Random geeky things you've done

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Brazil - Brasilia

Rio De Janerio... surely ?

No, Brasilia is correct.

[desert]

What's the capital of New York?

[Aemilius Paulus]

No, Brasilia is correct.

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?

[desert]

Did you expect people to say NYC?

You wouldn't believe how many people do that.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I didn't cheat, honest!

Didn't even do that well lol

But I did learn them 11 years ago. Maybe if I relearn them over the week we could have a little contest via instant messenging?

[A Very Super Market]

American (And some Canadian ones) capitals of states and province are wonky.

Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, not Pittsburgh or Philadelphia
Washington - Olympia, not Seattle
Texas - Austin, Not Dallas or Houston.


The list goes on. The only one that makes the any sense are the Midwestern states, and maybe California.

[Beefy187]

Other then geography, and coin collection, I used to do a bit of pokemon.

Remembered all 251 pokemon at my best (Gold and silver) and I was able to sing the pokemon theme song and pokemon collecters song in Japanese.

I would say history, but after knowing Org, I kinda lost my confidence...

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Wow, I did this as well! I looked so often at an atlas, one classmate once claimed I must have eaten one. Also, I can recognize most countries at their shape and draw a world map just out of memory. Don't ask me for rivers and similar in my home country though!

Btw, the capital of Togo is Lomé.

I know all Canadian provinces and territories and their capitals

Nova Scotia - Halifax
New Brunswick - Fredericton
Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown
Newfoundland - St. John's
Québec - Québec City
Ontario - Toronto
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Saskatchewan - Regina
Alberta - Edmonton
British Columbia - Victoria
Yukon Territory - Whitehorse
Northwest Territories - Yellowknife
Nunavut Territory - Iqualuit (Frobisher Bay)

[Craterus]

As a kid, I knew:

Everyone's birthday
Everyone's phone number (home, mobile and email addresses where applicable)
Countries of the world and their capitals
States in America and their capitals
Football teams, nicknames and stadiums
All the Pokemon
James Bond films, villains, everything

Yeah, pretty geeky.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

American (And some Canadian ones) capitals of states and province are wonky.

Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, not Pittsburgh or Philadelphia
Washington - Olympia, not Seattle
Texas - Austin, Not Dallas or Houston.


The list goes on. The only one that makes the any sense are the Midwestern states, and maybe California.

Eh, Sacramento isn't that big. In the US we have a fairly long tradition of designating relatively unimportant cities our capitals. D.C was built from the ground up as our capital, Montpelier is a small town even by Vermont standards, Albany is a bit of a pit but holds NY's governmental centers, and so on.

[seireikhaan]

The only one that makes the any sense are the Midwestern states, and maybe California.

Surely, the city of Iowa City would be the capital of the state of Iowa, right? Nope... (Des Moines)

[A Very Super Market]

Pshaw. You named all the capitals and provinces and territories in Canada. Bit like just picking the biggest cities. 'Cept for my own BC.

We have 13 Ps and Ts, and anyone could name them all. Can you name all 50 US states? For the record, I can.

Isn't Des Moines the largest city in Iowa? See, that makes sense.