It's not a national capital though, Greenland is part of Denmark. (And yes, I'm aware that the quiz says "European capitals" and not "European national capitals"...)
I think ihaveaname is referring to the fact that the peak today called Uhuru peak was originally named Kaiser Wilhelm peak by the first European who climbed it. However, as Abzilla has pointed out, it is the name of a peak and not of the entire mountain. Kilimanjaro is the original Kiswahili name of the mountain, and no other name has ever been used by the colonizers.
Technically, Napoleon stole German areas, the Germans took them back in 1871. Nobody there spoke French. Look at the architecture, the city names: Metz, Strasburg, Kolmar, Mulhouse. The French may have changed the spellings of place names but they still don't sound French.
1. It wasn't Napoleon's doing how Alsace and Lorraine became French. Lorraine (Formerly the Duchy of Lorraine) came under the rule of the father of the French Queen (former King of Poland) as a part of a Franco-Austrian deal for France allowing the former Lorrainian duke marrying the Austrian Empress. According to the deal, Lorraine was to be annexed once the duke died of age. Alsace became French piece by piece with acquisitions taking place in 1646 (purchase of Sundgau), 1697 (peace of Ryswick), and 1798 (annexation of Mulhouse). Nothing to do with Napoleon, stop with the misinformation.
2. What you said - the region being absolute majority German would apply for Alsace but not really for Lorraine.
You'll recognize a clear presence of German speakers in German Lorraine, but also that it's quite far from being "nobody there spoke French".
To add to Nerd0921's reponse, the people speaking a Germanic language doesn't mean they were part of a Germany which didn't exist back then nor that they wanted to be part of it after its creation. Mostly-catholic Alsatians weren't fond of being ruled by protestant Prussians with who they shared very little culture.
You can't really find polls of the Alsatians' views in the 19th century, but for what it's worth, my great-grandparents and people I knew from that time (who spoke Alsatian as a first language) clearly preferred France to Germany, at least as the lesser of two evils.
Which is why I would like to suggest "Moselle" to be accepted as an alternate answer for Lorraine. Alsace-Moselle is an alternate name known for Alsace-Lorraine and is something which I believe will be much more familiar for quite a few Europeans (albeit from the Francophone parts).
Plus, it was the legal name of the region post-1920. Though undeniably due to some nationalistic causes, it would be odd to not accept the legally referred-to name of the region
Technically, India and Nepal aren't the only Hindu majority countries. Mauritius is also a Hindu-majority country with Hindu population over 50%, mainly due to the importation of Indian laborers during the British Rule.
Also, I live in India and know that many regional languages of India such as Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi, etc are also recognized as official languages. Although English and Hindi are mainly used for government use, I suggest that it would be better to specify.
Capitals are not geographical features. The North Atlantic Shelf goes through Iceland and Reykjavik is on the North America side so following geographic reasoning it doesn't qualify either. Politically the two islands are generally regarded as European.
I think questions like "Most populous cities in Spain starting with B" and "Tallest mountains in Africa" are bad questions for this type of quiz, because these are not natural groups of two. You could have the same questions in a groups of three quiz, a groups of four quiz, and so on.
I know that the topic was mentioned in previous comments, but if the question reads "European capitals" Nicosia definitely qualifies. Cyprus is part of the European Union, is also part of all Europe-related quizzes here, and is further from Reykjavik than Athens.
If you refer to "Capitals on the European continent" there might be an argument, but then it gets even more complicated.
I was laughing a lot to the comparison with Greenland, but this I leave to the one who wrote the comment.
Lots of people are arguing about Nicosia being further on the Europe question (although it being in Asia) But no one is arguing how Portland is approx. 8000km from Honolulu whilst Augusta is just 7500. Am I missing something?
Though 20 of them (thus excluding Hindi and English) are regional ones.
About Lorraine, just one third in the North known as Moselle was annexed by Germany. Most of Lorraine remained French
2. What you said - the region being absolute majority German would apply for Alsace but not really for Lorraine.
You'll recognize a clear presence of German speakers in German Lorraine, but also that it's quite far from being "nobody there spoke French".
https://external-preview.redd.it/nM7eIiy5u_TdWgdBZ844ifbJ6bRx63ZdvR_rB9dvZUs.jpg?auto=webp&s=15695dbe35078cd1fdca8050c60118ab700217e2
You can't really find polls of the Alsatians' views in the 19th century, but for what it's worth, my great-grandparents and people I knew from that time (who spoke Alsatian as a first language) clearly preferred France to Germany, at least as the lesser of two evils.
Plus, it was the legal name of the region post-1920. Though undeniably due to some nationalistic causes, it would be odd to not accept the legally referred-to name of the region
Also, I live in India and know that many regional languages of India such as Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi, etc are also recognized as official languages. Although English and Hindi are mainly used for government use, I suggest that it would be better to specify.
Also Turkey is European country and Ankara is more farther then Athens.
If you refer to "Capitals on the European continent" there might be an argument, but then it gets even more complicated.
I was laughing a lot to the comparison with Greenland, but this I leave to the one who wrote the comment.