Taijitu
Forum Meta => Archive => Archived Fun => Topic started by: Gulliver on April 24, 2007, 12:44:07 AM
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Simple really. I give a clue, and you try to name the country I have in mind. If you are right, then it is your turn to think of a country and give a clue, and whoever gets it picks the next country and so forth. Let's begin.
The head of state of this country as defined by its constitution has been dead since 1994.
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North Korea, and I am positive I am right.
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Yes yes, that is correct!
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Alright, I'm thinking of a country...
The country I am thinking of is traditionally absolutist, and could become absolutist again easily under its constitution, but currently acts as a parliamentary democracy.
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Alright, I'm thinking of a country...
The country I am thinking of is traditionally absolutist, and could become absolutist again easily under its constitution, but currently acts as a parliamentary democracy.
just guessing... the UK?
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Incorrect (the UK was never traditionally absolutist. Absolutism is the exception there, not the rule.)
I have an idea: every twenty-four hours, I'll give another clue until someone gets it right.
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Japan?
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Nope.
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Well, that's an absolutely unhelpful clue :P
Oh, what to say... Iraq? Though I'm not really sure the word "function" can be applied right now to that country in any way.
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China? *Has no clue*
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Russia? fits the requirements...
another one if I'm right: this country's name comes from the construction that the men have done to the landmass. (same rule as new history lovers)
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None of the above. Keep trying.
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Sweden? :-P
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Nope, and time for another clue.
This country has multiple languages spoken, and only a slight majority of this country's inhabitants speak the official language natively.
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Bangladesh!
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spain?
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Takasia is correct.
Under the Spanish constitution, the King can dissolve Parliament at will, and run the country without the President, though the monarchy has not done so since the early years after the fall of Franco. Also, multiple languages are spoken, including Castillian, Aragonese, Catalan, Euskadi, Andalusian, and Portugese. Castillian is what is known as "Spanish", and is only as widespoken as it is because of Franco's dictatorship.
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Now my turn...
The country I'm thinking has all land owned by the state, before Communism, during Communism, and after Communism...
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China.
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China.
Nope... There were landlords before the Mao took over, and of course there are plenty now
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Russia.
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Nope, there are landowners in Russia
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Belarus.
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Belarus.
Nope. Belarus as a nation did not exist before the Soviet Era.
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Cuba?
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Czech Republic?
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Sol: nej! Fidel Castro is not dead yet!
Musachanage: nope. much land in CZ is privatized
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Mongolia?
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BINGO!!!
:clap: :clap:
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Yay! It is my turn!
Four of the 75 members of this of this nation's legislature have been assassinated in the past several years, reputedly for their links to various major illegal ventures.
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Italy?
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No, guess again.
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Japan?
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North Korea? i really dont know
and about the Spain, i do not consider a totalitair country, it's divided by regions and each region wanna be independent, if the king would dissolve the parliament or whatever you said he could, all other regions would split up, the union of Spain from the king is a farse, thats why there's multiple languages. Basques dont like catalans, catalans dont like central spain, cetral spain love catalans, catalans dont give a sh1t and make independent economy.
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No and no.
Feel free to look it up you have to, it isn't against the rules :D
And if this doesn't go anywhere, I'll add a clue.
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Thailand?
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Yes, but because of gun laws and prohibitions, just because each region could declare independence, doesn't mean they could defend it. The King controls the military, and, therefore, the majority of guns. As long as he had military support, he could become a new Franco. Hell, Franco INTENDED for Juan Carlos to rule as an absolute monarch. Juan Carlos was just a nice guy and established parliamentary democracy. The democracy in Spain is far more shaky than it is made out to be.
Oh, and my guess, Haiti?
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No, and my sadistic mood has spent itself.
Clue #2: Tulip Revolution
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Kyrgyzstan!
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Yay! :D
Your turn.
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(OOG): well yeah, but they actually dislike anything related to Franco. The problem there is that they tried to be like England, that forced any other region to speak english. It's quite different in Spain, they are actually different kingdoms, each have theire own culture, hence having theire own language. I dont think the king is more than a 'Pink Magazine' cover, he woudlnt have much to say if they actually demanded independency. do not forget, the Irish have the IRA, the Basques have the ETA, and so on. Anyway officially, you'r right, but it's only a top cover layer cake, same goes to Russia.
i would never know that. com'on give us another country to guess!
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Portugal?
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Disregard this, I missed the last page of posts...
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it's Cartwrightia's turn.
if theres nothing to guess, ill give my last one then:
This country is named after what the men did to the landmass.
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'Pink Magazine' cover
What exactly is a 'Pink Magazine cover?
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those magazines that talk about VIPs and people that became important recently by appearing at the TV..or just weird teenaging gossips about sex
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Portugal?
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Should be The Netherlands (you know The Netherlands had VERY high mountains but then the Dutch come and make it Netherlands ;D)
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feher trigis, yeap, aka Holland. you'r turn.
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let it be this.
this country is named after a different nation.
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let it be this.
this country is named after a different nation.
Belarus?
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I mean the world has given a name for the country which is actually wrong because the name is after a different nation. Belarus is named after themselves (they call themselves belo russia). so my question is not a poitical or ethnical quiz. it is just the naming you have to look at.
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I'm not sure if this is the one you are thinking of, but Burma fits in the criteria
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They call themselves Myanmar now but to tell the truth I don't know. Please explain: which nation is 'burmian'? And which nation lives there instead?
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Burmese is actually a minority group living between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
That was the reason why they changed the country name to Myanmar.
Another guess: Macedonia?
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Eire....which is called Ireland???
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Sorry, I have limited knowledge of Macedonian history but if I am right Macedonia existed already in the ancient times (Alexander the Great) using this name and still the people call themselves Macedonian (no Greeks). (If you think of FYROM it is again political and definitely out of scope here)
Just to be more exact: NO minority issue, NO one nation-two countries issue (not Austria), NO two nations-one country issue (so no Tibet). There are two separate, 'sovereign', 'majority' nations with no links. And the country of the second nation is named by the world after the first.
(what is the majority nation in Myanmar?)
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Sorry, I have limited knowledge of Macedonian history but if I am right Macedonia existed already in the ancient times (Alexander the Great) using this name and still the people call themselves Macedonian (no Greeks). (If you think of FYROM it is again political and definitely out of scope here)
Just to be more exact: NO minority issue, NO one nation-two countries issue (not Austria), NO two nations-one country issue (so no Tibet). There are two separate, 'sovereign', 'majority' nations with no links. And the country of the second nation is named by the world after the first.
(what is the majority nation in Myanmar?)
The whatever republic of congo which was once called Zaire?
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Ireland: well, many countries have different names locally. E.g. Finland is Soumi, Germany is Deutschland. But they just identify the same nation. Even if Deutsch is just part of the German tribes nobody would deny in Germany that they are the heirs of Germans. Same for Celts and Ireland. (but please I am not a professor of history so I am open for corrections)
So - not a translation issue. Think of sg. like: you name us Squareland - well actually we are Circles and not Squares.
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Congo does not contain a name of a nation (or majority tribe) (If I am correct). Moreover there is another Congo -> one nation two countries.
It is not tricky even if it is not well-known.
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huh?!
New Zealand?
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Again: New Zealand does not contain a name of a nation.
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I already touched it but I make it mainstream: name of a majority tribe (German) counts here as a name of a nation.
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Germany
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Ask the Swiss people whether they are not Swiss. What else? I know French, German and Italian part of Switzerland but as a whole nation they are Swiss and they don't deny it.
This is not a multi-nation, minority, separatist, political, ethnic question.
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China?
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What nation 'China' names? And which nation lives there instead?
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People's Republic of China
Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Sorry, I almost missed the guess Germany. As far as i know Germans don't say we are not Germans but English or French. Translation does not count.
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Is my turn?
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Taiwan and China is a political issue for 2 countries. My question is NOT political in any sense. It is a historical misnaming.
Let me tell you as a Monthy Python's sketch:
- Well, here is the next nation to be named.
- Aye, let me see. How they look like?
- They look very funny (laughing). Big nose, strange clothes ha-ha-ha-ha. They remind me the Squares.
- Ha-ha-ha. Do they already have some unofficial name?
- Yes, they call themselves...
- Not important. Let me see.... The previous names were France (LOL for 6 seconds), Germany (LOL for 8 seconds), England (LOL for 27 and half seconds). So the next name should be... should be... Square!!!! (LOL for 2 seconds).
- Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. But please here are some representatives of them and they want to argue themselves for their names.
- Let them in.
('Squares' come. funny clothes, long nose)
- So. You want to have an official name and you come here to the Official Nation Naming Office.
- Yes, and we would like to be named as....
