Question for European Apolyton Members

[MrFun]

This is one of the longest trivia threads I have seen on here. And I never intended it to be a trivia thread, but you guys can continue however you like.

Europeans seem good at taking over places.

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Originally posted by MrFun
This is one of the longest trivia threads I have seen on here. And I never intended it to be a trivia thread, but you guys can continue however you like.

Europeans seem good at taking over places.

What a lame excuse for not knowing anything

Post! Now!

And no cheating!

[MrFun]

I was joking -- you guys can continue however you like.

In my initial post, I admitted that I am ignorant when it comes to the districts/counties of any European country.

Please don't hate me.

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Originally posted by MrFun
I was joking -- you guys can continue however you like.

In my initial post, I admitted that I am ignorant when it comes to the districts/counties of any European country.

Please don't hate me.

*hate, hate, hate, spam, spam, spam, flame, flame, flame*

Of course we won't

[Lars-E]

As for the history of European countries, I know the basic history of England and then Great Britain starting from Roman era. As for the hundreds of different German states, Prussia, and then Imperial Germany and afterwards, I know its basic history. I also know the basic history of France from Roman era onwards.

Hundreds of German states? Present day Länder you can count on 2 hands..

This is about right. Interesting aside: When I backpacked around the world and educated people asked me what part of the US, I was from, I said, "San Diego". They didn't know where that was. Maybe like an austrian saying he's from Graz. I started saying, "Southern California", when asked.

The ppl Americans call educated

What's the capital of the Austrian Bezirk (~destrict/county) Landeck ?

This is a sick joke, right?

Please, please. Go to England, have an apple pie, go to Austria, have Apfelstrudel, and note that the dough is completely different. (As usual in Europe, it is not advisable to try it somewhere else. Sometimes you'll even get different stuff with the same name.)

Tried apple pie in the US, Germany, and Norway. All tasted the same. Maybe my mouth isn't frogly finetuned like certain sophisticated continental Europen foodies.

As well as all of the German Länder. What is the Capital of Hessen? (no Germans, please)

Didn't know Hessen was a Bundesland, but my memory mite be playing trix on me

No. It's one of the Bezirke in the Tyrol.

Bezirke yes... learned that in German class. But the capital? C'mon. Austrian delicacies

Europeans seem good at taking over places.

If the thread is not about some uninteresting American subject - like local Texan attire etc. We dominate Apolly to the annoyance of some Americans.

My sis could recite all the states alphabetically. Yes, she learned it in elementary school.

MikeH, the game Brittania has a few counties only... I guess it's somewhat correct from the viking invasion days and onwards.. I made my list from remembering the gameboard.

Monk, Munch was Norwegian! Not Danish.. I remember your old sig.

Ankara, Turkey. One r GP.

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Name the German Bundesländer.

Name the Swiss Cantons.

And the 19 Norwegian regions.

And the Swedish Len? Län?

And the 419-something Norwegian communes

Name the American state capitals. Name the American counties Must be 100s. There's one called Intercourse or is it just a town.

Leirvik (or is it Lervick in English?) is the capital of which island group/country?

Name the capital of Upper Volta. Yes, it's funny so you should remember it. :doitnow: Also name the previous name of that country.

Where is Timbuktu, Addis Abeba, Ulan Bator. Yes, PH, feel free to look it up like u did on those others

Name all European heads of state - past and present
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1. Americans name all European countries
2. Capitals
3. No cheating
4. You wanna skip 3. I know
5. No quitting!
6 You wanna skip 5. I know
7. Go back to 1, you may skip 2.

Go Finn Tuomerehu Did I spell that right You Finns... almost as bad namewise as the Greeks Aivo1/2so's former name was Greek to me.

[KrazyHorse]

North Dakota, Bismark
South Dakota, Pierre
N. Carolina, Raleigh
S. Carolina, ?
West Virginia, ?
Virginia, Richmond
New Jersey, Trenton
New York, Albany
New Mexico, Santa Fe
New Hampshire, Concorde
Hawaii, Honolulu
Alaska, Nome
California, Sacramento
Oregon, Salem
Washington, Olympia
Idaho, Boise?
Montana, Helena
Utah, Salt Lake City
Nevada, Something other than Las Vegas
Arizona, Phoenix
Colorado, Denver
Wyoming, Cheyenne
Iowa (boring), Des Moines (they can't pronounce it properly down there)
Nebraska (even more boring; nothing but corn), Omaha
Kansas, Topeka
Okie-homa, Tulsa
Rompin' Stompin' Texas, Austin
Louisiana, Baton Rouge
Mississippi, Jackson
Arkansas, Little Rock
Missourah, ?
Illinois, Springfield
Minnesota, Minneapolis?
Cheeseconsin, Madison
Michigan, Lansing
Ohio, Columbus
Kentucky, ?
Tennessee (sp?), Nashville
Alabama, Montgomery or Mobile
Florida, Tallahasee
Georgia, Atlanta
Maryland, Annapolis
Delaware, Dover
Rhode Island, Providence
Connecticut, Hartford
Massachusets, Boston?
Vermont, Montpelier
Maine, ?

uhhh....

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh?

uhhh....

