Farflung Answers · Expedition #26 (2026-10-30)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country with a cross on its national flag today

Ruling note: Diagonal, heraldic and constellation crosses count, including on state flags and co-official variants. Portugal’s five shields form a cross, and the Southern Cross counts. Italy counts for the crosses on its official naval ensign.

Gem note: The four longest rays of the Marshall Islands’ 24-pointed star form a Christian cross over the Pacific.

37 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United Kingdom	Common	13.1%
Sweden	Common	13.1%
Switzerland	Uncommon	8.5%
Denmark	Uncommon	8.4%
Norway	Rare	8.3%
Finland	Rare	8.2%
Iceland	Rare	8.2%
Italy	Rare	3.9%
Greece	Rare	2.1%
Australia	Rare	2.1%
New Zealand	Rare	2%
Georgia	Elusive	2%
Jamaica	Elusive	2%
Dominican Republic	Elusive	2%
Spain	Elusive	2%
Portugal	Elusive	2%
Brazil	Elusive	1.9%
Serbia	Elusive	1.9%
Slovakia	Elusive	1.9%
Malta	Elusive	0.7%
Fiji	Elusive	0.6%
Papua New Guinea	Elusive	0.6%
Tonga	Elusive	0.6%
Samoa	Elusive	0.5%
Hungary	Elusive	0.4%
Vatican City	Elusive	0.4%
Dominica	Elusive	0.4%
Burundi	Elusive	0.3%
Moldova	Elusive	0.3%
Montenegro	Elusive	0.3%
Lithuania	Elusive	0.3%
Liechtenstein	Elusive	0.2%
Monaco	Farflung	0.2%
San Marino	Farflung	0.2%
Tuvalu	Farflung	0.2%
Marshall Islands	Farflung	0.1%
Grenada	Farflung	0.1%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country with a Disney or Universal theme park open today

Ruling note: Disney's Abu Dhabi park and Universal's English one are still to come. Hong Kong Disneyland counts for China.

Gem note: Southeast Asia's only Universal park, run under licence by the casino resort around it.

5 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	68.4%
France	Uncommon	21.4%
Japan	Rare	7.5%
China	Elusive	1.6%
Singapore	Farflung	1.1%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country where a James Bond film was shot or set

Ruling note: Real filming locations and places where the story is set both count. Never Say Never Again and the 1967 Casino Royale count too.

Gem note: Moonraker shot Drax’s base at Tikal in Guatemala. The escape pod in The Spy Who Loved Me was retrieved off Malta, and the Faroes played an island off Russia.

52 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United Kingdom	Common	19.2%
Jamaica	Uncommon	8.8%
United States	Rare	8%
Bahamas	Rare	4.4%
Thailand	Rare	4.4%
France	Rare	3.2%
Italy	Rare	3.2%
Switzerland	Rare	2.8%
Japan	Rare	2.4%
Russia	Rare	2.4%
Spain	Rare	2.1%
Türkiye	Rare	2.1%
Mexico	Elusive	1.9%
Austria	Elusive	1.8%
Czechia	Elusive	1.8%
Monaco	Elusive	1.8%
Brazil	Elusive	1.7%
Egypt	Elusive	1.7%
India	Elusive	1.7%
Iceland	Elusive	1.7%
Afghanistan	Elusive	1.6%
Cuba	Elusive	1.6%
North Korea	Elusive	1.6%
Vietnam	Elusive	1.6%
South Africa	Elusive	1.6%
Germany	Elusive	0.9%
Greece	Elusive	0.9%
Morocco	Elusive	0.9%
China	Elusive	0.7%
Norway	Elusive	0.7%
Portugal	Elusive	0.7%
Albania	Elusive	0.6%
Bolivia	Elusive	0.6%
Croatia	Elusive	0.6%
Haiti	Elusive	0.6%
Kazakhstan	Elusive	0.6%
Lebanon	Elusive	0.6%
Madagascar	Elusive	0.6%
Montenegro	Elusive	0.6%
Serbia	Elusive	0.6%
Uganda	Elusive	0.6%
Vatican City	Elusive	0.6%
Argentina	Farflung	0.4%
Canada	Farflung	0.4%
Chile	Farflung	0.4%
Ireland	Farflung	0.4%
Netherlands	Farflung	0.4%
Panama	Farflung	0.4%
Azerbaijan	Farflung	0.3%
Malta	Farflung	0.3%
Denmark	Farflung	0.2%
Guatemala	Farflung	0.2%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country on the historic Silk Road

