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)

[ila]

Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia)

[hankhavelock]

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

Riyadh (Saudi)

[ila]

Havana (Cuba)

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)

[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.

[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