constanța, Dolj, Giurgiu, Mehedinți, Olt, and Teleorman.
• Only 2 of the 42 counties have a coastline: find them first along the edge of the map.
• Brașov has the most neighbors: it borders 8 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Romania, 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 42 counties

1. Alba Alba Iulia
2. Arad Arad
3. Argeș Pitești
4. Bacău Bacău
5. Bihor Oradea
6. Bistrița-Năsăud Bistrița
7. Botoșani Botoșani
8. Brăila Brăila
9. Brașov Brașov
10. Bucharest Bucharest
11. Buzău Buzău
12. Călărași Călărași
13. Caraș-Severin Reșița
14. Cluj Cluj-Napoca
15. Constanța Constanța
16. Covasna Sfântu Gheorghe
17. Dâmbovița Târgoviște
18. Dolj Craiova
19. Galați Galați
20. Giurgiu Giurgiu
21. Gorj Târgu Jiu
22. Harghita Miercurea Ciuc
23. Hunedoara Deva
24. Ialomița Slobozia
25. Iași Iași
26. Ilfov Buftea
27. Maramureș Baia Mare
28. Mehedinți Drobeta-Turnu Severin
29. Mureș Târgu Mureș
30. Neamț Piatra Neamț
31. Olt Slatina
32. Prahova Ploiești
33. Sălaj Zalău
34. Satu Mare Satu Mare
35. Sibiu Sibiu
36. Suceava Suceava
37. Teleorman Alexandria
38. Timiș Timișoara
39. Tulcea Tulcea
40. Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea
41. Vaslui Vaslui
42. Vrancea Focșani