Random geeky things you've done

[Hax]

Back when I was in Primary 4 (around 8yrs old), I learned the capital of every country in the world. I got an atlas for my birthday that year and just couldn't put it down! I was surprised to hear that my friend's brother also did this when he was at around the same age, so I'm beginning to wonder if its quite common?

Hey, I learned all the flags from all the countries by heart when I was 8 as well!

[The New Che Guevara]

Learnt my politics teacher's license plate... for no reason... I'm scared about myself.

Probably, can also include a lot of acronyms and quotes from shakespeare... I think I can recite part of the opening from romeo and juliet.

"Two households both alike in dignity in fair verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break forth to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star cross'd lovers do taint their life, and whose misadventure, pitious o'erthrows, do with their death bury their parents strife"

From memory baby!

other things might be drawing maps of the TW games and planning my conquests... or the one time i drew a map of america and plotted it's downfall. Sorry to the american orgahs... i had a real problem with bush.

Hey Rhyfelwr, what's the capital of Mongolia?

[Fragony]

From memory baby!

Hmmm.

Futility

Move him into the sun gently it;s touch awoke him once, whispering of fields unsown always it woke him even in France, until this day and this snow. If anything might rouse him now the kind old sun will know. Think of how it wakes the seeds, woke once the clays of a cold star, are nerves so dear [ohdamnit] limbs [oh ffs] so hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? Oh what made fatious beams decide to break earth's sleep at all?

Almost.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Hey Rhyfelwr, what's the capital of Mongolia?

Ulan Batuur (sp?)! Sadly I've forgotten quite a few of them now.

hehe I like learning about the flags as well, although I can't say I ever got them all off by heart.

[A Very Super Market]

Mongolia is easy because it has such a weird name.
Just like Burkina Faso.

Some are really easy for people to get wrong, like Austrialia, Canada, Turkey.


What is the capital of Uruguay?

[Rhyfelwyr]

Montevideo?

The problem with Australia/Canada/Turkey is that the biggest cities are not the capitals. That's easy though its Canberra/Ottawa/Ankara, not Sydney/Vancouver or Montreal?/Instanbul as people might think.

Can't recall Burkina Faso though. Konakre and Ougadogou (always remember that cause it sounds funny) spring to mind.

[A Very Super Market]

Sweet. High-five for not naming Toronto!

Burkina Faso is Ougadogou. That's what makes it so easy, because its so esoteric you can't help but remember it. If its capital was named Springfield or something like that, it would be harder.

And if the Simpsons didn't exist, I guess.


Nerdiest thing I've done..... probably attempting to deliver a lecture on Entomology in Grade 2.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Out of boredom, I shall imagine a world map and see how well I do with the capitals. Tell me if I miss any countries...

Canada - Ottawa
USA - Washington
Mexico - Mexico City
Cuba - Havana
Bahamas - Nassau?
Jamaica - Kingston
Haiti -
Dominican Republic -
... various islands nobody cares about
Honduras -
Belize - Belmopan
Nicaragua -
El Salvador - San Salvador
Costa Rica -
Panama - Panama
Columbia - Bogota
Venezuela - Caracas
Guyana - Georgetown
Suriname -
French Guyana -
Brazil - Brasilia
Uruguay - Montevideo
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Chile - Santiago
Paraguay - Asuncion
Bolivia -
Peru - Lima
Ecuador - Quito
Greenland - Godthaab?
Iceland - Reykjavik
UK - London
France - Paris
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Belgium - Brussels
Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Switzerland - Bern
Leichtenstein - Vaduz
Italy - Rome
Spain - Madrid
Portugal - Lisbon
Andorra - Andorra la Velle
Germany - Berlin
Denmark - Copenhagen
Norway - Oslo
Sweden - Stockholm
Finland - Helsinki
Russia - Moscow
Estonia - Tallin
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania - Vilnius
Poland - Warsaw
Belarus - Minsk
Ukraine - Kiev
Moldova - Kishishev?
Czech Rep - Prague
Slovakia - Bratislava
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia - Ljubliana
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia - Sarajevo
Serbia - Belgrade
Albania -
Greece - Athens
Romania - Bucharest
Bulgaria - Sofia
Morocco - Marrakesh
Algeria - Algiers
Tunisia - Tunis
Libya - Tripoli
Egypt - Cairo
Sudan - Khartoum
Chad - N'Djamena?
Niger -
Burkina - Ougadogou
Senegal - Dakar
Gambia - Konakry?
Sierra Leone - Freetown?
Liberia -
Ivory Coast - Abijan
Benin -
Togo -
Nigeria - Abuja
Cameroon - Youande?
Central African Rep -
Equatorial Guinea -
Congo - Brazaville
Zaire - Kinsasha
Angola - Luanda
Namibia - Windhoek
South Africa - Pretoria? [gah]
Botswana -
Zimbabwe - Harare
Swaziland -
Malawi -
Burundi -
Rwanda -
Mozambique -
Tanzania - Dar-es-Salaam
Madagascar - Antaanaravio
Kenya - Nairobi
Ethiopia - Adis Ababa
Eritrea -
Somalia - Mogadishu
Djibouti - Djibouti
Yemen - Aman
Oman - Muscat
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Jordan - Amman
Israel - Jerusalem
Lebanon - Beirut
Syria - Antioch jk lol too much M2TW
Armenia - Yerevan
Georgia - Tblisi
Azerbaijan - Baku
Iraq - Baghdad
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Dubai -
UAE -
Iran - Tehran
Turkmenistan - Tashkent?
Uzbekistan -
Kirgystan -
Kazakhstan - Alma Ata
Afghanistan - Kabul
Pakistan - Islamabad
India - Delhi
Sri Lanka -
Nepal - Kathmandu
Bhutan -
China - Beijing
Mongolia - Ulan Batuur
North Korea - Pyonyang
South Korea - Seoul
Japan - Tokyo
Taiwan -
Philippines - Manilla
Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh?
Cambodia -
Laos -
Thailand - Bangkok
Burma -
Bangladesh - Daka
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Singapore - Singapore
Indonesia - Jakarta
Brunei -
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
Australia - Canberra
New Zealand - Wellington
... various Pacific Islands

Hmm I've forgotten more than I realised, time to refresh my memory (who cares about studying for exams?)...

EDIT: What is the video? It says unavailable in my country???