Capital Cities of the World - PEEHS REVEAL

cdeb · 30-04-2021 08:36PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia, but of the separate, submerged continent of Zealandia. New Zealand and Australia are both part of the Oceanian sub-region known as Australasia, with New Guinea being in Melanesia.

Courtesy of Wiki.

Who knew?

Not me, for one!

Hmmm...!

Though the map of Australia the continent includes PNG (and, being anal, because I've a big score coming up now!) Tasmania, so Australia still isn't both an island and a continent. (At best there's two separate entities with the same name)

HeidiHeidi · 30-04-2021 08:37PM

quickbeam wrote: »

North America.

Oooh, every day's a school day.

30-04-2021 08:37PM

Neowise wrote: »

is greenland smaller than madigascar or what is the criteria?

Greenland is part of Denmark officially, though I think it has its own local government in place for most things.

Denmark is actually the 12th biggest country in the world by land area, if you include Greenland. Without Greenland, it only comes in at #130.

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:37PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

It's a dependency of Denmark, and is in Europe

(I think! I'm doubting my name at this stage..... )

Dependency of Denmark, but not in Europe. Like Mayote and Reunion are part of France, but not in Europe.

Electric Nitwit · 30-04-2021 08:37PM

KathleenGrant wrote: »

VSO? Oh!

I'd love to say I was being a good person then, but really I just thought it would be cool to go

cdeb · 30-04-2021 08:38PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

It's a dependency of Denmark, and is in Europe

(I think! I'm doubting my name at this stage..... )

Jesper Gronkjaer is one of the most famous Greenlanders; played in the Premier League for Chelsea. And got 80 caps for Denmark.

HeidiHeidi · 30-04-2021 08:39PM

cdeb wrote: »

Jesper Gronkjaer is one of the most famous Greenlanders; played in the Premier League for Chelsea. And got 80 caps for Denmark.

Well that's..... interesting.....

I knew the Denmark bit, it was the Europe bit I doubted - and rightly, as it turned out!

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:40PM

These are not all the answers .....

Copenhagen - 9
ari101
beakerjoe
cdeb
Collie D
Declan A Walsh
nothing
Purgative
Reberetta
Strawberry Milkshake

Wellington - 9
alchemist33
davetherave
HeidiHeidi
Kolido
Neowise
Noo
Rikand
Sephiroth_dude
ShaneU

Tallinn - 8
aaronjennings
bubblypop
BuileBeag
DJIMI TRARORE
miamee
Sheridan81
Spook_ie
Trigger

Baku - 6
Barna77
dobman88
Pawwed Rig
Sawduck
wrestlemaniac
Zaph

Abu Dhabi - 4
cee_jay
Electric Nitwit
Irish Iris
Necro

Incorrect - 13.5
Auckland - cj maxx

HeidiHeidi · 30-04-2021 08:41PM

Again, I was banking on more people plumping for Auckland.

Some day I'll learn how to play these games properly

ari101 · 30-04-2021 08:41PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Well that's..... interesting.....

I knew the Denmark bit, it was the Europe bit I doubted - and rightly, as it turned out!

The internet (which is always right

) says although it is in North America, it is politically and culturally more aligned with Europe so wrong but not so wrong after all

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:41PM

Wellington is the most southerly capital city

Baku is the lowest capital city in the world at 28m below sea level, and goes by the nickname of City of Winds, supposedly because the name derives from Persian meaning "wind-pounded city", though this etymology is not verified.

HeidiHeidi · 30-04-2021 08:41PM

ari101 wrote: »

The internet (which is always right ) says although it is in North America, it is politically and culturally more aligned with Europe so wrong but not so wrong after all

I'll take that!

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:43PM

And the last few answers for Round 15 are ..........

Guatemala City - 2
Homer J. Fong
Omackeral

Victoria - 1
rainbowtrout

Nobody picked Roseau, Dominica.

Which means, the winner, by 5 points, is rainbowtrout, who only sent me his answers today!! Congrats rainbowtrout. Strawbs gets the wooden spoon, but only by a pinch.

Player Points
rainbowtrout 48
Homer J. Fong 53
Zaph 81
Electric Nitwit 85
Barna77 87
cdeb 89.5
Necro 92
beakerjoe 94
Rikand 94
Omackeral 94.5
Irish Iris 100.5
Collie D 104
Sawduck 105
BuileBeag 105
Kolido 107
bubblypop 107
nothing 107
aaronjennings 113
Reberetta 113
alchemist33 113
ShaneU 113
DJIMI TRARORE 113.5
Neowise 114
Pawwed Rig 114
Noo 115
davetherave 116
wrestlemaniac 116.5
ari101 117
miamee 119
Trigger 120.5
Declan A Walsh 121
HeidiHeidi 122
Spook_ie 123.5
cj maxx 124
cee_jay 125
dobman88 127
Sheridan81 129
Sephiroth_dude 130
Purgative 133.5
Strawberry Milkshake 134

cdeb · 30-04-2021 08:45PM

And I took Omack's sixth spot off him!

