Geography quiz
US state capitals on the map
Fifty capitals. The map lights up one state at a time; skip with Prev and Next, or switch to any order on the start panel.
- Format
- Map quiz
- Items
- 50 on the map
- Limit
- 8:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
Answer the highlighted place, then the next.
- Answers
- 50
- Time limit
- 8:00
- Order
- One at a time, skip allowed
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- The highlighted place is the one to answer; the map moves to it.
- Prev and Next skip around, and so does a click on it.
- Enter on an empty box skips.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the capital of every US state.
Drawing the map
About this quiz
A state capitals quiz on the map of the United States. Each capital you type fills its state, so you can see which corner of the country you keep forgetting.
- Four capitals have City in their name: Carson City, Jefferson City, Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City.
- The capital is often not the biggest city: Sacramento, not Los Angeles, and Albany, not New York City.
- Alaska and Hawaii are drawn in the lower left corner, out of position and not to scale.
Sources
- [1]National Archives (George W. Bush White House archive). State capitals quiz.
- [2]US Census Bureau. ANSI codes for states.
- [3]US Census Bureau. Cartographic Boundary Files.
Note on the data. The 50 capitals were checked against the National Archives list of state capitals. The 50 states are those on the Census Bureau's state code list, leaving out the District of Columbia and the territories. The map is drawn from the Census Bureau's public domain cartographic boundary files, with Alaska and Hawaii moved and rescaled into the lower left corner.
Last checked October 3, 2026
More quizzes like this
| No. | Quiz | Section | Format | Items | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Find the US state capitals Fifty dots on the map of the United States, one for each state capital. A capital is named and you click its dot. Three tries each. Geography / Map quiz / 50 on the map | Geography | Map quiz | 50 | 2026.10.03 |
| 02 | Find the US states by capital A capital is named and you click its state on the map of the United States. All 50 states, three tries each, with Prev and Next to skip. Geography / Map quiz / 50 on the map | Geography | Map quiz | 50 | 2026.10.03 |
| 03 | Pinpoint the US state capitals on the map A state capital is named and you click where it is on the map of the United States. No dots to help: every pin is scored in kilometres. Geography / Pinpoint on the map / 10 pins | Geography | Pinpoint on the map | 10 | 2026.10.03 |