- Not important. Let me tell you first that your application is just very-very-very .... square! Ha-ha-ha-ha So. The Official Nation Naming Office take it anyway because we want to avoid being seen as some ... some ... rude .... not important.
- Yes, and we would like to be named as....
- Forget it. The Official Nation Naming Office creates names upon very thorough research, and not upon wishes. Imagine if for example the United States would have been named after the wishes of the Dutch? Would it be now a Ve-rei-ni-g!-te States ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (LOL for 11 seconds)? So, the research (ha-ha) we conducted resulted in the name of: Squareland!
- But we don't want to be Squareland. We are Circles and not Squares.
- Not important. If you don't like your new official name you can appeal. Can you write?
- No we can't.
- You can't write and you still want to interfere with the naming process? Are you an idiot? No write, no right (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)! Go away, you ... Squares!
('Squares' go)
- Mr. Officer. Here we have the following nation. They say they are heirs of Latins living in the peninsula at the Mediterranean sea. They want to keep the name Latin.
- No way. Let me see ... If we just mix the letters ... Ilants ... Itanls ...
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I accept any solution that satisfies the followings:
1. The well-known 'international' name of the country contains the name of a nation (famous tribe etc.)
2. The people who live in that country all say 'No, we are NOT from the nation the country name would suggest. We are from a (one) separate nation.'
3. This second nation lives in this country without any political, ethnic, minority, separatist or such issue.
4. There is only one country having the name of the nation mentioned at 1.
shortly said: The country is named after a different nation.
(Taiwaneese say 'we are chinese' and our country is 'China'. not accepted)
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Not all Taiwanese consider themselves Chinese, to be exact.
Western Sahara? :-P
Seriously though, you can't be talking about Transnistria, can you?
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No, Western Sahara has no nation in its name.
It is a well-known country, existing, serious, not a one-island country form Oceania.
(sorry for the Taiwaneese, history goes, but my quiz is not subject to such dispute)
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How about Vatican City?
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You mean the 'Catholic nation' live there instead of the famous 'Vatican nation'? Well, not exactly
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It's the Holy See, not the Vaticanites.
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Vatican City does not contain the name of a nation.
It is NOT tricky. The current name of the country SHOULD contain the name of a nation (famous tribe etc.) The current people in this country should say 'we have our nationality which is different from what the name of the country would suggest'. But it is not because of separatism, minority, multi-nation etc. issue. This is a simple misnaming.
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Åland.
If you can't qualify that for some reason, either the Dominican Republic or Dominica.
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Aland. I don't know where is this country. Please tell me that, then the name of the nation in the name 'Aland', and then the name of the nation who lives there.
Dominica: I know where is Dominica. But Dominica is named after some Spanish noble, king, prince etc. like many other things there, isn't it? Or Dominica is a name of a nation? And what is the name of the nation who lives there now?
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The citizens of Åland consider themselves Finnish or Swedish, it's off the southwestern coast of Finland.
How about the Dominican Republic, then?
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You mean Aland is a sovereign country with currency, parliament, UN membership and such? But which nation is in its name? And if I understand right they don't consider themselves a separate nation but a set of representatives of other nations. Little bit like Spain (only Catalan, Andalusian, Bask etc. people are there) - but it is not Spain either.
Dominican Republic: which nation is in its name? Dominic is a name of a person not a name of a nation if I am right.
The question is NOT: name a country where somebody else lives.
But: name a country where the name of the country is given internationally after a different nation. So I need two nations and one country name.
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Dominican Republic: which nation is in its name? Dominic is a name of a person not a name of a nation if I am right.
Could it perhaps be... Dominica?
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OK, I give up. You really are looking for a trick which does not exist.
Both Dominica and Dominican Republic is named after Dominic or Dominica. It is not like Virginia and West Virginia and not the two Congos in Africa etc.
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I give you another clue (I try in white, so you can guess using only the first clue) and also summarize:
clue 1: This country is named after a different nation. Not after the nation that actually lives in. No separatism, no multi-nation country, no minority, not two countries with similar names, not two country for same nation. Not political, not linguistic. No Trick.
clue 2: Catholics ring bells each noon. This is after a battle between two countries. The winner is the country we are looking for.
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Ghana?
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in servia? We call Bosnia to that lil part that is not independent yet, and they or we call them albanese, but there's a country already called Albania with red flag and black eagle. right? but i think they call themselves albanese... please tell me im right or im just messed up!
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Ghana: no idea, please give a little explanation (name of nation/tribe in the name 'Ghana', and then the name of the nation who lives there and the story why they named then Ghana). But clue2 is definitely unique, with that I am positive it is not right.
Servia: maybe you mean Kosovo (as Bosnia-Herzegovina is an independent country). As I mentioned this question is not related to politics, no multi-nation question or a nation without country or one nation two countries. But 'Kosovo' has no nation name in it.
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Ireland: well, many countries have different names locally. E.g. Finland is Soumi, Germany is Deutschland. But they just identify the same nation. Even if Deutsch is just part of the German tribes nobody would deny in Germany that they are the heirs of Germans. Same for Celts and Ireland. (but please I am not a professor of history so I am open for corrections)
So - not a translation issue. Think of sg. like: you name us Squareland - well actually we are Circles and not Squares.
"deutsch" is ot a German tribe :-P
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Northern-Ireland?
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It looks i should be a professor of etymology, geography and history :D
You are right, Deutsch (according to Google) is not a name of a tribe (actually I thought it is a name of a Lord or King but neither this).
Northern Ireland: we are looking for a separate, sovereign country with no political, minority, ethnic or such issue. It is simple misnaming of the country.
(You can try to use clue2.)
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The Ghana Empire existed from approximately 750-1100, was the predecessor to the much better known Mali Empire. The Empire's major centers were in modern-day Mali and Mauritania.
The modern Republic of Ghana has no connection to the former Ghana Empire, and the old Ghana Empire never owned or had tributary of any part of the modern Republic.
Therefore, two separate countries, peoples, and languages, but the same name.
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I demand more clues!
and yes i was talking about kosovo.
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have you seen clue2? actually this is absolutely unique (sg. happened once and only once)
but I figure out sg. .... sg. .... sg. .... ok. this is clue 3 (again in white) (plus clues 1&2 for summary):
clue 1: This country is named after a different nation. Not after the nation that actually lives in. No separatism, no multi-nation country, no occupation, no minority, not two countries with similar names, not two country for same nation. Not political, not linguistic; simple misnaming. No Trick.
clue 2: Catholics ring the bells each noon. This is to remember a battle between two countries. The winner is the country we are looking for.
clue3: For about 25 years the country has been a 'kingdom without a king' but not now.
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Hungary!
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But of course!!! Varkour's turn!
Just to explain: Hungary got its name after the Huns. The most famous Hun is Attila came from east and demolished antique Rome in A.D. 476. This is the start point of middle age and end of the (west) Roman Empire (I hope everybody on the world learns that in the school). Huns were cruel nomadic horsemen with bows (not swords). Actually they disappeared (assimilated) during the VI. century.
Then, after 300 years another nomadic nation came from east - Magyars (end of IX. century). They were nomadic horsemen with bows. Everybody in Europe thought that the Huns are back (famous praying at that time: 'God save us from the bows of the Huns'). Fortunately not, Magyars settled and became a kingdom in catholic faith. Nevertheless the country got the name Hungary. In Hungarian the name of the country is 'MagyarLand' and not 'HunLand', people are calling themselves 'Magyars' and not 'Huns'.
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YAY!
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nice thanks for history lesson, we'r actually very ignorant about Hungary, we know about the huns, also that famous golden statue, but that huns disappeared and there was another people that been called huns..neva heard of.
Varkour what are you waiting for?
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Okay :P
First clue:
The country has more registered companies than people...
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I'm so embarrassed I forgot about Hungary :-[
Anyway, my first guess.
Cayman Islands?
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Nope... sorry
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Because it is a tax-paradise? There are many such countries: Monaco, Cayman-Islands ...
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Switzerland?
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Liechtenstein? Luxembourg? San Marino?
I claim all those guesses first!
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LOL
One at a time NHL... ;)
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Singapore?
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No... sorry
Someone has already guessed it... *hint*
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Actually, Hungary was named according to the what the natives said when they first talked to the English. "Hung-a-ry." (They weren't good at the language.)
Also, the answer is incomplete, as in Finnish the Huns are "hunnit" and Hungary is "Unkari." See a connection? Neither do I.
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San Marino.
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LOL
No....
;)
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Luxembourg?
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Nope!!
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Boys, girls: this should be the Vatican City
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No... sorry
Someone has already guessed it... *hint*
So no...
:)
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NHL said Liechtenstein, if it is correct it's NHL's turn. :p fair play
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Correct...
