South American capitals quiz

The 12 capitals in the quiz

They’re the capitals of the 12 countries of South America. Tapping the capital’s dot or anywhere in its country both count.

How to play

In Point mode we name a capital 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: which country it belongs to 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

None of them shares its country’s name, so each has to be learned on its own, for example Asunción (Paraguay), Bogotá (Colombia), Brasília (Brazil), and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Tips to learn them

• Bolivia has two seats: Sucre is the constitutional capital and La Paz the seat of government, and both count when typing. The Guianas take the most practice: Georgetown (Guyana) and Paramaribo (Suriname).

Playing in class

Play the countries first and their capitals afterward: that way each capital sticks to its place on the map.

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 12 capitals

1. Asunción Paraguay
2. Bogotá Colombia
3. Brasília Brazil
4. Buenos Aires Argentina
5. Caracas Venezuela
6. Georgetown Guyana
7. Lima Peru
8. Montevideo Uruguay
9. Paramaribo Suriname
10. Quito Ecuador
11. Santiago Chile
12. Sucre Bolivia