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50 free US State Capitals Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This US state capitals trivia for kids quiz is built for children aged roughly eight to twelve, and for parents and teachers helping them learn the fifty capitals. The first thirty questions simply ask 'What is the capital of...?' for the states kids most often mix up, from Georgia and Colorado to Wyoming and Vermont, always with the state's biggest or best-known cities as the wrong answers so the quiz really tests the capital, not the famous city. The last twenty are fun-fact questions that make the capitals stick: which one has the most people, which has the fewest, which is highest above sea level, which sits on a Pacific island, which are named after presidents or explorers, and which was briefly the capital of the whole United States. Older kids and adults can go on to our main US state capitals trivia quiz or the hard US state capitals trivia quiz. Every answer has been checked against each city's Wikipedia article, and each explanation adds one more fact worth remembering.
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Q 01What is the capital of Georgia?
Atlanta
It sits in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, about 1,000 feet above sea level.
Q 02What is the capital of Colorado?
Denver
It lies just east of the Rocky Mountains' Front Range.
Q 03What is the capital of Hawaii?
Honolulu
It is on the southeast coast of the island of Oahu.
Q 04What is the capital of Tennessee?
Nashville
It was named after Francis Nash, a general in the Revolutionary War.
Q 05What is the capital of Indiana?
Indianapolis
Its slogan is 'Crossroads of America' because so many roads and railways meet there.
Q 06What is the capital of Utah?
Salt Lake City
Locals often just call it Salt Lake or SLC.
Q 07What is the capital of Alabama?
Montgomery
It was named for Richard Montgomery, a general in the Continental Army.
Q 08What is the capital of Arkansas?
Little Rock
It is named for a small rock formation on the Arkansas River that a French explorer spotted in 1722.
Q 09What is the capital of Iowa?
Des Moines
The name probably comes from French words meaning 'River of the Monks'.
Q 10What is the capital of Kansas?
Topeka
It sits on the Kansas River in the northeast of the state.
Q 11What is the capital of Mississippi?
Jackson
It sits on the Pearl River.
Q 12What is the capital of Nebraska?
Lincoln
It began in 1856 as a village called Lancaster, on salt marshes.
Q 13Which state capital is often shortened to OKC?
Oklahoma City
It is one of the biggest cities in the country by land area.
Q 14What is the capital of Oregon?
Q 21What is the capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe
Its name is Spanish for 'Holy Faith'.
Q 22What is the capital of North Dakota?
Bismarck
It has been the capital since North Dakota became a state in 1889.
Q 23What is the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
It is pronounced 'peer', not like the French name.
Q 24What is the capital of Missouri?
Salem
It sits in the middle of a river valley in the northwest of the state, south of Portland.
Q 15What is the capital of Rhode Island?
Providence
It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, who had been forced out of Massachusetts for his religious views.
Q 16What is the capital of Washington?
Olympia
It is about 50 miles southwest of Seattle at the southern end of Puget Sound.
Q 17What is the capital of West Virginia?
Charleston
Daniel Boone was one of the trustees when the town was set up in 1794.
Q 18What is the capital of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
It began in 1867 as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad and is named for the Cheyenne people.
Q 19What is the capital of Idaho?
Boise
It sits on the Boise River, about 41 miles from the Oregon border.
Q 20What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
It is the county seat of Lewis and Clark County, named for the famous explorers.
Jefferson City
Locals call it Jeff City.
Q 25What is the capital of Kentucky?
Frankfort
The site was once a ford across the Kentucky River on an old buffalo trail.
Q 26What is the capital of Vermont?
Montpelier
It was named after Montpellier, a city in the south of France.
Q 27What is the capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
It sits on Chesapeake Bay, about 25 miles south of Baltimore.
Q 28What is the capital of Delaware?
Dover
William Penn named it after Dover in Kent, England.
Q 29What is the capital of Wisconsin?
Madison
Its downtown sits on a strip of land between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona.
Q 30What is the capital of Maine?
Augusta
It sits on the Kennebec River, which English settlers explored as early as 1607.