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29 comments:
1. Great Britain
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
1. England/GB
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
1. UK
2. Japan
3. USSR
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
1. Great Britain
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
UK
Japan
Soviet Union
Hungary
Switzerland
UK
Japan
USSR
Hungary
Switzerland
Thanks for an easy one for a change!
Are you aware that the countries are printed right there on the stamps? usually you edit that stuff out.
I think this will result in an avalanche of first placers...
UK
Japan
Soviet Union
Hungary
Switzerland
great britain
japan
russia (or i guess soviet union to be exact)
hungary
switzerland. i'm saying switzerland.
1. United Kingdom
2. Japan
3. Soviet Union
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland.
Or, for number 3, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, if you're being a stickler.
1 / United Kingdom (or Queendom)
2 / Japan
3 / USSR - I always thought it should be US,SR with that string of adjectives
4 / Hungary - that's their two foot stamp
5 / Switzerland
I thought this was easy so there must be some cool tricks involved...
I think Michael was so brain-fried from the Decathalon that he needed to do a really easy one so he could coast a bit...
Wow, I was sure this would be a quiz on sports franchises, the 80's music scene, or African geography to put me in my place again post-decathlon. But it turns out I spent a lot of time as a kid helping my little brother with his stamp collection, so it's a piece of cake.
1 Great Britain
2 Japan
3 Soviet Union
4 Hungary
5 Switzerland
1. Great Britain, possibly smelling a rat here.
2. Japan
3. USSR - more trickeration potential here.
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
OK - in a bold and potentially foolish move, I'm changing #1 to an exotic British territory (thus supporting the 50p). Put me down for St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1) England or Great Britain
2) Japan
3) Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)
4) Hungary
5) Oh heck - Switzerland?
1 United Kingdom
2 Japan
3 the USSR
4 Hungary
5 Switzerland?
ok - the fact that we've all more or less got the same answers is making me nervous - where's the curve ball?
No rest for the weary. I'll try not to mail this one in.
(sorry)
1. England
2. Japan
3. The Former Soviet Union
4. Hungary
5. Finland?
England
Japan
The (former) Soviet Union
Hungary
Finland
That one stamp reminded me of how cold it is in here. I'm getting a "nip on."
Love to be picky, Michael5000, but I think you just passed a thought without liveblogging it.
1. Great Britain
2. Japan
3. Soviet Union
4. Hungary
5. Finland
Stamps are addictive.
1. Great Great Britain
2. Japan (ooh, pretty!)
3. Union of Soviet Socialist (ooh, a blimp!) Republics
4. Hungary
5. Switzerland
We've got:
1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, AKA Great Britain, AKA the UK.
2. Japan.
3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, AKA the USSR.
4. Hungary.
5. Switzerland.
We're going to demand relative perfection today. England isn't the same as the UK* -- it's one of four constituent "countries," for lack of a better word, that make up the UK -- and Russia is certainly a much different beast than the Soviet Union. For those answers, for present purposes: close but no cigar.
* "Great Britain" isn't quite right either, but I'll bow to the convention of its use as a synonym for "United Kingdom."
And, even with said persnickitiness, we have a whopping ELEVEN Exclamation Points going out today, far more than the previous high of seven (MQII, MQXX, MQXV).
Mrs.5000 (sigh. "Hail, Victor!") stays on top of the leaderboard with her third Exclamation Point in a row, bringing her to eleven.
DrSchnell extends his record-breaking run to an unprecidented FIVE E.P.s in a row; he's got eight altogether. Chance bags his eighth as well.
Karmasartre, d, Cartophiliac, and la gringissima all take their fifth Exclamation Point; Rebel grabs her third.
Finally, welcome for their first appearance in the victory parade: Nichim, Jovaliquilts, and newcomer Fool for Paper!
Well done to them, and to all, and especially to those of you who said "England" and "Russia" and are now seething with anger and resentment.
I think maybe Mrs.5000 should change her name to HailVictor! (with the '!')!
@Chance: DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT, DUDE!!! Indeed, I hadn't intended to block out "Nippon," "CCCP," "Magyar," and "Helvetia." I figured that sorting out the less familiar names would be reasonably challenging, especially for people who had just finished a decathlon. It's certainly not MY fault if I have a buncha brainiac readers.
@d: Awesome save!
@DrSchnell: Well, you didn't need THAT much save....
@Phineas: Too much save!
@Rebel: "Curve ball"? Moi?
@Dr. Ken: [snort]
@karma: My readership numbers are not among the highest, but there are running jokes in my comments. I am the richest of bloggers.
@Nichim: I liked the blimp, too. Awesome after-the-fact performance on the language quiz, by the way....
I'm afraid I'm not comfortable with the idea of signing my comments "HailVictor!"
Of course, I'm not comfortable with the phrase "passing a thought," either, though I do admire it.
@ Halle Victoire,
It's the PC version of "brain fart".
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