a country association game

[Niamh]

I thought this might be a good idea.
This is what you do. You start by saying the name of a country in the world and you write down the first thing you think of when you think of that country. e.g
Kenya

your reply could be coffee.

Lets start,

New Zealand...

[papayahed]

Kiwi

Do I then name a country?

Mongolia

[johnA.B.C.Smith]

a fiver.once had to donate involuntarily at school so they could have a bath house.five pounds a lot to a kid in wales

[B-Mental]

confused so going with Mongolia....I'm thinking Genghis Khan (his horsemen were legendary archers).

Next...Zimbabwe

[johnA.B.C.Smith]

low life expectancy.lowest in world.

scotland

[miss tenderness]

skirts and ballads..


Saudi Arabia?

[Madhuri]

Islamic Culture (I would like to see first hand what that world is like) :)

India :D

[muhsin]

Fast growing economy in the present days. And also films (of Bollywood:idea: )
Let me too bring the name of my country;

Nigeria

[Madhuri]

Wildlife.......

You watch Bollywood movies?

Okay, now Egypt?

[Niamh]

pyramids...


Siberia

[Madhuri]

Cold...

Bermuda..........

[GothMan]

shorts :)

Hungary

[Madhuri]

Natural beauty?

India :D (once again)

[Niamh]

taj mahal

Sweden

[Madhuri]

Scandinavian country and cold weather.

Russia.........

[mazz]

and now for a massage from the swedish prime minister...(monty python)

Malta

[mazz]

madhuri beat me to it , I shoulda rushed ...

malta ?

[Niamh]

the cross of st. johns ambulance

thailand

[GothMan]

Buddhism

Germany

[Pensive]

Chechniya

[Madhuri]

Part of USSR once?

Nepal.

[Niamh]

himalayas?


peru

[GothMan]

Tobacco

Germany (again... :))

[Logos]

lederhosen (leather shorts :p )

Czech Republic!

[AimusSage]

Jay and bohemian castles, and the moldau and Bedřich Smetana.

Dominican Republic.

[Schokokeks]

lederhosen (leather shorts :p )
Yay !!! *puts on hers* :D

Beaches.

France

[Madhuri]

Walk along the Siene river :D and romantic locales :p

Japan

[.closed.]

Sushi

Sweden

[SleepyWitch]

Sweden= IKEA, oat cookies :)

Federated States of Micronesia :D

[Schokokeks]

Sounds...small :D

Mexico.

[kenikki]

burritos.

Luxembourg.

[Logos]

Benelux :p

The Netherlands

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Tulips...

Iceland.

[AimusSage]

geysers and glaciers

Belgium

[Asa Adams]

Atomium Landmark

Canada

[aeroport]

Waffles!

Greenland

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Ice!

Panama.

[Adelheid]

Pocohontas Postage stamps. I loved pocohontas as a child, and I bought a collectible postage stamp. But it is actually stamps from Guayana. i always got it mixed up with Panama, for some reason.

Vienna

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Walz!

Japan

[Madhuri]

Earthquakes.

Brazil......

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Samba!

China

[Madhuri]

Chopsticks.

Spain.

[Asa Adams]

Bulls

Ireland

[.closed.]

Clover Leaf
St Croix (US Virgin Island).

[Asa Adams]

Warm

Russia

[.closed.]

Clover Leaf
St Croix (US Virgin Island).

[Logos]

white beach sand.

Canada :D

[kilted exile]

Don Cherry

Cuba

[Madhuri]

Cigar (I think I have heard of Cuban cigars)

Argentina.

[Taliesin]

SIlver

Estonia

[Schokokeks]

Cold.

Marocco.

[adilyoussef]

home

Tunisia

[Niamh]

meditearanan africa.

fiji

[Taliesin]

Funny pronounciation in English.

Denmark

[Niamh]

something is rotten....

jamaica

[Nightshade]

guns


Bermuda

[Madhuri]

Bermuda triangle.

Sri Lanka

[Niamh]

poverty

tibet

[Moira]

meditation

Hungary

[Bii]

Yes I am actually - going to get breakfast in a mo!

Espana

[Taliesin]

Ai Carmela!


Provence

[Madhuri]

Tal, thats a difficult location to know anything about....:)

Next person, same question....

[Niamh]

Ai Carmela!


Provence

Abbe de cluny

scotland

[THX-1138]

kilts

France

[Niamh]

revolution

Botswana

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wildlife!

Chile.

[Schokokeks]

Pablo Neruda.

Denmark.

[Niamh]

hans christian anderson?


