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¿Question #361?
Spielfreak: What was the capital of Assyria?

oldhoss: Uranus.
MARCUSRPG: Assur or Ashur was the ancient capital.
BigAndiD: Assur
ricardofo: Assur
bcooperok: My house.
Felimid: Babylon?
Woelf: It has changed numerous times. Please specify a timeframe.
xofour: what you don't know how wikipedia works?
Daezee: Never even heard of it before.
richard schwab: Assur.
custom golf clubs: lyberia
daveroswell: Bootie-town
Mors: Assur
Neil Thomson: Bssyria
waza: Ninevah
Greedo: Nobody cares.
Benzebub: Nineveh
DHEK: I have no idea. I'm not some history buff or trivia freak.
Tushratta: During which period of time? It was Calneh, then Ninevah. More recently there is a meta-Assyrian empire whose capital is Kokomo, IN.
Leo-T: Ninevah
aleo09: google it
HuckmanT: African or European swallow?
GrimJester: Assdamascus
pattonre: The best-known cities of Assyria, all situated in the territory of present-day Iraq, were Ashur, now Ash Sharqāţ; Nineveh, now the excavated mound Kuyunjik; Calah, now Nimrud; and Dur Sharrukin, now Khorsabad.
bigbadsteve: cowtown
MaksimSmelchak: The original capital was Assur or Ashur. Most historians believe that Ninua or Nineveh became the capital at a later time.
eddyspaghetti: I always thought the question was what is the capital of Abyssinia.
nexttothemoon: I don't know.
berserkley: about $300,000 per annum
jasta6: Airyssa........................
marshalljansen: A
orodreth: Ashur
Torquato: Babylon
confuse_a_cat: When?
brainrob: Nineveh (I think)
cerulean: Damascus, modern-day Syria.
jimv: I don't know that! Aiieeee!
Bandit Ripshawd: ???
gimli: Nineveh? (guessing)
javelin98: Wha...? I don't know that! AAAAAHHHH!!!
locusshifter: Assoreia?
flyinghogfish: No idea
Dementomstie: Blue no GreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DaGen: Google says: Calah is the earliest capital of the Assyrian Empire, and its last was Nineveh.
MochaKimono: Teehee, you said 'ass'.
POvidiusNaso: Madison?
Belash: Assyria
scriptorum: Ya ya, Python, I get it, zzz...
xlorp: Depending on the time period, Kalhu (Calah, Nimrud), Niniveh, Dur-Sharrukin (Chorsabad) and Assur.
anson: Nineveh? Mesopotamia? I don't remember!
ssmooth: Ninevah?
heli: African or European? (Nineveh according to the comedic geniuses of Monty Python, but actually it moved at least once when the new ruler ascended the throne.)
skrutsch: Asshur
2amp: Ninevah
einbebop: Abysinia
Gargoyle: I'll avoid the bait and say Asshur.
ThatFalafelGirl: Depends. was it an african or a european swallow flying there?
Lord_Prussian: Niniveh. No, wait, Ur. No, it was Niniveh.
dpuskas73: Akkad, then Nineveh
snoozefest: don't know
melissa: Nineveh
puffinge: More importantly: What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
darthcliff: Who cares?
Jocab: There has been 4 through the ages!
TimTheEnchanter: "eh, i don't know that one. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"
kennyb: i dont know that....aaaaaahhhh....
walk_softly: Nineveh
AlorielLelyn: I have no idea
isolated: Chicago
Aerjen: A
gnomehome: Several : Calah, Dar Sharrukin, Nineveh
davedanger: nineveh. What is the air speed velocity of a..never mind...
P.O.G.G.: I don't know!
Jackwraith: Nineveh- no, wait! Babylon! AHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh...!
Blackwind: I don't know that!
GuyHill: Assur (this is a trick question right)
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: baghdad
lexen: shouldn't that be: what was the capital......
djlg: It moved around: Calah, Dar Sharrukin & Nineveh.
djflippy: I don't know, Uranus?
chaddyboy_2000: I know know the Ass capital.
geberus: ?
Vince Londini: Nineveh
jaredh: Damascus
Reloaded: you got me...
Shakar: I don't know that!!! - Asshur that is.
jens_hoppe: If Assyrians from Nineveh always speak the truth, and Assyrians from Ashur always lie, and you're face to face with an Assyrian (but don't know which kind), what question would you ask him to ascertain the name of the Assyrian capital?
BobDodgerBlue: Ninevah?
Eric Haas: Nineveh
Magnus the Blue: Assyria City
Ludocrazy: no idea
Pseudo Nymh: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...the same as the capitol of BUTT-onia! See, I can make up countries too!
jttm: Eightveh
sumo: Nineveh?
mrbeankc: African or Europ....sorry that's the next question isn't it.
Linnaeus: You really asking, or just being a smartass :p
CortexBomb: Sri Lanka...no...wait! *ahhh*
tragicpoet: Twocheeksville
Flyspeck23: "The" capital? There've been four...
Gelatinous Goo: Buttania
Aldie: No idea.
Friendless: Ur?
ValJor: Do a google search you lazy guy!
janiera: Don't know
EYE of NiGHT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assur
MisterCranky: It really depends upon whom you asked. Some Assyrians only lied, and some only told the truth, but none of them were very friendly.
Bearcat89: Damascus? AHHHHHHHHHHH...
Xlyce: A
skelebone: North Kiltstown?
CDRodeffer: Ninevah
MikeMKH: Assyria
Spielfreak: Nineveh
AnakinOU: A
shumyum: Assville?