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Capital Cities of the World - PEEHS REVEAL

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Comoros lies between Mozambique on mainland Africa, and Madagascar in the Indian ocean It consists of three main islands and also lays claim to the island of Mayotte which is an overseas French department.

    For the last three years, 2018-2020, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,454 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Why is everyone copying me!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Leaderboard after Round 4:

    Player Points
    rainbowtrout 10
    Zaph 13
    Homer J. Fong 14
    Irish Iris 19
    Necro 21
    Barna77 22
    cj maxx 22
    Rikand 22
    Spook_ie 22
    beakerjoe 24
    Electric Nitwit 24
    cdeb 25
    DJIMI TRARORE 25
    miamee 26
    Collie D 26
    davetherave 26
    Omackeral 28
    wrestlemaniac 28
    cee_jay 29
    dobman88 29
    alchemist33 29
    Sawduck 30
    ari101 31
    Declan A Walsh 31
    Sheridan81 31
    Noo 31
    nothing 31
    Reberetta 31
    Sephiroth_dude 31
    Neowise 31
    HeidiHeidi 31
    aaronjennings 33
    Trigger 33
    Kolido 35
    bubblypop 35
    BuileBeag 35
    Pawwed Rig 36.5
    Purgative 37.5
    ShaneU 39
    Strawberry Milkshake 41.5


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,454 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    quickbeam wrote: »
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    Comoros lies between Mozambique on mainland Africa, and Madagascar in the Indian ocean It consists of three main islands and also lays claim to the island of Mayotte which is an overseas French department.

    For the last three years, 2018-2020, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report

    They should try playing this game


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Yay I moved up the Table 😃


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Necro wrote: »
    Another answer from my South East Asian jaunts :pac:

    Exactly why I (think) avoided some of the South America and SE Asia ones.
    Nearly everybody in Ireland has been there!


    / strategy :D

    EDIT
    Never mind that ...


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Answers: Kampala, Canberra, Tashkent, New Delhi, Lima, Moscow, Gaborone, Yaren


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Im finding Kolidos rage very amusing.

    Ying and Yang I guess


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    cdeb wrote: »
    My tactic of throwing in a European answer or two in the hope that people would avoid them is proving less than stellar...

    I did that too. Never again!


    Except in the later round that I can't change.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Biggest sheep so far. Be a horrible round to get one wrong in :P

    Canberra - 14
    aaronjennings
    beakerjoe
    cee_jay
    cj maxx
    davetherave
    Declan A Walsh
    dobman88
    HeidiHeidi
    miamee
    Necro
    Neowise
    Purgative
    Reberetta
    Strawberry Milkshake

    Lima - 11
    ari101
    Barna77
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Electric Nitwit
    Irish Iris
    Kolido
    Noo
    Rikand
    Sawduck
    Sheridan81
    wrestlemaniac

    New Delhi - 4
    BuileBeag
    ShaneU
    Spook_ie
    Trigger

    Gaborone - 3
    bubblypop
    Pawwed Rig
    Zaph

    Tashkent - 3
    cdeb
    Homer J. Fong
    rainbowtrout

    Moscow - 2
    Collie D
    nothing

    Kampala - 2
    alchemist33
    Omackeral

    Incorrect - 21
    Sydney - Sephiroth_dude


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    My tactic that others would pick Sydney didnt work out.

    Drat.

    At least Sephy got went down that road, so not all is lost.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    AH FCUK IT ANYWAYS

    That'll learn me going with my wife's country of birth :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,627 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Biggest sheep so far. Be a horrible round to get one wrong in :P

    Canberra - 14
    aaronjennings
    beakerjoe
    cee_jay
    cj maxx
    davetherave
    Declan A Walsh
    dobman88
    HeidiHeidi
    miamee
    Necro
    Neowise
    Purgative
    Reberetta
    Strawberry Milkshake

    Lima - 11
    ari101
    Barna77
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Electric Nitwit
    Irish Iris
    Kolido
    Noo
    Rikand
    Sawduck
    Sheridan81
    wrestlemaniac

    New Delhi - 4
    BuileBeag
    ShaneU
    Spook_ie
    Trigger

    Gaborone - 3
    bubblypop
    Pawwed Rig
    Zaph

    Tashkent - 3
    cdeb
    Homer J. Fong
    rainbowtrout

    Moscow - 2
    Collie D
    nothing

    Kampala - 2
    alchemist33
    Omackeral

    Incorrect - 21
    Sydney - Sephiroth_dude


    Ah FFS :mad:


    It was exactly that mistake that I was banking on everyone making! (Just like everyone else, evidently :()


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Uzbekistan is one of only two double landlocked countries in the world. Stay tuned to learn what the other one is. :)

    Lima is the driest capital city in the world, with just 2.29mm of rain per year

    Russia is the largest country in the world, 1.7 times larger than the next largest (Canada), and over 200 times larger than the island of Ireland.

