The object of this game is to fill in each blank below with the name of one of the 197 countries in the world. You must work together, be clever, creative and stretch your verbal imagination. Most of the answers are “word plays” or “puns”. You may use any online resources to assist you. Please DO NOT share your answers with other students in different teams or recitation sections. Make them figure it out as a team. If you cheated and got answers from another student, SHAME ON YOU!, and please do not share your answers with your team. Be a leader and challenge them to figure it out.
HINTS: By region key below. Some countries span regions.
It’s our Holiday Dinner, so we will use the good ________________. (1)
Please hand me my sweater, dear. It’s getting ___________________ in here. (2)
I’m out of breath because ________________ to get here. (1,3)
Going out to lunch? No, you all go ahead. I’m not ___________________. (4)
_____________________ believe it? (5)
I’m sorry to ___________________, but we gotta leave RIGHT NOW or we'll be late for the show. (1,4)
OMG!! I can NOT eat this!! It is swimming in _______________ . (4)
________________________, their guitarist is shredding it !!! (3)
That bloody swindler in Liverpool !! _____________________ me out of ‘alf a tonner !! (5)
That dessert was really good!! May I please have ______________________ ? (6)
I think yours is fake. But I know mine ______________________ . (3)
In the men’s apparel competition, Phil’s ___________________ . (1,6)
We won’t need a table. Our order is __________________________ . (5)
Well, it’s Thanksgiving Dinner, so of course we’ll bake a _______________ . (1,3,4)
I don’t care if it WAS Obama. To me, he’s just another ___________________ talk show. (2)
You think [Lebron] James is the greatest. But I think ________________ is better. (3)
Sergey Bubka plants the ____________________ in the box on his way up. (4)
Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake _______________________ . (5)
Said the cowboy to the cowgirl, “Honey, you go get in the truck. I’ll be right out as soon as I get my other _____________ .” (1)
Among other things, hanging ___________________ led to a demand for a recount and a Supreme Court decision in the Bush-Gore election in Florida in the year 2000. (5)
Regions Key: 1. Asia 2. South America 3. Middle East
4. Europe 5. Africa 6. Pacific Islands
