[Bastich]

I was bored so I made up this little game. The name of a country is the answer to all of the clues below. Can you figure them out? Some are easy, others are not...

01. Skipped breakfast
02. Film flop
03. Not fake.
04. Act like the locals.
05. Corporate culture
06. Neither here nor there
07. Partner of hops
08. Egyptian rulers
09. Paranormal triangle
10. Prandial porcelain
11. Home to Pisces
12. Dunk king
13. Familial epithet
14. Gas inducing
15. Former British penal colony (33°N)
16. Box marks
17. You moved quickly
18. Beneath the Earth
19. South American swine
20. Angry ones.
21. An oily matter
22. Dr. Doom Accouterment
23. Black lacquer
24. Hole-punch detritus
25. Spicy beef
26. Manly childbirth celebration ritual
27. Devilish film portrayal
28. Excessively prudent
29. In a hurry.
30. Masculine rattle
31. Down Under

Use spoiler tags for your answers.
Usage: [ spoiler ] answer [ /spoiler ]
with no spaces between the brackets.

Note: Some may have more than one possible answer.

[Kolzig]

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31.Australia

[AGA]

01.

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Hungary

08.

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Faroe Islands

09.

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Bermuda

are the ones I got right away. Haven't got the patience to spend any length of time considering them though.

[Zygomaticus]

21.

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Iraq? Saudi Arabia?

29. Wild guess...

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Latvia?

4. Another wild guess..

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Italy? When in Rome, act as the Romans do...

[Bastich]

Kolzig and AGA are right on all their answers.

Kode is wrong for #29, and while your answers for #21 do work, there is a specific answer that you didn't guess that I am looking for on that one. Great job on #4 though. You are absolutely correct there.

[Bard09]

Perhaps Kode was trying to answer #22? His answer for #29 is my guess for that. Unless

Spoiler:

Latveria

is a real country...

Some of those are really cryptic, though.

For #18, is it

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Antarctica?

[Bird]

#19:

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guinea? (from guinea pig)

[simpson_yellow]

10, 11, 12, 14, 21

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10. China
11. Finland
12. Jordan
14. Turkey?
21. Greece

[Maquisard]

Originally Posted by Bard09

For #18, is it

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Antarctica?

No its

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Netherlands, because it's underneath the sea level...come to think of it...why would he say under the earth? That's just wrong.

[simpson_yellow]

2, 6, 7, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29

Spoiler:

2. Brazil
6. The Netherlands
7. Bali
13. Suriname
17. Iran
22. Agree with Mares that this is probably Latvia/Latveria
25. Chile
29. Russia

Hmm, too much time on my hands.

[Bastich]

simpson_yellow - Correct: 10,11,12,13,17,21,29. Wrong: 2,6,7,14,22,25

Your answer for #2, though not what I was looking for, was awesome. I didn't think of that when I made it. Good job on the correct answers though!

Mares is right for #18. My clue is based on the secondary dictionary definition of the first part of the country's name, not the primary definition and is also a minor play on words.

Bird is correct on #19

Bard09, your answer for #18 is a perfectly valid secondary choice, but not the main one I am looking for.

Only 17 more to go if I counted correctly...

As for #22? It is the hardest one on the list IMO. If anyone can answer it, they need to get out more. Seriously. I will be totally amazed if anyone gets it.

[simpson_yellow]

Originally Posted by Bastich

simpson_yellow - Correct: 10,11,12,13,17,21,29. Wrong: 2,6,7,14,22,25

Damn and crappery. That's an appalling hit rate. Most disappointing.

Surprised that 7 and 25 were wrong.
With 7, I was going the 'hops and barley' partnership giving a sound-a-like for Bali. Along the same lines:

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7. Malta? (am I way off track here?)

And I went with Chile as spicy beef. Hmm, any chance that:

Spoiler:

14. Chile?

Also:

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2. Turkey (bit more obvious than Brazil)

[Bird]

Originally Posted by Bastich

As for #22? It is the hardest one on the list IMO. If anyone can answer it, they need to get out more. Seriously. I will be totally amazed if anyone gets it.

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Greenland? I had no idea who dr doom was, but apparently (google ) it is some bad guy from the X-men, who wears a green cape.
I never saw him in the series nor the movies, though...

[Kolzig]

Originally Posted by Bird

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Greenland? I had no idea who dr doom was, but apparently (google ) it is some bad guy from the X-men, who wears a green cape.
I never saw him in the series nor the movies, though...

Spoiler:

Isn't he a nemesis of the Fantastic Four, not the X-men?

[Bastich]

simpson_yellow. You are correct on 2, 7, & 14 now.

Bird. Using google is cheating. Although, you are still incorrect.

[Bastich]

Current Forum Total: 17 of 31

Only 14 left...

No one has answered these:

03. Not fake.
05. Corporate culture
06. Neither here nor there
15. Former British penal colony (33°N)
16. Box marks
20. Angry ones.
22. Dr. Doom Accouterment
23. Black lacquer
24. Hole-punch detritus
25. Spicy beef
26. Manly childbirth celebration ritual
27. Devilish film portrayal
28. Excessively prudent
30. Masculine rattle

[Bard09]

These are all guesses I considered initially for the remaining countries but didn't write down (I love not being able to use Google!) They're probably incorrect because they use literal history instead of plays on words, but I figured... what the hey

5, 25, 27, 28 possible answers below

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05. Corporate culture Japan
25. Spicy beef Mexico?
27. Devilish film portrayal Germany [US WWII movies in general, I was thinking about Schindler's List]
28. Excessively prudent England [Victorian era, etc]

Edit... here is an idea for 30:

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30. Masculine rattle Morocco?

[simpson_yellow]

22, 26

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22. Dr. Doom Accouterment Cape Verde
26. Manly childbirth celebration ritual Cuba (as in Cuban cigar)

[simpson_yellow]

23, 24

Spoiler:

23. Black lacquer Cote D'Ivoire
24. Hole-punch detritus Chad (now that I know what detritus means...)

Edit: correcting a lame-ass spelling mistake

[Bard09]

Wow, that answer for #24 is wicked.