    Nauru was previously known as Pleasant Island, and is the smallest island country in the world, at 21 square km, the smallest republic in the world, and the least populated country in the world.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    I was thinking Sydney too, thank christ I avoided Australia


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    I’ve never been at the bottom for so long before :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Necro wrote: »
    AH FCUK IT ANYWAYS

    That'll learn me going with my wife's country of birth :(

    Well I didnt know that.... should be one of QBs facts


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Leaderboard after Round 5, rainbowtrout at the top but Zaph and Homer on his heels.

    Player Points
    rainbowtrout 13
    Zaph 16
    Homer J. Fong 17
    Spook_ie 26
    cdeb 28
    Collie D 28
    Irish Iris 30
    Omackeral 30
    alchemist33 31
    Barna77 33
    nothing 33
    Rikand 33
    Necro 35
    Electric Nitwit 35
    cj maxx 36
    DJIMI TRARORE 36
    Trigger 37
    beakerjoe 38
    bubblypop 38
    wrestlemaniac 39
    BuileBeag 39
    Pawwed Rig 39.5
    miamee 40
    davetherave 40
    Sawduck 41
    ari101 42
    Sheridan81 42
    Noo 42
    cee_jay 43
    dobman88 43
    ShaneU 43
    Declan A Walsh 45
    Reberetta 45
    Neowise 45
    HeidiHeidi 45
    Kolido 46
    aaronjennings 47
    Purgative 51.5
    Sephiroth_dude 52
    Strawberry Milkshake 55.5


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    I’ve never been at the bottom for so long before :(

    Theres a dirty joke in there somewhere


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    beakerjoe wrote: »
    Theres a dirty joke in there somewhere

    Wash your mouth out!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    And Moscow sails through under the radar... regrets, regrets ;)

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    At least I didn't go with Canberra :p


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    beakerjoe wrote: »
    Well I didnt know that.... should be one of QBs facts

    I met her during my year on the WHV over there and managed to convince her to come home with me :D


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I’ve never been at the bottom for so long before :(

    Sorry Strawbs :(.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Answers: Asmara, Quito, Berlin, Yamoussoukro, Reykjavik, Minsk, Dakar, Juba


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Necro wrote: »
    I met her during my year on the WHV over there and managed to convince her to come home with me :D

    Stop going on about Oz. I miss my babies soooo much :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,627 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I’ve never been at the bottom for so long before :(
    Don't worry, I'm quickmarching my way down the table, I'll be taking your spot soon I'd say :o


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Stupid ****ing Abidjan... :rolleyes:

    This is going to cost me. Thought I was being smart - it's not been the capital since 1983!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Answers: Asmara, Quito, Berlin, Yamoussoukro, Reykjavik, Minsk, Dakar, Juba

    I'm hoping the difficulty spelling this put others off :pac:


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    All capitals answered here. A trio of very nice aces at the bottom. Unfortuantely, Abidjan is not the de jure capital of Cote D'Ivoire.

    Quito - 9
    alchemist33
    Barna77
    BuileBeag
    cee_jay
    HeidiHeidi
    Omackeral
    Pawwed Rig
    Sheridan81
    Zaph

    Minsk - 8
    cj maxx
    Declan A Walsh
    DJIMI TRARORE
    dobman88
    Kolido
    Noo
    Sawduck
    Sephiroth_dude

    Berlin - 8
    aaronjennings
    beakerjoe
    Collie D
    nothing
    Reberetta
    ShaneU
    Spook_ie
    Strawberry Milkshake

    Reykjavik - 7
    ari101
    bubblypop
    davetherave
    miamee
    Neowise
    Purgative
    Trigger

