Expedition #24

2026-10-28 · five prompts, fully revealed. Prefer no spoilers? Use the hints pages instead.

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country that uses a peso as its official currency today

Ruling note: Eight countries have an official currency called a peso. In Filipino, the Philippine peso is called piso.

Gem note: Seven peso countries are in the Americas; the Philippines is in Asia.

8 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Mexico Common
Argentina Uncommon
Chile Rare
Colombia Rare
Cuba Rare
Dominican Republic Elusive
Philippines Farflung
Uruguay Elusive
Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country that has had its own traditional horseback archery sport

Ruling note: Historical games and local revivals count, including Japan's ritual yabusame and North America's mounted-archery heritage. Britain's modern sport is allowed as a revival of historical mounted archery.

Gem note: In Georgia's kabakhi, the target is a bowl on top of a six-metre mast.

27 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Mongolia Common
Japan Uncommon
South Korea Rare
Türkiye Rare
Hungary Rare
United Kingdom Rare
Kazakhstan Rare
China Rare
Kyrgyzstan Rare
United States Elusive
Iran Elusive
Russia Elusive
Canada Elusive
Egypt Elusive
India Elusive
Poland Elusive
Jordan Elusive
North Korea Farflung
Uzbekistan Farflung
Azerbaijan Farflung
Tajikistan Farflung
Turkmenistan Farflung
Pakistan Farflung
Qatar Farflung
Saudi Arabia Farflung
Ukraine Farflung
Georgia Farflung
Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country the Rhine flows through or along

Ruling note: Six countries share its course. A riverbank counts; a tributary alone does not.

Gem note: Beside Vaduz, the Rhine separates this tiny country from Switzerland.

6 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Germany Common
Netherlands Uncommon
Switzerland Uncommon
France Rare
Austria Elusive
Liechtenstein Farflung
Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country that has made its own version of The Office

Ruling note: Britain's original counts, and so does Germany's Stromberg. Close copies made without a licence count too: Brazil's Os Aspones, Norway's Etaten and Hungary's Munkaügyek.

Gem note: Kancl brought the British sitcom to Brno, with Václav Kopta as the boss.

20 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
United States Common
United Kingdom Uncommon
Australia Rare
Canada Rare
Germany Rare
France Rare
India Rare
Mexico Rare
Brazil Elusive
South Africa Elusive
Norway Elusive
Poland Elusive
Sweden Elusive
Hungary Elusive
Chile Farflung
Finland Farflung
Israel Farflung
Saudi Arabia Farflung
Afghanistan Farflung
Czechia Farflung
Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country where puffins breed in the wild

Ruling note: All three kinds count, the Pacific’s tufted and horned puffins too. Sweden’s no longer breed there.

Gem note: Japan’s tufted puffins are down to a pair or none, on two islets off Hokkaido.

10 accepted answers
CountryTierPick share
Iceland Common
Norway Uncommon
United Kingdom Uncommon
Canada Rare
Ireland Rare
United States Rare
Denmark Rare
France Elusive
Russia Elusive
Japan Farflung