World Capitals by a Single Clue #2
We give you one clue: can you name the world capital?
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| First submitted | June 5, 2017 |
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| Rating | 4.31 |
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Malbaby
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Level 69
Jun 6, 2017
These are good quizzes, enjoyable to do.
Algernon
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Level 68
Jun 8, 2017
Either i'm really dumb or these are bloody tough, but so far I haven't got over 50% and looking at some of the answers I would NEVER have got them.
introvertigo
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Level 45
Mar 4, 2019
You're not dumb, they were difficult, it just takes a little studying.
Jerry928
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Level 73
Jun 8, 2017
Bruges opened its stock exchange in 1309, nearly 200 years before Amsterdam. From Wikipedia's entry for Bruges: This [port] development opened not only the trade in spices from the Levant, but also advanced commercial and financial techniques and a flood of capital that soon took over the banking of Bruges. The Bourse opened in 1309 (most likely the first stock exchange in the world) and developed into the most sophisticated money market of the Low Countries in the 14th century.
perrucci
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Level 59
Sep 5, 2017
Trying to think of Israel as Asian will get every time
Jealous1sEnvy
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Level 76
Sep 5, 2017
Wow, harder than I thought it would be!
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Sep 5, 2017
thought of Panama with 2 seconds to go but couldn't type it fast enough. Only one I missed...
Cooldrive
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Level 51
Sep 5, 2017
Try finger yoga before typing.
bocoker
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Level 71
Sep 5, 2017
There is an all-too-predictable slant among some quizmakers to convince the world that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. Yeah, there is a good reason why no embassies are located there.
PjotrL
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Level 68
Sep 5, 2017
It's up to the country to decide which city is their capital, regardless of our opinion or conventional practice. Therefore some countries have their capital split (e.g. South Africa, Bolivia) or a ceremonial capital, when the seat of government is elsewhere (e.g. the Netherlands). If Israel calls Jerusalem it's capital, so be it.
bocoker
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Level 71
Sep 5, 2017
Reasonable point, ignoring the more fundamental point of whether Israel has the right to occupy Jerusalem (under any designation) in the first place.
stankyC
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Level 60
Sep 5, 2017
Were the Turks right to occupy Istanbul? What about Americans in Texas and California? Spaniards in Mexico, Peru, etc.?
fitheach
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2017
Since when have other countries decided what a particular country's capital is? If we are allowed to do that, then I say the capital of France is Brest, just so school boys can titter about it!
tourwoorden
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Level 67
Sep 5, 2017
The reason that there are no embassies in Jerusalem is mostly the passing of UNSC Resolution 478, which condemned the occupation of East Jerusalem and called upon states to move their embassies elsewhere. The Resolution doesn't state that Israel's power over the rest of Jerusalem is unlawful, nor that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel (which it has been since 1948).
divantilya
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Level 38
May 20, 2019
^ Time for an update. The US embassy is now in Jerusalem.
QuizWol
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Level 61
Nov 20, 2019
Just looked it up and the US Embassy to Israel is officially in Jerusalem but I suspect most of its work is actually done in its Branch Office in Tel Aviv.
amm14
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Level 69
Sep 5, 2017
Tell us more about how you don't hate Jews, you just hate Zionists and Israelis. (Alt.: I look forward to hearing your impassioned views the next time e.g., Cyprus or Morocco are mentioned.)
Cooldrive
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Level 51
Sep 5, 2017
Don't you love those guys?
QuizWol
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Level 61
Nov 20, 2019
I think the main reason there is more passionate concern over Israel / Palestine than divisions in Cyprus or Morocco is to do with the death toll. And the inequality of power involved.
woshiwaiguoren
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Level 55
Sep 5, 2017
Yeah, there is a good reason: the whole point of diplomacy is to avoid unnecessary trouble.
If you're suggesting that Israel has no claim to the 4/5ths of Jerusalem west of the Green Line and thus cannot claim Jerusalem as its capital, I don't know what to tell you other than that you're clearly wrong.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Sep 5, 2017
The reason is politics. JetPunk's policy is to embrace reality over politics. The reality is that Israel's capital is in Jerusalem. The seat of government and national administration is there. What definition for capital are you using?
tigersue
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Level 70
Sep 5, 2017
Great quiz but much harder than I expected!
Jesperbf
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Level 63
Sep 5, 2017
Why claim that Jerusalem is a capital, when NO government in the world acknowledges it as such?
ander217
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Level 78
Sep 5, 2017
Apparently one does - the government of Israel.
tourwoorden
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Level 67
Sep 5, 2017
Since when does a capital require foreign recognition? And if Jerusalem isn't the capital of Israel, what city is? Israel not only calls Jerusalem its capital, its government is seated there too. It would be pretty silly to make up another capital for them.
Aesthus
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Level 54
Sep 5, 2017
Tel Aviv is Palestine's supposed Israeli capital since they themselves claim Jerusalem. It's not that they couldn't both claim the city since it lies on the hypothetical border between country and...whatever Palestine is, but the latter really wishes Israel didn't exist at all, so...yeah. The problem with Jesperbf's claim is that he appears to have failed to do much research into it. Wikipedia's page on the matter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel) shows a lovely little chart that shows how 162 of 193 UN member states (including Israel) recognise it. Jesperbf seems to be confusing embassies with declarations of capitals, but that's not the case. Take Canada's notes on the matter, for instance: 'While Israel designates Jerusalem as its capital, Canada believes that the final status of the city needs to be negotiated between the Israelis and Palestinians. At present, Canada maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv.' Essentially, most countries recognise
Aesthus
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Level 54
Sep 5, 2017
Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but understand the dangers of placing their embassies there, so they take the safe option and move them to Tel Aviv, which works just as well for most people.
Cooldrive
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Level 51
Sep 5, 2017
So I must discontinue referring to my kitchen as the garage?
GraVedigger96
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Level 58
Sep 5, 2017
Does Pyongyang have a foreign embassy in it? Really interesting to get some info about it.
AchillesFirstStand
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Level 70
Sep 5, 2017
Looks like there are actually a fair number of embassies in Pyongyang. Surprising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_North_Korea
pkerr116
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Level 71
Sep 5, 2017
Worst. Diplomatic. Assignment. Ever.
divantilya
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Level 38
May 17, 2018
Time to change the Jerusalem clue. Trump has moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
PpShekels
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Level 64
Jun 10, 2018
Time to change Jerusalem
introvertigo
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Level 45
Mar 4, 2019
I don't know how I didn't get Jerusalem, that's so obvious :/
joanie97
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Level 58
Apr 18, 2019
It's been mentioned in a couple of comments already, but the Jerusalem clue isn't true anymore.
As of January 2019, two countries operate embassies to Israel in Jerusalem, with a handful vowing to also make the move
WillemLAif
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Level 73
Sep 27, 2019
Almost as many embassies as in Thimphu.
QuizWol
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Level 61
Nov 20, 2019
ooo what is the other country? Google ... Guatemala. Hmm interesting. Looks like other South American nations are inclined to move embassies too, wonder why.
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