1. This country is mainly black and it was a member of the British Commonwealth, then it was expelled, then reinstated. It has a large population in London. There are two main regions – north and south and one of the languages is known as Ibo. They have an excellent national football team.
2. This country also has more than one capital – one administrative and one legislative. Its major city has many canals, its national colour is orange and it is sometimes called the ‘sewer of Europe’.
3. This country’s national colour is also orange except that half the people don’t agree with this statement. It was very nearly wiped out years ago in a terrible accident.
4. This country is part of different world regions and yet the language is the same across the nation. It has a famous deep lake and its people are warm and friendly, although they don’t smile publicly. It’s tree is the silver birch.
5. This country has high mountains everywhere and is landlocked but not rich. It isn’t even a nation because its neighbour claims sovereignty over it and even claims it doesn’t exist. There is an important religious man connected with it.
Answers
Nigeria, The Netherlands, The Ukraine, Russian Federation, Tibet
Is "Ebu" an alternative spelling for "Ibo"?
ReplyDeleteThis proves again that I am rubbish at geography.
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1. And they hanged one of their major literary figures about 10 years ago?
ReplyDelete2. And they were at war with England in 1666/67?
3. Sounds like the one whose flag is blue and yellow, but perhaps it isn't.
4. A northern neighbour of 3?
5. Does the important religious man live in a different country, to the south?
Well at least I got 2 this time!
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ReplyDeleteCherie - 5 is on the way.
Oh, I didn't see that...
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