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Jason English
Ridiculous Board Games! (Win yourself a t-shirt already)
by Jason English - September 27, 2007 - 9:34 AM

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We’re going to use the whiteboard hanging in our office – OK, leaning against our cubicle wall – to give away some t-shirts. We were planning to simply ask you to guess a number between 1 and 100. But that neglects to highlight Mangesh’s artistic prowess. So let’s do this instead:

1. Mangesh will draw one nation’s flag in dry erase marker.
2. You will take a wild guess as to which country’s flag he’s drawn. (You will not get to see the artist’s rendering, making your guess all the more wild.)
3. The first person to correctly identify the country wins a t-shirt.
(4. We come up with a second whiteboard game.)

Before we start, a couple of rules:
a) 3 guesses per person, but they must be in separate comments.
b) Comments don’t appear on the site until we moderate them. But we’ll be able to tell who was the first successful guesser.

And here’s what you’re playing for: the t-shirt of your choosing, courtesy of the mental_floss store:

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OK, he’s drawing now. No hints. Let the guessing begin.

Update: We have a winner. Round two begins shortly.

Comments (441)
  1. Liberia

  2. Sweden

  3. Ghana

  4. Bangaledesh

  5. Trinidad & Tobago

  6. Japan

  7. Peru

  8. GREECE!

  9. Uganda

  10. Canada

  11. Italy

  12. France

  13. Israel

  14. France

  15. USA!

  16. Kazahkstan

  17. India

  18. European Union

  19. Andorra

  20. Brazil

  21. Libya

  22. Mauritania

  23. Jamaica

  24. New Zealand

  25. qatar

  26. Nauru

  27. Oman

  28. Vietnam

  29. South Korea

  30. republic of the congo

  31. Chad

  32. Mexico

  33. Burundi

  34. Finland

  35. Puerto Rico

  36. Turkey

  37. Bhutan

  38. Hungary

  39. Namibia

  40. Germany

  41. Nepal

  42. Botswana

  43. Finland

  44. Lebanon

  45. Nepal

  46. Bangladesh

  47. Myanmar

  48. Sri Lanka, of course. Oh, wait, I’m ineligible. Darn it.

  49. European Union

  50. Uzbekistan

  51. Abkhazia

  52. Russia

  53. the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu

  54. Somalia

  55. Cuba

  56. Laos

  57. Austrailia

  58. Honduras

  59. Germany

  60. Senegal

  61. Burundi

  62. Holland

  63. Romania

  64. South Africa

  65. Iraq

  66. Mauritania
    And Holland should have been The Neatherlands…D’oh! What was I thinking!

  67. Spain

  68. Iran

  69. iran

  70. iraq

  71. Paraguay

  72. China

  73. egypt

  74. Liechtenstein

  75. Pakistan

  76. Saudi Arabia

  77. Japan

  78. pakistan

  79. sri lanka

  80. qatar

  81. Portugal

  82. Turkey

  83. Andorra

  84. Sudan

  85. Rwanda

  86. oops – already on the list

    How ’bout Switzerland?

  87. myanmar

  88. Ireland

  89. Fiji

  90. Yemen

  91. Papua New Guinea

  92. Third try…
    Canada?

  93. Sri Lanka
    Canada
    Trinadad & Tobego

  94. algeria

  95. Monaco

  96. Maldives

  97. canada

  98. Iceland

  99. Ireland

  100. tunisia

  101. Portugal

  102. Greenland

  103. Georgia

  104. Mexico

  105. papua new guinea

  106. Yemen

  107. Uraguay

  108. wales

  109. Singapore

  110. scotland

  111. Mongolia

  112. poland

  113. austria

  114. Panama

  115. United States

  116. south korea

  117. Luxembourg

  118. Madagascar

  119. guyana

  120. United Arab Emirates

  121. Canada

  122. Brazil

  123. Wales

  124. Seychelles

  125. Crud, someone already did US. How about Bolivia?

  126. Zambia

  127. United Nations

  128. Swaziland

  129. cuba!

