Capitals & Cities

Capital cities are a reliable source of confident wrong answers, because the largest city and the seat of government are frequently not the same place. This category covers world capitals with particular attention to those exceptions, along with the great cities and what makes each distinctive geographically or historically. It includes the countries operating more than one capital at once. The explanations say why a capital ended up where it did, which is usually a deliberate compromise between rival regions rather than an accident of size.