Peehs-ing Around the World - Reveal

Barney92

Here we go folks - the reveal to Peehs-ing Around the World

A reminder of the categories

Name a country
Name a country in the European Union (EU)
Name a country which is in the top 10 in terms of population
Name a country which is in the top 10 in terms of size
Name a country that borders Russia
Name a landlocked country
Name a country where English is an official language
Provide a country whose name starts with the same letter as its capital
Name a country whose name ends in ‘stan’
Name a current member of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Name a country in the original Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego video game

Unfortunately one or two people fell foul of the UN Member State rule. Reminder - For the purpose of this game country = UN Member State.

Enjoy folks,
Barney

Collie D

Thanks again for running this, Barney. I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say ithe distraction is needed.

Barney92

First up is name a country and in this one you could name any UN member state. Very few matches here with 24 entrants scoring one point



Two points
Benin
Reberetta
bolgbui41

Chad
Also Starring LeVar Burton
davetherave

One point
Collie D - Bhutan
Green&Red - Burkina Faso
Zaph - Burundi
Electric Nitwit - Canada
MrKingsley - Estonia
ShaneU - Eswatini
rainbowtrout - Gabon
Sheridan81 - Honduras
bubblypop - Hungary
Bradley High Ibex - Lesotho
BuileBeag - Mali
Homer J. Fong - Mauritania
Prisca - Mozambique
Clarabel - Namibia
Siobh73 - Palau
lassykk - Sao Tome And Principe
aaronjennings - Sri Lanka
conor222 - Tanzania
smurfette2212 - Timor-Leste
mustang shelly - Trinidad And Tobago
Necro - Turkey
Noo - Vanuatu
munster87 - Yemen
Ted_YNWA - Zimbabwe

Barney92

I shan't do a table of that because nearly everyone is on one point, bar those choosing Chad and Benin.

MrKingsley

I was very close to going for Vanuatu Noo

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I don't think this Sheep is going to go well for me, if I can't even ace with Chad!

Tauriel

I had Guatemala down originally but thought that maybe some others would think of it. Turns out it wouldn't of made a difference.

Barney92

Barney92

Up next is - name a country in the EU

3 points
Malta
Ted_YNWA
aaronjennings
Collie D

2 Points
Austria
Noo
bolgbui41

Denmark
Also Starring LeVar Burton
smurfette2212

Estonia
Siobh73
bubblypop

Ireland
Sheridan81
Clarabel

Luxembourg
davetherave
Green&Red

Portugal
Reberetta
Electric Nitwit

Slovenia
Zaph
lassykk

1 Point
mustang shelly - Bulgaria
Prisca - Croatia
conor222 - Cyprus
Homer J. Fong - Finland
Bradley High Ibex - France
BuileBeag - Germany
MrKingsley - Greece
ShaneU - Lithuania
Necro - Netherlands
rainbowtrout - Slovakia

Incorrect
munster87 - Andorra (4.5 points)

Zaph

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I don't think this Sheep is going to go well for me, if I can't even ace with Chad!

Yeah, that's unlucky

Tauriel

Phew, I was thinking Malta initially but kinda figured it may be popular with any holiday makers here.

Barney92

Munster's incorrect answer puts him in wooden spoon territory, whilst there is a 10 way tie at the top.

Player Score
Homer J. Fong 2
Necro 2
rainbowtrout 2
Prisca 2
conor222 2
ShaneU 2
Bradley High Ibex 2
BuileBeag 2
mustang shelly 2
MrKingsley 2
Zaph 3
lassykk 3
Noo 3
Electric Nitwit 3
Sheridan81 3
Siobh73 3
Green&Red 3
bubblypop 3
smurfette2212 3
Clarabel 3
Reberetta 4
Also Starring LeVar Burton 4
Ted_YNWA 4
aaronjennings 4
Collie D 4
davetherave 4
bolgbui41 4
munster87 5.5

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Zaph wrote: »

Yeah, that's unlucky

I also know I have a couple wrong answers later on too - took one or two risks in my guessing, but looked 'em up afterwards and they weren't good calls.

Might end up fighting to not get the Wooden Spoon this evening. :rolleyes:

munster87

Oh dear.

