Guess the Country

 Portuguese is spoken in this country  The footballer Ronaldinho was born there  Samba music was first played there  Five football world cups have been won by this country  The world’s most famous carnival is held there every year

Leonardo DaVinci was born there  Latin was first spoken there  The Roman Empire was founded there  Ferraris are manufactured there  Gucci clothes are designed there  Opera was first performed there  Espresso, café latte and cappuccin

 The 2008 Olympics were held there  The idea for pasta was taken from there to Italy (by Marco Polo)  Tea was first drunk there  Dairy products are traditionally not eaten there  IBM brand PCs are now produced by a company from there (

This country was named after Christopher Columbus.  Lots of cocaine is smuggled out of this country

 A lot of maple syrup is exported from there  English and French are spoken there  Cirque de Soleil was founded in this country

 The 2004 Olympics were held there  In this country, barbeques are often held on the beach  English is spoken in this country  This country was settled by criminals from England

 Spanish is spoken there  This country was led by Fidel Castro for many years  Bacardi (white rum) was first produced there  Salsa music was first played here

Beer was invented there  Cats were worshipped there (= They thought cats were gods)  This country was ruled by kings called “pharaohs”

 The toy company Lego is based there  Carlsberg beer is brewed there  The Little Mermaid was written by a writer from there (called Hans Christian Andersen)

 Buddhism was started there  Lots of spices are added to food there  Assam tea is grown there  Darjeeling tea is grown there  Chess was first played there  The most films (= movies) of any country are produced there

 Arnold Schwarzenegger was born there  Sacher Torte (chocolate cake) was first eaten there  The croissant was invented there  Adolf Hitler was born in this country  German is spoken in there

 The motorcar was invented there  The hamburger was named after a city there  The frankfurter was named after a city there  Poodles were first bred there  Lots of sausages are eaten there  Lots of sauerkraut (= picked cabbage) is eate

The Nobel prizes were started there  Volvo cars and trucks were first made there  The four members of Abba were born there  A smorgasbord (buffet style breakfast) is often provided in hotels in this country

 The saxophone was invented by someone from there (called Adolph Sax)  Many types are famous and expensive chocolates (e.g. Godiva) are exported from there  French and Flemish (= Dutch) are spoken there  Many books were written about a

 Coffee was first drunk there  Yergacheffe coffee is grown there  The ex-Emperor of this country is worshipped by Rastafarians (= Rastas, the religion of Bob Marley and other people associated with reggae music

 The most famous sparkling wine is made there  The first gothic cathedral was constructed (= built) there  Frogs’ legs are eaten there  Snails are eaten there  Horse is eaten there  Perrier (and Evian) mineral water is bottled there 

 The 2012 Olympics will be held there  The Titanic was built and launched from there  Tesco’s supermarkets were set up there  Gin was first drunk there  David Beckham was born there  Punk music was first played there  Corgis were fir

Read out clues about one of the countries below until your partner guesses which country you are talking about. Start with the most difficult ones to guess from.

 The first Olympic games were held there (thousands of years ago)  Black olives are often eaten there  Pita bread is often eaten there  A lot of feta cheese (= soft goats’ milk cheese) is produced there.  The language of this country i

 A lot of meat is eaten there  Cans of corned beef are usually imported from there  Spanish is spoken there  Penguins are often seen in the south of this country  Cowboys called gauchos can still be seen there  This country was named

 Ricoh photocopiers are made there  Conveyor belt sushi restaurants were invented there  Raw horse meat is eaten there  A lot of raw fish is eaten there  Asahi beer is brewed (= made) there  Yakult yoghurt was first made there  Godzi