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  • Erland's occasional quiz: Captials in English

    From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 11 20:55:21 2024
    Below you are given names of national capitals translated into English
    from the original language of the name. Your task is to give the name
    of the *country* the city is a capital of. After the questions there
    is a list of the countries in question.

    Some of the translations are based on the etymology and the
    meaning may be opaque in the local language due to phonetic
    changes over the years. Other translations are based on the current
    form, and may disregard the actual etymology. In all cases, the
    translation is based on the name actually used in English today.

    As always post the answer to the newsgroup. No use of sources or
    assistance from wives, cats, etc is permitted.

    I plan to score this quiz on Thursday 15th.

    Have fun!

    1. Bears

    2. Beloved

    3. Blackpool

    4. Danish Castle

    5. Eastern Capital

    6. Flower Fountain

    7. Free Town

    8. Good Airs

    9. Lion City

    10. Log Islet

    11. Monday

    12. Mountain, I See

    13. Northern Capital

    14. Prince's Port

    15. Saint James

    16. The Peace

    17. Three Cities

    18. White City



    The answers are all found among these countries:
    Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, Estonia, Gabon,
    Haiti, Ireland, Japan, Libya, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia,
    South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Uruguay

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Erland Sommarskog on Sun Aug 11 15:52:39 2024
    On 8/11/2024 1:55 PM, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
    Below you are given names of national capitals translated into English
    from the original language of the name. Your task is to give the name
    of the *country* the city is a capital of.

    1. Bears

    Switzerland

    2. Beloved

    Slovenia

    3. Blackpool

    Ireland

    4. Danish Castle

    Sweden

    5. Eastern Capital

    Japan

    6. Flower Fountain

    South Africa

    7. Free Town

    Gabon

    8. Good Airs

    Argentina

    9. Lion City

    Singapore

    10. Log Islet

    Estonia

    11. Monday

    Tajikistan

    12. Mountain, I See

    Uruguay

    13. Northern Capital

    China

    14. Prince's Port

    Haiti

    15. Saint James

    Chile

    16. The Peace

    Bolivia

    17. Three Cities

    Libya

    18. White City

    Serbia

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    [email protected]

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 11 22:36:20 2024
    Erland Sommarskog:
    Have fun!

    Thanks.

    1. Bears

    Switzerland.

    2. Beloved

    Japan.

    3. Blackpool

    Ireland.

    4. Danish Castle

    Sweden.

    5. Eastern Capital

    Slovenia.

    6. Flower Fountain

    South Africa.

    7. Free Town

    Gabon.

    8. Good Airs

    Argentina.

    9. Lion City

    Tajikistan.

    10. Log Islet

    Singapore.

    11. Monday

    Estonia.

    12. Mountain, I See

    Uruguay.

    13. Northern Capital

    China.

    14. Prince's Port

    Haiti.

    15. Saint James

    Chile.

    16. The Peace

    Bolivia.

    17. Three Cities

    Libya.

    18. White City

    Serbia.
    --
    Mark Brader, Toronto | Remember, folks, determinism is your *friend*! [email protected] | (Or is that "Your friend is deterministic"?)

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Erland Sommarskog on Tue Aug 13 01:28:39 2024
    Erland Sommarskog <[email protected]> wrote:

    1. Bears

    Switzerland

    2. Beloved

    Serbia

    3. Blackpool

    Ireland

    4. Danish Castle

    Estonia

    5. Eastern Capital

    Japan

    6. Flower Fountain

    Tajikistan

    7. Free Town

    South Africa

    8. Good Airs

    Argentina

    9. Lion City

    Singapore

    10. Log Islet

    Sweden

    11. Monday

    Gabon

    12. Mountain, I See

    Uruguay

    13. Northern Capital

    China

    14. Prince's Port

    Haiti

    15. Saint James

    Chile

    16. The Peace

    La Paz

    17. Three Cities

    Libya

    18. White City

    Slovenia

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Dan Blum [email protected]
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 15 20:57:11 2024
    This quiz is over and Joshua Kreitzer wins with an almost perfect
    score, only confusing two cities.

    Here is the scoreboard:

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
    ==========================================================
    Joshua 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
    Pete G 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 14
    Dan B 1 - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 13
    Mark B 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12


    Below are the answers. The actual English names of the cities are
    in parentheses.

    1. Bears

    Switzerland (Bern)

    Wikipedia says that the acutal etymology is uncertain, and that the
    bears are folk etymology.

    2. Beloved

    Slovenia (Ljubljana)

    3. Blackpool

    Ireland (Dublin)

    4. Danish Castle

    Estonina (Tallinn)

    From Taani-linna. Denmark held Estonia during the 13th century.

    Two entrants suggested Sweden. No, we don't have Danish castles
    in Stockholm! (But you can find a couple in the south of Sweden that
    were built before 1658.)

    5. East Capital

    Japan (Tokyo)

    6. Flower Fountain

    South Africa (Bloemfontein)

    South Africa has three cities that have captil status. Bloemfontein
    is where the Supreme Court is situated and the city is the juridical
    capital.

    7. Free Town

    Gabon (Libreville)

    Yes, there is a Freetown in Sierra Leone, but they were not the list. :-)

    8. Good Airs

    Argentina (Buenos Aires)

    9. Lion City

    Singapore (Singapore)

    10. Log Islet

    Sweden (Stockholm)

    11. Monday

    Tajikistan (Dushanbe)

    The names comes from there being a market here on Mondays.

    12. Mountain I See

    Uruguay (Montevideo)

    13. Norhtern Capital

    China (Beijing)

    14. Prince's Port

    Ha�ti (Port-au-Prince)

    15. Saint James

    Chile (Santiago)

    16. The Peace

    Bolivia (La Paz)

    17. Three Cities

    Libya (Tripoli)

    18. White City

    Serbia (Belgrade)


    Thanks to all for playing!

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