    Yamoussoukro - 3
    Homer J. Fong
    Necro
    wrestlemaniac

    Asmara - 1
    rainbowtrout

    Dakar - 1
    Electric Nitwit

    Juba - 1
    Rikand

    Incorrect - 13.5
    Abidjan - cdeb
    Abidjan - Irish Iris


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    FFS 21 points 🤦

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    ari101 wrote: »
    I'm hoping the difficulty spelling this put others off :pac:

    I went for Berlin hoping some would pick Munich..... ah to be wrong again


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    ari101 wrote: »
    I'm hoping the difficulty spelling this put others off :pac:

    Ha! I got some interesting submissions for that one. But I did say that spellings didn't need to matter if I could figure out what y'all meant :P.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    quickbeam wrote: »
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    Comoros lies between Mozambique on mainland Africa, and Madagascar in the Indian ocean It consists of three main islands and also lays claim to the island of Mayotte which is an overseas French department.....


    Coelacanth, a class of fish little changed since the time of the dinosaur is to be found off The Comoros.



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Quito is the highest elevation of any capital city in the world at 2800m above sea level (La Paz, Bolivia is higher, but is de facto capital, not official or de jure)

    Cote d'Ivoire is the world's leading producer of chocolate with 43% coming from here.

    Reykjavik is the northernmost capital city in the world. Iceland is, geologically, one of the youngest countries in the world, and is growing all the time - the island of Surtsey was created by volcano as recently as 1963.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,340 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    cdeb wrote: »
    Stupid ****ing Abidjan... :rolleyes:

    This is going to cost me. Thought I was being smart - it's not been the capital since 1983!

    I have to say that I didn't know that. I knew Abidjan, but I couldn't remember what the capital was when I was submitting my answers. Had I remembered that's what I would have gone for too, but when I saw the answer I was surprised it was somewhere I'd never heard of.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Leaderboard after Round 6:

    Player Points
    rainbowtrout 14
    Homer J. Fong 20
    Zaph 25
    Rikand 34
    Spook_ie 34
    Collie D 36
    Electric Nitwit 36
    Necro 38
    Omackeral 39
    alchemist33 40
    nothing 41
    cdeb 41.5
    Barna77 42
    wrestlemaniac 42
    Irish Iris 43.5
    cj maxx 44
    DJIMI TRARORE 44
    Trigger 44
    bubblypop 45
    beakerjoe 46
    miamee 47
    davetherave 47
    BuileBeag 48
    Pawwed Rig 48.5
    ari101 49
    Sawduck 49
    Noo 50
    Sheridan81 51
    dobman88 51
    ShaneU 51
    cee_jay 52
    Neowise 52
    Declan A Walsh 53
    Reberetta 53
    Kolido 54
    HeidiHeidi 54
    aaronjennings 55
    Purgative 58.5
    Sephiroth_dude 60
    Strawberry Milkshake 63.5


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Answers: Washington DC, Nassau, Athens, Basseterre, Niamey, Tbilisi, Monaco, Sofia


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,627 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    quickbeam wrote: »
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    Quito is the highest elevation of any capital city in the world at 2800m above sea level (La Paz, Bolivia is higher, but is de facto capital, not official or de jure)

    Cote d'Ivoire is the world's leading producer of chocolate with 43% coming from here.

    Reykjavik is the northernmost capital city in the world. Iceland is, geologically, one of the youngest countries in the world, and is growing all the time - the island of Surtsey was created by volcano as recently as 1963.
    I was due to fly to Quito, on the way to the Galapagos, to sail from there to French Polynesia, last March - and then lockdown happened :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Yikes, I might get my first wooden spoon at this rate


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Quito is the highest elevation of any capital city in the world at 2800m above sea level (La Paz, Bolivia is higher, but is de facto capital, not official or de jure)

    Cote d'Ivoire is the world's leading producer of chocolate with 43% coming from here.

    Reykjavik is the northernmost capital city in the world. Iceland is, geologically, one of the youngest countries in the world, and is growing all the time - the island of Surtsey was created by volcano as recently as 1963.

    I am learning lots of interesting things - incl the diff between de facto and de jure :D *nerding out ;)


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    Ooops I did it again :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,737 ✭✭✭nothing


    I only knew all the obvious ones!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Very high sheep here, and a very popuular incorrect answer. Wiki describes Monte Carlo as an administrative district. An excellent ace from Homer though.

