WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Credit: GAMES Magazine
February, 1986
R. W. S.

Each group of letters below appears in the name of a country of the world, without any change in the order of the letters and without any other letters intervening. For example, the letters GAS appear in madaGAScar. How many of the following letter groups can you identify?

1. RAG
2. RUG
3. WED
4. DEN
5. IRE
6. TUG
7. GAP
8. LIP

HINTS:
1-2: South America
3-4: Scandinavia
5-6: Europe
7-8: Asia/Indonesia

Answers:

1. paRAGuay
2. uRUGuay 
3. sWEDen
4. DENmark
5. IREland
6. porTUGal
7. sinGAPore
8. PhiLIPpines