Pop quiz, hot shot

July 1, 2010 |
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Name the 10 countries in the world whose names are made up of 4 letters.

(Now, of course, you might use the Internet to cheat and pretend like you just knew them off the top of your head.  But if I were you, I’d rather go to heaven.)

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  1. Val on July 1, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    Peru, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, umm… Spai…

    I’m out.

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  2. Little AP on July 1, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    Togo
    Chad
    Niger
    Mali…
    I can’t think of any more… I only know those from briefly studying Africa for 4-H. Ah well.

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  3. Little AP on July 1, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    Unless, of course, you can count and know that Niger is five letters. My brain demands food from me, until then it rebels and makes me stupid. >.<

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  4. Christina on July 1, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    Proud to say I got 8 out of 10 without Papa Google. Togo and Oman were the ellusive little tricksters.

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  5. The Bug on July 1, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    I think some of these aren’t countries, but at least I didn’t cheat! I couldn’t think of 10 either :(

    Chad
    Iraq
    Iran
    Peru
    Mali
    Guam
    Bali

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  6. Peg on July 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    OK – with no cheating except from the friends above*
    IRAN
    IRAQ
    CHAD
    FIJI
    MALI
    CUBA*
    PERU*
    OMAN*
    TOGO*
    I think Bali is really part of Indonesia?
    Guam is a US Territory with some special designation – not independent.
    There is one more?

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  7. Peg on July 1, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    and the answer is — added to those above —

    LAOS

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  8. Carmen Goetschius on July 1, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    OF COURSE PEG KNOWS!!!!!!! Yes, Bali is part of Indonesia. The one thing I know courtesy of a delicious little trip last year.

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  9. Alissa on July 1, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    Yep, Leave it to Peg! I got 6 without looking, but Bali was one of those, so 5:
    Iran, Iraq, Oman, Peru, Mali

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  10. Sarah on July 1, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard of Mali :-/. I sooooo failed your pop quiz.

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  11. Greta Weisman on July 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    I care nothing about countries with four-letter names, but your last admonishment against potential cheaters cracked me up. Using that one next year with those [four-letter-word] plagiarizers.

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  12. Matt on July 1, 2010 at 5:15 PM

    Without looking at other’s posts or the internets:

    Cuba, Mali, Peru, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Laos, Chad . . . thinking . . . Togo . . . and . . .

    You got me, but I totally would have remembered the other one a year ago when I was teaching 4th grade geography.

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  13. Mandy on July 2, 2010 at 12:20 AM

    Cuba
    Iran
    Iraq
    Chad
    USSR (ha ha ha! Just kidding)

    I’m stumped after that.

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