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GLOBAL THINKING

All the countries that answer these questions are member states of the

United Nations.

1. What two country names contain
   the letter X?


2. What is the only letter of the alpha-
   bet other than X that does
   not begin the name of a country?


3. What four country names contain
   the letter Q?


4. What four-letter ending is found in
   seven different country names?


5. What country can have two consec-
   utive letters dropped from some-
   where other than the end of its
   name to become a different country?


6. What eight-letter country name
   becomes a different country if its
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   from AK to EN?
   7. What two country names contain
   the consecutive letters SWA?
   (Hint: One was formerly known
   as Swaziland.)
   8. What five country names become
   ordinary words when each of their
   first letters is dropped?
   9. What three country names can
   be split into two common words,
   each of which is three or more
   letters in length? (PANAMA
   would be a fourth answer if
   you consider AMA to be a
   common word.)
   10. What five countries’ names can be
   found, without addition or alter-
   ation, entirely inside the name
   of another country?
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1. Miracle


2. The Color of Money


3. Chariots of Fire


4. Break Point


5. Breaking Away


6. Rudy


7. National Velvet


8. Pumping Iron


9. Winning


10. Blue Crush


11. Bend It Like Beckham


12. Bull Durham


13. The Cutting Edge


14. Somebody Up There Likes Me


15. Cool Runnings


16. Happy Gilmore


17. The Big Lebowski


18. Space Jam


19. Deep Water


20. Invictus

a. tennis

b. soccer

c. bowling

d. golf

e. auto racing

f. rugby

g. figure skating

h. pool

i. ice hockey

j. distance running

k. bodybuilding

l. horse racing

m. yacht racing

n. surfing

o. football

p. boxing

q. bobsledding

r. bicycling

s. baseball

t. basketball

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