Ruling note: Both the overland caravan networks across Eurasia and the Maritime Silk Road across the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean count.

Gem note: Merv was an oasis of a million people, and Chinese porcelain reached the Swahili coast.

52 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
China	Common	9.6%
India	Common	9.6%
Italy	Common	9.6%
Türkiye	Rare	7.7%
Egypt	Rare	7.6%
Iran	Rare	7.6%
Uzbekistan	Rare	7.6%
Greece	Elusive	1.9%
Indonesia	Elusive	1.9%
Saudi Arabia	Elusive	1.9%
Afghanistan	Elusive	1.8%
Iraq	Elusive	1.8%
Kazakhstan	Elusive	1.8%
Malaysia	Elusive	1.8%
Pakistan	Elusive	1.8%
Singapore	Elusive	1.8%
Syria	Elusive	1.8%
Thailand	Elusive	1.8%
Vietnam	Elusive	1.8%
South Korea	Elusive	1.7%
Poland	Elusive	1.7%
North Korea	Elusive	1.7%
Ukraine	Elusive	1.7%
Bangladesh	Elusive	0.7%
Bulgaria	Elusive	0.7%
Ethiopia	Elusive	0.7%
Cambodia	Elusive	0.7%
Kuwait	Elusive	0.7%
Sri Lanka	Elusive	0.7%
Jordan	Elusive	0.6%
United Arab Emirates	Elusive	0.5%
Israel	Elusive	0.5%
Oman	Elusive	0.5%
Mongolia	Elusive	0.4%
Russia	Elusive	0.4%
Lebanon	Elusive	0.4%
Yemen	Elusive	0.4%
Kyrgyzstan	Elusive	0.3%
Tajikistan	Elusive	0.3%
Nepal	Elusive	0.3%
Tanzania	Elusive	0.3%
Azerbaijan	Elusive	0.3%
Georgia	Elusive	0.3%
Somalia	Elusive	0.3%
Armenia	Farflung	0.2%
Bhutan	Elusive	0.2%
Kenya	Farflung	0.2%
Myanmar	Elusive	0.2%
Palestine	Elusive	0.2%
Turkmenistan	Farflung	0.2%
Albania	Elusive	0.2%
North Macedonia	Elusive	0.2%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country where horseshoe crabs are native

Ruling note: All four living species count. Canada, South Korea, the Bahamas and Cuba count on native records, without known breeding populations, and the United Kingdom for a record in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Gem note: All three Asian species share a nursery mudflat on Pulau Bedukang.

21 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	38.8%
Japan	Uncommon	13.9%
China	Uncommon	11.1%
Mexico	Rare	7.4%
India	Rare	5.5%
Thailand	Rare	4.6%
United Kingdom	Rare	3.7%
Malaysia	Rare	3.7%
Indonesia	Rare	2.8%
Cuba	Elusive	1.8%
Philippines	Elusive	1.4%
Vietnam	Elusive	1.2%
Taiwan	Elusive	0.9%
Canada	Elusive	0.8%
Bahamas	Elusive	0.7%
Singapore	Elusive	0.6%
South Korea	Elusive	0.6%
Bangladesh	Farflung	0.2%
Cambodia	Farflung	0.1%
Myanmar	Farflung	0.1%
Brunei	Farflung	0%