The big angry one in this video is a manxie.
Erie native here, waves. 
Hey! My brother is a Gannon grad.
Yeah, yeah, alright, point taken. It’s normally me who gets pissed off with the US-centricitiy of posts 
I really can’t get worked about knowing capitals, precisely because they so rarely are the biggest or most recognizable city in a country/state. I just don’t know why it matters–until something dangerous happens in a capital, at which point, news outlets will *tell * you that it’s the capital. Y’know?
And of course I’ve heard of the Isle of Man. But then, when you’re into language policy, it’s one of those places you hear about.
And they say you can’t learn from the movies. If you had watched I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, you would have readily known the answer to that question.
Geography major checking in…
It’s weird, when I was getting my degree, every smartass would snort and say “Whooo, you’re getting a whole degree of knowing that the capital of Brazil is Rio! Ha!” . Every time someone made this comment,they picked Brazil. Every time they named the capital, it was Rio. EVERY TIME!
If I was feeling like it, I’d explain the actual capital is Brasilia, and that a very interesting mix of politics, economics, sociology, climatology and urban studies went in to building a massive city in the middle of an equatorial jungle. It’s ironic that Brasilia is pretty much a excellent example of the multiple sub disciplines that make up geography.
On the other hand, I was at the ATM the other day and saw a new option for languages - Hmoob. I’d never even heard of this, and was very surprised that a language I’d never encountered before was popular enough in my community to warrant its own ATM menu. It’s a language of the Hmong.
Back when there was still a West Germany/Federal Republic of Germany, I used to screw with people by asking them what its capital was.
“Berlin, of course!” they’d always say. Most of them had never even heard of Bonn, I expect.
I was watching a quiz show on UK TV many years ago (Fun House, hosted by Pat Sharp and his terrific mullet) and the question “What is the capital of India?” was asked; the kid answered “Bombay” and apparently the cue card agreed with him.
Well that’s just silly. Everone knows it’s Indiana.
I have seen it. Something* about that film made it difficult to remember much beyond a few key things* about it.
[sub]*Jennifer Love Hewitt and her boobs[/sub]
If you asked someone who was into motorcycle racing, they’d know.
Otherwise, nothing there worth talking about.
Sorry, Lob. 
But did you ever tell them the neatest thing about Brasilia? That it was built with boareders so that it looks (well looked) like an airplane?
I knew where it was, of course. I used to work with a beautiful lady from there, who unfortunately left Canada to return to the Island and get married. Sigh.
Man is also known for its intriguing flag, heritage railways, and confusing relations with the UK and EU.
That’s pretty awesome. Whenever I tell people I’m studying history, they want to know the dates of battles or when someone famous was born (or the names of the wives of Henry VIII… sigh). I have no such awesome way to explain to them what history really is without sounding super pedantic.
My father used to play the capital game with me when I was a kid. We got to the point of quizzing each other on the capitals of the most obscure countries. Sattua is right; there’s no real applicability to this kind of knowledge. I did, however, once place quite well in a provincial geography bee. There’s also been a few times when I asked someone where they were from in another country, and I recognized the name of the city because it was the capital. They were all very pleased because no one they talked to knew any cities in their native country except the big one.
I’ve heard of it.
We performed this in high school band…
The tone poem Mannin Veen (Manx for Dear Isle of Man) was based on four Manx folk tunes, and is one of two works written originally for wind band by Wood.
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I can’t even find a definition of boareders, what are you talking about?
It gets a fair amount of film work. It doubled for Ireland when they filmed Waking Ned Divine there.
Same as Canberra (which it seems is pronounced “Canbra”).
I’m guessing “boarders” 
