Southeast Asia Capitals Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A traveler crosses from Thailand into landlocked Laos and continues to that country’s capital on the Mekong River. Which city is the destination?
Hanoi
Luang Prabang
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
2. What is the capital of Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh City
Da Nang
Hanoi
Hue
3. Phnom Penh is the capital of which country?
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
4. What is Malaysia’s national capital, distinct from its federal administrative center, Putrajaya?
Johor Bahru
Kuala Lumpur
George Town
Malacca City
5. What is the national capital of Myanmar?
Naypyidaw
Yangon
Mandalay
Bago
6. What is the capital of the Philippines?
Manila
Davao City
Quezon City
Cebu City
7. In Malaysia, which route goes from the national capital to the federal administrative center?
Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya
Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru
Putrajaya to Kuala Lumpur
George Town to Putrajaya
8. Which Southeast Asian city-state has the same name for both the country and its capital?
Brunei
Dili
Manila
Singapore
9. A letter must reach Myanmar’s national government in the capital rather than the former capital, Yangon. To which city should it be addressed?
Mandalay
Naypyidaw
Bago
Vientiane
10. Dili is the capital of which Southeast Asian country?
Brunei
Timor-Leste
The Philippines
Malaysia
11. What is the capital of Thailand?
Chiang Mai
Bangkok
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
12. A traveler is looking for the Southeast Asian national capital located on the island of Timor. Which city fits the clue?
Bandar Seri Begawan
Singapore
Manila
Dili
13. What is the capital of Brunei?
Kota Kinabalu
Kuala Lumpur
Bandar Seri Begawan
Kuching
14. Which option contains two correctly matched capital-country pairs?
Dili—Brunei and Phnom Penh—Laos
Hanoi—Cambodia and Manila—Vietnam
Bangkok—Thailand and Vientiane—Laos
Naypyidaw—Thailand and Kuala Lumpur—Singapore
15. Which list gives the capitals of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in that order?
Vientiane, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Vientiane
Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Hanoi
Hanoi, Vientiane, Phnom Penh
16. A traveler flies from Hanoi to Phnom Penh. Which two countries are being visited, in that order?
Laos, then Thailand
Cambodia, then Vietnam
Vietnam, then Cambodia
Thailand, then Laos