Braingle: 'Country Scramble' Brain Teaser

Country Scramble

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Puzzle ID:	#28069
Fun:	(2.99)
Difficulty:	(1.84)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	sgtammo
Corrected By:	solarsistim321

Can you unscramble the countries in Part 1 and match them with the appropriate fact about them in Part 2? And your answer is?

Part 1
1. HCAIN

2. GRIINAE

3. PAJNA

4. SUKTROOAEH

5. MIKUDITDNENGO

6. HUFAIORSACT

7. MNAAORI

Part 2
1. This is the world's most populous country.

2. The capital of this country is Abuja.

3. This is the only country to ever suffer an attack with atomic weapons.

4. The capital of this country is Seoul.

5. This country is a great industrial power despite the fact that it must import many resources.

6. The capital of this country is Pretoria.

7. Dracula's home, Transylvania, is in this country.

Answer

1. China: This is the world's most populous country.

2. Nigeria: The capital of this country is Abuja.

3. Japan: This is the only country to ever suffer an attack with atomic weapons.

4. South Korea: The capital of this city is Seoul.

5. United Kingdom: This country is a great industrial power despite the fact that it must import many resources.

6. South Africa: The capital of this country is Pretoria.

7. Romania: Dracula's home, Transylvania, is in this country.
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Comments

