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so .. guess which country held the European Mountain Bike Championships last week? -- nm

Posted by marcel (aka marcel) Jul 16 '09, 14:39

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Andorra! Unless the trick is it's somewhere really flat, like Belgium -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 14:51 16
- or somewhere with a famous mountain, like Torino, Italy -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:52 7
  - Turin. In English, it's Turin. Eff you, NBC! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:54 4
    - Not just Turin: TYOO-rin -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 14:55
    - Well, we don't call Montreal "Mount Royal" now, do we? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:55 2
      - No, but they didn't call it "Mon-RHE-al", either. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:57 1
        
        It's a little weird, because you want to be respectful by calling places by the same name as the people who live there do. - Roger More Jul 16, 14:59
  - hmm, I was completely misinformed about what the logo represented for the 2006 olympics. nevermind. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:53 1
    - You wouldn't think that a Google image search on "2006 olympics" with "Safe Search" turned off would get me into trouble, yet... -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:58
- netherlands! -- nm - b. Jul 16, 14:52 4
  - DING!!! -- nm - marcel Jul 16, 14:52 3
    - roger gets one exclamation point for the assist. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 14:53
    - wait, but isn't mountain biking supposed to be somewhere with ... hills? -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:53 1
      - yeah, wou would have thought .. - marcel Jul 16, 14:58
- Or Calista Flockhart. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:52
- getting close .. -- nm - marcel Jul 16, 14:51 1
  - are you saying it's a trick question? or somewhere flat? -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 14:52
Canada! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:50 1
- No, wait... the one with mountains in it. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 14:51
Luxembourg -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 14:49
Wales! -- nm - b. Jul 16, 14:49
ok, first hint: it's in Europe :-) -- nm - marcel Jul 16, 14:46 2
- Portugal for the win! (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 14:50
- And loosi didn't get it right? Dang. Must be a hard one then. OK ... Spain. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:47
Liechtenstein -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 14:46
Laos! (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 14:42 2
- I bet it was something crazy, like antarctica. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:44 1
  - you're right, you wouldn't expect that country -- nm - marcel Jul 16, 14:49
Venezuela! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:42
switzerland? -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:40

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