Capitals name game

[hankhavelock]

Inspired by rhythmic delivery's fun game on song titles I copy the concept for national capitals. I remember playing that as kids. And no, I don't start out with Phoenix... (yes, US state capitals count as well):

Here we go:

Jakarta (Indonesia)

[ila]

Explain your rules a bit more Hank. Are we to take one letter of the name of the capital and use that letter in the name of the next capital. Also if it's national capitals why do U.S. states count? That should equally apply to all other countries that are subdivided into smaller entities then.

[hankhavelock]

Explain your rules a bit more Hank. Are we to take one letter of the name of the capital and use that letter in the name of the next capital. Also if it's national capitals why do U.S. states count? That should equally apply to all other countries that are subdivided into smaller entities then.

Oh sorry... sure... I mean continue with the LAST letter of the capital. I said "Jakarta", so a right answer would be "Amsterdam". Sorry... regarding other countries lesser states... well, ok... why not?

Well, here's a new one:

Mogadishu (Somalia)

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Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia)

[hankhavelock]

hehe - I knew you would come with that :-)

Riyadh (Saudi)

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Havana (Cuba)

[hankhavelock]

Athens (Greece)

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Stockholm (Sweden)

[hankhavelock]

Moscow (Russia)

[ila]

I tried to think of something other than the obvious, but I drew a blank so here goes

Washington (guess where)

[hankhavelock]

BARACK OBAMA :-)

And you couldn't even have said Wichita because the capital there is Topeka... well.. N... or is it C... :-)

Nashville (Tennesee)
Copenhagen (Denmark)

[ila]

It has to be 'n' because D.C. is a district or subdivision.

Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)

[hankhavelock]

Ok

Edinburgh (Scotland)

[hankhavelock]

Sorry... N....

Nairobi (Kenya)

[rhythmic delivery]

Oh sorry... sure... I mean continue with the LAST letter of the capital. I said "Jakarta", so a right answer would be "Amsterdam". Sorry... regarding other countries lesser states... well, ok... why not?

Well, here's a new one:

Mogadishu (Somalia)
i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

[hankhavelock]

i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

The Hague is the actual seat of government, but, somewhat anomalously, not the official capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch constitution for Amsterdam (from Wikipedia).

Amsterdam is the capital of Holland

[hankhavelock]

Nairobi (Kenya)

[ila]

i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

[hankhavelock]

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

The Hague in English and den Haag in Dutch - still the capital of Holland is Amsterdam.

We came to:

Nairobi (Kenya)

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Nairobi (Kenya)

Islamabad (Pakistan)

[hankhavelock]

Dakar (Senegal)

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Rome or Roma (Italy)

[hankhavelock]

Hmmm... should we not stick to the English version of the name, or what? What do you think?

Edingburgh (Scotland)
Andorra la Vella (Andorra)

[rhythmic delivery]

adiss ababa, ethiopia

[rhythmic delivery]

you shouldn't be able to repeat the same capital twice. thats my view anyway.

[hankhavelock]

I didn't - before was a mistake... I should have used an N but mistakenly used an E. But since it's not used as the thread, my bet is:

Amman (Jordan)

[rhythmic delivery]

new deli india

[poktor]

Islamabad , Pakistan

[ila]

Islamabad , Pakistan

Islamabad was used in post #20.

[adrian]

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

Yes, you spelled Den Haag correctly.
The reason that Den Haag is not the capital of Holland is because a king was once crowned in Amsterdam, in the 18th century I believe. And the constitution prescribed that kings should be crowned in the capital city.
So they changed Amsterdam to capital then.
But the entire governement is seated in Den Haag still.

[fionahavelock]

interesting... but kinda confusing.. what is the last city?
is it adiss ababa, amman, or new delhi?

[liesjeversteven]

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

Correct, it's Den Haag, or alternatively called 's-Gravenhage

[GeForce]

interesting... but kinda confusing.. what is the last city?
is it adiss ababa, amman, or new delhi?
Wow! We're officially the most well traveled forum on the net!! hehehe
So many tangents! ... I'm with Fiona, where are we right now? I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque! :P

[translover]

What is the last answer ? :frown:

[ila]

This thread started getting off track after post #23. The last correct answer in post #23 was Edinburgh (Scotland). The next answer should be a capital city starting with "H" To not muddy the waters again (as I did at one point) the capitals, as Hank pointed out, should use the English spelling. This is, after all, a site that uses English as the main language.

Over to you, forum members. Any capital starting with the letter "H"

[BlueRaven88]

This thread started getting off track after post #23. The last correct answer in post #23 was Edinburgh (Scotland). The next answer should be a capital city starting with "H" To not muddy the waters again (as I did at one point) the capitals, as Hank pointed out, should use the English spelling. This is, after all, a site that uses English as the main language.

Over to you, forum members. Any capital starting with the letter "H"

comin at you from my home country :)

Hobart (Tasmania, Australia)

[ila]

comin at you from my home country :)

Hobart (Tasmania, Australia)

Very good, blue. I was wondering what capital started with an H. I forgot all about Tasmania tucked way down under the downunder continent.

