Famous for.....?

We have a game we like to play entitled "famous for....?" its a quiz game and the rules are simple...step one locate a lonely planet Europe on a shoestring guide step two flip open to any country and on the first page is a fast facts box including what the country is famous for lets see how well you do...... Germany is famous for...? I'm going to say you guessed maybe beer? BMW perhaps? if you did would be correct but there's one more can you guess? do you know? ill tell you Germany is also famous for invading Poland

Lets try another...I'm now randomly flicking through the guide to pick a new country aha here it is.... Norway is famous for.....? well there's the Vikings and (call me stupid but i didn't see this one coming) cod.

Lets try one more just for luck.... Poland is famous for...? BEING INVADED BY GERMANY??? (if that was your answer although correct it is not what lonely planet lists so you would be wrong) Poland is famous for Chopin, Copernicus, Marie Curie solidarity and vodka.

Now I'm sure you are all wondering where is she going with this blather about games in the lonely planet guide but i do actually have a point and that point is this... we recently acquired (when i say acquired i mean Moo extremely kindly sent us in the post and when i say recently i do mean several months back) another lonely planet guide this time for.... can you guess the destination? AFRICA! now with what I've just told you imagine our hugely huge disappointment when we discovered the Africa guide does not have a "famous for...?" section in its fast facts on each country blasphemy i say! so a new game was formed (let me tell you now it is not nearly as edge of your seat nail bitingly gripping as "famous for...?") and it is simply capital cities and borders yeah baby! but aside from being not nearly as exciting it is however a learning tool (man I'm lame and you will soon discover there is more lamenesss to come) and being that my geography is somewhat lacking I'm at a disadvantage so have spent this morning studying the African map i am now able to completely visualise the continent and recall from memory the capital cities and borders (of all 15 countries we are actually going to i have yet to learn the rest told you i was lame!).......