Geo Quiz, How many 2-syllable country capitals can you name, one for each letter of the alphabet?

[AviatorTom]

We haven't had a geography quiz in a while, so here's an interesting one.

There are many country capitals whose English name consists of just 2 syllables, London for example.

How many of these 2-syllable country capitals can you name, but only one name per letter of the alphabet.

Theoretically, you could name 26 capitals, one for each A-Z letter, but that's not really possible since not every letter has a 2-syllable capital city. Or does it?

Have fun. Try to do this without looking them up.

In a few days (Sunday) i'll post the list that I come up with.

Updates

11 mo

Here is my list, created without looking them up, except for cities in (parentheses)
A - Athens
B - Berlin
C - Cairo
D - Dhaka
E - (Edinburgh)
F - (Freetown)
G - Georgetown
H - Helsinki
I - (Islamabad)
J - Jakarta
K - (Kabul)
L - Lisbon
M - Madrid
N - New Delhi
O - Ouagadougou
P - Paris
Q - Quito
R - Rabat
S - Sofia
T - Tallinn
U - Ulaanbaatar
V - Vienna
W - Washington
X - (none)
Y - (Yaoundé)
Z - Zagreb

[KostasKouvalis]

Oh okay. One for each letter, that's not too bad. Let me try it...

Am man

Basse terre

Cas tries

Do ha

E

F

George town

Ha noi

I

Ju ba

Kings town

Li ma

Mos cow

Nia mey (the way the locals pronounce it it's probably 2😂)

Os lo

Pa ris

Qui to

Ri ga

Sa na (I don't know how to spell it. The capital of Yemen)

Ta llin

U

Vien tianne (spelling. I think that's two)

War saw

X

Ya ren (I know it's not oficially a capital, but I don't know anything else for Y)

Z

I think that's all of them

[Aubrey97]

I think Niamey and Vientianne are pretty questionable. Those both seem like at least 3 even with some alternate pronunciations.

[KostasKouvalis]

@Aubrey97 Those are the only ones I could think of though

[KostasKouvalis]

Your update:

First, I didn't know we were allowed to do non soveigrn countries

Second, some of the ones you posted have more than 2 syllables

[Aubrey97]

Yeah, there are like 3 and 4 syllables in a lot of those. And I liked visiting Edinburgh but I definitely don't think of Scotland as a country. My boyfriend says he could have gotten more if we were using FIFA's definition of a country.

[Dongie]

Algiers, Algeria
Beijing, China
Cairo, Egypt
Dublin, Ireland
Edinburgh, Scotland
F
Geneva, Switzerland
Ho Chi minh, Vietnam
I
Johannesburg, S. Africa
Kathmandu, Nepal
London, England
Moscow, Russia
N
O
Paris, France
Quebec City, Quebec
Rome, Italy
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
U
Vienna, Austria
Washington DC
X
Y
Zanzibar City, Zanzibar

[Dongie]

Damn, Oslo, Norway. How did I miss that?

[AviatorTom]

There are some 3- and 4-syllable cities in that list, including: Ge-ne-va, Kat-man-dhu, Ho-Ch-Minh, Vi-enn-a, Wash-ing-ton and: Ed-in-bur-ah

[Dongie]

Oh, I forgot the shit.

[Aubrey97]

I don't have enough time to go through it all right now, just some off the top of my and my boyfriend's head

Amman

Berlin

Cairo

Dublin

Georgetown

Hanoi

Kiev

Lima

Moscow

Oslo

Paris

Rabat

Quito

Stockholm

Tehran

Vaduz

Warsaw

Zagreb

[AviatorTom]

@aubrey97 Very good!

[KostasKouvalis]

Damnit! I forgot Zagreb! I knew there was one I would forget. I should have used the map for reference
It would've been easier if he said which letters didn't have one

[Aubrey97]

My boyfriend says we all missed Freetown, Sierra Leone the first time too. Nassau is a better N than Niamey, I definitely thinks that's 3.

[KostasKouvalis]

I forgot both of those too

[katiesmuff]

Oh Thomas you are really energetic this morning! LOL There are lots of trumpie's on this site so you better explain what a syllable is, as that could be a huge challenge for them.

[Anonymous]

I know most of them, why are syllables so important?

[AviatorTom]

Fun quiz!

[Anonymous]

It is a great quiz to brainstorm with, but unfortunately I felt very stupid. 🫤