Since it’s been a while since I’ve done this, and no one else has picked up the slack on Trivial Feud, I’ve decided to run another game. This one will attempt to compensate for the Amerocentric FF & TF threads with an “around the world” theme.
The rules: DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!
I will ask ten questions, and you want to respond with what you think will be the most popular answer. Rather than wait for a specific number of responses, I’m just going to count all responses that come in before 12:00 AM UTC on Sunday Jan 20 (4 PM PT/7 PM ET Saturday Jan 19). I will then tally up the number of responses for each answer, multiply it by the total number of contestants and divide by 25 to determine the points value of that answer. (This is to make the score comparable to the old threads where we scored based on 50 contestants.) Unique answers will not count for points.
As always, feel free to use Google or Wikipedia to find answers if you can’t think of anything off the top of your head–but “pass” will count for points if more than one person passes on that particular question, so you may want to pass on a question if you think a lot of other people are going to pass.
Good luck!
Name a country which has won the World Cup.
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive.
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country).
Name a national capital which has changed its name.
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world.
Name a famous film director from outside the United States.
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports.
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain.
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally?
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive.
Name a country which has won the World Cup. Eng-er-Land!
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. Italy
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). West Germany
Name a national capital which has changed its name. Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. by size or population?
Er… let’s cover both - London
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Guy Ritchie
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Greece
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Roger Federer
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Football (soccer)
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive? Japan
Just FYI, Czechoslovakia wasn’t formed from the Czech Republic and Slovakia but from bits of Austro-Hungary which happened to be inhabited by the Czechs and the Slovaks.
Or did you mean for the question to read “… that has separated from another country in peacetime?”
Name a country which has won the World Cup.
Mexico
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive.
Germany
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country).
East Germany
Name a national capital which has changed its name.
Tokyo (formerly Edo)
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world.
Mexico City
Name a famous film director from outside the United States.
Akira Kurosowa
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports.
Greece
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain.
Maria Sharapova
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally?
Soccer
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive.
Torino, Italy
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. USA
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). East Germany
Name a national capital which has changed its name. Pass
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. Shanghai
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Pass
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Greece
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Greg Norman
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Basketball
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. USA
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. Germany
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). Austria
Name a national capital which has changed its name. Tokyo
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. New York City
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Guillermo del Toro
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Greece
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Pele
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Soccer (football)
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. United States
Name a country which has won the World Cup. - Brazil
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. - Germany
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). - East Germany
Name a national capital which has changed its name. - Tokyo (used to be Ido)
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. - Cairo
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. - Sergio Leone
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. - Greece
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. - Pele
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? - Gymnastics
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive.
United States (we did it twice!)
Name a country which has won the World Cup. BRAZIL
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. GERMANY
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). ZANZIBAR
Name a national capital which has changed its name. PEKING TO BEIJING
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. TOKYO
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. KUROSAWA
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. GREECE
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. RONALDHINO
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? SOCCER
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. NORWAY
Oooh baby. Let’s see how “Amerocentric” I really am…
Huh. I figured one was supposed to answer completely off the top of one’s head.
Well, anyhow:
Name a country which has won the World Cup. Italia
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. Korea / Japan
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country).
Does the Reuinification of Germany (from the GDR and FRG, or East and West Germany) count?
Name a national capital which has changed its name.
Well, it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople, though that happened a long time ago.
Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. Mexico City
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Sergio Leone
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Spain
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Pele
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Running?
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Yep, that’s what I meant, but the horse has left the barn. :smack:
It looks like robardin and I both picked cities that weren’t actually capitals. Guess I should’ve used a phrase like “international city” instead of “national capital”. Forgive me for the sloppy questions, guys, I’m a little rusty…
Name a country which has won the World Cup. Brazil
Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. USA
Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). Czechoslovakia
Name a national capital which has changed its name. Mumbai5. Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. New York
Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Fellini
Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Spain
Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Pelé
What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Soccer
Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. Is this the international edition or the sports edition?! Sheesh. Reykjavik.
