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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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)

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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)

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

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]

Originally Posted by rhythmic delivery

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]

Originally Posted by rhythmic delivery

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]

Originally Posted by ila

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)

[ila]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

Nairobi (Kenya)

Islamabad (Pakistan)

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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)

adiss ababa, ethiopia

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)

new deli india

[poktor]

Islamabad , Pakistan

[ila]

Originally Posted by poktor

Islamabad , Pakistan

Islamabad was used in post #20.

[adrian]

Originally Posted by ila

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]

Originally Posted by ila

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]

Originally Posted by fionahavelock

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

What is the last answer ?

[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]

Originally Posted by 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"

comin at you from my home country

Hobart (Tasmania, Australia)

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Originally Posted by BlueRaven88

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)

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]

Originally Posted by BlueRaven88

Fuck U was a hard one.

Ulan Bator (Mongolia)

That was used in post #4. Try again.

[BlueRaven88]

Originally Posted by ila

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]

Originally Posted by BlueRaven88

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]

Originally Posted by ila

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]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

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]

Originally Posted by ila

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...