Geographic Groups of Two #4

North American

American capital cities means US cities, (to an American). I'm not sure about JetPunkers from other countries. In my opinion it would be less misleading to say North American capital cities.

What would you say if you want the quiztaker to consider both North and South America? In the Americas?

How about Capital cities in the Americas starting with Port?

Unless you read it to mean the State capitals, which isn't unreasonable at all. Can we all just admit that the demonym 'American' can mean either, and appreciate that QM threw us a curve ball? I think it made the quiz more fun that after unsuccessfully trying to make Portland a capital city, I had to reevaluate the clue.

Continents of the Americas, not singular. North and South America are separate.

It always irks me when America and the USA are used interchangeably. To me, America is the whole of North and South America. I may be in a minority (in the UK at least; I understand [heavily caveated] in Spanish-speaking countries, America generally means South/Latin America)

Some South Americans use "American" to refer to things of the Americas (much moreso recently), but if they're started using it to refer to South America to the exclusion of North America or to refer to Latin America exclusively then that's newer still and I've never seen that usage.

"American" for hundreds of years has been used as a demonym or adjective referring to things from the United States of America. It is not problematic or confusing, it's definitely not a usage unique to Americans (residents of the USA), it's just common usage that clearly expresses an idea and this is how language works. It hasn't irked anyone until recently and there's no reason for it to start bothering anyone now. American ≠ North American ≠ South American. If you want to say something you would find in either North or South America, just say "of the Americas." It's not hard, and it will make you a more effective communicator as what you say will be clear. You all are deliberately trying to make language more confusing to suit your own prejudices.

Now watch the American try to define 'city' using the same principles.

Isn't Mauritius a third answer to the hinduism question?

*grabs popcorn and waits for people arguing that Nicosia is further away*

Nicosia is further away from Reykjavik than Athens!

It's not a national capital though, Greenland is part of Denmark. (And yes, I'm aware that the quiz says "European capitals" and not "European national capitals"...)

Please accept Uhuru Peak for Mt. Kilimanjaro

What does any of that have to do with "political correctness"?

What about it? Not a European capital if that's what you're going for.

The central government uses only two of them for official purposes. All other languages be damned as far as they are concerned.

Technically, France gained BACK Alsace after WW2 ended. About Lorraine, just one third in the North known as Moselle was annexed by Germany. Most of Lorraine remained French

it is ww1 and not ww2

Whoops... confused Las Vegas with Los Angeles...

That could be problematic. Never let anyone sell you "ocean-front" property in Vegas.

:D

Worked for me.

Can some alternate spellings for Tanganyika be accepted? (not even sure i wrote it right this time)

Reyjavik to Athens is 2600kms, Reykjavik to Nicosia is 3035kms

Geographically speaking Cyprus is part of Asia.

I think questions like "Most populous cities in Spain starting with B" and "Tallest mountains in Africa" are bad questions for this type of quiz, because these are not natural groups of two. You could have the same questions in a groups of three quiz, a groups of four quiz, and so on.