# The Continental Feud by Aspidistra \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748 "2009-04-02T19:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/41 "2009-04-03T01:45:07Z")
1. Japan 2. Kenya 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. El Salvador 8. Brazil 9. Guam 10. Samoa ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/42 "2009-04-03T02:01:36Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > [Nitpick] > Per true definition, Scandinavia is the Scandinavian peninsula which is Sweden and Norway. But then Denmark and Finland have been added to the blend. Iceland (and the Faroe Islands) are like the odd cousin out. > > But they’re all part of the Nordic Countries. > [/nitpick] [nitpick]But doesn’t Scandinavian also refer to the linguistic sub-group of the Germanic languages that consists of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic? By that standard, the term “Scandinavian” includes more than just the people who live on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Also, while close territorially, Finland is not really a Scandinavian country because Finnish is not an Indo-European (let alone Scandinavian) language. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/43 "2009-04-03T02:04:18Z")
1. Japan 2. Egypt 3. Israel 4. Russia 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Tonga 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/44 "2009-04-03T02:08:17Z")
1. Japan 2. Nigeria 3. Israel 4. Czech Republic 5. France 6. Denmark 7. Guatemala 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Papua New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/45 "2009-04-03T02:36:27Z")
1. India 2. Egypt 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Norway 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Papau New Guinea 10. Name a country in Oceania, besides Australia and New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/46 "2009-04-03T02:41:29Z")
1. India 2. Nigeria 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Russia 5. UK 6. Sweden 7. Nicaragua 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Papua New Guineau ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/47 "2009-04-03T02:49:18Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Israel 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Mexico 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Indonesia Not clear what the difference between 9 and 10 are, really ETA dammit, why did i put Mexico. Do these things way too fast. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/48 "2009-04-03T02:50:49Z")
1. India 2. Nigeria 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Samoa 10. Indonesia I’m a little confused by 9 & 10, I thought the Pacific Islands and Oceania were at least overlapping, if not the same. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/49 "2009-04-03T03:24:12Z")
1. Name a country in Asia, besides China 2. Name a country in Africa 3. Name a country in the Middle East 4. Name a country in Eastern Europe 5. Name a country in Western Eurupe 6. Name a country in Scandinavia 7. Name a country in Central America 8. Name a country in South America 9. Name a country in the Pacific Islands 10. Name a country in Oceania, besides Australia and New Zealand 11. Japan 12. Kenya 13. Israel 14. Poland 15. Spain 16. Sweden 17. El Salvador 18. Brazil 19. Fiji 20. Indonesia Thanks, good one. 🙂 Have to admit that I’m not sure about #s 9 and 10 - sorry, just not that familiar with the geography there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/50 "2009-04-03T11:03:19Z")
1. India 2. Egypt 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/51 "2009-04-03T11:30:58Z")
/more nitpicks - Guam is not a country, it is an American territory. - only some island provinces of Indonesia are included in the Pacific Islands and Oceania but not the country as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/52 "2009-04-03T11:42:24Z")
1. India 2. South Africa 3. Iraq 4. Czech Republic 5. Netherlands 6. Sweden 7. Nicaragua 8. Brazil 9. Samoa 10. Papua New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/53 "2009-04-03T11:48:02Z")
1. India 2. Zimbabwe 3. Iraq 4. Czech Republic 5. France 6. Finland 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Tahiti 10. Caledonia ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/54 "2009-04-03T12:22:28Z")
1. India 2. South Africa 3. Isreal 4. Ukraine 5. France 6. Norway 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Tonga 10. Papua New Guinea Good feud! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/55 "2009-04-03T13:01:15Z")
**Walkabout** is #47, if there are no DQ’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/56 "2009-04-03T13:18:49Z")
1. Japan 2. Egypt 3. Israel 4. Poland 5. Spain 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/57 "2009-04-03T13:20:04Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > /more nitpicks - Guam is not a country, it is an American territory. > - only some island provinces of Indonesia are included in the Pacific Islands and Oceania but not the country as a whole. Luckily for us, it doesn’t matter if an answer is right or not, as long as someone else said it. twicks, who’d thought of Guam but rejected it as an answer since it’s an American territory 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/58 "2009-04-03T13:41:58Z")
I think this is the ONLY feud I’ve ever done that I’ve sat and smugly thought, while coming up with my answers, that there’s no doubt I’ll score high. Glancing over others’ answers, though, produces :smack: I need to go find Swampy’s answers and see how well I’ll do. 😃 EDIT — With the exception of the middle east country, my answers are identical to Swampbear’s! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/59 "2009-04-03T13:45:53Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [nitpick]But doesn’t Scandinavian also refer to the linguistic sub-group of the Germanic languages that consists of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic? By that standard, the term “Scandinavian” includes more than just the people who live on the Scandinavian Peninsula. > > Also, while close territorially, Finland is not really a Scandinavian country because Finnish is not an Indo-European (let alone Scandinavian) language. > [/nitpick] True. But since all of the other questions referred to geographical areas and not linguistic ones, I explained the geographical set-up. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/60 "2009-04-03T13:57:50Z")
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