Any question answered...

True… 🙃

However…

https://apnews.com/article/da116a9d968a4ba9bbcd0078829c4e49

Hard, but not impossible 😀

Something to do with independence

There's no obvious common thread there, different imperial powers, different eras, different roads to freedom.

None of them has ever won an Olympic medal.

Has anyone shipped anything from the US recently? Have a pal who wants to send me some bike bits, value circa £450. Any idea what customs might be?

Boom!

Thanks all!

Any idea what customs might be?

Duty on goods [ETA: and shipping now, which is new since I was a boy] value, rate depends on the category but typically 5% on most things
20% VAT on the goods value and the cost of shipping
Handling fee of £10-£15 charged by the delivery agent

That's at least £120 total to pay before you have the package in your grubby little hands.

wants to send me

Wants to give to you or wants to sell to you? If it's a gift worth between £135 and £630, the duty rate is 2.5%

Could you share the rest of the quiz? I enjoyed thinking about this. Maybe there should be a good quiz questions thread?

Kerrrrblammo! If there’s the usual choice of prizes I’ll take the bottle of Bells.

That was the bonus question for the round.

The round itself was to match flags and country silhouettes to the name, and then state the capitals.

We're having a christmas films round too.

There's a small selection pack from hotel chocolat.

Except I ate them all last night.

@TW That’s a disappointing conclusion and weak link. None of them have won the World Cup either, nor the LFGSS weekly photography competition.

Boo.

presumably this was compiled when the Olympics were on, so perhaps more relevant.

Can't imagine it is an exhaustive list though

I’d have snapped my pencil and walked out by now after shouting ‘prick’ at the quizmaster.

It's reasonable criticism, to be fair.

Obvs you're still barred, as we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to abusing the staff.

Also, I can't be fucked to find another 10 smallish countries, but that have something exclusive in common, and then find their silhouettes and flags and do all the printing out.

I was happy with the question.

And I appreciate you for it!

Casting my mind back, it could be that they are the 10 most populous countries that have never won an Olympic medal.

Apology accepted.

I’m willing to rejoin providing the bonus question is nullified and no additional point awarded to Hefty.

Now let’s all put it behind us and move on.

I don't think it's legal to connect places but something that hasn't happened. They've all not been nuked either.

I wouldn’t worry too much about me being a threat. I know Bolivia is La Paz, Palestine is Ramallah (though there’s clearly some discussion on that one) and PNG is Port Moresby but have nothing else. Honduras starts with a T I think.

You’ve already done better than me but I’ve coincidentally been to Tegucigalpa so I do know that one.

T! An additional half a point for me then.

Honduras starts with an H