Oceania capitals quiz
How many of the 14 capital cities of Oceania do you know? Choose from four cities or type the answer yourself. The wrong options come from the same region, so you cannot rely on geography alone. Every country and capital is listed below for study.
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How the capitals quiz works
Each round draws countries at random from the 14 scored in this quiz. Wrong options are capitals of neighbouring countries in the same region where possible, then elsewhere in Oceania. You earn one point per correct answer; your streak counts correct answers in a row.
In typed mode, capital letters, accents, spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are ignored, so bogota matches Bogotá and nukualofa matches Nuku‘alofa. Common English forms such as Kiev for Kyiv and Ulan Bator for Ulaanbaatar are accepted, and a single-letter slip in longer names is marked correct with a spelling reminder. Where a country has more than one capital, any of them counts.
Capitals with a story: 3 special cases
These are the answers most often disputed, outdated or split between cities in other quizzes and atlases.
Kiribati: Tarawa- Government offices are on South Tarawa, part of the Tarawa atoll; both Tarawa and South Tarawa are accepted when typing.
Nauru: Yaren- Nauru has no official capital; government offices are in Yaren District, which is the usual quiz answer.
Palau: Ngerulmud- Ngerulmud, on Babeldaob, was purpose-built and replaced Koror as the capital in 2006. It is one of the least-populated national capitals in the world.
Tricky ones to remember
Capitals that are not the largest city
The most common wrong answer is the country’s biggest or best-known city. These are well-known cases in Oceania; the list is not exhaustive, and city size depends on where the boundary is drawn.
| Country | Capital | Larger city often guessed |
|---|---|---|
 Australia | Canberra | Sydney |
 New Zealand | Wellington | Auckland |
| Palau | Ngerulmud | Koror |
Countries with similar names
Similar country names make it easy to attach a capital to the wrong one.
Capitals with similar names
- Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)·Port Vila (Vanuatu)
The two closest capitals
The closest pair of capitals in Oceania is Tarawa (Kiribati) and Majuro (the Marshall Islands), about 664 km apart in a straight line. Distances use capital coordinates from Wikidata.
Study list: all 14 capitals of Oceania
Grouped by region, the same groups the quiz uses for its wrong options. Capitals are shown exactly as recorded on each country profile.
Australasia
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Australia | Canberra |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
Melanesia
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Fiji | Suva |
 Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
 Solomon Islands | Honiara |
 Vanuatu | Port Vila |
Micronesia
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Kiribati | Tarawanote |
 Marshall Islands | Majuro |
 Micronesia | Palikir |
| Nauru | Yarennote |
| Palau | Ngerulmudnote |
Polynesia
Samoa
Tonga
TuvaluCapitals: Countries.World country records. Coordinates for distances: Wikidata (CC0), accessed 2026-10-10. For coordinates and time zones of each capital, see capitals of Oceania.