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Well, it’s been a wild week. Newsworthy events here and abroad have been tempered with ridiculous headlines like Monkey Urinates on Zambian President. Although yesterday’s puzzle was also geography-related, the fact that Zambia begins with the last letter of the alphabet was a Brain Game opportunity I couldn’t pass up. So:
Alphabetically, Zambia is the next-to-last entry
on the list of nations of the world.1. What nation is last on the list?
2. What nation precedes Zambia on the list?
3. What nation is first on the list?
Here are the ANSWERS.
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Stupid name changes. I got #1 and #3. However, my answer for the country preceding Zambia was Zaire. If only Zaire still existed.
posted by Maceo on 6-26-2009 at 8:03 am
Ditto Maceo
posted by Annie on 6-26-2009 at 9:02 am
3/3! Awesome!
posted by Reese on 6-26-2009 at 9:06 am
Nice job, Reese. That’s a good way to end the week!
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-26-2009 at 9:23 am
Zaire got me, too.
posted by Derek on 6-26-2009 at 10:07 am
I’m proud. I got #1 and #3! I don’t think I spent enough time thinking about #2. Nice brain game!
posted by K on 6-26-2009 at 10:12 am
Ditto on Zaire. Surprised I got #1 and #3, though…I’m terrible at geography
posted by Jen on 6-26-2009 at 10:30 am
ditto on Zaire! for #3 i was toying around with Abyssinia, but that’s long gone
posted by ben ng on 6-26-2009 at 10:36 am
High fives to Reese – I got 3/3 too.
posted by Bert on 6-26-2009 at 11:22 am
Yay! I knew them all (for once)!
posted by adriana on 6-26-2009 at 3:23 pm
How about Aden?
posted by Christiaan Overgaard on 6-26-2009 at 3:40 pm
The former names of two countries are between Zambia and Yemen: Zaire and Yugoslavia.
Needless to say, I missed #2 as well.
posted by AaronGNP on 6-26-2009 at 5:13 pm
I went for both Zaire and Zanzibar.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 6-26-2009 at 8:47 pm