Countries Mentioned In "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Can you guess the countries mentioned in Billy Joel's song, "We Didn't Start the Fire"?

Some countries are not official world countries

Answers are in the order they appear in the song

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Last updated: May 16, 2026

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Country?	Lyric	Answer
UN Member Country	Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red _____, Johnnie Ray Hypodermics on the shore, _____'s under martial law	China
UN Member Country	_____, (Answer below), Marilyn Monroe	North Korea
UN Member Country	(Answer above), _____, Marilyn Monroe	South Korea
Constituent Country	Eisenhower, vaccine, _____'s got a new queen	England
UN Member Country	_____, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball	Lebanon
Demonym for a UN Member Country	Chubby Checker, Psycho, _____ in the (Answer below)	Belgians

Country?	Lyric	Answer
Part of a UN Member Country's name	Chubby Checker, Psycho, (Answer above) in the _____	Congo
Demonym for a UN Member Country	Lawrence of Arabia, _____ Beatlemania Pope Paul, Malcolm X, _____ politician sex	British
Non-Member Observer State	Begin, Reagan, _____, terror on the airline	Palestine
UN Member Country	Ayatollah's in _____, (Answer below) in (Answer two below)	Iran
Demonym for a UN Member Country	Ayatollah's in (Answer above), _____ in (Answer below)	Russians
UN Member Country	Ayatollah's in (Answer two above), (Answer above) in _____	Afghanistan