Thursday, January 12, 2012

Question 1332: Forever.......?

'X' is a West African city which previously served as a slave market. It was settled by 400 formerly enslaved black Britons as the 'Province of Freedom' in 1791. The name 'X', though, hardly reflected the turmoil and bloodshed pertaining in the nation in the 1990's.

The turmoil is speculated to be supported and funded by it's neighbor 'Y'. Incidentally, 'X' & 'Y' are named in a similar sense. Certain elements in 'Y' are supposed to have provided weapons and training to the rebels in exchange of diamonds.
Large atrocities followed with civilians being at the core of it. The term _______ _______ was coined reflecting nature of the pertaining conflict.

The backdrop was captured by a 2006 political thriller film also named _______ _______. The 2008 video game 'Z' also portrays an African nation at war using diamond as currency.

X? Y? Z? What am I talking about?

Answer:
X-Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
Y-Liberia
Z-Far Cry 2 (supposedly based on Sierra Leone)

X & Y get their names from the notion of freedom.

The bloodshed funded by the diamond trade gave rise to the term 'Blood Diamond' or 'Conflict Diamond'.

12 Answers:

abhimanyu said...

freetown,capital of sierra leone...liberia..blood diamonds...and far cry 2

arpit said...

freetown?

Vasudev said...

freetown , sirra leone and liberia?
and coz of the above maybe
Far Cry 2???

Anonymous said...

x freetown
y liberia, liberated slaves
term blood diamond
z far cry 2
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raghav said...

x-sierra leone
y-blood diamond
z-far cry 2

Siddharth said...

Blood Diamond, Far Cry 2, Freetown?

indian said...

freetown - sierra leone.

Narim said...

Sierra Leone
Blood Diamond
Far Cry

FAIZAN ASHRAF said...

X-FREE TOWN, Y-BLOOD STONE, Z-FALL OUT 3

Vinay Handa said...

X-Freetown City(Sierra Leone)
Y-Liberia
Z-Blood Diamond

Roopak K said...

X-Freetown
Y-Liberia
Z-Far Cry 2
Blood diamonds

wheelsandwings said...

Blood Diamond.
X Freetown, Sierra Leone
Y Liberia
Z Far cry 2