Sunday, May 11, 2008

[country quiz] five more to send you mental



1. More women than men are currently enrolled in the universities, it's slightly more than twice the size of Oregon, accepting a second serving is one of the best ways to show appreciation to the cook, was under Muslim domination from 711 to the mid 11th century, introduced the batata.

2. The country's name means "big village", the head of the government was born in Port-au-Prince and worked with shelters for battered women, there was a controversy in 2005 over a visit to one of its sikh gurdwaras, it's third language is Chinese.

3. It's largest city has dengue fever, it has four time zones, a lawless tri-border area, the world largest hydroelectric power plant by energy generation, high mortality, the German speakers are largely the Hunsrückisch, has only 150 000 Jews but the largest Japanese population outside Japan.

4. Average area of home 97.6 sq. m, 74 times smaller than the USA, its top university once had rules that specifically forbade students from bringing bows and arrows to class. Appearing in the shape of horses, mules, or dogs, the Gytrash haunt solitary ways and lead people astray in the north of the country.

5. Not strictly a country, it once formed a part of Raetia. In 1806 it threw off its feudal lord, it has one of the world's highest standards of living, in 2007 Dr. Bruce S. Allen and Mr. Leodis C. Matthews were appointed its first two consuls and it is a double landlocked country.


Answers

Spain, Canada, Brazil, England, Liechtenstein

6 comments:

  1. All five, but I only guessed 2.

    Jeremy gave me a big smile. 'Leichenstein' would mean 'Cadaver-' or 'Corpsestone'. :)

    And doesn't Liechtenstein have some skeletons in its vaults?

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  2. Well done all. Interesting about Liechtenstein.

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