Can you name the Former World Capitals? by Rhysd007

Can you name the Former World Capitals?

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Country/Constituent Country	Former Capital	Present Capital
Australia		Canberra
Brazil		Brasilia
Burma (Myanmar)		Naypyidaw
China		Beijing
Egypt		Cairo
England		London
Finland		Helsinki
India		New Delhi
Japan		Tokyo
Netherlands		Amsterdam

Country/Constituent Country	Former Capital	Present Capital
New Zealand		Wellington
Nigeria		Abuja
Norway		Oslo
Pakistan		Islamabad
Poland		Warsaw
Russia		Moscow
Scotland		Edinburgh
Spain		Madrid
Uganda		Kampala
USA		Washington D.C.

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Former World Capitals Quiz

by Rhysd007

Created Dec 21, 2009 in Geography
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	chrispaz:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 14:55 GMT		2 points
	The capital of Egypt is Cairo

	JohnnyDeep:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 15:04 GMT		2 points
	Some inaccuracies. The capital of Myanmar is Naypyidaw, also England and Scotland aren't countries, it's just United Kingdom.

	Fidelio:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 15:11 GMT		1 point
	And considering that the current capital of Myanmar is Naypyidaw, the most obvious former capital is Yangon. It's just confusing.

	Rhysd007:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 15:58 GMT		1 point
	Cool, changing the errors. @johnnydepp - main column says country/constituent country, hence Eng & Scot

	ben615:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 16:24 GMT		1 point
	you should accept nanjing for nanking

	WadeGarrett:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 16:39 GMT		4 points
	You should also accept Kolkata for Calcutta. In addition, New York City was the capital of the US for a period of time; that should also be an acceptable answer.

	Rhysd007:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 17:49 GMT		1 point
	cheers wade, changed calcutta. Rules say 'previous capital' hence NYC not being accepted.

	gorman03:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 19:58 GMT		2 points
	@ Rhysd007 if it is only previous capital then I think Norway's answer should be Bergen, since it was the capital between Trondheim and Oslo/Christiania

	Stewart:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 20:25 GMT		1 point
	I think you should accept 'Rangoon' for 'Yangon'. Also I don't think it's obvious that "previous capital" means "immediately previous capital".

	Thisisahandle:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 21:22 GMT		2 points
	At least according to Wikipedia, the previous capital of Scotland was Scone, which is near Perth but not the same place.

	Rhysd007:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 13:39 GMT		1 point
	k, noted above comments. will take a look and edit accordingly. cheers 4 feedback

	Chromatos:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 03:48 GMT		1 point
	The capital of New Zealand was originally Russell, so you should probably accept that as well

	cuendillar:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 16:34 GMT		2 points
	I wonder how many got Scotland by accident while guessing for the Australian one...

	Nolothe:	Jul 20th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT		1 point
	Karachi is as well, if not better known, as Rawalpindi as a former capital. You should consider making it a variant. Same for Colchester, which was a capital of England, and Dunfermline for Scotland. Yangon is more often known as Rangoon too.