froggygg Jan 14, 2006	Very informative teaser and great job!
Brainy_1 Jan 14, 2006	Yet another great teaser!! Loved it and all the trivia
brainster Jan 14, 2006	Nice one, packed with lots of information and fun! My kind of teaser!
WJSMama Jan 14, 2006	That was fun!
sgtammo Jan 14, 2006	Thanks! I'm glad all of you enjoyed this.
SPUTNIK2 Jan 14, 2006	Lots of fun! Thanks
rkaaland Jan 24, 2006	"Applause!" Good job
sgtammo Jan 24, 2006	Thanks!
cb123 Jan 25, 2006	great job i like it
Kalliann Jan 25, 2006	Wonderful! Full of knowledge!
OldChinaHand Jan 27, 2006	Crashed and burned on the UK one.
mitzimesser Feb 13, 2006	I think you need to correct the question in #4 A few were easy, but I did not get a few. It was fun anyway.
bluehawk Feb 15, 2006	KUDOS SGTAMMO, ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
lookatme Feb 15, 2006	Great teasers , keep em coming
speediebean Feb 15, 2006	If I were more of a geography buff, this would have been a lot more fun, but alas, I am not! However, its lack of interesting-ness (yes, that's a real word, heh heh) is just my own personal problem.
coachpisco Feb 15, 2006	A nice teaser to open the day
bootscooter58 Feb 15, 2006	Great teaser -- I was stumped on a couple of them, but had fun with them all. Thanks and keep them coming.
spec4p Feb 15, 2006	that was awesome...thank you for that great teaser
bradon182001 Feb 15, 2006	Good job. Difficult, but not too difficult, interesting and educational.
smee Feb 15, 2006	Yeppers... this was a goodun alright! I really like unscrambling words. This teaser is one of the best ones yet!
kman613 Feb 15, 2006	great one
thimblenoggin Feb 15, 2006	Well done.
pleroux Feb 15, 2006	Nicely done!
RRAMMOHAN Feb 15, 2006	A very simple one. I think it would have been more interesting if the clues in Part B were not in the same order as the countries (after unscrambling) in Part A!
shawneeo Feb 15, 2006	You really made it hard by picking all those two-word countries! Naughty, naughty! Did you mean for them to correspond by number? I thought they were gonna be mkxed up, the clues. But, even though the clues matched the anagram, I still didn't get two of them, ha!!!!!
churchlady Feb 15, 2006	Thanks - that was fun.
choptlivva Feb 15, 2006	Another good one Sarge!!! You should go on Jeopardy!!!
rachellanders Feb 15, 2006	I only got two. But it's a really good brain teaser. No offense to all of the other people who put up teasers, but I think you make the best ones, Sarge!
iteachkids Feb 15, 2006	Bravo, Sarge ... Very educational!!! It's a FAVE, for sure!
lazy-boy Feb 15, 2006	this was very interesting only got three
vlerma Feb 15, 2006	Great one again Sarge. I ca't believe I got stumped by United Kingdom, but of course I guess I don't think of it as that and No 2 left me cold. I got the hard two word ones tho. Great informational treaser.
besamishuevos Feb 15, 2006	got all but 2.....finally, a teaser that is not lame.....
Vigo95 Feb 15, 2006	it through me a little that UK wasn't separated into two . i guess the point was to make it harder . i was just trying to figure what country had such a long name !
ragethe3rd Feb 15, 2006	Very cool.
sgtammo Feb 15, 2006	Thanks! I'm glad this one was enjoyable.
smarty_blondy Feb 15, 2006	Oh boy, you have Romania there too! But even if my country would be included, this would still be awesome work! I wish I would have the time to comment on more of your teasers as the progress you are making is remarkable. I can only admire the fact that you are improving this site with some high quality, interesting, and fun teasers, that I look up to! Keep up the great job!
chrissie2010 Feb 15, 2006	good one!!! i got all of them!!!
lorelle_b Feb 15, 2006	Great teaser! Fun fun...got all of them except for UK...but then again, i asked jeeves on most of the capital ones ;) haha thanx for the good teaser, i love geography
xolilangel827ox Feb 15, 2006	Good teaser! i got them all except for 5 and 6 cuz i wasnt thinking 2 words!! but otherwise pretty easy!
sgtammo Feb 15, 2006	Thanks you for all of your encouraging comments.
ben2 Feb 15, 2006	great teaser, not too hard and not too easy, perfect. . you're welcome
jabdr Feb 15, 2006	United Kingdom, huh?? I even looked to see if England was one of the words. Jokes on me! Great one!
question Feb 15, 2006	wow, that really was a good one, I'd stopped checking in because they were getting so ridiculous.. Nice job, some easy, a few challenging ones, one that stumped a bunch of us.. nice...
Koriyama Feb 15, 2006	Nice quiz I couldn't get #5, though
sgtammo Feb 16, 2006	Thank you.
ChicaChicaBoom Feb 16, 2006	Very well done!
Jerzeegal Feb 19, 2006	I really enjoyed this one! I hate to say it, but I did not get 2 of them,#2 & #5.
FulanitoGM Feb 23, 2006	Good teaser. A couple of things: I agree with RRAMMOHAN that the clues in Part 2 should have been mixed up, so that we could match them up like it said in the instructions. That would have given it an added layer of fun and made it perfect! As it is now, if you can't figure one out, you have but to look at its corresponding clue to get the right answer. Second, I personally liked the fact that the two-word countries weren't separated. Made it that much more challenging. Good job! (Man, once I get started, I just don't shut up, do I? )
chidam11 Mar 17, 2006	This goes to my favorites.
sgtammo Mar 17, 2006	Thanks! I'm glad you liked it and for your suggestion. I'll try to mix it up next time.
