Historical/Political/Geographical group descriptions for headline writers

[ad hoc]

Group A: ?
Group B: The western Mediterranean (and mostly the Adriatic), and its beaches.
Group C: Bits of Yugoslavia hosted by Sandi Toksvig
Group D: Invaded by the Nazis
Group E: Countries with sizeable minority populations of Hungarians. And Belgium.
Group F: I got nothing. Black Sea and two other countries I can't connect

[G-Man]

Group A: Germany and three stumbling blocks.

Group D can't be "invaded by Nazis". Austria wasn't invaded. They voted in large enough numbers to be annexed (even if the result was inflated), cheered in huge numbers when the Wehrmacht marched in, and enthusiastically took part in the Nazi ideology. Even today, they still like to vote for Nazis in chinos.

[3 Colours Red]

Surely any Danish headlines would riff on Lego or bacon way before they got to Toksvig. Never underestimate the laziness of tabloid headline writers.

[ad hoc]

Surely any Danish headlines would riff on Lego or bacon way before they got to Toksvig. Never underestimate the laziness of tabloid headline writers.

I used Toksvig as she seems to be an honorary Englishwoman (as well as being Danish). That's not true of lego. Carlsberg maybe

[San Bernardhinault]

Group A - Not Really The Boss Of Their Empire/Kingdom?

Austria-Hungary
England & Scotland
er Pope - Holy Romans for the other two.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Surely any Danish headlines would riff on Lego or bacon way before they got to Toksvig. Never underestimate the laziness of tabloid headline writers.

When Denmark repeatedly and inevitably lie down to England at such tourneys, I usually reach for pig-related insults, yes

[3 Colours Red]

I used Toksvig as she seems to be an honorary Englishwoman (as well as being Danish). That's not true of lego. Carlsberg maybe

I'm just trying to play it from their point of view. What newspaper would use her as any kind of cultural reference point AND have a headline that resorted to half-arsed wordplay and/or punnery?