Expedition #19

2026-10-23 · five prompts, fully revealed. Prefer no spoilers? Use the hints pages instead.

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country with a Baltic Sea coast

Ruling note: Norway doesn't count: its coast stops at the Skagerrak, outside the Baltic.

Gem note: Denmark's straits are the Baltic's only natural way out to the ocean.

9 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Sweden Common
Finland Uncommon
Estonia Rare
Lithuania Rare
Latvia Rare
Poland Rare
Russia Rare
Germany Elusive
Denmark Farflung
Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country where Diwali is a national public holiday

Ruling note: Malaysia counts, though Sarawak works through it. A day off for Hindus alone, as in Pakistan and Kenya, doesn’t count, and a US state’s holiday is no country’s.

Gem note: Workers from India brought Diwali to Guyana from 1838 and to Suriname from 1873, and their descendants keep its lamps burning in South America.

11 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
India Common
Nepal Uncommon
Malaysia Rare
Singapore Rare
Sri Lanka Rare
Mauritius Rare
Fiji Rare
Trinidad and Tobago Elusive
Myanmar Elusive
Guyana Farflung
Suriname Farflung
Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country with a physical Uniqlo store today

Ruling note: Hong Kong's stores count for China. Russia counts as an exception, for the stores it had until 2022: none is open now.

Gem note: Luxembourg got its one store in 2023 and Poland its first lasting one in 2024, the newest of Uniqlo’s countries.

26 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Japan Common
United States Uncommon
China Uncommon
United Kingdom Rare
South Korea Rare
Australia Rare
Canada Rare
France Rare
Russia Rare
Singapore Rare
Taiwan Rare
Philippines Rare
Thailand Rare
Germany Rare
Indonesia Elusive
Malaysia Elusive
India Elusive
Vietnam Elusive
Spain Elusive
Italy Elusive
Netherlands Elusive
Belgium Elusive
Sweden Elusive
Denmark Elusive
Poland Farflung
Luxembourg Farflung
Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country where Muhammad Ali fought a professional bout

Ruling note: Professional bouts count, not exhibitions. Italy is an explicit exception for his amateur Olympic bouts in Rome in 1960, before his professional debut. Puerto Rico counts as the United States.

Gem note: Away from his famous fights, he beat a Dutchman in Jakarta in 1973 and lost to Trevor Berbick in Nassau in 1981.

13 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
United States Common
DR Congo Uncommon
Philippines Uncommon
United Kingdom Rare
Japan Rare
Canada Rare
Italy Rare
Germany Rare
Malaysia Elusive
Ireland Elusive
Switzerland Elusive
Indonesia Farflung
Bahamas Farflung
Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country where diamonds are mined today

Ruling note: Recreational digging and mining by-products count. Cutting imported stones and growing laboratory diamonds do not.

Gem note: Gabon reported only 28.75 carats of diamonds for the whole of 2025.

27 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
South Africa Common
Botswana Uncommon
Russia Uncommon
Canada Uncommon
Angola Rare
DR Congo Rare
Namibia Rare
Sierra Leone Rare
Zimbabwe Rare
Brazil Rare
India Rare
Australia Elusive
Tanzania Elusive
United States Elusive
Lesotho Elusive
Ghana Elusive
Liberia Elusive
Central African Republic Elusive
Guinea Elusive
Guyana Elusive
Cameroon Farflung
Ivory Coast Farflung
Republic of the Congo Farflung
Indonesia Farflung
Mali Farflung
Venezuela Farflung
Gabon Farflung