Tauriel

I definitely got the last one wrong, I have no idea what that is about.

Nobody had the balls to go for Ireland or something similarly "obvious" for question 1. I think I had Equatorial Guinea picked originally, which would also have sufficed.

EDIT: Actually Canada was a pretty ballsy choice there by EN. Worked out quite nicely.

Barney92

The top ten countries by population



A few more incorrect answers here, and only one Peehs

Tauriel

Oh dear, I think this could be the beginning of my downfall

Barney92

Five Points
Brazil
lassykk
Prisca
aaronjennings
mustang shelly
smurfette2212

Four Points
China
Electric Nitwit
Necro
Siobh73
Bradley High Ibex

Three Points
India
Ted_YNWA
ShaneU
davetherave

Mexico
Reberetta
rainbowtrout
MrKingsley

Pakistan
conor222
munster87
bolgbui41

Two Points
Bangladesh
Zaph
Collie D

Indonesia
Noo
BuileBeag

Nigeria
Homer J. Fong
Green&Red

One Point
Clarabel - Russia

Incorrect - 7.5 points
bubblypop - Argentina (32nd place)
Also Starring LeVar Burton - Japan (11th place)
Sheridan81 - Philippines (13th place)

Collie D

Unlucky with Japan, Levar . I hope it was a difference of about a hundred people

Electric Nitwit

Collie D wrote: »

Unlucky with Japan, Levar . I hope it was a difference of about a hundred people

Cold.


I love it

Barney92

Barney92 wrote: »

Also Starring LeVar Burton - Japan (11th place)

OUCH! That's very unlucky.

I reckon Japan would have been correct a few years ago, only their birth rate is so low that they've now been overtaken.

Looking at Wikipedia, there's very little in it:

10 Mexico 126,577,691
11 Japan 126,010,000

Barney92

We're already down to three at the top now, with ASLB on the unfortunate end of a declining Japanese population.

Player Score
Homer J. Fong 4
BuileBeag 4
Clarabel 4
Zaph 5
Noo 5
rainbowtrout 5
conor222 5
ShaneU 5
Green&Red 5
MrKingsley 5
Necro 6
Collie D 6
Bradley High Ibex 6
Reberetta 7
Electric Nitwit 7
Ted_YNWA 7
Prisca 7
Siobh73 7
davetherave 7
mustang shelly 7
bolgbui41 7
lassykk 8
smurfette2212 8
munster87 8.5
aaronjennings 9
Sheridan81 10.5
bubblypop 10.5
Also Starring LeVar Burton 11.5

Barney92

Deleted User wrote: »

OUCH! That's very unlucky.

I reckon Japan would have been correct a few years ago, only their birth rate is so low that they've now been overtaken.

Looking at Wikipedia, there's very little in it:

10 Mexico 126,577,691
11 Japan 126,010,000

Japan was 10th in 2017 anyway. I used it as an answer in a table quiz .

Ted_YNWA

and this is how it will go

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Collie D

Great topic. I’m averaging 2 points per question and not even in top ten.

Electric Nitwit

Collie D wrote: »

Great topic. I’m averaging 2 points per question and not even in top ten.

I was just thinking a last-man-standing PEEHS could be good. Questions with loads of answers but you get eliminated if you score more than 2 or 3 on any question

Barney92

Top ten countries by area next



No Peehs here, although Algeria and the USA would have been.

Seven Points
Canada
Reberetta
Ted_YNWA
Prisca
conor222
ShaneU
mustang shelly
bubblypop

Four Points
Australia
Also Starring LeVar Burton
aaronjennings
smurfette2212
Clarabel

Three Points
Argentina
Homer J. Fong
lassykk
Green&Red

Brazil
munster87
Collie D
davetherave

India
Noo
Siobh73
bolgbui41

Kazakhstan
Zaph
rainbowtrout
Builebeag

Two Points
China
Electric Nitwit
MrKingsley

Russia
Necro
Bradley High Ibex

Incorrect - 10.5 Points
Sheridan81 - Nepal

Collie D

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I was just thinking a last-man-standing PEEHS could be good. Questions with loads of answers but you get eliminated if you score more than 2 or 3 on any question

That would be evil but fun

Tauriel

Seriously!?! Only 2 people went for Russia!! I thought that would Sheep.