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This country is currently in the process of a run-off election.
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This country is currently in the process of a run-off election.
France?
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You are so smart! :o
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That's in the news!
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Yeah I know. I did extra credit for French by researching the election. ;D
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I am thinking of a country where tobacco is banned just as narcotics
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Ireland?
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Ireland?
nope
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Norway?
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Norway?
I bet you can smoke in Norway... so, no.
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Hitler imposed this law...so Germany?
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nope.
I'm not too sure, but I bet Hitler smoked?
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He made a law.
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Did he?
Whatever....
The question is asking about a country that CURRENTLY ban tobacco
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Most of places ban it in enclosed public places. I can't find any country that has an outright ban.
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There is one
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Singapore?
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Singapore?
Nope, they do not even ban chewing gum as rumoured...
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Um, they did ban chewing gum, and the ban was only partially relaxed in 2004.
And Bhutan.
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Um, they did ban chewing gum, and the ban was only partially relaxed in 2004.
And Bhutan.
No! I lived in Singapore for 6 years. Consumption of chewing gum was never banned.
Wow! You are fast! (I'm wondering if my questions are really too simple....)
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new one new one!
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Resist urge to post new question even though I didn't win...resist...resist.......
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*Shrugs*
Then every major news outlet on the web is lying to me. Or maybe you're just very good at evading the Singaporean authorities, or they don't care :D
Or you were there before 1992.
*Shrugs again*
Anyway, this country altered its flag after discovering at the 1936 Summer Olympics that their flag was identical to Haiti's.
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Liechtenstein!
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It's in Africa. Right in the center. Its got a really long name (well, somewhat)
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Central African Republic?
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Wait...Algerian, are you supposed to be asking a question? He hasn't responded to my answer yet, and If i'm right, I choose the next q...
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Central African Republic?
Correct.
And to new history lover, I was asking a question. I am sorry if I have offended you. Ask away.
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Meh, it's alright. Was just wondering about the rules. I'm pretty sure I'm right though, so I'll just go on to my next question:
This country was defined as Aryan by Hitler, but was NOT a European country.
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Hey, what happens to me? I guesses Algerianbania's question correctly, but it was an invalid question? So am I just screwed then?
By the way, as for New History lover's question...
Japan
Oh...If I get to post a question, here is mine...
This country is the newest officially recognized country.
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Incorrect. And, meh, what's to stop there being two questions at the same time, nu? So, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (i.e. Western Sahara)?
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Wrong...
As for yours,
Senegal?
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Incorrect. As for yours,
Palau?
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Oh...If I get to post a question, here is mine...
This country is the newest officially recognized country.
East Timor
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answering to trey, Monte-negro?
East-Timor isnt new, it has existed for long time, just occupied by Indonesia. East-Timor is the newest independent country..i guess..excluding the newest official one..or am i incorrect?
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Correct, takasia, now try and figure out New History lover's question (and also create your own)
By the way...you are correct, delfos, about East Timor's existence...however until very recently it was still a part of Indonesia. Therefore, takasia is correct.
As for New History Lovers',
Canada?
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No...all the Native Americans.
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O.K. then...Australia?
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Aborigines.
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Russia (technically part of Asia)?
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Russians were in fact NOT considered Aryans.
Hint: the nation is special because it's a nation you wouldn't THINK of as white.
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China?
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India?
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South Africa? was all white by that time...
what you say makes me think it was ruled by white, in black people area..South Africa fits...
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Persia....
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next question: I am thinking of a country that brought the word "Thanks" to Japanese
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Italy?
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lol thats easy for me Origato (Japanese, dunno if i spelled correctly) Obrigado (Portuguese)
During the sea expansion after 1500, Portugal was the 1st 'western' country to find those cute islands called Japan, we got to be known as the Big Noses, we exchanged alot, from technology to words, like the word 'thanks'. Other example, they gave us gun powder, we gave them more accurate and more developed rifles.
my turn?
The president of this country hand-shaken the president of Iran in support against US presidency critics and against the support of US to Israel during Lebanon war.
clues are all there...its recent and easy...
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Venezuela? Hugo Chavez?
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yes, easy wasnt it?
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Yes, it was. I hope mine will be easy as well (I don't want another Hungary ;))
So this country is the only one (on Earth) having an official national flag containing a gun.
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Yes, it was. I hope mine will be easy as well (I don't want another Hungary ;))
So this country is the only one (on Earth) having an official national flag containing a gun.
Mozambique - Yes, I searched the wiki for that.. :P
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/135px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png)
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not fair :p Moçambique has that on the flag because it set it free, also because the portuguese made it possible after the revolution.
comon give me another country to guess
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This country has ONLY one neighbouring nation, and this very neighbour splits the country into two seperate parts.
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not very specific, i dont actually get it, are we talking about the neighbor to the nation that has 2 parts, or what? if so, can be anything, nation split in 2 parts, Ireland....if so, we'r talking about England/UK?
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missed one word in the question. amended
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Meh, it's alright. Was just wondering about the rules. I'm pretty sure I'm right though, so I'll just go on to my next question:
This country was defined as Aryan by Hitler, but was NOT a European country.
I correct myself: TIBET
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i demand more leads on the takasian trivia
about that aryan one, wasnt Congo ruled by Belgians around that time? could it be Congo?
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You were supposed to wait until someone had guessed my country correctly and I had confirmed it, and then it would be their turn. Incidently, Leichtenstien is correct New History Lovers.
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1 neighbor 2 parts: isn't it Bangladesh?
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(BTW: Mozambique is right)
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1 neighbor 2 parts: isn't it Bangladesh?
Bangla has more than 1 neighbour: India and Myanmar
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Daimiaen was correct on my question: Persia, known today as Iran.
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This country has ONLY one neighbouring nation, and this very neighbour splits the country into two seperate parts.
Cyprus
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Daimiaen was correct on my question: Persia, known today as Iran.
Nazi "experts" acknowledged the Tibetans as part of the main-aryan race of their mythology.
As for Persia: the word Aryan just comes from that place. Adolf kinda stole the term but if he did actually refer to Persians as Aryans...that i do not know
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This country has ONLY one neighbouring nation, and this very neighbour splits the country into two seperate parts.
Cyprus
If you meant north and south cyprus as a whole, it has no neighbour.
If you meant one of the nations, neither of the two is split into two parts.
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Which country once had a queen with six fingers on one hand and also had three breasts???
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Tibet was also considered part of the once "Pre-aryan" race, admittingly, but I thought this game only takes into account countries that exist in the modern day; Tibet does not - it is part of the PRC. Persia/Iran DOES exist, albeit with a changed name.
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Whats the name of that greek island that is split in 2? one side the turkish, the other the greek..it's an island :p only 1 neighbor and it split the land in 2...
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Whats the name of that greek island that is split in 2? one side the turkish, the other the greek..it's an island :p only 1 neighbor and it split the land in 2...
That's Cyprus, and not the answer as stated above
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What about East Timor? Same conditions as cyprus...
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What about East Timor? Same conditions as cyprus...
No, East Timor is not in two pieces seperated by Indonesia....
Rephrase: This country is split into two parts by country A, and country A is the only neighbour.
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I first thought the US, but it has a border with Mexico, so....let's see...
what about the Vatican City? I'm pretty sure it has two, separate parts, but only borders Italy.
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What about East Timor? Same conditions as cyprus...
No, East Timor is not in two pieces seperated by Indonesia....
Rephrase: This country is split into two parts by country A, and country A is the only neighbour.
correction: East-Timor is split into two. There is a smaller part on the same island (South) that is separated by Indonesia.
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What about East Timor? Same conditions as cyprus...
No, East Timor is not in two pieces seperated by Indonesia....
Rephrase: This country is split into two parts by country A, and country A is the only neighbour.
correction: East-Timor is split into two. There is a smaller part on the same island (South) that is separated by Indonesia.
oh... You are correct then!
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if the clue is appliable to east timer, either you get new one, or just give the answer :p i would give more hints, please!
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if the clue is appliable to east timer, either you get new one, or just give the answer :p i would give more hints, please!
I reckon you should get a new one. The country I had in mind was Brunei
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I dismissed Brunie since it borders to two nations: Malaysia and the Philippines.
(I know, I know but Sabah belongs to the Philippines...not Malaysia.)
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How can anything border the Philippines - they're Islands!
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How can anything border the Philippines - they're Islands!
Sabah (i.e. North-Borneo) is actually and rightfully part of it.
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I think my question got a bit lost in the last page......so hear it is again......
Which country once had a queen with six fingers on one hand and also had three breasts???
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I don't know about six fingers, but Anne Boelyn had three breasts, so...
England?
