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Originally Posted by red_pheonix
2. The colours represent the different continents?
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Not quite (see HIMS answer below).
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
4. West Germany? East Germany?
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No. The one Orlok almost got was Great Britain (he said UK).
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Originally Posted by issybird
4. Switzerland? Sweden? And perhaps East Germany went in 1980 while West Germany went in 1984 (the two boycotted Olympics--not trying to usurp pooh_bear, just expand).
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Switzerland is correct. GB and Switzerland are two of the three that have sent a team to all modern Olympics.
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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
The rings represented the five continents, the colors represented the colours from the flags of the participating nations. That last bit might be incomplete now, but it did cover the colours when the flag was made.
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The number five is for the five continents. As you correctly state, every single competing nation has at least one of those colours in its flag.
I'll give Orlok the UK one. I think that makes it that Orlok has two points and Issybird and HIMS one apiece. Still one of the three countries and questions 1 and 5 to get.