There were 204 flags represented at the Opening Ceremony plus the athletes competing under the Olympic Flag.
The challenge commences on 27th July 2012 which was the day of the Opening Ceremony in London and will conclude on 5th August 2016 which is the day of the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerio Brazil.
Here are the rules:
- Read a book featuring each of the Countries participating in London 2012 or
- Read a book written by an author representing the Countries participating in London 2012.
- Read a general Olympics book or a book about a specific athlete to represent those competing under the Olympic flag
- You are allowed 4 wild cards to use as you wish, and the books can be any genre of your choosing.
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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, America Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darmussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Columbia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cypress, Czech Republic
Democratic People Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
Fiji, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France,
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatamala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong (China), Hungary,
Iceland, Independent Olympic Athletes (Competing under the Olympic Flag), India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
Oman,
Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papa New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania, Russia Federation, Rwanda,
St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands,Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic
Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania,Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Oh, Julie, I love a challenge and I love books and reading but I am going to have to pass on this one. All my reading time in the next two weeks is being devoured by the TV as I watch the Olympic coverage.
ReplyDeleteLikewise Jill, though the challenge is to read all 204 books before the start of the next Olympics in 2016, so you could still take part......
ReplyDeleteCan we count books we already read?
ReplyDeleteI am not going to, as the books I have finished this week don't fit with the Countries, but yes I don't see why not!
DeleteVery cool idea...will give it a go
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, the more the merrier!
DeleteFor once I may have to think twice about a challenge you've presented me with. Would I find a book for each of those. Will give it some thought & as I've read an Aussie book during the Olympics that would be one down and only 203 to go:-)
ReplyDeleteIt is an ambitious challenge, & one that gets the little grey cells working! There is the option of 4 wild card books, to cover the period between London & Rio that can be used for countries that might be hard to cover - could use a general Olympic book, one about the sports represented in the Olympics or a general post bout Olympics or experience. Also a book about one of the athletes.
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