((The UK if you prefer, but Scotland was independent, and Ireland technically as well, back then))
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I dismissed Brunie since it borders to two nations: Malaysia and the Philippines.
(I know, I know but Sabah belongs to the Philippines...not Malaysia.)
Sabah is Malaysian, period.
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I think my question got a bit lost in the last page......so hear it is again......
Which country once had a queen with six fingers on one hand and also had three breasts???
I dunno about the three-breasts :o but I think it was rumoured she was born with 6 fingers, so it must be Annie. On the other hand, beast who lay eggs do not have a belly-button, so how does an Imperial-Penguin get a belly-earing pierced?
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I dismissed Brunie since it borders to two nations: Malaysia and the Philippines.
(I know, I know but Sabah belongs to the Philippines...not Malaysia.)
Sabah is Malaysian, period.
No it's not. Even Brunei acknowledges it as Filipino. PERIOD!
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what does it matter?
hey another country to guess, this time is 2 countries at once:
what countries were about to be united but the whole thing collapsed because 'officially' someone fell of the horse and died, when we all know he was assassinated?
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NHL.....correct.....Anne Boleyn did in fact have three breasts and also six fingers on one hand....
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3?! I bet Henry had a good time :P
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Yay, my turn.
Alright, I'm thinking of a country...
This country has been imperialized by Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, and the United States.
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USA..or is it Mexico? Spain owned most of USA when they started to colonize (thanks to the pope being spanish, or else it would be all portuguese) Spain sold most of the areas to several countries, mainly France and Netherlands, but also the english crown. Somehow the other nation colonies were either bought or conquered by the english crown later on, wich led to the famous Tea Party. Anyhow, that makes me think the country you'r talking about is USA, since it's that big, it belonged to many nations.
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How precisely did the United States imperialize itself?
No, it is not the US.
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well...good point
Austria? didnt noticed that...is that the chronological order? hmm is it a canarian island?
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I myself guess Mexico (supporting Delfos)
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Not necessarily chronological order.
And, it is, in fact, Mexico.
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what countries were about to be united but the whole thing collapsed because 'officially' someone fell of the horse and died, when we all know he was assassinated?
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looks too tough for everybody. more clues?
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both countries have maritime borders, Country A having history of an "armada" that lost on their 1st goal, Country B having history of becoming independent: once locking the king's mother on a castle tower, another for throwing country A's diplomats out of the window of their residency.
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I'm guessing A is Spain, and B is England.
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country A was ease cuz of the Invincible Arma :p, altho country B is incorrect, (it doesnt fit the part with the horse, im unsure either or not english become independent twice, once locking the king's mother in a castle and a 2nd time throwing spanish diplomats out of a window...were they? and were the english becoming united with the spanish ever? )
from now is easy
another clue for country B: there's a funny part in country's B history, where he conquered many lands in the south where the plantations were, whenever the plantations were blooming the Arabians came running conquering the lands again, and eat all plantations. and then again country B conquered the plantations again, and then when they were blooming the Arabs came again, and so on...AGAIN!
i doubt you'll find which country has this history above, rather obvious you should find countries with past history of Arabian invasions.
anyway the country is very easy now.
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Portugal?
Oh, and, on England, it did almost merge with Spain on at least one occasion (I am not sure if there was more than once), when Bloody Mary married Philip II of Spain. They had no children, so they did not merge, but it was bloody close.
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oh i remember that, more than once actually, but its not the same thing as unification, England would be part of a single nation. and yes it was portugal and spain, the prince that 'fell off the horse' was portuguese to marry some princess in spain and create an Iberian nation.
about the funny things, of the Independence of Portugal, 1st king of Portugal locked his mother in a castle towards so she couldnt prevent the creation of Portugal. Later on, our blood line broke, and for some magical powers, the king of Spain Filipe II, become king of Portugal Filipe I, after 3 dinasties, Filipe III of spain=Filipe II of Portugal, Filipe IV of spain=Filipe III of Portugal, we got fed up, there's a story about a diplomat that locked himself in a (how you call those big cases to put cloths on..?) that, and got trowed out the window with the diplomat inside, i dont recall if there was any other diplomat thrown off the window.
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Yay! M turn.
This country has been separately ruled, at different times by Spain and the United Kingdom, and was taken from the former by the latter during the 18th century.
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oh i think i know, but cant recall the name, those islands near north Africa! there's a polemic thing going on because of those islands, it's supposed to be spannish, but somehow the english got ruling it, there's alot of spannish that want those islands as spannish territory (and they are right).
But then i would like Spain to give our territory back in South of spain, they stole us territory, when UN formed the borders we got stole several Km in the south! GIVE US OLIVENÇA BACK!
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Gibraltar
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It's NOT the islands near North Africa, and while Gibraltar was taken around the same time, Gibraltar is NOT a country, it is a part of the UK.
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Malta?
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i would bet on malta..
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Takasia. Right.
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I was right about my perception..those islands near north Africa...im bad with names :p
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My turn:
Once a French colony, this country produces one of the most pricey drinks on earth from cats' droppings.
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Algeria?
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Algeria?
nope... but what drink do they make from cat droppings?
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dunno, the trick is the cat droppings, im just aiming for french colonies..does the Normands coutn as french? England could do it..they are nasty fellows :p
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I don't know what former FRENCH colony does it, but the former DUTCH colony of Indonesia has something like that...
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that is pretty close. though the same drink is not confined to indonesia and was indeed spread to a nearby french colony.
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I'm not aware of any former French colonies in that area. Do you refer to Papua New Guinea?
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that nation borders china...
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vietnam?
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Bingo!
Both Indonesia and Vietnam are the better known coffee producers in SE Asia. for more information about the cat dropping coffee, check here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_coffee).
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It thought it was made from some monkey's crap.
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lucky me i saw Apocalipse Now just few minutes ago :p
new lead: The political leaders of this country printed a sort of bible.
(my clues were too easy :p had to make things harder)
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"a sort of bibie"?
Does Mao's little red book qualify?
If so, China
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What aspect of The Bible do you mean?
As per a book for everybody there are many nations: China, Lybia, Kazakhstan, ...
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the words mean everything, "political leaders" and "sort of bible" was the key, takasia is correct. It's China and the red book.
sort of bible=sort of religious book ;) word trick.
anyway my clues were again easy, i gotta think harder.
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Next: The next constitutional monachy
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mornachy? i dont know...i think the spannish still answer to the king...oh wait, england?
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nope... the keyword is next.
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hey how can we know? it can even be turkey. i dont know any country that wants a constitutional monarchy, must be european...denmark? :S
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how can we know? because it was announced!
and no, not european.
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If I am right, Nepal (or Bhutan?) is changing from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.
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is it really a monarchy?
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Methinks its Bhutan, but I am not sure.
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BINGO! :clap:
They have drafted a constitution, and the first democratic election will be held next year.
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If I am right, Nepal (or Bhutan?) is changing from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.
Nepal changed from constitutional monarchy to an absolute one since the royal family massacre a few years back.
However, with the protest and turmoil last year around this time (which destroyed my plan of my trip there), the constitution and the paliament have been restored.
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Alright, my turn.
This European country has a mytho-historical era predating the histories of any of its neighbors.
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Europe as European continent? that's very hard to say. if influenced by Egyptians, kreta would be the oldest, meaning Greece. Italy always had people living in, dunno what they were before Etruscans. It's very hard....
mytho-historical, means the history is confirmed mythology, right? because you have history in the megalithic. Even Portugal would beat that rank, it's considered the oldest settlement in Europe.
But for mythology, not faith as religion, you have Nordic countries, starting Germany way up. Germany and Ukraine are possible nominees to your country :p Anyway, as i said, it's too hard, please define.
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Blind guess
Ireland? (the Celts)
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there was celts everywhere in europe, i dont think they origin in the Britain islands either. Whatever New History Lovers is aiming for is far older Is Mother Earth a mythology? Even before that, the sun, but they were all nomads, poor people that didnt know it was just a huge burning ball far away.
Ukraine then?
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Greece?
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I refer to a country which has confirmed history further back than any other European country, within its own, current territory, give or take some land. It has a direct succession via language and culture into the modern era from the earliest confirmed history, though not necessarily continued independence.
Oh, and no countries proposed so far are correct.
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Burkina Faso!
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Since when was Burkina Faso in Europe?
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Greece?
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hm now it's more defined. Turkey?
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Neither.
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Georgia?
Armenia?
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Denmark...older than China.
(btw Turkey ain't European as well)
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San Marino?
Supposed to be the oldest country in the world...
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Turkey is European, if not geographically than culturally. The Turkish language is more similar to most European languages, including German and French, than it is to Arabic.
And, San Marino is the oldest country still in existence on the European continent, but I refer to a cultural group that makes up a country that has continuous succession further back than any other European country in the same land.
