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1 … has the highest tea consumption per head in the world, a tourist attraction in the south is a stone high in a castle, the capital in the south translates as black pool and their arms seem paralysed when they dance.
2 … likes to decorate the roofs of its houses in the capital in bright colours, has many sulphur springs, has a very old parliament, people usually work two jobs if they can get the work and they have just had a record catch of fish.
3 … lost its nationhood in 1603, one of its main rivers was linked to the Seine, its summer temperatures can reach 38 degrees but not often and it invented the bagless vacuum cleaner.
4] … has three capitals, has a country stuck in the middle of it, the San people were the first to settle there, had the Leander Starr Jameson fiasco, its president denies the link between HIV and AIDS and has a dispute over the Orange River.
5] … had a little problem with Antigua over gambling, has had scandals over teapots, chief crop is wheat, has a problem with Russia over its border, makes no claim in Antarctica and and John Deere lived there.
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Ireland, Iceland, England, South Africa, U.S.A
1 … has the highest tea consumption per head in the world, a tourist attraction in the south is a stone high in a castle, the capital in the south translates as black pool and their arms seem paralysed when they dance.
2 … likes to decorate the roofs of its houses in the capital in bright colours, has many sulphur springs, has a very old parliament, people usually work two jobs if they can get the work and they have just had a record catch of fish.
3 … lost its nationhood in 1603, one of its main rivers was linked to the Seine, its summer temperatures can reach 38 degrees but not often and it invented the bagless vacuum cleaner.
4] … has three capitals, has a country stuck in the middle of it, the San people were the first to settle there, had the Leander Starr Jameson fiasco, its president denies the link between HIV and AIDS and has a dispute over the Orange River.
5] … had a little problem with Antigua over gambling, has had scandals over teapots, chief crop is wheat, has a problem with Russia over its border, makes no claim in Antarctica and and John Deere lived there.
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Ireland, Iceland, England, South Africa, U.S.A
I got all five, but I think you have used two before.
ReplyDeleteClever Crushed! I didn't know Ireland had the largest tea consumption. You live and learn reading your blog, James!
ReplyDeleteLuckily there was more than one clue for each which kept it narrowing down. Luckily I didn't notice the answers until I had finished so can claim 5/5.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did use all five before!
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