    Tbilisi - 13
    alchemist33
    Barna77
    bubblypop
    BuileBeag
    cee_jay
    Collie D
    dobman88
    HeidiHeidi
    Noo
    Pawwed Rig
    Sephiroth_dude
    Sheridan81
    wrestlemaniac

    Washington DC - 4
    aaronjennings
    beakerjoe
    nothing
    Reberetta

    Nassau - 4
    ari101
    miamee
    Sawduck
    Zaph

    Athens - 4
    Irish Iris
    Kolido
    Neowise
    Purgative

    Sofia - 4
    Declan A Walsh
    Necro
    Rikand
    ShaneU

    Monaco - 3
    davetherave
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Electric Nitwit

    Niamey - 2
    cdeb
    rainbowtrout

    Basseterre - 1
    Homer J. Fong

    Incorrect - 19.5
    Monte Carlo - cj maxx
    Monte Carlo - Omackeral
    Monte Carlo - Spook_ie
    Monte Carlo - Strawberry Milkshake
    Monte Carlo - Trigger


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    CRAPPED myself there for a second when I didn't see my answer.

    Why didn't I go with Nassau, pirate capital of the world? Stupid Necro


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    nothing wrote: »
    I only knew all the obvious ones!

    I think this round is my best attempt at even slightly less than obvious - so it will probably sheep ;) - I actually know of a lot more of them than I could muster just looking at the country names on the fly (even ones like Gaborone) :D


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Athens was the first European Capital of Culture selected in 1985.

    Niger has the lowest median age of population at 14.8 years.

    Monaco is the smallest county in the world with an area of 2.1 square kilometres and with a population of nearly 40,000 it is also the most densely populated country in the world.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Leaaderboard after Round 7. Is rainbowtrout pullinig away from the pack?

    Player Points
    rainbowtrout 16
    Homer J. Fong 21
    Zaph 29
    Rikand 38
    Electric Nitwit 39
    Necro 42
    cdeb 43.5
    nothing 45
    DJIMI TRARORE 47
    Irish Iris 47.5
    Collie D 49
    beakerjoe 50
    davetherave 50
    miamee 51
    ari101 53
    Sawduck 53
    alchemist33 53
    Spook_ie 53.5
    Barna77 55
    ShaneU 55
    wrestlemaniac 55
    Neowise 56
    Declan A Walsh 57
    Reberetta 57
    Kolido 58
    bubblypop 58
    Omackeral 58.5
    aaronjennings 59
    BuileBeag 61
    Pawwed Rig 61.5
    Purgative 62.5
    Noo 63
    cj maxx 63.5
    Trigger 63.5
    Sheridan81 64
    dobman88 64
    cee_jay 65
    HeidiHeidi 67
    Sephiroth_dude 73
    Strawberry Milkshake 83


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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    Answers: Beirut, Dushanbe, Prague, Mogadishu, Port Moresby, Khartoum, Oslo, Riyadh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,627 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Sheridan81 64
    dobman88 64
    cee_jay 65
    HeidiHeidi 67
    Sephiroth_dude 73
    Strawberry Milkshake 83[/table]


    Pack yer bags, there, Strawbs - I'm comin' for ya!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    No incorrects this round and all capitals answered:

    Oslo - 9
    ari101
    Collie D
    HeidiHeidi
    nothing
    Purgative
    Sephiroth_dude
    Spook_ie
    Strawberry Milkshake
    Trigger

    Riyadh - 8
    aaronjennings
    bubblypop
    cee_jay
    cj maxx
    Declan A Walsh
    Necro
    Noo
    Sheridan81

    Mogadishu - 7
    alchemist33
    BuileBeag
    davetherave
    DJIMI TRARORE
    dobman88
    Irish Iris
    Kolido

    Prague - 5
    Electric Nitwit
    Neowise
    Reberetta
    ShaneU
    wrestlemaniac

    Port Moresby - 5
    Barna77
    cdeb
    Homer J. Fong
    Omackeral
    Zaph

    Beirut - 3
    miamee
    Pawwed Rig
    Sawduck

    Dushanbe - 2
    beakerjoe
    rainbowtrout

    Khartoum - 1
    Rikand


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