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turkey is european geographically, im not sure, but actually splits in 2, let me check the world map.
i would say turkey is split, i think the european continent is split right across turkey. thats why it's so unstable. everything western of Urals Mountain Chain is europe geographically.
Turkey is actually wanting to come in EU. The population wants it, it's even against the possible islamic state.
found something in wikipedia saying that could be Georgia, but it says it's the oldest bones found. not culture :p.
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Thracians? Dacians? Bulgarians?
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The Slavs? The Minoans? The Scandinavians?
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Finland?
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nope :p i quit, i even done some research which i dont like to do. My last guess: France
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Macedonia?
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Turkey is European, if not geographically than culturally. The Turkish language is more similar to most European languages, including German and French, than it is to Arabic.
And, San Marino is the oldest country still in existence on the European continent, but I refer to a cultural group that makes up a country that has continuous succession further back than any other European country in the same land.
LOL no. Turks and Turkish do not have anything in common with Arabs because they did not come from there... They came from the steppes of Central Asia. They are of teh same origin as Tajikistan, Azerbaijan etc.
And no, they are Asian...and NOT European at all, neither culturally nor geographically.
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hm seems you're right, cant find any info saying turkey is at least half European because of the Eurasian plates split. It comes down from Urals, at Georgia stops and comes back. Since there's a gap near turkey, hence being so unstable, thought it would count.
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Hint: Rhymes with France
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Dance...
:P
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The answer was Smance actually
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you cant give hints, can you?
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Sorry, was gone for a while. Anyway, Chinese Loyalist wins with "Finland"
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Yay! I knew it was the Scandinavians. I chose Finland since Finn appears to be the oldest of European language.
Now for my question, which country is officially the only nation to allow the distribution and usage of child pornography?
My bad, my answer just change their legislation, haha.
New question, which African country is the largest in terms of landmass?
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Israel? lol i'v no idea. thats out of my cultural area.
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(not looking after)
Zaire?
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sudan?
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Yep, its Sudan.
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comes on the news :p
next: What country fought German Tanks with Horses? (If no-one knows this story it will be hard to find in wikipedia i think :p)
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Poland
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Russia.
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OOC: Chinese, Finland isn't Scandinavian, and both Scandinavians and Finns get insulted when that label is applied to them. Geographically, it's part of Scandinavia, but the Finns are completely different from the Scandinavian cultural group, which also includes Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, in addition to Sweden and Norway. Finland's been owned alternately by Sweden and Russia for the better part of a thousand years - my ancestors were actually Swedish overlords over parts of Finland. Anyway, back to the point:
IC: Poland.
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tak's turn. Poland it is.
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Haha, I recheck the map, and I realize i got the position of Norway and Finland mixed up.
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Next:
This country's currency is pegged to the Euro, and its value is about on par with the pound sterling.
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could you say that in another way? i cannot understand :S
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I can find no country with its currency pegged to the euro that is on par with the pound-sterling (at the current exchange rate of 1.46 pounds-sterling to the euro). Is it a country that currently has its own currency or one that is currently in the eurozone?
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A currency that is pegged to Euro does not mean that it is on par with Euro.
This country currently has its own currency (i.e. not in the eurozone).
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I know that, but you said it was "on par with the pound sterling"
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Gibraltar, saw that when checking the EMU :p...but the pound isnt in EMU, i dont really know. New History Lovers, if you want to find info search on wikipedia for European Monetary Union.
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Gibraltar, saw that when checking the EMU :p...but the pound isnt in EMU, i dont really know. New History Lovers, if you want to find info search on wikipedia for European Monetary Union.
1, Gibraltar is not a country
2, Gibraltar pound is pegged to the pound sterling, not the Euro.
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I have plenty of info, I need classification. You said that the currency was "on par" with the pound-sterling. Does that mean that it is approximately the same value, or has approximately the same worth on the world market? You also said it was "pegged to the Euro".
I can't find any country that meets these two.
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1. The currency of this country is pegged to the Euro.
2. The value of this currency is about that same as the pound sterling.
Extra hint: I have been to this country. (http://forum.taijitu.org/games/where-have-you-been-to/msg44965/#msg44965)
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I vote...Latvia!
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Bingo!
Now your turn
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This country does not exist.
;D! Gotcha!
Seriously, this is my clue:
This country has been a world power with only one interruption since the 1870s.
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guess: the US
what do you mean by "world power" and "interruption"?
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i think he means the G8, so i guess it was Russia. No wait..let me research, didnt notice the year.
does that country still exist or is it still a world power?
if not, Prussia, which was interrupted after the napoleonic france vs prussia war, to create the German Empire(1st Reich).
If im wrong i still bet this country is european, alot have happened in 1870. :p
if the country exists, i bet France, because it lost the war...right? im confused, who won the war?
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NHL said since 1870s, not til 1870s. So my guess is Germany as it was formed in 1871 (as Delfos wrote). And the interruption is WWII.
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Germany has had two interruptions in World Power status, from 1918-1933, and from 1945-1955. The country I am thinking of has had only one interruption.
EDIT: And the "Does not exist" was just a joke.
And, the US is incorrect. It is no longer a World Power, it is a Superpower, the category above that. The country I am thinking of is CURRENTLY a World Power.
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Russia?
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Russia is a G8, if so it's a super power, no?
Austria
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Being on G8 does not make one a superpower; in fact, G8 has nothing to do with the status of world/superpower (China is a World Power, but it isn't on the G8)
Austria ceased to be a World Power in 1918, hasn't been since, and Russia has been a world power (with the 1948-1991 interruption of being a superpower) since the early 1700s.
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Switzerland huh im just sending wild guesses, trying to link with the franco-prussian war.
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Japan
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Tak is correct. Japan.
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Next: This country has no diplomatic relations with the Holy-See, and appoints her own bishops for her Catholic Churches.
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England, Church of England, right? some king thought he could create his own church since the pope didn't approve his actions, imagine if USA would create their own UN... lol.
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hm... not exactly
the English appoints bishops for their Anglican Church, not the Catholic Church
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The People's Republic of China!
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Correct!
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This country, despite having Protestantism as it's official religion, has many Catholics in positions of power.
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Ireland?
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maybe I am wrong, but there are no state or official religions nowadays with protestants, but if you mean majority religion it can be The Netherlands.
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Switzerland?
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Nope, there are still countries with official religions, and this is one of them. None of the answers above is correct: Ireland actually is officially Catholic, the Netherlands is officially protestant, but doesn't meet the Catholics specification, and Switzerland has a different official religion for each canton.
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North Ireland
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Not a country.
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Norway
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Deutschland
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Norway has Protestantism as official, but does not have a significant number of Catholics in public office.
Germany has no official religion on a Federal level, though Lutheranism is considered de facto, Bavaria, notably, has Catholicism as an official religion.
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got a tip from a friend, UK?
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the United States?
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the Netherlands is officially protestant,
I don't think that's true. I'm Dutch myself, and I don't think we have any form of state religion.
Our Queen is a protestant, true, and we have an established church called the Dutch Reformed Church, but that one is not official.
After the Eighty Years War we have been an officially Calvinistic country, tolerant towards other religions and harboring them. Yet currently there is no official state religion. The Eighty Years War is a long time ago.
For reference: the wikipedia entries for The Netherlands and for State Religions have no mentions of my country having a state religion.
As an answer to your question. I think it's the UK (though someone else already said this one)
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Religious tolerance and even freedom has absolutely nothing to do with whether there is an official religion. Many nations have official religions while allowing full freedom for all others, like the Netherlands. "Establishment" means it is official.
The United States has no official religion (it is officially religiously free, explicitly stated in its Constitution (see Amendment I), AND it doesn't have many Catholics in positions of power.
Delfos, is however, correct. The United Kingdom has Anglicanism, a version of protestantism, as its official religion, yet, the outgoing Tony Blair is an Anglo-catholic (meaning, officially a member of the Anglican Church but following all the Catholic rites), the Speaker, Michael Martin, is a Catholic, as are significant numbers of both Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet offices.
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NHL: whatever is your definition of 'official' religion I am positive that all civilized European countries have abandoned including any religion in the state laws (see secularism) at least a hundred years ago. Even if the English Queen is the head of the Anglican Church it does not mean that the United Kingdom has anything to do with Anglicism officially.
And as for The Netherlands: large (southern) part of the country is Catholics, and the so called 'pillarization' in the Dutch society enabled many-many people of the Catholic faith to get in power. We just can't name them because it is not known (i.e., nobody is interested) whether any politician is protestant or catholic or atheist or what.
Not criticizing just adding my point.
