Middle East and North Africa Capitals Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A diplomatic conference is being held in the capital of Mauritania. Which city is hosting it?
Nouakchott
Bamako
Rabat
Dakar
2. A news report carries a dateline from Lebanon's capital. Which city should the dateline name?
Tripoli
Amman
Beirut
Damascus
3. Which city serves as the capital of Egypt?
Alexandria
Luxor
Cairo
Aswan
4. From Tunis, a traveler flies east to visit Libya's capital. What is the destination?
Benghazi
Alexandria
Algiers
Tripoli
5. A traveler has a meeting at a national ministry in Saudi Arabia's capital. Which city should they visit?
Jeddah
Riyadh
Mecca
Medina
6. Which country-capital pairing is correct?
Kuwait — Kuwait City
Bahrain — Doha
Qatar — Manama
Oman — Abu Dhabi
7. After visiting Riyadh, a traveler continues to the capital of Jordan. Which city is next?
Aqaba
Beirut
Damascus
Amman
8. You are arranging a visit to Qatar's capital. Which city belongs on the itinerary?
Kuwait City
Manama
Abu Dhabi
Doha
9. A flight itinerary lists the capital of the United Arab Emirates rather than its best-known tourism hub, Dubai. Which destination should appear?
Sharjah
Doha
Abu Dhabi
Manama
10. Which city is the capital of Morocco?
Casablanca
Rabat
Marrakesh
Fez
11. What is the capital of Algeria?
Tunis
Algiers
Rabat
Tripoli
12. Which city on the Tigris River is also the capital of Iraq?
Erbil
Basra
Mosul
Baghdad
13. A student compares the capitals of Syria and Lebanon. Which city should be listed for Syria?
Damascus
Beirut
Aleppo
Amman
14. A business trip takes you to the capital of Bahrain. Where are you going?
Manama
Doha
Muscat
Kuwait City
15. A conference schedule identifies Tunis as the host country's capital. In which country is the conference taking place?
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
16. Which city is Oman's capital?
Salalah
Sohar
Muscat
Nizwa