Finland

[Schokokeks]

Snow.

Nepal.

[Niamh]

kathmandu


lebanon

[*Classic*Charm*]

Mountains


Switzerland

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Banks, watches and alps!

Andorra...

[Niamh]

skiing


South africa

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wildlife!

Burma...

[Niamh]

mandalay


cambodia

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Angkor Wat!

Lichtenstein...?

[Niamh]

football (also very small country)


Samoa and tonga

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Sun and sea!

Tanzania...

[Pensive]

Taarab Music!

Pakistan...

[dramasnot6]

Kara Film Festival(i recently met someone who was an organizer of it)

United States

[Niamh]

Fast food

Egypt

[kathycf]

Horus


Greece

[Niamh]

helicon!


Saudi Arabia

[kathycf]

Miss Tenderness!!! :D


Portugal

[Niamh]

Conquestadores

morrocco

[Taliesin]

Oranges

Tibet

[Madhuri]

Dalai Lama and Buddhism.

Venezuela

[Pensive]

Kara Film Festival(i recently met someone who was an organizer of it)

United States
Haven't heard of Kara Film Festival, before. Perhaps, because of my limited knowledge about film industry....

[Niamh]

caracas


latvia

[Schokokeks]

Forests.

Bulgaria.

[bazarov]

Berbatov Dmitar

Croatia

[Niamh]

beautiful architecture

uganda

[bazarov]

Idi Amin Dida

Mongolia

[The Bookinator]

next to China...

Japan...

[Asa Adams]

Island

Canada :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Lumberjacks!

French Guyana...

[srpbritlit]

Gold Mining!?
Next- Latvia...

[Asa Adams]

Lumberjacks!

:lol::lol::lol:

My friends Uncle was in that buisness. He made a killing! It was amazing! He made something like 2.5 million in 3 years. All that great Canadian Soft wood lumber ;)

Latvia- The Baltics

Wales

[Niamh]

fellow Gaels!


iceland

[Schokokeks]

Geysirs.

Er...Atlantis ? :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Very wet!

New Guinea...

[Schokokeks]

Guinea pigs :rolleyes:.

Panama.

[Bii]

Hats

England

[cuppajoe_9]

Tea. Tea from India.

Ireland.

[Schokokeks]

Only one association ?? Mhm, then I'll go for

Niamh :D.

Venezuela.

[Niamh]

Only one association ?? Mhm, then I'll go for

Niamh :D.

Venezuela.

HAHAHA! Thanks Cookie!

emm....somewherei in south america?

greenland

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Melting ice... unfortunately :(

Cuba...

[Niamh]

Cigars!

Mexico

[ClaesGefvenberg]

fajitas!

Russia...

[Niamh]

kremlin...


Dubai

[manolia]

a civil engineer's playground

Denmark

[Niamh]

the mirmaid statue


Romania

[Niamh]

Ok so no takers....

Great britain

[Schokokeks]

Fish 'n chips. Uaaa ! :D.

Panama ?

[Niamh]

canal

Russia

[Moira]

vodka

Tunisia

[Niamh]

Sun sea and some roman ruins!

South Africa

[Schokokeks]

Surfing !

The Republic of Kongo

[Bii]

War

Latvia

[Niamh]

beautiful cities

columbia

[Turk]

Cocain producers, exploited coffee farmers, killing football players and GG Marquez.

Liechtenstein.

[Bii]

Small, and no one knows where it is!

The Windward Isles

[Niamh]

bananas


tibet

[nps_marina]

buddhism

Norway

[Niamh]

fjords made by slartibartfast


Estonia

[Monica]

Erki Nool

Croatia

[Niamh]

history


france

[BunnySummers]

wine & cheese

Brazil?

[snow9999]

soccer

Iraq???

[MaryLupin]

Marduk and Tiamat


South Africa?

[farnoosh]

black people

iran?

[Niamh]

where in winter snow meets desart.


mongolia

[toni]

Genghis Khan


the Philippines ? (:p)

[Niamh]

Toni!

Canada

[farnoosh]

waterloo

england?

[Turk]

Gays.

Swaziland.

[Niamh]

Gays.

Swaziland.

turk im not even going to ask why you'd associate england with gay people when they happen to be all over the world.

monarchy

thailand

[Haven]

Dengue fever






Luxembourg

[Niamh]

little country

denmark

[pinkmoon]

butter


jerusalem?

