Can you name the Capitals of Europe?

Can you name the Capitals of Europe? Enter the capital for the provided country in the box below Correctly named capitals will show up on the map below You've got 8 minutes after you hit the start button.	Popular trivia games today Fewest Letters 2 29179 Films by Characters in Other Films II 19205 60 Second Blitz: European Countries 12840 Harry Potter Top 200 12776 Song Title Fill-in-the-Blank 11094 Adam Sandler Movies by Recurring Themes 9882 2010 NCAA Tournament Teams 8095 And more...
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	Mr_T:	Sep 23rd, 2008 at 04:16 GMT	16 points
	Thanks for accepting "Tirana" or "Tirane" for Albania. The capital of Andorra is "Andorra la Vella," not just "Andorra." Please change. ANDORRA LA VELLA US State Dept: http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm CIA: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/an.html Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/andorra/andorra.html European Union: http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/others/andorra/index_en.htm BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/992562.stm

	chillicothe20:	Oct 5th, 2008 at 08:13 GMT	36 points
	I should be able to click on a country to type its capital. It wastes time skipping through them.

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	ScottyC:	Oct 28th, 2008 at 05:53 GMT	22 points
	opk: The Hague is actually just a provincial capital. Amsterdam is indeed the capital of the whole of the Netherlands.

	cysion:	Oct 30th, 2008 at 01:54 GMT	14 points
	opk: The Hague(Den Haag) is where the dutch government is seated, but the constitutional capital is Amsterdam.

	Poposhka:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 20:33 GMT	35 points
	You should include the native spellings of the capitals too. it makes it a tiny bit easier on those who are not native English speakers. I was stuck on Warszawa forever. haha

	sammyhain2364:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 09:33 GMT	19 points
	The countries that formerly comprised Yugoslavia are brutal

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	redsox19:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 15:36 GMT	10 points
	I know most of them, I just can't spell some like Iceland's or Moldova's

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	Marrano:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 01:14 GMT	12 points
	25 at first try. I knew warsaw was the capital of poland, but i speak spanish and i'm use to call it "varsovia", so i missed that one. Same with portgual: lisboa in spanish, lisbon in english. And iceland, man, i know it as "reikiavik", no Reikjavik. I think is cool anyway. Is more challenging for me.

	BlueEyedAlien:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 20:35 GMT	9 points
	Moldova's capital, "Kishinev" (sic), has several alternate spellings, all variations on a "Ch" for the initial "K" and ending with "au" or "av" instead of "ev". This is a problem with any country that uses a different phonetic system.

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	SillyStokey92:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:59 GMT	-1 points
	I kept trying Istanbul for the capital of Turkey. Bugger it. 22.

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	sactoshc:	Jan 14th, 2009 at 07:10 GMT	0 points
	28 out of 47. The Balkans always trip me up.

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	davidr:	Feb 19th, 2009 at 19:55 GMT	10 points
	@lol: Kosovo's been in the news quite a bit over the last ten years so its capital isn't so very obscure.

	BigThing:	Feb 23rd, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	4 points
	Plus, Faith No More has a song about it.

	adal:	Mar 10th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT	6 points
	@lol: I've been to Vaduz. Does that count?

	MacZidane:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 02:44 GMT	8 points
	Cyprus is never classed as Asia, it's always Europe. You may be getting mixed up with Israel, which is clearly in Asia, yet its football team plays in the European qualifiers, and they also somehow get into the Eurovision Song contest, haha.

	Mr Bojangles:	Mar 26th, 2009 at 01:05 GMT	16 points
	It's quite suprising that the largest proportion of people got all 47 (16%). Most people I know would struggle with at leeast a few of the more obscure ones. Is it possible that sporcler's are superior to mere mortals?

	marky:	Apr 1st, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	2 points
	couldnt spell icelands or slovenias. forgot what montenegro and moldovas were.

	Sparky:	Apr 2nd, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	7 points
	^Mr Bojangles - nice thought =) But more likely the stats are swayed by the Sporclers (like me) who keep playing until they get them all.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Apr 3rd, 2009 at 14:27 GMT	6 points
	Conventionally the borders of Europe do not include Cyprus. The Asian part of Turkey separates it geographically from Europe. However Cyprus has stronger political and cultural ties with Europe, so is often considered part of Europe (more so since they joined the EU in 2004).

	y2jdilemma:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 15:08 GMT	2 points
	Totally blanked on Turkey and Bulgaria. Knew Bosnia's, but all the others in the former Yugoslavia, just kept trying Belgrade til I got a hit.

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	A_is_for_Addict:	Apr 12th, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	7 points
	I think it's just in for completion sake, along with Monaco. Ties in nicely with the countries of Europe quiz. Same applies to Singapore in the Asia quiz. And a similar situation with Nauru (Australia/Oceania) since it doesn't technically have a capital, but Yaren is often quoted to be more simplified.

	jas1548:	Apr 14th, 2009 at 07:01 GMT	5 points
	@Sparky: I'd say you're right, at least that's true for me. I've played the game 6 times and now I can official say I know the capital of every country in Europe, up from 20-something the first time I played. I'm proud of myself, but I don't know when I'll ever need that information. (:

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	A_is_for_Addict:	Apr 15th, 2009 at 13:58 GMT	9 points
	Zagreb is the official English spelling of Croatia's capital. Never seen Lagreb before, what language is that? It would be nice to include all language alternatives, unfortunately it would be a nightmare to set that up.

	rouells91:	Apr 19th, 2009 at 19:37 GMT	2 points
	brutal...it was fine after the balkans though...

	Prettybasic:	Apr 21st, 2009 at 05:59 GMT	2 points
	meh 35/47 isnt bad missed the spelling Reykjavik and kept spelling Andorra La Vella with one r. Man, the Balkans are really a tough spot on this quiz.