LetsSingIt's Pointless Quiz #21 [Ended]

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Joeyy | 18-10-2014 22:35

*Introductory theme tune*

Welcome to the twenty-first, late LetsSingIt Pointless quiz! Dedicated to Joe and Em, past contestants who we've lost from the site; hopefully not forever (and Heather who never played, but who receives an honorary mention because we love her).

Rules of the quiz:
- One answer per person (per round)
- Always give the answer you think the fewest amount of people would know
- If two people give the same answer in a short space of time, the first person's answer will be accepted (but the second can answer again)
- When applicable, a player may pick the same subject as another contestant and provide a different answer if they believe the other to be incorrect
- If you play the first round, please check back in case you make it through to Round #2
- Resist cheating (i.e. searching online for answers)

And of course, respect your fellow contestants and have fun!

Round #1 will be posted shortly and will remain open until Monday (or, when applicable, until each answer is taken) to give everyone a chance of replying.

* offtopic :
The records of previous winners and pointless answers can be found here.

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WINNER: indiechick_, aka B
RUNNER-UP: zjenn4, aka Jen

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Joeyy | 18-10-2014 22:39

ROUND #1

An open question in case my fellow Europeans are in bed. Your first category this quiz is...

COUNTRIES

I gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

B-A-D COUNTRIES

...as they could. The countries on Santa's Naughty List. No, we're looking for any country in the world whose usual short-form name begins with the letters B, A, or D. As always, by country, I mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right. Best of luck!

PinkFloyd | 18-10-2014 22:44

Azerbaijan

Juliet86 | 18-10-2014 22:45

Burkina-Faso. Burkina Faso. I can't remember if there's a hyphen. That's OK, right?

Joeyy | 18-10-2014 22:53

Oh yes, that's fine. Doesn't matter what comes after it as long as it actually starts with B, A, or D.

TheAnnoyance | 18-10-2014 23:00

Bahrain

Joeyy | 18-10-2014 23:10

We live in England, get over it.

Juliet86 | 18-10-2014 23:17

Huh?

Joeyy | 18-10-2014 23:22

Bah...rain

No?

Juliet86 | 18-10-2014 23:23

Hahaha. Punny.

Captain_Keeta | 18-10-2014 23:27

Bulgaria

Joeyy | 18-10-2014 23:38

I do love awful puns.

Random fact I wrote down at the time of watching: The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou, which means, "You are welcome here at home with us".

Juliet86 | 18-10-2014 23:41

Interesting.

Captain_Keeta | 18-10-2014 23:42

Haha neat.

PracticePractic | 18-10-2014 23:54

Belize I think it was a member of UK once long ago....wonder if anyone else recalls that there.....
Thanks for another Quiz Joeyy... sorry not up to date to join back in regular Forum yet.. getting there...

Joeyy | 19-10-2014 00:02

Part of the Empire, maybe. Yep, here we go:

From 1862 to 1973, its name was British Honduras. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1981, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

A little outside of my time (1981...otherwise a lot outside of it

). Nice to have your participation, Practice.

Cheater138 | 19-10-2014 00:07

I'm gonna go with Barbados.

Juliet86 | 19-10-2014 00:20

A lot of 'B's.

Joeyy | 19-10-2014 00:31

Sometimes it's good for the contestants because it can mean there were too many answers for many of the 100 people to think of in the time limit. But it is risky in a category like this.

Barbados, a quarter of the size of London.

indiechick_ | 19-10-2014 00:45

djibouti

i hope i spelled that right

Joeyy | 19-10-2014 00:49

I believe so. Spelling doesn't matter much as long as it's obvious what you mean, although obviously it has to meet the requirements of the category, and I think you're fine with that.

zjenn4 | 19-10-2014 00:54

A lot of 'B's.

True. I think because the A's seem more common, and there are so few D's.

My guess: Benin

Joeyy | 19-10-2014 01:00

Answers so far:

Azerbaijan
Burkina Faso
Bahrain
Bulgaria
Belize
Barbados
Djibouti
Benin

Joeyy | 19-10-2014 01:03

Oh, I have a random fact about Djibouti that I missed: Djibouti has the lowest point on land in Africa – a crater lake called Lake Assal, 155m below sea level.

CarlJ | 19-10-2014 05:51

Belarus

Captain_Keeta | 19-10-2014 06:09

Ha neat fact. Courtesy of google?

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