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Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] zik 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

...is the second largest city in Australia. But also has an inflated sense of self-importance.

;)

[–] ripcord 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was also the capital before Canberra, so I guess it gets to be the other one after Canberra?

[–] discount_door_garlic 3 points 8 months ago

Only Melbourne was previously the official capital of the federated colonies which became the Commonwealth of Australia. Sydney was, and still is, the capital of NSW - but was never the capital of the country.