Capital Cities: Where History Meets Modern Life!

#39 Week 9

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Sigrun Sørumgård
February 24, 2025

How well do you know these capital cities?

  1. Which capital city in the world has the highest population?

  2. Which city is the capital of Canada?

  3. Which capital is considered the largest in the world, in extent/area?

  4. Australia's capital, Canberra, is only the sixth largest city in the country. Which five cities are larger (population)?

  5. Lusaka is the capital of which country?

  6. Which capital is considered the oldest in the world?

  7. Which city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?

  8. What is the southernmost capital city in the world?

  9. What is the capital of Slovenia?

  10. South Africa has three official capitals, one executive, one legislative and one judicial - which three cities are these?

The Wonder Wall

  • Nauru, an island country situated in the Pacific Ocean, is the second smallest country in the world. However, unlike most other countries that have a seat of government, it has no capital city, but government offices are located in the district of Yaren.

  • Bridgetown, the capital city of Barbados, is the only city outside the current U.S. territory to have ever been visited by George Washington.

  • The coldest capital in the world is Ulaan-Baatar in Mongolia, which has an average annual temperature of 0.2°C or 32.4°F, whilst there are many capital cities which have soaring temperatures such as Khartoum, Kuwait City, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur.

Friday´s Questions & Answers

  1. Which board game takes its name from the Latin for “I play”?

    Ludo. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo originated from the Indian game Pachisi.

  2. The phrase “back to square one” originates, or is thought to originate, from which board game?

    Snakes and ladders

  3. In the traditional game of Risk, what colour is the continent of Europe?

    Blue. While North America is yellow, South America is red, Africa is orange, Asia is green and Australia is purple.

  4. The name Jenga is derived from a word meaning ‘build’ in which language?

    The name Jenga is derived from kujenga, a Swahili word which means "to build".

  5. How many ships do players get in Battleship?

    5, a carriership which takes up 5 squares, a battleship which takes up 4 squares, a cruiser (later called destroyer) which takes up 3 squares, a submarine which takes up 2 squares and a destroyer (later called patrol Boat) which takes up another 2 squares.

  6. In the game of Scrabble, how many points is the letter 'Z' worth?

    All Scrabble players know that Q and Z are the highest scoring tiles. You can get 10 points for each, in the English language version of the game.

  7. What colour does Piccadilly have on the London Monopoly board?

    Yellow

  8. Reversi is another name for what Shakespearean-inspired game?

    Othello

  9. What game has pieces representing winds, dragons, flowers, and seasons?

    Mahjong

  10. In which board game can you utter a sentence like: "I suspect Professor Plum, in the dining room, with the candlestick"?

    Cluedo is a board game created by Waddington Games in 1948. The action in the game takes place on an English estate where the players must recognize murderers, murder weapons and murder scenes.