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All the countries that answer these questions are member states of the
United Nations.
- What two country names contain
the letter X? - What is the only letter of the alpha-
bet other than X that does
not begin the name of a country? - What four country names contain
the letter Q? - What four-letter ending is found in
seven different country names? - What country can have two consec-
utive letters dropped from some-
where other than the end of its
name to become a different country? - What eight-letter country name
becomes a different country if its
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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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- The Color of Money
- Chariots of Fire
- Break Point
- Breaking Away
- Rudy
- National Velvet
- Pumping Iron
- Winning
- Blue Crush
- Bend It Like Beckham
- Bull Durham
- The Cutting Edge
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Cool Runnings
- Happy Gilmore
- The Big Lebowski
- Space Jam
- Deep Water
- 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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