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Flying Club competition

PostPosted: 27 Jul 2009, 18:16
by AndyRabbit
'"Dubai is the name of both the country and the capital city. Which one of the following countries also has a capital city of the same name?'

This is a 'serious' question for a competition on the VS website [ii]

Dubai is a city. Dubai is NOT a country. Dubai is the name of an Emirate - part of the United Arab Emirates.
This is like saying that New York is a city and a country. It's not. It's a city and a state.

Just as US states have differing laws