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An official religion is a religion that is, under laws that have never been overturned, established in a nation, or implied by its laws. The fact that an official religion has not been changed, modified, or acted upon in centuries means nothing for whether the religion is established. It must be specifically disestablished to end it being official. Scotland and Wales have, separately, disestablished the Churches of Scotland and Wales, respectively, but the Church of England is still established by the United Kingdom, as is the Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands (again, there isn't an EXTREME number of Catholics in high office, i.e., not disproportionate: the British one is extremely disproportionate).
Ireland (Catholic), Norway (Lutheran), Spain (Catholic), Denmark (Lutheran), Sweden (Lutheran), Finland (Lutheran AND Orthodox), Italy (Catholic), Greece (Orthodox), and Russia (Orthodox), among others, have official religions or implied official religions. France has institutionalized secularism, which counts as an official religion, meaning that religion is specifically and intentionally removed from public society by the government, which is different from Official Atheism, which also counts as an official religion, which means that all religion is denounced by the government (Communist countries are generally this latter, for example, the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba until recently (Cuba is currently, like France, institutionally secularist). However, some European countries do have no official religion, or no implied official religion. Some of these include Belgium, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc. The United States is in this category as well. For a country to have no official religion, they must officially have no religion established, and must also not repress the public display of religion (i.e., the Christian Democrats in Germany). Just because there is a religion that is a majority does not make it official, such as Israel, which has no official religion, and Turkey, which is institutionally secularist.
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NHL i believe those are majorities, the king of Spain is catholic, but there's no official religion towards the state, the king is not the ruler, it's not a monarchy.
new country to guess: What country repealed an invader with waves of unarmed men?
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NHL: I am very curious to see a law that is not overturned (i.e. in effect) that mentions any religion having any official role in the mentioned states (or if you prefer this: a law that 'establishes' a religion in a country - except the well known Anglicism). Give us please a reference.
(of course we know that Islam is official in many Arab states)
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Delfos: repealed successfully or just tried it?
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still not convinced about The Netherlands having a state religion or an official religion.
I can't find anything on the Internet suggesting we do. I don't have any books of law here, though.
Granted, new laws are still ratified by the queen (which is really just a formality, it does say something in the vein of "We, Beatrix, by the Grace of God, ... etc". Taking into account that the Queen is (was!) a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, one could argue that we might have an official religion. Not a convincing argument in my opinion.
Especially when you realize that the Dutch Reform Church doesn't exist anymore. They merged with (a part of) the Calvinists and Lutherans to form the PKN. Is that now the official religion, instead of the DRC?
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OOC: Again, de facto, there are no official religions in most of those countries any more, they are unenforced, the government ignores them, they are inconsequential. De jure, however, they exist. If the law was never overturned, it means that it still exists. For example, the Finnish law, in 1809, established the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland as separate from the Church of Sweden, after its conquest by Russia, and their constitution after Soviet-granted independence, guaranteed its establishment. But, anyway, this arguing is pointless.
However, I WAS incorrect about the Netherlands, where the church actually has been disestablished, so I retract that statement.
IC:
Russia, successor to the Soviet Union?
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repealed successfully. And NHL, if you mean the red army, they did thrown waves of men, but there would be something for them to carry, can even be a stick. So you're wrong. The country I'm aiming at successfully repealed an invader with waves (after waves) of unarmed men. (they probably didn't had sticks, but if they did, they were meant to be unarmed, i can say no more or I'll jump to the next clue :p)
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India
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it would be india against the british, in one march he sent wave after wave to get beaten down by british troops
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hmmm, although i don't consider the British empire an invader of India, they legally 'owned' the territory, but it's just points of view. That assumption is correct but it is not the country I'm aiming at. When i meant invader i meant the did by force of the military invaded a country, and to repeal it, they thrown waves of unarmed men. At India, they made a revolution, it's not exactly the same thing.
X country invaded by an army of Y country, and repealed Y forces with waves of unarmed men. The withdrawn of Y's forces was caused by the waves of unarmed men.
India, or part of it, was owned by the portuguese, after some centuries the brittish managed to steal it from the portuguese, so they owned the territory. After this events there was a revolution (the one you say the brittish spanked the indians), and they were actually repealed with time. The withdrawn of the brittish forces was caused by the pressure (indian and international) to make it independent.
see the difference? maybe i should specify it at begining. But anyway, let me give you another clue as part of repayment of the guess of India:
[erm..i just erased the clue, it was too easy :p]
The invader withdrawn because of fear, not general fear, but seeing waves after waves of unarmed men, they fear for their lives if they couldn't kill enough men.
On the other hand, whenever the invader left their post, the waves of unarmed men would become waves of armed-with-invader-weapons men.
hope this is hard enough :p next clue will be the one i just erased :p
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so it should be cannons and seizing the cannons (other option would be fortresses like the Great Wall but you can not use fortresses to invade). unfortunately I do not know for sure any such battle while I can guess too many possible (European invader trying to colonize vs. African nation; European invader vs. American nations (indians); China invading a neighboring country).
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Well, Europeans did in Africa the same this the British did in India. When they were the 1st to discover, or the strongest present force, the territory belonged to them. In Africa there was no organized nations during the colonizations, most of them were tribes and people that never seen white people. There is no invasion, just a take over. Plus there's no important record of unarmed Africans repealing European, which would be impossible since the European were never repealed (they were, but alot of time after the colonizations, and by force of Kalashnikov).
Europeans...let's blame the ones that should take all the blame, the Spanish, slaughtered the indians because they were unholy, and destroyed their culture. 1st there is no repealing, 2nd the 'indians' were armed.
I don't know much about China invading other countries, know Tibet but in Tibet they didn't fought, and there is no repealing.
no assumption correct, you wasted the easy clue and I'm giving another instead: Nothing to do with Europe.
The next clue will be the easy one..but it will take time :p
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been a while...easy clue: I lied :p they were armed with 'the word' aka faith.
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Israel?
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finally someone have hit the world region (another clue), but no, Israel kills with raids and stuff..doesn't send unarmed men yelling 'the word'.
I'v pretty much said everything...
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Iran?
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wow, finally. Yes, when Iran brought the well sponsored by USA monarchy down, Iraq invaded Iran..well sponsored by USA again...poor guys. Anyway, the Ayatollah formed a new way of fighting the invasion of the Iraqi military. They would send waves of men willing to die for their country/faith/fate and proclaimed as martirs. Amasingly, all men that died in this waves are fully respected as martirs inside Iran.
They were all unarmed, mostly because they didn't have enough funds or enough weapons to arm them all, if what i heard is correct, they all brought their bibles and all had a band around their head in sign of believer, if they would die they would go straight to heaven. The Iraqi military pulled off in immense fear of not having enough ammo to kill all men, because they knew they would be killed by them, even leaving their machine guns and heavy material behind. All waves of unarmed men would arm themselves with the weapons of the enemy.
This happened because Iraq couldn't go further, and Iran couldn't pull them back.
right..your turn Loyalist.
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Haha, awesome.
Let see...something hard.
Two thirds of the world executions take place in this country. (This one might be too easy)
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China
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well China is overcrowded so i would leave it to tak
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well China is overcrowded so i would leave it to tak
well, while china does have many people, it does not simply make it overcrowded - by numbers, it is not that much more crowded than, say Portugal.
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not sure about that, but Luxembourg is a good example :p
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if it's not China (which I think it is), it's Saudi Arabia.
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Its China, Tak wins.
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Question: This country isthe only a rotational monarchy in the world
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Malaysia! Read it somewhere last month :P
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That is really fast. Now your turn.
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Woohoo...
This nation's flag fell from heaven during a crucial battle
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Sverige?
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Nej, ikke Sverige... men du er tæt på ;)
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Denmark
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Yeah... Correct...
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Next: The national anthem of this country was originally a song in a movie, and was adopted as the national anthem with almost no change in lyrics.
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i would say it's one of the eastern European countries...but i don't know any that came from a movie. I know the German military anthem came from a song about a girl.
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Trinidad?
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China
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China
finally someone guessed it! :drunks:
now your turn!
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Yes!!! It is finally my turn...
This country has the world's largest population of wolves
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erm...wolves? Canada? Siberia? I knew the answer a while ago, saw a documentary about wolves...
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its either canada or russia
but as canada has been taken russia's my bet
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Damn, I'll take Saudi Arabia then
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All wrong...keep guessing
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Kazakhstan?
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DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING
Correct tak!!!!!!!!!!!
Your turn...
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*OOC: actually, this cliam by the kazakh gov't was not true. Canada has more wolves than Kazakhstan, though I am not sure if Canada has the most.
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anyway, give the 1st clue, it's your turn
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Next: This country is the home of the last Portuguese colony.
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China? I don't know what you mean by last Portuguese colony, you mean last settled or last abandoned? I'm betting on the latter, with Macau now being part of CHINA.
