# Controversial Trivia Questions

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 6, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-trivia-questions/646231 "2013-01-06T04:33:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-trivia-questions/646231/47 "2013-01-07T15:26:38Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Calling the continents “the America” IS NOT the same thing as calling the regions by the name of a specific country in that region!

Dude, if you’re gonna try to be clever with a “gotcha” question, you have to understand that this is the Dope. Unless your idea is air-tight, which, frankly, it NEVER IS with you, you’re gonna have a bad time.

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