# \[GAME\] All the Countries in the World trivia game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 9, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718 "2014-12-09T02:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/41 "2014-12-20T23:53:35Z")
Saudi Arabia Home to Mecca, holiest city in the Islamic religion Largest oil producing nation in the world Exporter of Wahabbism to much of the Islamic world 41. Peru ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/42 "2014-12-21T02:02:11Z")
1. Peru 1. Lima beans are called that because they were introduced to international markets in boxes that were shipped from Lima, Peru. 2. Inca Kola, the infamous bubblegum-flavored soft drink, comes from here. 3. An Irishman, Bernardo O’Higgins, served as Viceroy during the Spanish colonial period. 1. Venezuela ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/43 "2014-12-21T04:15:41Z")
1. Venezuela 2. Very cheap gas, only a few cents a gallon. 3. World’s highest waterfall 4. Another country (Bolivia) named after its first president. 5. Uzbekistan ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/44 "2014-12-21T04:25:43Z")
1. Uzbekistan 2. Former Soviet Socialist Republic 3. It’s location along the Silk Road lead to great wealth, until the invasion of Genghis Khan. 4. One of two “doubly landlocked” nations in the world (the other is Liechtenstein). 5. Malaysia ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/45 "2014-12-21T05:56:34Z")
1. Malaysia. You have to go through Immigration again on a domestic flight from the peninsula to the Borneo portion of the country. The Borneo portion contains the tallest mountain in Southeast Asia. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur once were the world’s tallest. 1. Nepal ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/46 "2014-12-22T03:01:00Z")
1. Nepal Wow- had no idea Nepal had such a high population! Capital is Kathmandu Location of Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain Has a sort of double-triangular flag, rather than a standard rectangular flag 46. Ghana ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/47 "2014-12-22T18:36:01Z")
46 Ghana Former British colony Recently discovered oil Soccer team is the Black Stars 47 Afghanistan ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/48 "2014-12-23T03:25:27Z")
1. Afghanistan Graveyard of Western soldiers for centuries. Capital is Kabul. Produced one Nobel Peace Laureate after she was shot by the Taliban for trying to get an education. 1. Yemen ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/49 "2014-12-23T04:26:05Z")
Malala is not from Afghanistan and she was not shot for getting an education, she was shot for anti Taliban activism. So, fail, Afghanistan is also the graveyard of gamers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/50 "2014-12-23T04:33:31Z")
So much for the top of my head. But _pfft_. All those unstable hellholes just sort of blend together. Okay, second try: 1. Afghanistan Graveyard of Western soldiers for centuries. Capital is Kabul. Beat out the Golden Triangle for opium production since the 1990s. 1. Yemen ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/51 "2014-12-23T16:34:40Z")
1. Yemen On the Arabian Peninsula Used to be divided into separate nations North and South Yemen Port city of Aden is used constantly in crossword puzzles 49. Mozambique ---
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Mozambique Official language is Portuguese Has a rifle on its flag Only country besides South Africa that borders Swaziland Number Fifty and an easy one!!! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/53 "2014-12-24T10:27:31Z")
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Supreme Leader is #1 most glorious leader in whole world Only country loved and feared by all other countrries #1 army in whole world led by world’s #1 general or possibly Ryongyong hotel is world’s biggest folly Still at war with South Korea Leadership kidnapped Japanese film director so he could make Monster Movies 51 Angola ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/54 "2014-12-30T01:54:06Z")
1. Angola Former Portuguese colony Had a really bloody Civil War with outside countries like Cuba and South Africa joining in Is a source for valuable strategic minerals 1. Ivory Coast ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/55 "2014-12-30T05:34:28Z")
French colony for awhile Slavery transit point Not exactly awash in elephants these days 1. Australia! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/56 "2014-12-30T16:03:15Z")
**54. Taiwan** Has Taipei 101, which was the world’s tallest building for several years until it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai Has the world’s highest concentration of convenience stores per square mile Males outnumbered females in the population for around 100 years until just recently, when the number of females finally surpassed that of males **55. Syria!** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/57 "2014-12-30T16:35:27Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > **55. Syria!** Capital is Damascus, the world’s oldest continuously occupied city Has long been ruled by the Assad family Formerly a component of the United Arab Republic 56. Madagascar ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/58 "2014-12-30T18:58:08Z")
1. Australia (since skipped) Many early settlers were prisoners All kinds of strange critters Stalwart U.S. ally 1. Madagascar Lemurs are natives Penguins aren’t Hitler considered settling Jewish refugees there Next: 1. Cameroon ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/59 "2015-01-08T01:46:35Z")
**57. Cameroon** NOT the name of a cookie Located on the west coast of central Africa, slightly below the big bend Suffered a major disaster in the 1980s involving poison gas from a volcano 1. Sri Lanka ---
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1. Sri Lanka Used to be called Ceylon Has a temple with one of Buddha’s teeth Has a violent separatist movement (is it Hindus fighting the Buddhist majority?) 1. Romania [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=4)