> On Jul 4, 2022, at 8:07 PM, Ben Fuller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 19:30:19 -0400, Daniel Dickman wrote:
>>>> Maldive Islands:Male
>>> A more common name is just "{The }Maldives".
>>
>> I don't think so. See this article:
>> https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233844
>>
>> which states:
>>
>> "...according to several authoritative sources, such as the CIA World
>> Factbook, the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World and the US Department
>> of State, only two countries, The Bahamas and The Gambia, should
>> officially be referred to with the article."
>
> That may be so, but for the purposes of a quiz game, if I am asked "of
> what country is Male the capital", I would answer The Maldives, and
> would be annoyed if that was marked incorrect because only "Maldive
> Islands" is accepted. Also, the official name is "Republic of Maldives"
> or just "Maldives". The point is that this is a game, not a precise
> database.
No you would answer “the Maldives” because it is a group of island. Not “The
Maldives” (note the capital T) which is not the name of the country.
I’m afraid I still don’t agree with you.
