Re: Random geeky things you've done
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.
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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.
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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?)...
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Last edited by Rhyfelwyr; 03-29-2009 at 21:35.
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Re: Random geeky things you've done
Trying my hand at the ones you didn't get...Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr
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Brazil - Brasilia
Rio De Janerio... surely ?
South Africa - Pretoria? [gah]
Isn't it cape town ?
I suppose my memorizing of familys number plates as a child (6-8) was fairly geeky... impressive party trick i could pull out to impress the adults!
Im generally quite good as remembering things like numbers plates, phone numbers... most type of code things... i could make a fairly long list of all the various codes a remember for various reasons...
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Ahhh, my favourite. SAF (South African Republic) has three capitals, all of which have different functions. Capetown, Praetoria, and Bloemfontein. Legislative, executive, judicial. Peculiar folk they are.
That aside, naming capitals on the Internet forum seems silly and pointless to me. You can just look it up. That is not fair. What we should do is an instant message quiz.
Last edited by Aemilius Paulus; 03-29-2009 at 22:56.
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No, Brasilia is correct.
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What's the capital of New York?
Last edited by desert; 03-29-2009 at 23:15.
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Yeah, they did it like Australian way. They cleared the land, and planned the whole city out, right from the very beginning. Brasilia is their capital, but that is about all. Just like Canberra, the capital of Australia. Yes, Australia's capital is not Sydney.
The capital of NY is Albany. Why the laugh? Did you expect people to say NYC?
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