Alphabet Game: Countries Edition

[Morlock]

Yemen

 

[XXtraPrince]

Zimbabwe - Organized as "Rhodesia" by Sir Cecil Rhodes, Zimbabwe, after a bloody civil war, became a socialist nation in 1980 under Robert Mugabe and is now the world's leading source of platinum.

 

[CougarGirl]

Aland Islands, which are a dependency of Finland, although the inhabitants speak Swedish.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Botswana formerly Bechuanaland, Botswana became independent (within the British Commonwealth) in 1966 and is often held up as "the way to go" for new nations.

Postscript: My boss and his daughter went to Botswana in 2003, and the last thing he told me before he left was, "If DHL shows up with a box of lion shit, sign for it - it'll be me!"

 

[VelvetBlossom]

California

 

[XXtraPrince]

Dominica (Commonwealth of); this Creole-speaking nation in the Eastern Caribbean is one of the many former sugar colonies in the region.

 

[Morlock]

Egypt.

 

[HerrFuckface]

France.

 

[VelvetBlossom]

Great Britain

 

[Foxy Lady]

Holland which is a country where the refrigerators are smaller than elsewhere.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Ivory Coast (Cotê d'Ivoire) - an African nation which is making waves in the World Cup.

 

[Bronwyn]

Jamaica

 

[CougarGirl]

Kyrgyzstan, where the national drink is horse milk.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Lebanon - this former French colony is roughly half Christian and half Moslem and has suffered horrible sectarian violence in the past thirty years.

 

[lowblow emma]

Monaco, where the rich live. A film has just been made about Grace Kelly - who was it who said he had known her before she was a virgin? Or was that someone talking about Doris Day?

 

[XXtraPrince]

Namibia - in Windhoek, the capital, the big deal is collecting and trading in classic cars.

 

[IronMaiden24]

Ottoman Empire (since 4 the life of me I can not think of a modern O-word contry besides Oman vhich has been used).

Aniway, the empire existed from 1299 to 1922 and had a population of around 14.63 milion, at the start of 20th century.

 

[CougarGirl]

Peru, two thirds of which is rain forest.

 

[Midnight Lass]

Qatar, which is taking the UAE to court over the UAE's boycott of Qatar

 

[Revnarh]

Rwanda, also known as the Land of a Thousand Hills because most of the country is covered by rolling, grassy hills.

 

[Midnight Lass]

Scotland, Home of Nessie

 

[Revnarh]

Thailand

The full spelling of its capital, Bangkok, was clearly finalised before the days of Twitter. It is known to Thais as Krung Thep Maha Nakho, but its full ceremonial name is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (a Tweet-busting 169 characters).

 

[Midnight Lass]

Uruguay, who beat Egypt 1 - 0

 

[Revnarh]

Vatican City - The place where the pope lives.

 

[Foxxo]

Wakanda - A newly revealed secret country in Africa. Known for their incredibly advanced technology.