Happy out with that. Good way to spend 90 minutes or so (while watching UCD go 4-0 up by half-time as well

)

Cheers quickbeam! First one of these, but I'll keep an eye out on the next one.

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:45PM

Congrats to everyone who played. I mean it, I was seriously impressed by the standard of answers in this game. Only 4 countries didn't get answered at all.

Necro · 30-04-2021 08:45PM

I'll take a top 10 finish there, Canberra was (one of) my downfalls unfortunately.

Well done rainbowtrout

That's some fine spooning there Strawbs!

Great game QB, cheers for running this was very enjoyable!

30-04-2021 08:46PM

Well done rainbow and well done homer. You were way ahead of everyone else.

I’ll take that wooden spoon gladly and know the **** I want to use it on too!

Pawwed Rig · 30-04-2021 08:46PM

Cheers QB

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:46PM

cdeb wrote: »

And I took Omack's sixth spot off him!

He genuinely was sixth at that point in time, only I got two late entries after that.

Neowise · 30-04-2021 08:46PM

congrats on the win Rainbow trout.

enjoy the spoon strawberry, your first?

Thanks for the fun game and all the facinating trivia QB, was fun.

nothing · 30-04-2021 08:46PM

Congrats rainbow, homer and zaph, commiserations strawberry.

And quickbeam, bravo, a fab reveal!

Goddamn you, Sawduck, pipped me at the last round!

Purgative · 30-04-2021 08:48PM

Strawbs thanks for saving my blushes. I'm thinking geography is not really one of my strong suits.

Rainbow well done.

Thanks Quickbeam that was interesting, entertaining and embarrassing all in one go.

30-04-2021 08:48PM

God damn Asuncion, that was the one that killed me off.

*strikes Paraguay off the bucket list*

Congratulations rainbowtrout, well deserved victory. Enjoy the wooden spoon Stawbs.
And many thanks quickbeam for running.

If anyone wants to test out what they learned today, can heartily recommend Sporcle:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/worldcapitals

Spent many hours in college on this site, and this was one of the quizzes I played repeatedly until I could complete it!

Electric Nitwit · 30-04-2021 08:48PM

I'm happy with fourth but trouty and Homer were in a different league! Well played guys

Great game QB, loved the bonus fun facts

ShaneU · 30-04-2021 08:49PM

How on Earth did I finish mid table. The lesson for today kids, never try

Declan A Walsh · 30-04-2021 08:49PM

nothing wrote: »

Congrats rainbow, homer and zaph, commiserations strawberry.

And quickbeam, bravo, a fab reveal!

As Nothing says!

ari101 · 30-04-2021 08:49PM

That was a great reveal, I've been googling so many of those random facts to learn more

Thank you!

Congrats rainbowtrout and others on their heels

Even if I had remembered the more obscure ones I know or picked less sheepie choices, I still would not have had the knowledge to be anywhere close to the top of the table! Ye are a fine bunch of nerds

:pac:

Happy spooning Strawberry Milkshake - an essential for the kitchen!

alchemist33 · 30-04-2021 08:50PM

Well done to the trout and commiserations to Homer.

But I made top half, joint 18th, woohoo!

Big thanks to quickbeam for an excellent competition.

quickbeam · 30-04-2021 08:50PM

Heidi, here's the results if you'd submitted your alternative list. Strawbs also wouldn't have had the wooden spoon if you'd submitted those answers:

Player Points Heidi Points
rainbowtrout 48 45
Homer J. Fong 53 53
Zaph 81 80
Electric Nitwit 85 86
Barna77 87 83
cdeb 89.5 88.5
Necro 92 91
beakerjoe 94 98
Rikand 94 92
Omackeral 94.5 90
Irish Iris 100.5 101.5
Collie D 104 109
Sawduck 105 106
BuileBeag 105 102
Kolido 107 106
bubblypop 107 107
nothing 107 115
aaronjennings 113 114
Reberetta 113 122
alchemist33 113 110
ShaneU 113 120
DJIMI TRARORE 113.5 111
Neowise 114 118
Pawwed Rig 114 115
Noo 115 112
davetherave 116 117
wrestlemaniac 116.5 117
ari101 117 121
miamee 119 117
Trigger 120.5 119
Declan A Walsh 121 119
HeidiHeidi 122 111
Spook_ie 123.5 120
cj maxx 124 124
cee_jay 125 123
dobman88 127 123
Sheridan81 129 125
Sephiroth_dude 130 123.5
Purgative 133.5 136
Strawberry Milkshake 134 135.5

Sawduck · 30-04-2021 08:51PM

Deleted User wrote: »

God damn Asuncion, that was the one that killed me off. *strikes Paraguay off the bucket list*

Congratulations rainbowtrout, well deserved victory. Enjoy the wooden spoon Stawbs.
And many thanks quickbeam for running.

If anyone wants to test out what they learned today, can heartily recommend Sporcle:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/worldcapitals

Spent many hours in college on this site, and this was one of the quizzes I played repeatedly until I could complete it!

I used to love that site, haven't used it in ages though.

Cheers quickbeam for a very enjoyable game and congrats to rainbowtrout on your victory

Capital Cities of the World - PEEHS REVEAL

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