Barney92

Homer, Buile and MrK take the top three slots now, whilst Sheridan takes control of the wooden spoon.

Player Score
Homer J. Fong 7
BuileBeag 7
MrKingsley 7
Zaph 8
Noo 8
Necro 8
rainbowtrout 8
Bradley High Ibex 8
Green&Red 8
Clarabel 8
Electric Nitwit 9
Collie D 9
Siobh73 10
davetherave 10
bolgbui41 10
lassykk 11
munster87 11.5
conor222 12
ShaneU 12
smurfette2212 12
aaronjennings 13
Reberetta 14
Ted_YNWA 14
Prisca 14
mustang shelly 14
Also Starring LeVar Burton 15.5
bubblypop 17.5
Sheridan81 21

aaronjennings

Bottom of the table, as usual

And I thought I might do well on this one

Collie D

I was just feeling smug about my next answer and then I remembered the UN rule.

Oooh I just got here but look at me go!!!!

Barney92

mustang shelly wrote: »

Seriously!?! Only 2 people went for Russia!! I thought that would Sheep.

Especially given its prominence in the next category.

Barney92

Countries that border Russia is the next category and a lot of people went for Finland on this one, including two of the top three.

Nine Points
Finland
Noo
Sheridan81
Ted_YNWA
ShaneU
BuileBeag
davetherave
bubblypop
bolgbui41
MrKingsley

Three Points
Estonia
Reberetta
Siobh73
mustang shelly

Mongolia
lassykk
Necro
Collie D

North Korea
rainbowtrout
aaronjennings
Green&Red

Two Points
China
Electric Nitwit
Clarabel

Norway
Homer J. Fong
Bradley High Ibex

Ukraine
Also Starring LeVar Burton
smurfette2212

One Point
conor222 - Georgia
Prisca - Kazakhstan
munster87 - Latvia

Incorrect - 13.5 Points
Zaph - Moldova[/QUOTE]

Barney92

Homer takes command of the leader board after avoiding Finland. There are six behind him within 2 points though.

Player Score
Homer J. Fong 9
Bradley High Ibex 10
Clarabel 10
Electric Nitwit 11
Necro 11
rainbowtrout 11
Green&Red 11
Collie D 12
munster87 12.5
Siobh73 13
conor222 13
lassykk 14
smurfette2212 14
Prisca 15
aaronjennings 16
BuileBeag 16
MrKingsley 16
Reberetta 17
Noo 17
mustang shelly 17
Also Starring LeVar Burton 17.5
davetherave 19
bolgbui41 19
ShaneU 21
Zaph 21.5
Ted_YNWA 23
bubblypop 26.5
Sheridan81 30

Collie D

Ah, Jaysus. I’ve actually been to two of those aces

At least Mongolia are in the UN, was having doubts

Tauriel

Barney92 wrote: »

Especially given its prominence in the next category.

And that too, I was certain people would take a look at the preceding questions for inspiration.

munster87

Climbing my way back up the leaderboard until Carmen Santiago cuts me back down inevitably

Electric Nitwit

8pts for my China - China - China triple header, pretty pleased with that

Zaph

Ah ffs, stupid Moldovans :mad:

Tauriel

I wanted to go with Uzbekistan but I just wasn't sure if it does indeed border Russia.

Collie D

Ukraine probably the one that was too obvious and scared everyone?

EDIT: Need new glasses, two people had it.

munster87

mustang shelly wrote: »

I wanted to go with Uzbekistan but I just wasn't sure if it does indeed border Russia.

Everything that direction borders Russia...except Moldova

Barney92

Landlocked countries are up next and may be the last round before an intermission for dinner.

Tauriel

munster87 wrote: »

Everything that direction borders Russia...except Moldova

Actually Uzbekistan doesn't, lucky I didn't go for it!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Barney92 wrote: »

Landlocked countries are up next and may be the last round before an intermission for dinner.

Oh no, wrong answer here I come.

munster87

mustang shelly wrote: »

Actually Uzbekistan doesn't, lucky I didn't go for it!

Speaking of Uzbekistan, I think I randomly put it as next answer