This quiz is for geography fans, students revising for a test and adults who reckon they know their atlas. It opens with European capitals everyone has come across, then moves on to the ones that are not their country’s biggest city.
Every answer explains why the city got the job: a compromise between two rivals, a capital built from scratch, a king who moved his court there. Tip: when you are torn between a famous metropolis and a lesser-known town, be wary of the famous one, as it is usually the trap.