GebbieRose May 26, 2006	including two-word countries made it more challenging & fun. am sending this to a romanian friend... sans the "dracula" clue lol kutgw!
Smudge Feb 15, 2007	Being a wordy person myself, these were extraordinarily easy to unscramble. And the fact that the Part 1 and Part 2 answers were in the same order was very disappointing, and ruined a teaser with great potential.
lmurray Feb 15, 2007	FAR TOO EASY! FOR ANYONE UNABLE TO UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS, THE INFORMATION IN PART B GIVES THE ANSWER TO PART A. WHEN DID WE STUDY WORLD GEOGRAPHY, 4th & 7th GRADES? ELIMINATE PART B AND USE LESSER KNOW COUNTRIES. KEEP TRYING.
katjojo Feb 15, 2007	I thought this was just hard enough to be fun. Good Job!!
trev71 Feb 15, 2007	I don't believe United Kingdom is a country. England is a country, Scotland is a country, and Wales is thrown in for good luck or something. Liked the rest of the puzzle, though.
AbsurdHero Feb 15, 2007	#6 is a kind of a trick question. South Africa has THREE capitals, and Cape Town would have been a lot more recognizable.
jacstop Feb 15, 2007	Very Fun braingle. btw LMurray needs a life because right now he's working on perpetuating his delusions of grandeur. The assumption that you are hyper intelligent because of your nationality is "played out" son. Braingles take many shapes and sizes...
scallio Feb 15, 2007	I liked the countries you selected. I prefer more commonly known countries. Teasers utilizing obscure topics, including obscure countries, just aren't fun. I didn't even notice the clues at bottom matched the countries at top in exact order! The clues could have been a bit tougher, but all in all a very fine teaser. This teaser ranks a 10 on my scale of fun!
Kharmakaye Feb 15, 2007	I do enjoy unscambling. And with geography being a bit of a forte, this was even better. However, I do beleive that (as I read above in previous comments), that the answers in Part 2 should have mixed up. I could have been more difficult. The two that I could not unscramble, I was easily able to discern from the clues. But all in all, a fun one!
Pizzazz2u Feb 15, 2007	The teaser was easy, but still fun! But, I must agree with some of the other comments! The countries and the clues?!?! You need to mix up the options, just a little bit! And the UK??!
Trishgal Feb 15, 2007	I really enjoyed it, and it was Just right,I mean I did not get #5 THX
speedqueenkmw Feb 15, 2007	enjoyable
jabdr Feb 15, 2007	I liked this one last year and liked it again today. (odd.....still didn't figure out United Kingdom ) Obviously my brain isn't growing new cells! Nor is my memory
mmmcla01 Feb 16, 2007	Didn't realize the facts were in order... Good teaser, though... Well, I didn't get it but I'm not very good with trivia...
Qrystal Feb 23, 2007	Ow, my brain hurts. I couldn't unscramble UK or South Africa, though I tried for awhile. I also didn't notice the clues matched the order of the scrambles. Oops!
MelkorDCLXVI Apr 08, 2008	I got all except UK nice teaser P.S. doesn't South Africa have 3 capitals? (Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town)
violetcat66 Feb 16, 2010	Fun...but like Trev 71 said..UK is NOT a country
doehead Feb 16, 2010	Nice and easy one today.
sunnybonghits Feb 16, 2010	Wow - thanks for this. It made me realize what an idiot I am. Btw, I think it's fairly common to refer to the UK as a country.
auntiesis Feb 16, 2010	Easy but lots of fun.
craniac Feb 17, 2010	Ditto what FUTANITOGM said ... Isn't it amazing how different one's abilities are on any given day? Usually I'm the one stumped by easy teasers, but today all these other people are saying this teaser was hard, and I found it about as simple and easy as they get. No matter ... I enjoyed it very much and echo the calls for more of the same kind.
Babe Feb 16, 2013	Just my opinion, but I would have preferred the two word countries to be separated in the scambled words. I just kept thinking it was a country with a long name I was not knowlegable about. Otherwise a great teaser. Enjoyed trying.
gaylewolf Feb 16, 2013	This was a good one! Thanks for posting!
cutebug Feb 16, 2013	Knowing what countries part 2 belonged to,made it quite easy to unscramble part 1
HABS2933 Feb 16, 2013	I agree with Cutebug for the ones that the answer didn't jump right out, just had to solve the clue to get it right away. The statement that Pretoria is the capital of South Africa is a bit inaccurate. South Africa has 3 different capitals: Pretoria is the Executive Capital; Cape Town is the Legislative Capital and Bloemfontein is the Judicial Capital.
hermygranger123 Feb 16, 2013	Great teaser! Keep em coming
spikethru4 Feb 16, 2013	For those of you confused by the UK: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state formed over the years by the successive unions of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is a political entity recognised by the UN, EU, IOC and a host of other acronyms. The adjective for someone from the UK is British. Administration is by the British government, though Scotland, Wales and NI also have their own assemblies with some legislative powers. England does not have a separate government. 'England' and 'English' are NOT interchangeable with 'UK' and 'British'; however, 'Great Britain' is an acceptable abbreviation (even though it technically excludes Northern Ireland). The UK is a country. England, Wales and Scotland are countries - but as constituents of the UK, and not in the political sense.