# Trivial Feud Part III: World Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775 "2008-01-16T20:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CMiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CMiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMiller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/41 "2008-01-17T11:05:25Z")
1. Brazil 2. United States 3. West Germany 4. Constantinople 5. Tokyo 6. Roman Polanski 7. France 8. Pele 9. Gymnastics 10. United States ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/42 "2008-01-17T13:12:22Z")
1: Brazil 2: USA 3: DDR (East Germany) 4: Beijing/Peking 5: Mumbai 6: Bergman 7: Greece 8: Pele 9: Track & Field 10: Canada ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/43 "2008-01-17T13:19:08Z")
1. Brazil 2. France 3. East Germany 4. Rangoon/Yangon 5. Tokyo 6. Roman Polanski 7. Greece 8. Nadia Comaneci (sp?) 9. 800 metres 10. USA ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/44 "2008-01-17T13:52:18Z")
**1. Name a country which has won the World Cup.** Italy **2. Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive.** Germany **3. Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime.** I can’t think of any. **4. Name a national capital which has changed its name.** Almaty, Kazakhstan **5. Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world.** Mexico City **6. Name a famous film director from outside the United States.** Pedro Almodovar **7. Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports.** Greece **8. Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain.** Pele **9. What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally?** ummm…women’s gymnastics. **10. Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive.** Canada **ETA, upon reading the other answers:** I can’t believe I blanked on Germany’s reunification! I are dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/45 "2008-01-17T13:58:09Z")
This should be fun. I apologize in advance for my ignorance. 1. Brazil 2. Italy 3. Yugoslavia 4. Mumbai 5. Tokyo 6. Fellini 7. Spain 8. Pele 9. Football (soccer) 10. Italy ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/46 "2008-01-17T15:40:44Z")
1. Brazil 2. Germany 3. Egypt 4. Beijing 5. New York 6. Federico Fellini 7. Greece 8. Pele 9. Track & Field 10. Japan ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/47 "2008-01-17T15:55:57Z")
1. Brazil 2. Germany 3. Texas 4. Beijing, if that doesn’t count then New Delhi 5. New York 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Greece 8. Anna Kournikova 9. Marathon 10. Japan Didn’t look anything up, so, we’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/48 "2008-01-17T16:20:24Z")
The irony of question 4 is this trivia game is all about giving the most popular answer which is not necessarily a correct one. I would have done better to have gone with Mumbai or Istanbul. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/49 "2008-01-17T16:23:28Z")
1. England 2. Italy 3. East Germany 4. Leningrad / St. Petersburg 5. London 6. Roman Polanski 7. Greece 8. Nadia Comăneci 9. Women’s gymnastics 10. USA ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/50 "2008-01-17T17:45:08Z")
1. Brazil 2. USA 3. East Germany 4. Tokyo/Edo 5. Mexico City 6. Ang Lee 7. Greece 8. Yao Ming 9. Soccer 10. France ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/51 "2008-01-17T18:00:37Z")
1. Brazil 2. United States 3. East Germany 4. St. Petersburg 5. Tokyo 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Greece 8. Pele 9. Football (Soccer) 10. Yugoslavia ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/52 "2008-01-17T18:05:28Z")
1. Brazil 2. Korea and Japan 3. East Germany 4. Saigon 5. Mexico City 6. Bertolini 7. Spain 8. Ronaldo 9. Track 10. Japan ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/53 "2008-01-17T18:22:25Z")
1. Name a country which has won the World Cup. **Brazil** 2. Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. **Germany** 3. Name a country which has merged with another country in peacetime (please use the name of the individual country, not the new, larger country). \*\*Scotland + England \*\* (Although some people would like to see it otherwise) 4. Name a national capital which has changed its name. **Kinshasa** 5. Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. **London** 6. Name a famous film director from outside the United States. **Ridley Scott** 7. Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. **Italy** 8. Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. **Cathy Freeman** 9. What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? **Track and Field** 10. Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. **Lake Placid** ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/54 "2008-01-17T18:33:52Z")
1. Brazil 2. France 3. East Germany 4. Istanbul 5. Mexico City 6. Guillermo del Toro 7. Italy 8. Pele 9. Track and Fiield 10. Italy ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/55 "2008-01-17T18:43:21Z")
Jeez. Ask for 50 responses and it takes a week. Give people half a week and I get 50 responses in a day. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/56 "2008-01-17T20:25:39Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I can’t believe so many people named **Pele** … [/QUOTE] I thought about Pele, but then thought that he hadn’t played in forever (or has he? I really don’t know) and assumed that SDMB people would be much more current and just be able to name international sports stars at the drop of a hat. I also started singing the Istanbul song. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/57 "2008-01-17T21:13:26Z")
Pele don’t move like he used to. (He’s 67 years old, ya know. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/58 "2008-01-18T00:40:34Z")
1. Name a country which has won the World Cup. Brazil 2. Name a country which has hosted the World Cup since 1982, inclusive. USA (on the theory that you ALWAYS say USA) 3. 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 4. Name a national capital which has changed its name. Peking/Beijing 5. Name one of the 20 largest cities in the world. New York (on the theory that you ALWAYS say USA) 6. Name a famous film director from outside the United States. Miyazaki 7. Name a country which lists olives among its chief exports. Italy 8. Name a world-famous athlete from anywhere other than the United States, Canada or Great Britain. Pele 9. What is the most popular sport in the Summer Olympics, internationally? Track and Field 10. Name a country which has hosted the Winter Olympics since 1976, inclusive. USA (on the theory that you ALWAYS say USA) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/59 "2008-01-18T06:22:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I thought about Pele, but then thought that he hadn’t played in forever (or has he? I really don’t know) and assumed that SDMB people would be much more current and just be able to name international sports stars at the drop of a hat. Pele was my first thought too. But then I figured I’m in my forties and most young people wouldn’t think of him. Sometimes I outsmart myself in this game. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-feud-part-iii-world-edition/433775/60 "2008-01-21T16:14:05Z")
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