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correct!
(it was meant to pass the ball anyway... ;D )
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It's Macau anyway. The last discovered...that's hard one. Not even i know, but i would know where to search :)
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This country is the only state to have never been a British colony that recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as monarch. (besides, of course, Britain itself)
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Northern Ireland?
technically Northern Ireland has never been a country, and be definition is not part of Great Brtiain, but IS part of the united kingdom.
But the answer you want is Mozambique which was portugese or spanish i think.
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Mozambique is the only part of the Commonwealth to have never been a British colony or the colony of a British colony. It does not recognize her majesty as Queen, it is a republic.
And, Northern Ireland was part of Ireland, and the Kings of Ireland have been, since the 13th century, the same as the Kings of England/Great Britain until the merger of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom.
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Ahhh, good point about Mazambique, however Northern Ireland or ireland have never been a colony.
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Mozambique was Portuguese i believe, long time ago. I think Hendrix is on the right lead. Aren't you talking about the 'Pink Map'? On what is now Angola (If im not mistaken), the Portuguese had this beautiful pink map that gone through South Africa, from western shore to eastern shore. The Brittish decided to build a railroad in the middle of the map, so it became divided and the Portuguese lost ownership of the eastern part of the 'pink map'.
Canada?
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Ah, but Ireland is a Republic, so does not recognize Elizabeth II as Queen, and Northern Ireland is not a country.
And, Mozambique was certainly a Portuguese colony; we were referring to its modern capacity as part of the Commonwealth of Nations, though not having been part of the Empire.
Canada was in fact a British colony.
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I never suggested it was Ireland, and Northern Ireland is a country, as are Scotland and England. Wales is a principality
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Gibraltar? :p is it considered colony?
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Yes it's a colony, but it isn't a country. It's still part of the UK.
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last shot, India?
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Fits neither specification: I wanted a non-colony WITH the monarch. You picked a colony WITHOUT the monarch.
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New Zealand?
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Was a UK colony.
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France (Normandy)? medieval times when England occupied the north of France. Or is it a colony?
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Normandy's not a country, nor was it a colony, nor does it recognize the Queen as a monarch. France is a republic.
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oh so, what you said, is happening right now?
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Greenland?
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Neither a country, nor a former colony of the United Kingdom, nor does it recognize Elizabeth II as monarch (it's a self governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark - so Queen Margrethe II is monarch there, NOT Elizabeth II).
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as a monarch? USA? i don't know
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Canada?
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Ah, but Ireland is a Republic, so does not recognize Elizabeth II as Queen, and Northern Ireland is not a country.
And, Mozambique was certainly a Portuguese colony; we were referring to its modern capacity as part of the Commonwealth of Nations, though not having been part of the Empire.
Canada was in fact a British colony.
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Jersey? Isle of Man?
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Both are parts of the United Kingdom for all intents and purposes.
Come on! It's not THAT hard!
Another hint, then:
It wasn't a colony of the UK, it was the colony OF a former colony of the UK.
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Malaysia! I have no idea...
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Bermuda? I can't figure this out either...another clue, NHL???
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Stinkapore?
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All three of those (assuming the third was Singapore) of those were British colonies. The clues you have should be enough if you look:
1) The Head of State of this country is Elizabeth II.
2) This country was NEVER the colony of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nor the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, nor is it the United Kingdom.
3) This country however was the colony of a SEPARATE nation that was once a colony of the United Kingdom.
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New Zealand
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Colony of UK.
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Argh!!! Papua New Guinea? What is it?!?!?!?!?!?
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Dingdingdingdingdingdingding!
Papua New Guinea, colony of Australia, is the correct answer.
Trey's turn.
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:clap: Holy crap, I actually got it?!?!?!?!?!?
Alright, here goes...
This country was formerly known as Dahomey/Dahomania (I'm not kidding) (until 1975)
And...GO
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I know double posting is typically frowned upon, but...
By the way, I am not going to have computer access from tomorrow (Wednesday, the 5th) to Monday the 11th, so, unless someone gets it before I log off for tonight, I suggest someone else make a question and you all continue the game. When I get back, I'll remind everyone of the situation and re-post my question.
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Dahomey, occasionally Dahomania, was the name of a country in Africa now called the Republic of Benin.
No need, got it from wikipedia.
Posted on: June 06, 2007, 04:35:38 AM
new one: This country was invaded because the communist party won and american submarines were using their waters for passage.
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Alright, very nice job. I guess my post about me being gone is irrelevant now.
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Panama.
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I doubt USA would like to pass on such swallow waters, but since i don't know i need to find a proof. I also bet that USA had and has more than enough submarines in the Pacific to go around at Panama. But anyway found an article in wikipedia about subs being near Panama. Still, can't find any info about Panama being invaded after a communist party won because USA needed a passage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_S-13_%28SS-118%29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Newlockscrosssection.jpg)
Anyway, the point is that the submarines would have to pass undetected, which requires deep waters, so either an edge of a continental plate or an island.
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Chile?
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Chile communism doesn't seem to have had any victory, the only victory was with a coalition and it was repressed by the fascist government. Plus i don't think American Subs would wander near Chile :p
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Chile actually elected a Communist government (Salvador Allende) which was overthrown by a fascist golpe de estado (coup d'etat)
Anyway. I'ma guess...Tuvalu :P
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Tuvalu, didn't know that existed, let me check in wiki. Well, i didn't read enough o know if they had a communist party, but it doesn't seem to have been invaded because of it.
Clue: NHL's guess is close to where the US Submarines have passed :p
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Fiji?
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similar to Tuvalu, has a democracy (more like a military dictatorship), and doesn't fit on the invaded characteristic.
clue:the communist party I'm talking about is not known as 'Communist Party'
clue:the invasion wasn't led by the USA, but was financed and supported by USA.
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Russia?
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lol check the clues above. Plus how come Russia gets invaded? Specially because of a Communist party? also involving american submarines? Russia doesn't fit any of the clues
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Korea?
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is spam more important than a smart guess? Korea, like any Korea? it's possible, just that it haven't been invaded from even before submarines existed. Think of ways that american submarines could use secretly so that communists couldn't know, maybe anti-communist wars? how many were there? What kind of allies were near this communist threat?
NHL found a passage used by submarines because of the depth of the waters, just link with the clues and you'll find it, not many countries in the world got invaded with the support of USA that USA didn't got involved directly.
clue:the communist party of this country won after a civil war, (guess what, this civil war was secretly funded by USA, something like the Al-Qaeda), and then the country got invaded by a third nation (supported by USA) (all this because of communism)
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Afghanistan
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Ecuador?
And, how Afghanistan? It's nowhere near water, much less submarines!
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he means subterrines
Ecuador has a very nice history, but doesn't seem to fit on being invaded, specially because submarines, but we can never know.
keys: civil war(funded by US) -> communist party(legitime winner after the civil war) -> invasion(by a third nation supported by US)
all this because of US submarines passing nearby
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Ethiopia
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Guatemala?
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ethiopia? naughty subterrines again
guatemala is similar to panama, i see no evidence of matching the clues.
another clue: this country was already used here by other people
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Im just guessing now i have no clue ???
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There is no harm guessing anyway.. :P
Vietnam?
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close, but you've hit something important tak, it fits in every clue but instead of being invaded by a third country it was invaded by USA itself. I cannot say the reason is because of American Submarines passing by, but if they didn't they sure wanted to :p
I'm trying to help you all: What is the communist arch-enemy of USA? Where was this arch-enemy? Where do US Subs want to pass through? US Subs are in the Atlantic and the Pacific, what is the other ocean that they are not there and need a passage?
As i said NHL's Fiji were close, tak's Vietnam was also close, i would bet somewhere in the middle :p
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Papua New Guinea
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no
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com'on
new clue: When international press asked the general responsible for the invasion of this country about the whole situation he said: "Feelings, just feelings..." (singing)
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Sri Lanka?
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doesn't fit
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let me try to help once more: this country had now a presidential election because of disturbing incidents with militias and the Australian and Portuguese forces had to intervene.
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russia?
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Since it has been a long time since last one, the country was East-Timor, being it's Communist Party named Fretilin, that won the civil war which led to the Invasion by the Indonesian militias supported by US, because they needed those deep waters to cross from the Pacific to the other side. I'm not sure which were the communist targets those submarines had, but i guess it was either Vietnam+China or the 'liberation' of Middle East from the soviet.
New country to guess: What country was bombarded while USA were doing raids in North of Vietnam, excluding Vietnam. (that's piece of cake)
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cambodia
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Laos
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i ignore your spamming attempt.
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China.
What country was conquest (seaport) by the Portuguese to supply a safe port for Christians around the Crusades.
