Guest Eagle Man Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Naming the entire UN is like having to rattle off the entire 1987 WWF roster, and having to name all the jobbers they were using. Haven't done this yet, but if it's like states, where it just says "name them--go!", then you've gotta have a plan. You have to go continent to continent, north-to-south or west-to-east, because if you just cherry-pick what comes to mind first, you'll never do it.
CanadianChris Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Naming the entire UN is like having to rattle off the entire 1987 WWF roster, and having to name all the jobbers they were using. Haven't done this yet, but if it's like states, where it just says "name them--go!", then you've gotta have a plan. You have to go continent to continent, north-to-south or west-to-east, because if you just cherry-pick what comes to mind first, you'll never do it. Yeah, that's what I did. I went North America-South America-Oceania-Asia-Europe-Africa, just one continuous loop around the world.
bob_barron Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 I did 49 of the states in like 5 minutes, freaked out for another 4, then thought "okay let's go original 13. first one was Delaware, s---OH. FUCKING DELAWARE." Same thing happened to me! I had 48 in 4-5 minutes, and then got Maryland when I ran down sports teams. Then with 6 seconds left I remembered Wayne's World and got Delaware
CanadianGuitarist Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 I tried to remember Yakko's song from the end of Animaniacs. Since I could only remember up to "Panama", and that left a geographical gap out of Central America, I scrapped the idea quickly.
Red Baron Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 I keep thinking I get all the middle east countries, and I always forget about Kuwait. I mean I get Qatar and Bahrain.
CanadianGuitarist Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Improved by one, but Eastern Europe is still my bane (I managed to forget Armenia and Romania this time). Is French Guiana not a UN member? And I will never ever be able to properly spell Krygystan.
Red Baron Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Frencg Guiana is still under France control I believe
Guest Eagle Man Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Armenia isn't in Eastern Europe, it's in the Caucasus. And yes, French Guyana is an overseas department of France. Guyana and Suriname are independent. Oh, and Kyrgyzstan.
CanadianGuitarist Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Damn you Bangladesh. Yeah, they've had a good go of things so far, they should cut you some slack.
KingPK Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 I tried to remember Yakko's song from the end of Animaniacs. Since I could only remember up to "Panama", and that left a geographical gap out of Central America, I scrapped the idea quickly. That's what I do. Unfortunately, I can only remember parts of the song that list countries I already know.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 I give you props, chaosrage; it was a valiant effort... You're the only cat here that even makes me work for it. Hell, that's why the high score was so low in the first place; when people can't reach 300K, why shoot for a million?
Guest Queen Leelee Posted March 13, 2007 Report Posted March 13, 2007 i would but i cant sit through 30 minutes+ of tetris Especially when adminbodt will just delete it anyway.
Vern Gagne Posted March 15, 2007 Report Posted March 15, 2007 I got 49 of 50 with 5:05 to go. Minnesota was, inexplicably, the one I missed, especially since I spent 5-3 minutes remaining trying to figure it out by sports teams in that state. 47 countries missed. They're sticklers for spelling and hypenation, thus my not getting credit for Bosnia-Hersegovinia (sp.), Tuvalu (sp.), Guinea-Bissau, (no-hyphen the first time). I second the Congo thing. DPR Congo didn't work for TCFKA Zaire, and Congo didn't work for me either (unless I spelled it wrong). Baron missed 45, but we still butted heads over which was worse; my missing Hungary and China, or his missing Poland and Japan. Fuck it, I'm trying it again. I just missed Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark.
Guest Eagle Man Posted March 15, 2007 Report Posted March 15, 2007 Oh bullshit. You mean to tell me you remembered Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Dominica, but couldn't remember goddamned Germany?
CanadianChris Posted March 15, 2007 Report Posted March 15, 2007 Dominica's not hard when the program accepts it as you're typing in Dominican Republic.
CanadianGuitarist Posted March 15, 2007 Report Posted March 15, 2007 Equatorial Guinea has such a nuance about it (it doesn't touch the equator) that it's exempt from the "How the fuck did you remember that?" list.
Red Baron Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 and that it was the only nation in Africa that was under Portuguese rule.
Vern Gagne Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 Oh bullshit. You mean to tell me you remembered Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Dominica, but couldn't remember goddamned Germany? Believe it. I can name about 105 countries. For whatever reason, I forget a country like Germany.
Guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 and that it was the only nation in Africa that was under Portuguese rule. Mozambique and Angola without looking it up. Now I'll look it up. Yeah, those two and Guinea-Bissau.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 It's like that old anecdote about the dick-measuring contest: I just took out enough to win, baby...
Guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 With a 20 or 30 minute time limit I could get real close. Those French territories would ruin me. I could do all the UN nations in 20 minutes easy.
CanadianGuitarist Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 With a 20 or 30 minute time limit I could get real close. Those French territories would ruin me. I could do all the UN nations in 20 minutes easy. I'm the only person alive who knows what St. Pierre and Miquelon is.....yet I missed Japan.
Red Baron Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 and that it was the only nation in Africa that was under Portuguese rule. Mozambique and Angola without looking it up. Now I'll look it up. Yeah, those two and Guinea-Bissau. I think you are wrong, unless Jeopardy is wrong.
Guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 I'm right. Look it up on wiki. They couldn't stop talking about the Angola stuff during the World Cup when they played Portugal.
Guest Eagle Man Posted March 17, 2007 Report Posted March 17, 2007 With a 20 or 30 minute time limit I could get real close. Those French territories would ruin me. I could do all the UN nations in 20 minutes easy. I'm the only person alive who knows what St. Pierre and Miquelon is.....yet I missed Japan. Overseas department near Newfoundland. Eight years of French, pal.
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