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THE ANSWERS:
1. Zimbabwe
2. Yemen
3. Afghanistan
Thanks for perusing today’s Brain Game. We’ll be back on Monday. Have a great weekend!
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