# \[GAME\] 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:** 5
**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, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/81 "2015-09-29T15:18:19Z")
#78: Cuba 1. Cigars 2. Fidel Castro 3. The Cuba Libre #79: Tunisia ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/82 "2015-09-30T07:50:46Z")
Tunisia 1. Former French protectorate 2. Former possession of the Ottoman Empire 3. Revolution 2011. #80 Haiti ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/83 "2015-09-30T08:23:39Z")
#80 Haiti Devastated by earthquake in 2010 Struggles with serious deforestation due to residents cutting wood for fuel Shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic Next up #81 Greece ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/84 "2015-09-30T09:06:37Z")
Greece 1. Created the Olympics 2. Country is bankrupt 3. Aristotle Onassis #82 Somalia ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/85 "2015-09-30T12:00:53Z")
Somalia Easternmost country in mainland Africa Capital = Mogadishu Black Hawk Down set there during its civil war 83: Guinea ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/86 "2015-10-01T14:28:47Z")
Guinea Country down there which doesn’t speak Spanish or Portugese Conceivably something to do with English crrency etymology Is not New Guinea, which has many languages and cannibals #82: Czech Republic ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/87 "2015-10-01T14:49:13Z")
Czech Republic Until the 1990s, was united with neighbouring Slovakia, as the nation of Czechoslovakia Part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until end of World War I Capital, Prague [Praha] – beautiful historic city centre, fortunately little damaged in the World Wars Next per Wiki, seemingly Dominican Republic, which we’ve already had: next after that, Portugal ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/88 "2015-10-02T02:32:23Z")
#86 Portugal 1. It is the Westernmost country of mainland Europe 2. Lost Brazil in 1822 3. Home of Vasco da Gama #87 Benin ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/89 "2015-10-02T02:38:01Z")
#86: Portugal 1. Kick-started the Age of Exploration. 2. On the Atlantic Coast bordered solely by Spain. 3. Exported lots of field workers to Hawaii, giving it a large Portuguese community that lasts to this day. #87: Benin. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/90 "2015-10-02T03:13:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > #87: Benin. Former bit of French West Africa Used to be called Dahomey from independence to revolution in the early 70s Named after an old empire that was actually in Nigeria #88: Hungary ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/91 "2015-10-02T03:20:33Z")
Hungary 1. Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, one of the most prolific female serial killers lived here from 1560-1614. 2. Capital is Budapest 3. Paprika #89 Burundi ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/92 "2015-10-02T03:29:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/93 "2015-10-02T07:49:17Z")
#89 Burundi Next door to Rwanda: “all is not well there”, but so far, no truly hideous massacres. Together with Rwanda, German colony until post-World War I; then Belgian, till independence in 1960. Capital (without looking up): either Bujumbura or Kigali – whichever of these it isn’t, is the capital of Rwanda. #90 Sweden ---
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#90 Sweden Neutral during WW II Used to own Norway Separated from Denmark by the Kattegat #91 Azerbaijan ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/95 "2015-10-03T04:59:27Z")
#91 Azerbaijan The capital is Baku It has engaged in a long-running dispute with Armenia about control of the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (sp?) The reason that Hilter was so keen to take Stalingrad was that the oil reserves of Azerbaijan were on the other side #92 Belarus ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/96 "2015-10-03T12:38:26Z")
#92 Belarus Capital, Minsk Not the nicest of places to live: reportedly, the only European country at present autocratically ruled by a 1930s-style dictator Shares with Poland, the Bialowieza Forest nature reserve: effectively the only place where the European bison is found in the wild #93 United Arab Emirates ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/97 "2015-10-04T16:57:43Z")
Some 36 hours with no action – so I’ll go again. #93 United Arab Emirates An assemblage of small states on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf – some very oil-rich, others relatively poor and obscure. Include Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Relatively-liberal Moslem countries, at any rate from the point of view of expat inhabitants / visitors. Dubai features some highly-lavish and ambitious constructions, basically in the hospitality / pleasure field. #94 Honduras ---
**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:** [October 5, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/98 "2015-10-05T00:23:23Z")
#94: Honduras 1. Capital is Tegucigalpa. 2. Is in Central America on former Mayan territory. 3. The term “banana republic” was coined specifically to describe Honduras. #95: Austria ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/99 "2015-10-05T04:06:13Z")
Austria 1.Sigmund Freud was Austrian 2. Only country in the European Union who is not a NATO member. 3. Capital is Vienna #96 Israel ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718/100 "2015-10-05T11:14:41Z")
#96 Israel Capital, Jerusalem Principal language is Hebrew – rare instance of an ancient / ceremonial language having been brought back as an “everyday” one Popular venue for bird-watchers: various impressive resident species, and on a big migration route #97 Tajikistan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718.md?page=6)