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Greece?
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notice Greece has a cross in the flags, most likely they've gone to the crusades, so they were already christian, and the Portuguese never conquered Greece, not even in Euro2004 #$"%"#%$"#%
for those who don't know, the Final of Euro2004 was Portugal vs Greece, if my memory isn't failing i think they won 1 - 2, damn bad luck we couldn't score! although we had better team, most ball possession and much more attack. The Greeks scored in a corner, then a counter-attack, and i think we scored a single goal before the end.
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I remember hearing about that, and I don't normally remember soccer information (as an American). However, I do know that David Beckham premiers with the Los Angeles Galaxy on July the 21st.
What about Turkey?
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the Portuguese never been in Turkey
clue: the Portuguese never had crusaders, although we became the home of allot of templars, like the 'Order of Christ' that gave us that big red cross.
(http://www.dightonrock.com/caravela2.jpg)
look! here it is again...behind the Portuguese shield.
(http://soccernet.espn.go.com/archive/design05/images/PH/CristianoRonaldoG_Getty.jpg)
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Christiano Ronaldo...grr...I had Portugal winning the World Cup (over host Germany) in my pool last year, and I expected him to turn in a legendary performance in the semis against France. Instead they get slightly ripped off by the refs and proceed to roll over.
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we thought we wouldn't last the groups, although we won once, then twice, then we never lost, people were dreaming with the cup. Yeap France won by a weird penalty, we couldn't care for 3rd place, plus Germany deserved 3rd, we deserved the cup :p would be great having Italy vs Portugal in the final but hey, at least we're one of the four best teams in the world. My clue is good, if you follow it, it says we haven't gone tot he crusades, means the location can't be in the crusading area.
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Is it Ceuta?
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Ceuta??
Ah...Morocco.
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Yeah, and Delfos said a seaport, not country :P
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yeap but Ceuta is now part of Morocco. Ceuta was a Portuguese obsession, and when it was finally conquered they announced the christian world they now had a safe port in the Mediterranean. Ceuta was used allot by crusaders, I think it's mentioned in that new movie with Saladin and the whole thing, Kingdom of Heaven if I'm not mistaken. Gives you the good idea of the difference between templairs and crusaders. Basically the crusades ruined the 'Kingdom of Heavens' which was controlled by a king protected by templairs.
So i guess it's Osafune now.
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Ok...
This European country which participated in WW1 remained legally at war with Germany until 1958 because they were forgotten about in the Treaty of Versailles which was signed in 1919.
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must be a small country lol Luxembourg?
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Nope, not Luxembourg.
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Poland? I've no idea...
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Poland didn't even exist at this point in time...
But you were right about it being a small country though.
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Come on, atleast just get on wiki and look up Europe and start picking out random countries :'(
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Russia? Sounds crazy, but makes sense.
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No, it was a small country.
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fine....belgium
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No, but it does border France. And Spain. There's really only one country that borders both so that should help <_<
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Andorra
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And we have a winner!
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:clap: thank you thank you... i would like to thank everyone for there support...
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You're supposed to post a new one ya know ;)
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Don't worry...it's the new guy.
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France?
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It's DONE, Taco.
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in what county is the kingdom of coral near?
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If it's this Coral Kingdom...Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands...it's near Australia.
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Japan?
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Manzanita...anything?
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Since he vanished, I'm gonna post a new one.
This "country" was established in 1972 by a Las Vegas architech. He created an artificial island on top of a reef in the Pacific where the nation was to be established. After that, they created their own currency and delivered declarations of independence to neighboring countries. A conference was held over this "country" which included Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Nauru, Western Samoa, and the Cook Islands. At this conference, Tonga claimed it as their own territory and occupied it. A group of Americans tried to retake the island in 1982, but the Tongan military forced them off after 3 weeks.
What "country" am I talking about?
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Guess I need to stop picking such hard countries eh?
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i know the story of the artificial island, but i can't be arsed to search for the info :p can't remember.
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Minerva!!
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cheater! >:(
;)
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How do you know?! Hehe. Anyway hm new country lets see...
In 1974 this country became a Socialist Republic... it's the largest country in it's geographical region... 1/3 of it's border is a coastline...
Guess who?
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at the 25th of April, the Portuguese armed forces successfully made a coup d'état, overthrowing the fascist dictatorship, that even then was a republic, but now a democratic republic. So we did not became a socialist Republic, and i believe we have around 1/2 of our border as coast line.
Something happened in Greece. but i don't believe Greece has 1/3rd coastline border. Even then, let me bet on Greece.
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Ehhhhhhhh Sorry try again
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Ehhhhhhhh Sorry try again
Myanmar (known then as Burma)?
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Maybe...yeah...=(
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This Islamic country was the first country to recognize American independence from Britain. About 25 years later, we were at war with them. What country am I talking about?
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Morocco?
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Cheater <_<
;)
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don't use WE or personal references, i don't want to be forced to guess both the country you are talking about and the whole riddle at the same time. go Rycesz
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OK I'm going straight out of the noggin on this one :drunks:...damaged brain cells...it was the second country in the world to adopt a constitution and the only one with a castle built entirely of salt, fixtures and all?(hope it is not too easy but I have a gut feeling it will be...if so I will try again.....if ok
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Hmmm....Switzerland?
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1791
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don't use WE or personal references, i don't want to be forced to guess both the country you are talking about and the whole riddle at the same time. go Rycesz
Riddle? What riddle? ???
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GC is right, i was undecided from Poland and Ukraine, i knew it was somewhere near the eastern Europe, and it's not a castle, it's a church. Unless you are talking of something else, it's a church built on underground salt mines.
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Yes ,GC is right and it is called the Wieliczka salt cathedral oops,sorry guys!!
good job!!!!!
;)
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This country allocates less than five United States dollars to its defense budget.
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this is a far reach but is it Mexico?
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Iceland? i think Iceland doesn't spend at all...
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I can't see Liechtenstein spending more than five dollars on defense.
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I'd have said Iceland as well. Nothing is less than five US dollars. :D
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just because Liechtenstein is small? Luxembourg is small and has huge population, 3 languages and what else! Ont he other hand, it was an US base on Iceland that do all the 'defense' work, but US left Iceland already, so i guess the best answer is Iceland...
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how about the Netherlands?
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lol why Netherlands? i think they even have submarines. hurray for new emotions that erase your message when pressed!
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Well, if Iceland allocates that little, then I guess it's a correct answer, so congratulations to Delfos. But the answer I was looking for was Andorra.
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As far as i know Iceland has no Defense at all. There was some news a while back that the Iceland USA base would be shut down, that was the only military presence in Iceland since it had no Defense. Why do they need Defense anyway? Only the fearful and foolish need Defense. I consider Andorra part of Spain if you ask me...never got it why they are independent. It's good since they have huge tourism, one of the best in Iberian Peninsula.
Next: This country is the #1 in cases of blindness. My theory, based on discovering that ambient can change genes, is that this country must have something on the air or soil or water that makes people blind or something..., anyway, 1st piece of info is the only relevant.
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Zambia!
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why so?
clue: A free Hospital in this country was awarded recently for their work against blindness.
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I think I heard in a Geography lesson once that Ghana had approx 1% of population contracting blindness. Sounds like a pretty high percentage to me...
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I'm gonna guess India...
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Do you mean #1 in sheer number of cases of blindness, or relative to the country's population?
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I thought it was find the country that had a free hospital that was awarded for their work against blindness.
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Next: This country is the #1 in cases of blindness. My theory, based on discovering that ambient can change genes, is that this country must have something on the air or soil or water that makes people blind or something..., anyway, 1st piece of info is the only relevant.
That was the first clue, the hospital bit was the second.
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India, that's correct. Champalimaud offered a 2 million euro prize to an hospital in India, it's free, just walk in blind and walk out cured. next...
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my guess was on the basis of it was the most cases of blindness but I think it was from vitamin A deficiency not the air !
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when you say most cases of blindness you can't count in number of population, like myro does sometimes. It's all about percentages, India has the highest percentage of population with vision deficiency, I don't know if it's the air or not, that's just a theory. It's 1% or 0,1% or something like that, can't remember very well.
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1 in a 100 is pretty damn high...
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specially in India, that's why i think it's not 1%, but i know it's an high percentage. Let me search...
http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1736739.cms
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yeah, that is high simply on the grounds of India's huge population!
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where's the next country to guess?
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we are waiting on the babble fish
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Woah, 1.1%?! damn...
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Well, since this sort of faded away...
This country's first democratically elected president was assassinated in October 1993 after only four months in office.
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Burundi?
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Yes! I don't really have the patience nor the time to find the really difficult questions (nor any idea where to find them), soooo...your turn, Pepe.