Toronto (Ontario, Canada)

[translover]

Oslo, "Norway"

[TGirl lover]

Ottawa, Canada

[fionahavelock]

asuncion, paraguay

[BlueRaven88]

New Mexico City (guess where)

[fionahavelock]

yerevan.. armenia

[GeForce]

Nassau, (Bahamas) Ya Mon!

[BlueRaven88]

Fuck U was a hard one.

Ulan Bator (Mongolia)

[ila]

Fuck U was a hard one.

Ulan Bator (Mongolia)

That was used in post #4. Try again.

[BlueRaven88]

That was used in post #4. Try again.

well that's literally the ONLY capital city in the world starting with U so take it or leave it :P

[ila]

well that's literally the ONLY capital city in the world starting with U so take it or leave it :P

The game ends then as there are no more capital cities starting with U. However, Hank did state that it doesn't necessarily have to be the capital of a country. If there is a region in any country whose capital starts with U then the game can continue, otherwise it's over.

[hankhavelock]

The game ends then as there are no more capital cities starting with U. However, Hank did state that it doesn't necessarily have to be the capital of a country. If there is a region in any country whose capital starts with U then the game can continue, otherwise it's over.

No, maybe no more capitals starting with U... but if we extend the rules to start with the END letter... Ulan Bator... then I say R ... Riyad (Saudi Arabia). ...

[ila]

No, maybe no more capitals starting with U... but if we extend the rules to start with the END letter... Ulan Bator... then I say R ... Riyad (Saudi Arabia). ...

Now I'm confused. The rules as originally stated, by you, were to use the last letter for the first letter of the next capital. Nassau was used so the next capital should have started with U. Ulan Bataar had already been used. The game should have ended with Nassau as there are no more capitals starting with U.

This also brings up spellings. We are using the English spellings for the capitals, but in some cases there are more than one way to spell the city's name, especially when the the language of a country does not use the Latin alphabet. Case in point here is Riyad which in English is also spelled Riyadh.

[hankhavelock]

Now I'm confused. The rules as originally stated, by you, were to use the last letter for the first letter of the next capital. Nassau was used so the next capital should have started with U. Ulan Bataar had already been used. The game should have ended with Nassau as there are no more capitals starting with U.

This also brings up spellings. We are using the English spellings for the capitals, but in some cases there are more than one way to spell the city's name, especially when the the language of a country does not use the Latin alphabet. Case in point here is Riyad which in English is also spelled Riyadh.

OH PLEASE! Just come up with some capitals... NOOOT so much talkin', talkin' talkin'... were here to have fun, fun, fun...

Here are two: Djakarta and HoChiMinh City... or Hanoi...

Play me, baby!

H

And now let's take in American state capitals...

[BlueRaven88]

American capital city starting with I? Forgive me if it's not a capital but I'm gonna roll with Illinois

[fionahavelock]

state or capital? illinois is a state right?
so then i go with South Carolina

[schalke04]

Sacramento California:yes:

[The Conquistador]

Omaha, Nebraska

[schalke04]

Austin Texas:)

[The Conquistador]

Nouakchott, Mauritania

[Vanillas]

Trenton, New Jersey

[The Conquistador]

Niamey, Niger

[schalke04]

Yaounde Cameroon:rolleyes:

[The Conquistador]

Yaounde Cameroon:rolleyes:

I think you just won this thread; I can't find any capitals that start with"E" :)

[schalke04]

I think you just won this thread; I can't find any capitals that start with"E" :)

Tut Tut. Edinburgh Scotland. I think Google is winning this thread.;)

[The Conquistador]

Great Scott!!! I think you are right! Damn this"Google" whoever he may be! Until then, I pick Hanoi, Vietnam.

[schalke04]

Islamabad Pakistan. Phew:p

[ila]

Islamabad Pakistan. Phew:p

Islamabad has already been used.

Indianapolis, Indiana

[Vanillas]

Salem, Oregon

[svartekaptenen]

Madrid Spain

[schalke04]

Dublin Ireland:)

I checked this one. I have fouled twice already in this thread with Islamabad and Edinburgh.:eek:

[The Conquistador]

N'Djamena, Chad

[schalke04]

Algiers Algeria:)

[The Conquistador]

San Salvador, El Salvador

[schalke04]

Reykjavik Iceland:)

[The Conquistador]

Kiev, Ukraine

[Vanillas]

Vilnius, Lithuania

[schalke04]

Sofia Bulgaria.:)

[The Conquistador]

Ashgabat, Turkemenistan

[schalke04]

Tripoli Libya

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Iqaluit (Nunavut, Canada)

[Vanillas]

Taipei, Taiwan

[Vanillas]

Indianapolis, Indiana

[ila]

Indianapolis, Indiana

That was used in post #64.

For anyone that wants to know what cities have been used, do a thread search with the thread search tool found near the top right corner of every page. It's call "Search this thread"

[schalke04]

Inverness Capital of the Highlands in Scotland.:innocent:

OK its pushing out the envelope a bit. If anyone has a better suggestion feel free.

[Vanillas]

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada)

[schalke04]

El Aaiun Western Sahara

[Vanillas]

Nicosia, Cyprus

[schalke04]

Adelaide South Australia