World Capitals and General Knowledge Quiz

This completes the proverb: 'It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.' This means that even bad events can sometimes have positive consequences for someone. 'Wind' is the correct element in this proverb about finding silver linings in misfortune.

This completes the proverb: 'Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.' This idiom describes taking preventive measures after the damage has already occurred, making them useless. A 'barn' is where horses are kept, making it the logical building to secure in this saying about too-late precautions.

The question simply says 'Mexico' but clearly asks for the capital city, which is Mexico City. Among the options, Mexico City (option C) is the correct capital and largest city of Mexico. The other options (Mexicali, Puebla, Saltillo) are Mexican cities but not the capital.

Male is the capital and largest city of Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The other options (Medhu, Uthuru, Dhekunu) are not the capital - these appear to be fictional or misnamed locations.

JAVA is commonly expanded as 'Just Another Virtual Architecture' - this is a well-known backronym created for the Java programming language. The other options (vertical architecture, visual architecture) are incorrect.

Antananarivo is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. Mahajanga, Toamasina, and Toliara are other major cities in Madagascar but none serve as the national capital.

Brasilia is the capital of Brazil, specifically built as the planned capital city in 1960. Rio de Janeiro was the previous capital, French Guiana is not even in Brazil (it's a French territory), and Minas Gerais is a Brazilian state.

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. Vila Real, Santarem, and Aveiro are other Portuguese cities but none serve as the national capital.

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. Basque Country, Catalonia, and Andalusia are autonomous regions or communities within Spain, not cities serving as the national capital.

ADIDAS is commonly expanded as 'All Day I Dream About Sport'. Option C correctly shows 'sport' (singular) with present tense 'dream'. Options A, B, and D are incorrect: A uses 'dash' instead of 'dream', B uses past tense 'dreamt', and D uses 'sport' but with incorrect grammar 'all days'.

YAHOO stands for 'Yet Another Hierarchy Of Officious Oracle'. The official spelling uses 'Hierarchy' (with 'i' not 'ial') and 'Officious' (not 'Official'). Option D correctly matches this spelling. Options A and C incorrectly use 'Official' instead of 'Officious', while B has the wrong spelling 'Hierarchial'.

Istanbul is a major city in Turkey, located straddling the Bosphorus strait between Europe and Asia. It was formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, and has been Turkey's largest city and economic center though Ankara is the capital.

Kolkata (then Calcutta) was the capital of India until 1911 when the capital was shifted to Delhi. The decision was announced by King George V in 1911 at the Delhi Durbar, and the new capital city of New Delhi was inaugurated in 1931.