Quizword/Crossword part 5 (?)

[belboid]

1 Holy See

annoying, but all too plausible

 

[Buckaroo]

15 Tonga?

 

[belboid]

btw, if anyone thinks these are hard, have a look at the clues in todays Guardian 'so you wanna learn cryptic crosswords' piece : Crossword roundup: fancy learning cryptic crosswords during coronavirus lockdown?

 

[planetgeli]

1 Holy See

No

15 Tonga?

No

 

[planetgeli]

There's nothing clever or arsey about the answers (like 'Holy See'). You are looking for ordinary, run of the mill countries.

 

[belboid]

There must only be about seven countries left, aren't there? May as well just guess wildly!

15 - Eswatini
4 - Lao Democratic People's republic
1 - France

 

[Raheem]

Long shot...

1 Panama

 

[planetgeli]

There must only be about seven countries left, aren't there? May as well just guess wildly!

15 - Eswatini
4 - Lao Democratic People's republic
1 - France

No...but!

Long shot...

1 Panama

No, and you've just spoilt your 100% record. (Was 3/3). I'm sure you're gutted by this.

 

[belboid]

15 - Lao!

 

[Buckaroo]

1 Laos

 

[planetgeli]

15 - Lao!

No.

(Lao is a language, keep trying)

 

[belboid]

It's called bloody Lao, grumble grumble.......

"Laos (/ˈlɑːoʊs/ (listen),[9] /laʊs, ˈlɑːɒs, ˈleɪɒs/;[10][11] Lao: ລາວ, Lāo [láːw]), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic "

 

[planetgeli]

1 Laos

Los Angeles (L.A) O.S (Vista, Windows operating system)

 

[planetgeli]

It's called bloody Lao, grumble grumble.......

Its not. It's either Laos or Lao PDR depending on whether you're us or them. And Lao is the language.

 

[Buckaroo]

15 Cameroon?!

 

[planetgeli]

15 Cameroon?!

No

 

[planetgeli]

I've spent 6 months of my life living in Laos. It's my favourite place in the world and the reason I put it at number 1.

 

[planetgeli]

Right, c'mon.

15 is a perfectly fair but perhaps tricky cryptic crossword clue.

4...have a few stabs at who JC might be.

 

[belboid]

There is only one

Julian Cope

 

[planetgeli]

There is only one

Julian Cope

Jesus Christ. No, its not him either.

 

[belboid]

John Cleese, Juan Carlos, John Craven, Jayne County

 

[planetgeli]

John Cleese, Juan Carlos, John Craven, Jayne County

Someone a bit more well-known than them.

 

[Buckaroo]

Jeremy Corbyn

 

[belboid]

Someone a bit more well-known than them.

Johnny Canuck?

 

[planetgeli]

NOTA

 

[planetgeli]

Right, c'mon.

15 is a perfectly fair but perhaps tricky cryptic crossword clue.

4...have a few stabs at who JC might be.

...

 

[belboid]

aha!

The he lost his head in the Theatre of Pompeii in Rome....

 

[planetgeli]

aha!

The he lost his head in the Theatre of Pompeii in Rome....

Christ you're close, but not right. Have another stab.

Actually...you have it? Dunno about the losing his head bit. Met a different death didn't he? Have another stab.

 

[belboid]

No, it was the stabbing bit that led me to him, I assumed 'losing his head' somehow referred to the country! But I've never heard of one called Uliusaesar.

 

[planetgeli]

You've got him. So what was he? And don't say fucking Emperor. There's nowhere called Mperor.