  130. Togo

  131. Philipines

  132. Latvia

  133. Indonesia

  134. Trinidad

  135. Lithuania

  136. Croatia

  137. Sweden

  138. Kurdistan

  139. Ivory Coast

  140. Vatican City

  141. Thailand

  142. South Korea

  143. Aruba

  144. cyprus

  145. Estonia

  146. Estonia

  147. Austria

  148. Ireland

  149. Ghana

  150. Korea

  151. Switzerland

  152. Djibouti

  153. Eritrea.

  154. Bahrain

  155. Panama

  156. Palau

  157. Kiribati

  158. Bolivia

  159. Burkina Faso

  160. Bolivia

  161. Angola

  162. Zimbabwe

  163. Lithuania

  164. Costa Rica

  165. Philippines

  166. Chile

  167. New Zealand

  168. Kuwait

  169. sumatra

  170. Denmark

  171. Kyrgyzstan

  172. scratch philippines… ethiopia

  173. chile

  174. Vanuatu

  175. Great Britain

  176. South Africa

  177. Jamaica

  178. iceland

  179. Switzerland

  180. Czech Republic

  181. central african republic

  182. Isle of Man

  183. Sierra Leone

  184. Azerbaijan

  185. East Timor

  186. Burkina Faso

  187. I would love to see somebody compile a map and highlight the countries NOT named.

  188. Cook Islands

  189. Bulgaria

  190. Faroe Islands

  191. Too many guesses already!

    England?

  192. Nigeria

  193. United Kingdom

  194. Norway

  195. Uganda

  196. Estonia

  197. Cambodia?

  198. ethiopia

  199. Cambodia

  200. North Korea

  201. kazakhstan

  202. I really wanted to put togo, but see it was taken so will have my 3rd guess as:

    Benin

  203. South Vietnam

  204. Myanmar

  205. Argentina

  206. Lesotho

  207. lesotho

  208. Lesotho

  209. Turkmenistan

  210. Latvia

  211. slovakia

  212. Swaziland

  213. venezuela

  214. Latvia

  215. belize

  216. Albania

  217. Spain

  218. nauru

  219. My 3 guesses are:
    Tanzania
    Belarus
    Lesotho

  220. Mauritania

  221. Burkina Faso

  222. Ukraine

  223. Malaysia

  224. India

  225. Ecuador

  226. Uzbekistan

  227. Congo

  228. Japan

  229. mali
    libya
    tunisia

  230. Peru

  231. Croatia

  232. Mozambique

  233. Macedonia

  234. Italy

  235. Mexico

  236. Austrailia

  237. Canada, eh?

  238. Canada

  239. Latvia

  240. Talk about a quick run on Lesotho right at 11:49…

  241. Zimbabwe

  242. Mexico

  243. Laos

  244. australia

  245. Burkina Faso

  246. HUNGARY
    Magyarorszag

  247. Yemen

  248. Djibouti

  249. UAE

  250. Haiti

  251. Tibet

  252. Greenland

  253. Jordan

  254. Paraguay

  255. Turkey

  256. Liberia

  257. Armenia

  258. United States

  259. Niue

  260. New Zealand

  261. French Guyana

  262. American Samoa

  263. Azerbijan

  264. Nepal

  265. Well, this is random.

    Hong Kong

  266. Belarus

  267. Cyprus

  268. Botswana

  269. Oops, didn’t see that.

    Barbados

  270. Nauru

  271. People really should check the guesses already…

    Guam

  272. Paraguay

  273. Boznia and herzegovina

  274. Zaire

  275. Egypt

  276. Tuvalu

  277. Turkey.

  278. Iceland

  279. Andora

  280. Estonia.

  281. Afghanistan

  282. rats slovakia was taken….how about tasmania?

