[GAME] All the Countries in the World trivia game

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Long war-torn
Badly exploited by Belgium as colony
Rich in minerals

20 (as currently numbered on the Wiki page). France

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Great wine, shitty beer*
Eiffel Tower
Invented guillotine

  • had to look up the link, but I have actually drunk it and it’s pretty good

21 Thailand

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Thailand
Formerly called Siam,
Capital is Bangkok,
Has a large sex trade industry

  1. The UK
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The Queen reigns; the Prime Minister governs
London is an amazing capital city
Divided from the U.S. by a similar language

  1. Italy
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Looks like a women’s foot and lower leg
Sent lots of immigrants to the new world, despite having sweet fuck all as colonies in it.
Great Maritime tradition, as long as its safely within the Mediterranean.

24 South Africa.

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South Africa

Locale of the Boer War,
Holds large reserves of diamonds and gold,
Had a racist “apartheid” system in place for decades

  1. Burma (“On the road to Mandalaaaaaaaay…”)
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  1. Former capital was Rangoon
  2. Country officially known as Myanmar
  3. Besides the US & Liberia, it is the only country to use feet, pounds and degrees Fahrenheit as official units of measurement.

South Korea

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South Korea:

Capital is Seoul
Hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics
Scene of historic amphibious Inchon landing during Korean War
27. Colombia

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  1. Colombia

Was spelled Columbia when I was a kid, a center for the cocaine trade, used to own Panama.

  1. Tanzania
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Tanzania

Was formed by merger of former countries Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Was ruled for decades by socialist dictator Julius Nyrere
Largest city is Dar Es Salaam but capital was moved to Dodoma

  1. Spain
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Got a new King recently
Great food
Shameful record in colonial era

  1. Ukraine
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  1. Ukraine

Historically, the “breadbasket” of the Russian empire
Capital is Kiev
Became independent nation in 1991

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(Pssst: You’re supposed to name the next country).

Wiki has renumbered the list again, so the next is…

  1. Kenya

Big African country
Former British colony
Important archeological sites

  1. Algeria
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  1. Algeria

Big African country
Former French colony
Known for the Casbah

Next country is 34. Poland

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  1. Gave us the first non-Italian pope in centuries with John Paul II
  2. Have been partitioned and divided up among other countries multiple times
  3. Attacked German panzers with their cavalry when invaded in World War II

Sudan

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35.Sudan

  1. Recently partitioned into a Muslim north and Christian/Pagan south.
  2. Location of the Siege of Khartoum, in which the famous soldier of fortune Charles George “Chinese” Gordon was killed.
  3. Location of the Battle of Omdurman, which led to the UK conquest of Sudan, and revenge of Gordon. A young cavalry officer named Winston Churchill was the most famous participant, although it took some time for him to outshine the victorious general Herbert Kitchener (dubbed “K of K” after the campaign).
  1. Denmark
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  1. Denmark

Home of King Christian X, who rode through streets daily during Nazi occupation
Birthplace of Lego toys
Home of Hans Christian Andersen and philosopher Soren Kirkegaard
But wait… #36 is Iraq.
36. Iraq

Former setting of the Babylonian empire
Capital is Baghdad
Currently controlled largely by ISIS
37. Ooooooo, Canadaaaaaa…

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  1. Second largest country in the World
  2. Bilingual
  3. Surprisingly good military
  1. Uganda
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  1. Uganda
  1. For many years ruled by notorious megalomaniac Idi Amin.
  2. Capital Entebbe. Entebbe airport was scene of famous airliner hostage rescue mission by Israeli commandos. The only Israeli death was that of commando mission leader Jonathan Netanyahu, brother of future PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
  3. Suffers significant Tsetse fly infestation.
  1. Morocco
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  1. Morocco

First country to recognize the United States as an independent nation.
Center of two pre-WWI diplomatic crises between France and Germany.
Site of Operation Torch in World War II.

  1. Saudi Arabia