Indiana, Indianapolis

That's 50, I think. I used to be able to do the capitals too. I played too much Carmen Santiago as a kid

Euro countries (I'm gonna miss a whole bunch, and it doesn't help not knowing how many there are)

UK, London
Ireland, Dublin
Iceland, Reykjaavik
Norway, Oslo (used to be called Christina)
Sweden, Stockholm
Denmark, Copenhagen
Finland, Helsinki
Russia, Moskva
Portugal, Lisbon
Spain, Madrid?
France, Paris
Andorra, ?
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Belgium, Brussels
Germany, Berlin
Italy, Rome
Greece, Athens
Switzerland, Bern
Albania, ?
Yugoslavia, Sarajevo (I don't care if it's outdated; it saves effort)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (IIRC)
Vatican, Vatican City
Austria, Vienna
Hungary, Budapest
Czech Rep., Prague
Slvak Rep., Bratislava?
Ukraine, Kiev
Lithuania, ?
Estonia, ?
Latvia, ?
Romania, Bucharest
Bulgaria, Sofia
Remains of Ottoman Empire

Actually, that's more than I thought I'd get. I don't think I missed any countries. (I know I cheated in the Balkans)

[Adalbertus]

"What is the Capital of Hessen?"
Wiesbaden. Or did you want to hear Frankfurt ?

Alto Adige. And the capital of Alto Adige is... ???

Adige doesn't exist anymore. Is banned. Third verse only.
Don't know. Let me guess. If the Italians made only one Province of Southern Tyrol, it is Bautzen. No. Bolzano.

Tried apple pie in the US, Germany, and Norway. All tasted the same. Maybe my mouth isn't frogly finetuned like certain sophisticated continental Europen foodies.

This is just me playing with Paiktis reagarding Turkey being part of EU in future or not...

Never even think of trying to do so with a Greek. Might be dangerous.

Hundreds of German states? Present day Länder you can count on 2 hands..

Once upon a time - there were alone 50 or 100 cities which were subject only to the Emperor (Freie Reichsstädte), of which only Hamburg and Bremen are left as Länder. In fact, these cities were more independent than Germany or France in the EU. Many a Bishop had his own county. Normally one knows only the bigger entities.

Name all European heads of state - past and present

Try it yourself - starting with Minos - You know, the King of Crete about 1500 BC -

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Lars-E
Name the German Bundesländer.

No

Name the Swiss Cantons.

Won't

And the 19 Norwegian regions.

Don't feel like it

And the Swedish Len? Län?

What's the point?

And the 419-something Norwegian communes

I'll get around to it later

Name the American state capitals. Name the American counties Must be 100s. There's one called Intercourse or is it just a town.

I don't have all day

Leirvik (or is it Lervick in English?) is the capital of which island group/country?

Lerwick? Now isn't that the Orkneys?

Name the capital of Upper Volta. Yes, it's funny so you should remember it. :doitnow: Also name the previous name of that country.

Ouagadougou

Where is Timbuktu, Addis Abeba, Ulan Bator. Yes, PH, feel free to look it up like u did on those others

Mali, Ethiopia, Mongolia respectively

And no, I didn't cheat, they were off the top of my head like these answers

Name all European heads of state - past and present

[KrazyHorse]

What was so difficult about the last three cities?

[Adalbertus]

Actually, that's more than I thought I'd get. I don't think I missed any countries. (I know I cheated in the Balkans)

No idea about the US states

In Europe you missed
Poland (Warszawa)
Belarus (Minsk)
Georgia (Tblisi)
as major countries

Liechtenstein (Vaduz)
Malta (ask Paiktis )
Monaco (is its own capital)
San Marino (is its own capital)
as not-so important countries

and I think Cyprus is still counted to Europe, but except that it is divided in a Greek and a Turkish part I refuse to say anything about its state of independence. Somebody will certainly shoot if I do.

You messed up a bit Yugoslavia. The "old" capital until about 1990 was Belgrad. Now it is split into
Slowenia (Ljubljana)
Kroatia (Zagreb)
Bosnia (Sarajevo)
Serbia (Belgrad)
and some territories in the south which I did not yet bother to learn because they certainly will have changed everything in five years

The capitals of Spain and Slovakia were right.
Estonia - Tallinn
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania - Vilnius
Albania - Tirana

[KrazyHorse]

Poland (Warszawa)

Seriously, I meant to put that in.

[Lars-E]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh?

No, might be Harrisburg.

played too much Carmen Santiago as a kid

I liked it too, but played the world edition.

Iceland, Reykjaavik

Might be two a's in English..

Norway, Oslo (used to be called Christina)

Christiania, popularly known as Tigerstaden = Tiger City. Even today.

And the Swedish Len? Län?
What's the point?

As much as this thread. You think Sweden is unimportant

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
What was so difficult about the last three cities?

Nothing, just fun names for Provost to exercise his google searches

Try it yourself - starting with Minos - You know, the King of Crete about 1500 BC -

Don't feel like it. Some other decade perhaps..

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Name the capital of Upper Volta. Yes, it's funny so you should remember it. :doitnow: Also name the previous name of that country.

Ouagadougou

Love that city name. (Former name Burkina Faso, but you all knew that anyway)

[Lars-E]

Ouagadougou has a certain Australian ring to it? Like wallaby and other more funnie names. Walla walla is a town?

There are many fun Aussie town names, but can't think up any rite now.

[TCO]

Originally posted by MikeH
We've had Europeans naming states. How many European countries can the American posters name (without cheating).




Things not to say in Wales or Scotland lesson 1.

Aaaah. They just have their panties in a bunch from watching too much Braveheart...