I finished with answers from 22 people. In hindsight a few of the questions were too easy, but none of them received unanimous answers. Here's the first half of the reveal.
Tell me if your score is wrong - it was generated using COUNTIF and could be wrong if there's a spelling mistake I missed. There were a couple of answers left blank - I scored these one point since you could have just put "sgsfdghdfhfghdg" and got a point.
1. A former Soviet republic (not including Russia)
I wondered how many people would go the Borat route here. As it turns out, not enough. Weirdly, two people managed to independently choose the same country even though it was never a Soviet republic. Almost everyone else simply went for the large, well-known one.
Ukraine: 15
Kazakhstan: 4
Romania: 2
Lithuania: 1
Standings:
AlexM: 15
Bulletproof Monk: 15
clowntable: 15
drzen: 15
Dudd: 15
eurythmech: 15
jgunnip: 15
kevkev60614: 15
kokiri: 15
mustmuck: 15
mute: 15
RoundTower: 15
Siegmund: 15
Solanthos: 15
WesleyC: 15
BCarlisle: 3
jjp: 3
sixfour: 3
InvaderZ: 2
PokerSpiv: 2
mogwai316: 1
PunterSThompson: 1
2. A metal band excluding Metallica
I was expecting Slayer or Megadeth to dominate here, but some people have loose definitions of metal bands. GNR are hard rock, dammit! Only about half the bands on this list qualify as metal imo. Oh well, the people have spoken...
Guns N' Roses: 4
Slayer: 3
Black Sabbath: 2
Iron Maiden: 2
ACDC: 2
Motley Crue: 2
Aerosmith: 1
Rammstein: 1
Tool: 1
Linkin Park: 1
Rage Against The Machine: 1
Megadeth: 1
Led Zeppelin: 1
Standings:
kokiri: 19
mute: 19
RoundTower: 19
Solanthos: 19
Dudd: 17
eurythmech: 17
jgunnip: 17
mustmuck: 17
WesleyC: 17
AlexM: 16
Bulletproof Monk: 16
clowntable: 16
drzen: 16
kevkev60614: 16
Siegmund: 16
sixfour: 6
BCarlisle: 5
jjp: 5
PokerSpiv: 5
InvaderZ: 4
mogwai316: 4
PunterSThompson: 2
3. A kind of salad
Less diversity here than I expected. I was expecting fruit salad to maybe crop up.
Caesar: 17
Greek: 1
Coleslaw: 1
American: 1
Cobb: 1
Garden: 1
Standings:
kokiri: 36
mute: 36
Solanthos: 36
Dudd: 34
eurythmech: 34
jgunnip: 34
mustmuck: 34
WesleyC: 34
AlexM: 33
drzen: 33
Siegmund: 33
sixfour: 23
BCarlisle: 22
jjp: 22
InvaderZ: 21
mogwai316: 21
RoundTower: 20
PunterSThompson: 19
Bulletproof Monk: 17
clowntable: 17
kevkev60614: 17
PokerSpiv: 6
4. A country in continental Europe
This was one of the ones that was simply too easy, given America-Europe relations over the last 5 years or so. A few people did miss the mark though, very expensively.
France: 19
Germany: 3
Standings:
kokiri: 55
mute: 55
Solanthos: 55
Dudd: 53
jgunnip: 53
mustmuck: 53
WesleyC: 53
AlexM: 52
drzen: 52
sixfour: 42
BCarlisle: 41
jjp: 41
InvaderZ: 40
mogwai316: 40
RoundTower: 39
PunterSThompson: 38
eurythmech: 37
Bulletproof Monk: 36
kevkev60614: 36
Siegmund: 36
PokerSpiv: 25
clowntable: 20
5. A Tom Clancy book
I feel the majority here were expressing man-love for Sean Connery.
Hunt for Red October: 15
Patriot Games: 3
Splinter Cell: 1
Clear and Present Danger: 1
Rainbow Six: 1
The Sum of All Fears: 1
Standings:
mute: 70
Solanthos: 70
Dudd: 68
mustmuck: 68
WesleyC: 68
AlexM: 67
kokiri: 58
BCarlisle: 56
jjp: 56
mogwai316: 55
jgunnip: 54
drzen: 53
PunterSThompson: 53
eurythmech: 52
kevkev60614: 51
Siegmund: 51
sixfour: 45
InvaderZ: 43
PokerSpiv: 40
RoundTower: 40
Bulletproof Monk: 37
clowntable: 35
6. A band who typically sing in a language other than English
I didn't really know what to expect here as I don't know what's popular in the States. I figured it would be either Rammstein or Sigur Ros.
Gay Germans it is, then.
Rammstein: 11
Sigur Ros: 3
Werner: 1
Los Lobos: 1
Kraftwerk: 1
O-Zone: 1
Nena: 1
Buena Vista Social Club: 1
Standings:
Solanthos: 81
Dudd: 79
WesleyC: 79
mute: 71
mustmuck: 69
AlexM: 68
mogwai316: 66
kevkev60614: 62
Siegmund: 62
kokiri: 59
BCarlisle: 57
jjp: 57
drzen: 56
PunterSThompson: 56
sixfour: 56
jgunnip: 55
InvaderZ: 54
eurythmech: 53
PokerSpiv: 51
Bulletproof Monk: 48
clowntable: 46
RoundTower: 43
Solanthos is leading with the only perfect score.
Second half later.