  283. Macedonia

  284. Antigua and Barbuda

  285. Comoros

  286. Kenya

  287. Malta

  288. Libya

  289. Mauritius

  290. SWAZILAND

  291. Malawi

  292. The Vatican

  293. Cameroon

  294. Jordan

  295. Iraq

  296. Canada eh?

  297. Pakistan

  298. uruguay

  299. Kenya

  300. Vatican (Holy See)

  301. Guam

  302. St. Kitts and Nevis

  303. IceLand

  304. Jamaica

  305. Brazil

  306. Montenegro

  307. Bahamas!

  308. Lichtenstein

  309. Barbados!

  310. Belgium!

  311. Vatican

  312. Mozambique

  313. Somoa

  314. Trinidad & Tobago

  315. Kiribati

  316. Canada

  317. San Marino

  318. USA?

  319. Solomon Islands

  320. Finland

  321. Columbia!
    (finally found one that wasn’t on the list!)

  322. Finland!

  323. Recently recognized by Canada, the Nation of

    Quebec

  324. BAH! Let’s try COLOMBIA!
    (typing frenzy trying to get it in – apologies for anyone offended.

  325. Abkhazia

  326. Jersey

  327. Norway

  328. Brunei

  329. Republic of Suriname

  330. Cape Verde

  331. Cayman Islands

  332. Republic of Montenegro

  333. How about Costa Rica

  334. macao

  335. Or Honduras

  336. Peru

  337. Or Panama

    What’s with the neglect of central america by most guessers?

  338. Sao Tome & Principe

  339. Last try, Zaire. :)

  340. Abyssinia

  341. Vermont

  342. Bhutan!

  343. Brunei

  344. Botswana!

  345. Siam

  346. Djibouti!!! It makes me giggle.

  347. Bassas da India (same as France’s)

  348. Macau

  349. kerplakistan

  350. Cambodia

  351. upper slabovia

  352. rungistan

  353. Democratic Republic of the Congo

  354. Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  355. Chances are everything has been guessed but…

    Lesotho

  356. Wallis & Futuna

  357. Zambia

  358. Latvia

  359. morocco

  360. Vatican City

  361. Moldova

  362. uraguay

  363. Ivory Coast

  364. Tajikistan

  365. Cambodia

  366. bulgaria

  367. Bulgaria

  368. Croatia

  369. Czech Republic

  370. Comoros

  371. Mauritius

  372. PARAGUAY

  373. Djibouti

  374. Turkey

  375. TURKMENISTAN

  376. micronesia

  377. bosnia and hertzegovina

  378. côte d’ivoire?

  379. djibouti!

  380. kazakhstan

  381. brunei

  382. equatorial guinea

  383. gibraltar

  384. mongolia

  385. Macedonia

  386. Iceland

  387. Latvia

  388. Germany

  389. Brunei

  390. Corte de Ivory

  391. Could it be…. Upper Flangistan?

  392. Cape Verde

  393. Qatar

  394. Colombia

  395. Myanmar ( Burma )

  396. Ireland

  397. scotland

  398. Indonesia

  399. South Africa

  400. Crete

  401. Greenland

  402. Madagascar

  403. Fiji

  404. Isle of Man

  405. Zimbabwe

  406. Christmas Island

  407. majaro

  408. Majuro

  409. Jupiter.

    And I love how the promise of a t-shirt brings the commenters out in force. ;)

  410. Georgia

  411. turkmenistan!

  412. Belize

  413. myanmar!

  414. norfolk island

  415. Togoland

  416. Ivory coast

  417. central african republic!

  418. Kuwait

  419. mayotte

  420. Dominican Republic

  421. el salvador

  422. Guernsey

  423. Kiribati

  424. Morrocco

  425. Austria

  426. Ghana

  427. Costa Rica

  428. The Belgian Congo.

  429. Pottsylvania.

  430. Parador.

  431. Timor

  432. yay for singapore! :) now guess where i’m from!

  433. Bill Shakespeare

    Pluto me.

  434. Mark Twain

    Pluto, sans Mickey and the Donald.

  435. Tonga

  436. Somolia

  437. Slovenia

  438. Mozambique

  439. Lichtenstein

  440. Monrovia

  441. OOPS! Monrovia is a city…I meant to say Cote d’lvoire

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