[Bii]

well, it's not a country but VIOLENCE

St Kitts & Nevis

[Niamh]

tropical

mongolia

[Bii]

Barbeque ;)

Venezuela

[BlueSkyGB]

pasture land

Chile? my childhood home

[Niamh]

a very big, long narrow country in south america that i think goes down as far as the straits of magellin.

easter island

[Mortis Anarchy]

"Give me gum gum, dum dum!"

Mexico (please don't say beans!! I've played this before and every person has said beans or an offensive word):)

[barbara0207]

Will a Mexican hat do? Or would you rather have a cactus?

Germany (noooo lederhosen and sauerkraut, pleeeeeze.):D

[Mortis Anarchy]

Will a Mexican hat do? Or would you rather have a cactus?

Germany (noooo lederhosen and sauerkraut, pleeeeeze.):D

Haha, I don't care!! But every person I've played this with has said "BEANS!!"

Honestly, Beer or Goethe.

US of A

[barbara0207]

Honestly, Beer or Goethe.

US of A

Very good, I love both.

Land of the free. In parts of which books are banned.

[Niamh]

seeing as barbara failed to leave a countries name next one is


pakistan

[Haven]

Benazir Bhutto





Afghanistan

[barbara0207]

Taliban.

I won't forget to name a country again.:blush: :D

Latvia.

[Niamh]

once occupied by russia

Turkey

[rabid reader]

Centre of the Ottoman Empire

Côte d'Ivoire

[Haven]

A troubled and divided nation







Tierra del Fuego

[pinkmoon]

football

Yemen...

[Niamh]

chandler in Friends-
I'm going to yemen:D

Czech republic

[Pensive]

Jay :p

Gibraltar

[TheFifthElement]

Great wine.

Sierra Leone

[rabid reader]

Social instability exposed in Lord of War

Liberia

[Pensive]

My poor geography

Bangladesh?

[Niamh]

A peoples republic

Iceland

[Pensive]

Cooooold! :D

Pakistan?

[Niamh]

Pensive!!!:D


China

[barbara0207]

restaurant

Denmark

[bazarov]

Kopenhagen


Croatia

[downing]

marvellous seaside

Romania

[bazarov]

Peles Castle and Nadia Comaneci

Ukraine

[Kaltrina]

Eurovision

Spain

[bazarov]

Alhambra

Moldavia

[downing]

Chisinau

Brazil

[Niamh]

football


Indonesia

[AimusSage]

Colleague

Georgia

[bazarov]

Tbilisi

Madagascar

[downing]

Antananarivo

Belgium

[bazarov]

(Bravo!)

Flemish and Walloon

Puerto Rico

[bazarov]

pyramids...


Siberia

Siberia is not a state, it's a region in Russia.

[Logos]

Puerto Rico
not really a country, basically part of the US
colonised

CANADA! :D

[Themis]

Eh? :D


Switzerland

[amalia1985]

chocolate


Lithuania

[bazarov]

Arvydas Sabonis

Cuba

[manolia]

Sabonis yeah :thumbs_up Basketball :D :D :D :D



Cuba

Cigars

Chile

[bazarov]

Bravo Manolia!:lol: :lol:

Ivan Zamorano, Santiago and Ande.

Greece( please, forget Diamantidis, Spanoulis and Papaloukas :lol: :lol: )

[amalia1985]

I love Jasicevicious from Lithuania, such a hunk!

Spanoulis, Papaloukas, Diamantidis, Zisis, Papadopoulos, Tsartsaris, so many rocking Greek Gods of Basketball...

Now, seriously: Democracy

Italy

[bazarov]

New PAO signing! :lol:

Great history

Mongolia

[amalia1985]

You know quite a lot about Greek basketball,Baz. Bravoooooo!!!


Horses

Mexico

[NikolaiI]

Tequila

Uzbekistan

[bazarov]

You know quite a lot about Greek basketball,Baz. Bravoooooo!!!



It would be really interesting to see Chris Webber in Olympiakos. He would eat poor Batiste.:lol:


Tashkent

New Zealand

[Moira22100]

Kiwi

Antartica

[amalia1985]

Penguins

Portugal

[bazarov]

Lisabon, Rui Costa and Salazar

Nepal

[Themis]

"roof of the world"

Holland

[GothMan]

"leaf" ;)

Austria

[manolia]

beer



( please, forget Diamantidis, Spanoulis and Papaloukas :lol: :lol: )

:lol: I'd have said Nick Galis (although i admit that Diamantidis is my favourite of this new team :D )

Next:

Japan

[Themis]

Manga


(Austria? Beer? Why of all things, beer?)

Liechtenstein

[manolia]

I have a couple of austrian acquaintances and they sure know how to drink beer (and a good one ;) )


Liechtenstein

mountains

Norway

[bazarov]

:lol: I'd have said Nick Galis (although i admit that Diamantidis is my favourite of this new team :D )



That's a true legend! I doubt players like him will ever again play in Europe.

Norway - fjords and islands and no basketball players :D

Wales

[Themis]

@Manolia: Alright. But we're more famous for our love for wine. ;)

Cambria


France

[manolia]

That's a true legend! I doubt players like him will ever again play in Europe.


Yeah..totally agree. He is in the first group to enter the hall of fame of basketball. To tell you the truth i don't know most of the other players elected. I guess we were kids when they played ;)


@Manolia: Alright. But we're more famous for our love for wine. ;)


Yes i know :) but i love your beer..yummy!!


France

Champagne, good films and cheese :)

Dubai

[Laindessiel]

Almost like Saudi Arabia, but not quite. NOT QUITE. I just figured they're very near each other on the map.

The Philippines?

[Themis]

Circa 7 000 islands


China

[Laindessiel]

You know your geography, Themis! :D 7,100 specifically when it's high tide; 7,107 when there's a low tide.

China: 5 yellow stars with yellow-skinned people.

U.S.A.

:p

[AimusSage]

gosh, I missed a page :blush: Anyway, USA: Where not in Kansas anymore!

Azerbaijan

[Laindessiel]

Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan...:p THOSE countries.

Hey Aims! :)

What's with the Netherlands?

[Themis]

Flowers and wind-mills


Peru

[amalia1985]

Music


Ireland

[Themis]

Guiness


Finland

[manolia]

Niamh and guiness :D

Madagascar

[manolia]

You are fast!!!! :)


Guiness


Finland

Cold :cold: at least for me and i am sure a beautiful country

Madagascar

[Themis]

:D Yep, that's me.


Island


Iceland

[Schokokeks]

Vanilla.


..err, too slow...


Edda.

Marocco ?

[amalia1985]

Volcano


Bulgaria

[amalia1985]

You guys are fast...


Casablanca(Boggart)

Czech Republic

[Themis]

Prag


Syria

[amalia1985]

Churches


Israel

[NikolaiI]

Zionists

The Republic of South Africa

[bazarov]

Apartheid.

Bangladesh

[bazarov]

Dubai

..is a capital city, not a state.:p

[manolia]

:lol: :lol:
And i always suck in geography lesson :p

[Themis]

Bangladesh

Is somewhere between India and Myanmar/Burma/Birma.


Japan

[manolia]

Kurosawa

China

[Themis]

Ken Hom



India

[bazarov]

Hinduism and New Delhi


Sri Lanka

[Themis]

Bengal tigers


Norway

[bazarov]

:lol: :lol:
And i always suck in geography lesson :p

:lol: :lol: At least you're good at history and sport!!:lol:

[bazarov]

Ole Gunar Solskjaer and monarchy.

Sweden

[Themis]

Astrid Lindgren



Poland

[amalia1985]

Ghetto


Australia

[Themis]

Down under


Croatia

[manolia]

Bazarov :D

USA

[amalia1985]

Kifer Sutherland



Algeria

[Themis]

Camus


Egypt

[amalia1985]

Moses



The Netherlands

[bazarov]

Den Haag(capital city; although many think it's Amsterdam)

Hungary

Well done Manolia, It's nice to be a country symbol :)

[Themis]

(*coughs* Amsterdam? Of course not, we all know it's not and would never have dreamed of even thinking ..... )


Gulasch! (gulash, probably)


Portugal

[bazarov]

Sorry! But you would be surprised how many people think Amsterdam is capital city

Columbo


Malta

[Themis]

@Bazarov: Sorry myself, I was joking. ;)


Sun


Russia

[bazarov]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I think it's probably the most beautiful place on earth; the state I am planing to visit in July!

Slovenia

[amalia1985]

Yaka Lacovic



Cyprus

[bazarov]

:lol: :lol: Lakovič:lol: :lol: You could pick Sani Bečirovič!

Partly Turkish and partly Greece; Nicosia is capital city.


Moldavia

[amalia1985]

Lacovic is cute!!

Painted churches


Scotland

[Themis]

Kilts! :D


Iran

[amalia1985]

Carpets (!)


Algeria

[papayahed]

Wine


Mexico

[bazarov]

Corona

Paraguay

[amalia1985]

Rivers


Venezuela

[bazarov]

Copa America 2007

Macedonia

[Heathcliff]

Beaches.

Greece.

[Satan]

Pantheon.

Monaco

[Heathcliff]

Car racing. Cars.

Italy.