Capital Cities
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Capital Cities
The latest challenge is to revise every 195 capital cities.
Feel free to shock me with, "What's the capital of England?" and I'll fire back an answer.
Feel free to shock me with, "What's the capital of England?" and I'll fire back an answer.
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Madagascar?
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Just had a country I’d never heard of on The Chase, Palau. So I’ll start you with that.
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Utopia
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MelekeokTricky Trevor wrote:Just had a country I’d never heard of on The Chase, Palau. So I’ll start you with that.
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Antananarivospadesclaret wrote:Madagascar?
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Lesotho?
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Mongolia?
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Maseruspadesclaret wrote:Lesotho?
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Ulaanbaata. I think it's pronounced Oo-lahn-bah-tar?gawthorpe_view wrote:Mongolia?
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Angola
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I hope you’re not googling the answers frank
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Some of them, but that's the whole point, Vince. I run a Twitter account of facts and the more you keep reading them the more they are stored in memory. So Googling the answer and reading them out makes you remember and learn them. It's not a quiz.Bigvince wrote:I hope you’re not googling the answers frank
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Luandatarkys_ears wrote:Angola
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Eswatini
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If you’re allowed to tell me on here, what’s the name of your twitter account. I’ll take a look
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Eranu
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Me tooBigvince wrote:If you’re allowed to tell me on here, what’s the name of your twitter account. I’ll take a look
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Not sure if I'm correct here, but is that Swaziland?Whitgord wrote:Eswatini
Mbabana
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I don't think advertising is allowed Vince. It has over 2 million followers though.Bigvince wrote:If you’re allowed to tell me on here, what’s the name of your twitter account. I’ll take a look
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That’s a shame frank, can you not give us a clueFactualFrank wrote:I don't think advertising is allowed Vince. It has over 2 million followers though.
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Just look for fact.Bigvince wrote:That’s a shame frank, can you not give us a clue
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Lichtenstein
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The capital of Liechtenstein is Vaduz.tarkys_ears wrote:Lichtenstein
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Vatican City ? Haha or what about Nauru
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The first page I checked on said Koror, which is also the most populous island but wiki givesFactualFrank wrote:Melekeok
Ngerulmud, on a neighbouring island.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Just found this which confirms Ngerulmud, which is in Melekeok state.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/wha ... palau.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Yes FF Eswatini is the new name for Swaziland and Mbabane is correct. Well done that man!
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Paramaraibo
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Portugal
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LisbonClaretmatt4 wrote:Portugal
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Isn't Paramaribo a capital?Bosscat wrote:Paramaraibo
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Paramaribo, capital of Surinam
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I thought it was, he was trying to confuse me (I know..)Vino blanco wrote:Paramaribo, capital of Surinam
Just done a test and got 107 out of 195 so getting there. Not good enough until it's 195 out of 195 and then it's on to the next.
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Apart from some of the smaller island nations, which I regularly confuse, I think I know all the world's capital cities.
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg city? It's either that or just Luxembourg.Beaconsfield Claret wrote:Luxembourg
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Then you can join our quiz team.Vino blanco wrote:Apart from some of the smaller island nations, which I regularly confuse, I think I know all the world's capital cities.
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Luxembourg city.
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Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby
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The capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby.Right_winger wrote:Papua New Guinea
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I just saw the OP and thought we had to name a capital city ffsFactualFrank wrote:Isn't Paramaribo a capital?
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Your first mistake... thinking.Bosscat wrote:I just saw the OP and thought we had to name a capital city ffs
(just kidding, you know I think a lot of you)
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In a TV quiz show, Jack and Bobby Charlton, who as we all know played in the 1966 1966 World Cup final were asked:-
What country is situated between Romania and Ukraine - and what’s it’s capital?
They said they think it’s Moldova, - it’s Chisinau.
Boom, boom!
What country is situated between Romania and Ukraine - and what’s it’s capital?
They said they think it’s Moldova, - it’s Chisinau.
Boom, boom!
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Bhutan
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Thimphu (spelling?)
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The capital of Bhutan is Thimphu.Right_winger wrote:Bhutan
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South Sudan no googling
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Often mix up Juba and Khartoum, but think it's Juba.Bosscat wrote:South Sudan no googling
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