Can you name the top answer in each category with the given number of syllables? by lukebradford

Can you name the top answer in each category with the given number of syllables?

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Source: Wikipedia (various articles)
In cases where syllable count is uncertain (due to pronunciation or name) I've accepted alternate answers. Continental landmasses excluded for "Islands" category.
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Syllable Geography Quiz

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	horseydeucey:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 02:12 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz.

	NYCub:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 06:14 GMT		1 point
	"Tokyo" is 2 syllables, just like "California" is 4.

	AlexRandom:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 09:52 GMT		1 point
	I always pronounce the -ia endings as one syllable. If sometimes it can be pronounced as two, then shouldn't Indonesia be acceptable as 5 syllables (ahead of Ethiopia)?

	superball:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 11:03 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz. One correction though: Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic is much larger that Crete (or are you counting "Island" as part of the name?).

	zifyoip:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 14:11 GMT		2 points
	All the sources I can find, including the Wikipedia article, say that Nauru is three syllables: Nah-oo-roo.

	lukebradford:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 15:40 GMT		2 points
	@NYCub - The English pronunciation (at least in my register) has three syllables. But in cases like this I've also accepted the next possible answer for that number of syllables. @AlexRandom - I'll add that as an alternative. @superball - Yeah, I was counting "Island" as part of the name. @zufyoip - Thanks for the correction.

	hilco:	Dec 14th, 2010 at 18:43 GMT		2 points
	How about Buenos Aires (Bue-nos Ai-res) for 4 syllable capital?

	masaeaida:	Dec 15th, 2010 at 02:10 GMT		1 point
	Yeah, I don't know anyone who pronounces Buenos Aires with five syllables in English.

	wingedocelot:	Dec 15th, 2010 at 05:07 GMT		0 points
	Why isn't Australia counted as an island? it's slightly bigger than Madagascar.

	lukebradford:	Dec 15th, 2010 at 15:14 GMT		2 points
	@hilco and masaeaida - Buenos Aires is definitely four syllables, but Santiago is more populous. @wingedocelot - For the purposes of this, I counted Australia as a continental landmass, not an island.