Americans - Can anyone name all the countries in the UK with their capital cities?

Question

The Stig - too true but they were all so sure they had it right!
I want sombody to tell a hardened dubliner that they are now part of the uk!

dover soles - i wouldn't expect americans to know all the counties and their county towns, it seems to be hard enough for them to work out what countries are in the uk and their capital cities

Answer 1

so funny most people got it wrong

England - London
Scotland - Edinburgh
Wales - Cardiff
Northern Ireland - Belfast

Answer 2

England: London
Scotland: Edinburgh
Wales: Cardiff
Northern Ireland: Belfast

Answer 3

I'll give it a whirl. I am not cheating on this, for I am not looking it up. I will look it all up after I post it. I have not read anyone else's answers.

(UK Proper)
England - London
Wales - Cardiff
Scotland - Glasgow
N. Ireland - Belfast
Isle of Man - Douglas (?)

(Where "Queen reigns, but does not rule")
Canada - Ottawa
Australia - Canberra or Sydney, I don't remember
New Zealand - Wellington
Barbados - Bridgetown
Antigua and Barbuda - St. John
Bahamas - Nassau
Belize - Belmopan or Belize City; not sure
Grenada - St. Geroge
Jamaica - Kingston
St. Kitts and Nevis - ??
St. Lucia - Castries (?)
Grenadines - Kingstown
Papua New Guinea - Port Mosby
The Solomons - Honoria
Tuvalu - ??

OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
Bermuda - Hamilton
Montserrat - Plymouth
St. Helena - Brownstown or Jamestown, I am not 100% sure
what its called
Gibralter - Gibralter

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham & Cleveland
Essex
Gloucestershire
Guernsey
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Hereford
Isle of Man
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northants
Northumbria
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire

Answer 6

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast respectively. Southern Ireland (Eire) is separate to UK and its capital is Dublin.

Answer 7

it's not their fault, their education system is terrible! a friend of mine was educated in san francisco and she actually had to argue with a teacher that england was part of the united kingdom and the whole of the uk wasn't called that. oh, and robespierre, perhaps you might want to read the act of union at some point before you talk drivel.

Answer 8

England - London
Scotland - Edinburgh
Wales - Cardiff
Northern Ireland - Belfast
NOTE: Ireland/Southern Ireland/Eire is NOT part of the UK

NOW: What's the betting the questioner wanted to say how many COUNTIES.....

Answer 9

yo most americans dont know where iraq is on a map of the world and about the same percentage cant even locate the states of the USA on a map. im surprised you got so many answers, but i doubt those people were americans...but i am. and i cant name the capitals.

Answer 10

Amazing how many think that glasgow is the capital of scotland!!!