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It was Zaire once upon a time.

From what I can gather the term 'Guinea' derives from an old European generic description of people who lived along the Senegal River. Seeing as it flowed through the three territories (which were initially French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea respectively) the name Guinea stuck when the countries gained independence (Guinea = French, Guinea-Bissau = Portuguese, Equatorial Guinea = Spanish).
Don't forget Papua New Guinea
 
Africa is a bit of a mess when it comes to naming conventions of the countries.

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea

3 different countries

Similarly 'Republic of Congo' and 'Democratic Republic of Congo' are 2 different nations
Back when Pointless was on Australian TV, HoneyBadger35 and I realised that you could win almost any country related category by answering Equatorial Guinea. It's become a real personal favourite
 
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And neither one is a republic or democratic.
You have to be very suspicious of these sort of words inserted in country or organization names. Usually the truth is the opposite.

German Democratic Republic - double loser there.
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea - well they got one bit right, it's in Korea.
Peoples Liberation Army - yes it IS an army. And an effing big one at that.
 
You have to be very suspicious of these sort of words inserted in country or organization names. Usually the truth is the opposite.

German Democratic Republic - double loser there.
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea - well they got one bit right, it's in Korea.
Peoples Liberation Army - yes it IS an army. And an effing big one at that.
The Holy Roman Empire - Neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
 
There is every chance India will beat Australia in Australia in the next series
Nah they’re carrying too many past it players this time around. Kohli and Rohit are cooked. Ashwin’s not very effective anymore. Shami injured. Pant will get games but isn’t fit because of his car crash. Will be a whitewash.
 
Nice leave Stokes



Hot take (or maybe lukewarm take) but Stokes is a passenger in the England XI when he can’t bowl. As a bat only (leaving aside the captaincy and leadership and what not) he’s just not good enough. He’s like Maxwell that on his best day he’s clearly among the best 6 batters but those days don’t come around often enough in red ball cricket.
 

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