New Guinea:
Indonesia & this country
Papua New Guinea
This game played on a board with 24 spear-shaped points utilizes dice & often a doubling cube
backgammon
A Slovakian Jew is forced to leave a permanent mark on his fellow prisoners in "The Tattooist of" this notorious concentration camp
Auschwitz
The drink called Sly goes to Havana requires the light type of this liquor
rum
A dangerous storm that can form over tropical waters; a hurricane is one type
a typhoon (or cyclone)
Saint Martin (or Sint Maarten):
France & this other one-time European colonial power
the Netherlands
In craps if you bet on the pass line & the first throw of the dice equals either of these 2 numbers, you win
7 or 11
"China Rich Girlfriend" & "Rich People Problems" are follow-ups to this bestseller by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians
When I find myself in times of trouble, bloody Mary comes to me, traditionally with this booze, let it be
vodka
Grammatically, the song title "You Are Loved By Her, Yeah Yeah Yeah" would be in this voice
passive
The resort island of Usedom, near the mouth of the River Oder:
Poland & this country
In this classic game a large straight gets you 40 points & 5 of a kind gets you this, 50 points & the name of the game
Yahtzee
Rosie is the seemingly untrainable circus elephant in this bestselling novel by Sara Gruen
Water for Elephants
In the U.S. it's a 3-letter abbrev. for a Pabst product; in China it's a premium ale that can run you upwards of $40
PBR
Many an old westerner packed his pistol in the Mexican loop style of this
a holster
Cyprus:
A Turkish ethnic minority & this ethnic majority
Greek
Seen here are tiles & dice for this game
mah-jongg
This domestic thriller by Darcey Bell became a 2018 film starring Anna Kendrick & Blake Lively
A Simple Favor
To make a dirty martini, add this type of brine or juice
olive
For a standup comic, it's an overlubricated member of the audience who keeps interrupting
heckler
Hispaniola:
These 2 countries
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Hasbro sells a retro 1986 edition of this game with its iconic dome-shaped Pop-O-Matic die roller
Trouble
This memoir recounts what Elizabeth Gilbert did in Italy, India & Indonesia, respectively
Eat, Pray, Love
If you fancy a dry Rob Roy, this is the main potent potable in the glass
scotch
The hazelnut is also called this, for a saint on whose feast day it is often ripe
filbert