# \[GAME\] 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:** 4
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/61 "2015-01-08T04:57:19Z")
(That conflict ended a few years ago. More on it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_people#Rise_of_militancy).) 1. Romania Home of the Dracula legend. Homeland of the Romany, aka Gypsie Capital is Bucharest 2. Niger ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/62 "2015-09-21T18:44:24Z")
Named for the Niger River Capital is Niamey Was “called Africa” by George W Bush, probably due to speechwriters wanting to avoid an unfortunate mispronunciation. Burkina Faso. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/63 "2015-09-21T20:09:03Z")
1. Burkina Faso Formerly called Upper Volta. Currently in turmoil as the military has ceased control. The capital is Ouagoudougou. Chile ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/64 "2015-09-22T02:18:03Z")
1. Chile Capital is Santiago Lies on a major subduction fault, which makes it prone to severe earthquakes (including an 8.3 just last week) Contains the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth. 2. Mali ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/65 "2015-09-22T04:59:01Z")
1. The name is also the proper word for “Gardener” in Urdu 2. Invaded by the French recently 3. Home of Timbuktu Kazakhistan ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/66 "2015-09-22T05:15:13Z")
Kazakhistan 1. Is the second-largest former Soviet republic (after Russia) 2. Used to be the site of a lot of the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal, which were removed when the Soviet Union broke up. 3. Has been an ally of Russia but has recently been getting closer to China. Next: Netherlands ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/67 "2015-09-22T23:54:15Z")
Netherlands (#65) 1. Official capital is Amsterdam; however, all government administration takes place in their secondary capital, The Hague. 2. Formerly one of the largest empires in the world. 3. Birthplace of [Anneke van Giersbergen.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bId-ytxOCR4) 🙂 Next: Malawi (#66) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/68 "2015-09-23T01:28:19Z")
has a three-colored flag nicknamed “The Warm Heart of Africa” HIV/AIDS a big problem Next: Guatemala #67 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/69 "2015-09-23T05:59:35Z")
Ok, here goes: Coffee. Um… Um… Pass. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/70 "2015-09-24T01:43:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > has a three-colored flag > nicknamed “The Warm Heart of Africa” > HIV/AIDS a big problem > > Next: Guatemala #67 Guatemala 1. The capital is Guatemala City. 2. The CIA overthrew its government in the 1950s. 3. Has an East and a West Coast. Next is Ecuador (No. 68). ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/71 "2015-09-24T03:55:40Z")
Ecuador (#68) 1. Capital is Quito 2. The name is Spanish for “equator”, as the country straddles the equator. 3. Owner of the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin did much of his research on evolution. Next: Zambia (#69) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/72 "2015-09-24T21:35:04Z")
Zambia (#69) 15 million population Landlocked, borders on Victoria Falls Formerly part of the British Empire Facing an AIDS epidemic Next: Cambodia (#70) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/73 "2015-09-25T02:08:06Z")
Cambodia (#70) 1. Angkor Wat is featured on the flag. 2. Coming from Thailand, traveling overland from the border town of Poipet (officially The Asshole of the Universe) to the town of Siem Reap near Angkor Wat takes two hours if no bridges are washed out. 3. Bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Next: Chad (#71) ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/74 "2015-09-26T10:22:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Cambodia (#70) > > 1. Angkor Wat is featured on the flag. > 2. Coming from Thailand, traveling overland from the border town of Poipet (officially The Asshole of the Universe) to the town of Siem Reap near Angkor Wat takes two hours if no bridges are washed out. > 3. Bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. > > Next: Chad (#71) South of Libya Home to a French base Desert Senegal. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/75 "2015-09-27T05:22:53Z")
1. Senegal 2. Western most country of the “Old World” 3. Capital is Dakar 4. Akon spent much of his childhood there. #73 Zimbabwe ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/76 "2015-09-27T14:30:12Z")
#73: Zimbabwe 1. Used to be called Rhodesia. 2. The first president after independence, the wonderfully named Canaan Banana, served jail time for coercing young men to have sex with him while president. 3. Current president is the 150-year-old Robert Mugabe, who is not an improvement on Canaan Banana. #74: South Sudan ---
**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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/77 "2015-09-28T03:20:51Z")
War-torn Got independence just three years ago Six colors on its flag #75: Bolivia. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/78 "2015-09-28T03:38:01Z")
#75: Bolivia 1. Completely landlocked 2. Named after Simón Bolívar 3. Country is largely Roman Catholic #76 Rwanda ---
**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:** [September 29, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/79 "2015-09-29T00:14:02Z")
#76: Rwanda 1. Suffered a horrible genocide in the mid-1990s 2. Known for its gorilla population 3. Lies along the East African Rift #77: Belgium ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/80 "2015-09-29T03:08:58Z")
#77 Belgium 1. Home to Hercule Poirot 2. Has compulsory voting 3. Primary languages are French, German, and Dutch. #78 Cuba [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=5)