Speaking of Niger and grade school, in the sixth grade I had this Social Studies teacher who had this computer that would ask a currents events related question for the day, and the first kid to answer correctly would get a sourball candy. Well one day one of the questions asked about an African country and something, so I made up a guess, that being "Niger". This stupid chinese kid saw what I typed and tried to tattle on me, thinking I was trying to say "nigger", but misspelling it. I had to explain that I was actually saying "Niger", the country. The teacher put the kid in his place after that.
Oh for those wondering, it was the wrong answer anyways. The right answer was Nigeria. Go figure.