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Question 1

What planned federal capital of Australia was founded in 1913 as a geographical compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne?

Question 2

What federal capital city of Canada was personally selected by Queen Victoria in 1857 along the Ontario and Quebec provincial border?

Question 3

What planned modernist capital city, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa in the shape of an airplane, became Brazil's capital in 1960?

Question 4

What ancient central Anatolian city replaced Istanbul as the official national capital of Turkey in 1923 under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?

Question 5

What Dutch coastal city serves as the seat of the Netherlands government and royal court, even though Amsterdam is the constitutional capital?

Question 6

What is the northernmost sovereign national capital city in the world, situated just south of the Arctic Circle in Iceland?

Question 7

Which African nation features three distinct official capital cities divided between executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

Question 8

What medieval city on the Aare River serves as the de facto federal seat of government and parliament of Switzerland?

Question 9

What seat of government in Bolivia is celebrated as the highest administrative national capital city in the world at 11,975 feet elevation?

Question 10

What planned inland city officially replaced Yangon (Rangoon) as the national administrative capital of Myanmar in November 2005?

What planned federal capital of Australia was founded in 1913 as a geographical compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne?