Blarney, shamrocks, lyres, leprechauns, U2, green, St. Patrick, snakes
France ?
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Blarney, shamrocks, lyres, leprechauns, U2, green, St. Patrick, snakes
France ?
Metric system, Versailles, Rameau, Berlioz, Alkan, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Boulez, Murail, Grisey, La Rouchefoucauld, Académie française, Les fleurs du mal, Parnassians, Corot, Barbizon, Impressionists, Atget, cinema, Jean-Pierre Melville, nouvelle vague, revolutions, Baron Haussmann, Vichy, calvados, Cognac, Champagne, Napoleon, Bordeaux, Chanel...
Chile?
world's largest swimming pool, football, Easter Island, Chilean Wine, Andes Mountains, long and beautiful coastline
Turkey?
Constantinople, Istanbul, Battle of Gallipoli, Secularism, Blue Mosque, James Bond, Turkish Delight, Ottoman Empire, Troias / Troy
Russia ?
Sword Dance, Hockey, Nabokov, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Gogol, cabbage stews, black bread, fuzzy hats, ..... so much!!
Greenland?
Cold; must be the largest non-continent island-type mass; not so green as white with snow (I would imagine); settled by Vikings then abondoned (if I recall correctly); cold
Italy ?
pasta, pope, Pompeii, Rome, Aeneid, Giotto, Renaissance, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Counter-Reformation, Palestrina, Baroque, Caravaggio, madrigals, opera, Monteverdi, Caccini, Cavalli, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Dallapiccola, Berio, Nono, neorealismo, De Sica, Fellini, Leone, Pasolini, Visconti, Antonioni, Rossellini, Italo Calvino
Romania?
Count Dracula; Goulash; Wine; Transylvania; Mountains, Skiing, Dumplings ...
Switzerland?
Vierwaldstättersee, tunnels, guns, Alps, Hot Chocolate, Chocolate, Swiss Cheese, Geneva, watches
Monaco
Beaches, Sunshine, Movie Stars, Grand Prix Races, Glitz, Casinos, Nightlife, Wealth
Poland?
Warsaw, Jewish Ghettos & other WWII attrocities, Soviet invasion/control, Independence, and that's about it; woefully uninformed about Poland otherwise
Sweden ?
IKEA, lingonberry pancakes, fair hair, meatballs, lakes, moose, the Nobel Prizes, friendly
Egypt?
Mummies; White & Blue Nile; Pharohs; Moses, Joseph (son of Israel); Mary, Joseph, and Jesus; heiroglyphics; Pyramids; Sphinx; Cairo; Luxor; Valley of the Kings; Nassar; Sadat; Mubarek; desert; Library of Alexandria; Cleopatra; asps; cobras...
Mexico ?
Mayan Ruins Chichen Itza; Mariachi on every corner; wonderful cuisine; seven shades of blue; silver; siesta; fiesta; tequila; Corona Beer; Kahlua; beaches; sombreros; areeeeeeebaa amigos!!
I feel a party going on... Country ?
*blush* ooops!
Country: Scotland
Midges, grouse, blue hare, single malt whiskey, heather, bagpipes, fiddles, golden eagles, red deer, Culloden, curlews, Loch Ness, monsters, highlands, lowlands, dirks, claymores, sporrans and kilts.
Nigeria
Hot, waterfalls, rain forests, one of the older locations of human existence, home of Nollywood, has the worlds largest diversities of butterflies, excellent soups and stews, friendly
Country? :devil:
Oh I got dwelling on that awesome Nigerian food....
sorry!
Peru
Paddington, jam sandwiches, Machu Picchu, rain Forrest, Inca, altitude, mountains, rope bridges.
Macedonia
Home of Alexander the Great, Cave Vrelo is the world's deepest underwater cave, was the first country in the world to have full access to wireless broadband, the Cyrillic alphabet was invented in Macedonia, excellent wines, delicious food
Japan
Swords, Samurai, sushi, Sumo, Edo Castle, rising sun, atomic sunshine, Kyoto, dim sum, tea ceremony, Shinto, Fuji San, bullet train, whaling, Fukashima, earthquakes, prints, poetry, kimonos and hakama.
Fiji
white sand, palm trees, hot, incredible beaches, tropical paradise, friendly people, Fiji is actually a collection of 300+ islands and over 100 are inhabited, seafood, exotic beverages
Portugal
Luís de Camões, The Lusiads, Sea & Colonial Power, Azores, Lisbon, Madeira, Madeira wine
Australia ?
Aboriginals, Sydney opera house, didgeridoo, kangaroos, platypuses, massive trucks, long distances, infamous beer, sheep farms, immigrants, Sir Charles Mackerras, Percy Grainger, Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine
New Zealand?
5% New Zealand Population is people - the rest is animals; longest name of any city in the world is in New Zealand:
Taumata*whakatangihanga*koauau*o*tamatea*turipukak apikimaunga*horo*nuku*pokai*whenua*kitanatahu; World's smallest dolphin species is found in New Zealand; there are no land snakes anywhere in New Zealand; The first man to climb Mt. Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, was a Kiwi; New Zealand is home to the giant weta, the heaviest insect in the world. It is heavier than a sparrow and looks like a giant cockroach **ugh** ; Two NZ rescue dogs were taught to drive a car around a track, in order to prove the intelligence of shelter animals (bravo!!); New Zealand is the only country with the right to put Hobbit-related images on its currency; New Zealand has banned all television advertising on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ANZAC Day, and Christmas Day.
Bolivia
Simon Bolivar, tin, ___
Brazil ?
castro
Tunisia
Tunis, Carthage, Mediterranean
Moldova ?
Chișinău, the capital?
Russia?
Chernobyl, Chelyabinsk, Tunguska, Siberian Traps, great writers/artists/academics/chess players, Urals, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Fabergé eggs, ...
Mongolia
Genghis Khan square
Iceland?
Reykjavik, Fischer/Spassky '72, geothermal, Vikings
Luxembourg
Grand ducal Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral.
Vietnam?
Emerging economy, Eco/Bio-diversity, water, The Tale of Kiều
Andorra ?
Mountains!! I went skiing in Andorra ;)
Greece?
Metaxa, Ouzo, ancient civilization, Aesop, Homer, The Philosophers, Athens, Sparta, Corinth, earthquakes, Triremes, "Greek fire", Marathon, Olympics, Parthenon...
Malaysia ?
rainforests and mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European cultural influences.
The capital, Kuala Lumpur, skyscrapers such as the iconic, 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers.
The Balearics?
duplicate.