# The Feud: Places Starting with "W" by Elendil's Heir \[canceled\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064 "2009-05-29T18:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/21 "2009-05-30T16:48:51Z")
1. Washington, D.C. 2. Warsaw 3. Wuzhou (China) 4. Wonken (Venezuela) 5. West End (Bahamas) 6. Windhoek (Namibia) 7. Windermere 8. Wellington (NZ) 9. George Washington 10. Western Alps ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/22 "2009-05-30T16:51:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Yes, I know it’s really Auckland, but that was the best I could do! > > This was a LOT tougher than I thought it would be… if you thought so too, sorry! Wellington is the capital. Auckland is just the largest/principal city. And you guys are pansies! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/23 "2009-05-30T17:21:50Z")
I dont know what other feud makers do, but when I make one, I review the questions and possible answers.Ya know,just to make sure there are a few possible common answers to each question. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/24 "2009-05-30T17:42:33Z")
1. Washington 2. Wales 3. Waziristan 4. White Bay, Argentina 5. West Indies 6. Western Sahara 7. Lake Wobegon 8. Wellington, New Zealand 9. George Washington 10. wadi 11. Of course in Argentina, they don’t call it White Bay. They call it Bahia Blanco. Why don’t they call it White Bay? Because they speak Spanish - a language that doesn’t use the letter W! Which makes questions 5 & 6 incredibly difficult to answer. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/25 "2009-05-30T17:46:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Of course in Argentina, they don’t call it White Bay. They call it Bahia Blanco. Why don’t they call it White Bay? Because they speak Spanish - a language that doesn’t use the letter W! Which makes questions 5 & 6 incredibly difficult to answer. I can’t think of a single Spanish-speaking country in Africa… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/26 "2009-05-30T17:54:47Z")
1. Washington 2. Warsaw 3. Wuhan 4. West Falkland 5. Windward Islands 6. The Western Desert 7. Lake Wobegon 8. Warsaw 9. George Washington 10. Waterfall \*3 I almost went with The Great Wall ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/27 "2009-05-30T17:56:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t think of a single Spanish-speaking country in Africa… 😕 I think **LN** meant questions 4, and 5. As a rule, South America and Central America is Spanish dominant. There are some exceptions that prove the rule. West Amazon is the best I could do in S.A. West Indies is the best I could do for Central America. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/28 "2009-05-30T17:59:32Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I dont know what other feud makers do, but when I make one, I review the questions and possible answers.Ya know,just to make sure there are a few possible common answers to each question. thats exactly what I do as well. I like to have 5 or 6 reasonable answers with no obvious “conches”. BTW, is it just a coincidence that “Conch” and “Cinch” are very similar words? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/29 "2009-05-30T18:38:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t think of a single Spanish-speaking country in Africa… 😕 [Equatorial Guinea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea) was once a Spanish colony. You may remember [“Eric the Eel”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani) swimming for that nation in the Olympic Games of 2000. Also, the enclaves of [Ceuta and Melilla](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta_and_Melilla) are Spanish territory adjacent to Morocco. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/30 "2009-05-30T18:43:43Z")
And there’s Spanish (now Western) Sahara ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/31 "2009-05-30T21:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t think of a single Spanish-speaking country in Africa… There’s lots of them: El Nigerio, Keña, Chadaguay, Africa del Sur. Okay, notfrommensa was correct: I meant questions 4 and 5 not 5 and 6. I noticed my mistake but I don’t like to edit posts in feud threads. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/32 "2009-05-30T22:22:08Z")
I was in a hurry to get a new one posted, and didn’t review possible answers myself. I’m gonna get this one closed, and post an easier Feud. It’s no fun if it’s too hard to play! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064/33 "2009-05-30T22:57:24Z")
Closed at OP’s request. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-places-starting-with-w-by-elendils-heir-canceled/498064.md?page=1)