Farflung Answers · Expedition #34 (2026-11-07)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country that has hosted the Winter Olympics

Ruling note: A host counts where its city is today, so Sarajevo 1984 is Bosnia and Herzegovina's, not Serbia's.

Gem note: Sarajevo hosted in 1984, as part of Yugoslavia, with a wolf called Vučko for a mascot.

13 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Canada	Common	13.5%
United States	Common	13.5%
Norway	Uncommon	11.4%
Italy	Uncommon	10.4%
China	Rare	8.3%
Japan	Rare	8.3%
Switzerland	Rare	7.3%
South Korea	Rare	7.3%
Russia	Rare	7.3%
France	Rare	6.2%
Austria	Rare	4.1%
Germany	Elusive	1.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Farflung	1%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country whose national flag has at least four horizontal stripes

Ruling note: Every band from top to bottom counts, thin edging stripes too, so Kenya's flag has five. A cross, or a Y like South Africa's and Vanuatu's, is not a stripe. Australia counts for its five-band Torres Strait Islander flag.

Gem note: Two red lines, each 2.5 cm wide on a standard flag, split its three bands into five stripes.

27 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	29.8%
Greece	Uncommon	10.9%
Malaysia	Uncommon	8.9%
Cuba	Rare	6%
Thailand	Rare	5.5%
Uruguay	Rare	4.5%
Liberia	Rare	4%
Costa Rica	Rare	3.5%
Zimbabwe	Rare	3%
Mauritius	Rare	2.6%
Uganda	Rare	2.6%
Togo	Rare	2.2%
Kenya	Elusive	1.8%
Israel	Elusive	1.7%
North Korea	Elusive	1.6%
Suriname	Elusive	1.6%
Gambia	Elusive	1.4%
Botswana	Elusive	1.3%
Mozambique	Elusive	1.2%
Australia	Elusive	1%
Central African Republic	Farflung	0.9%
Comoros	Farflung	0.9%
South Sudan	Farflung	0.8%
Eswatini	Farflung	0.8%
Cape Verde	Farflung	0.7%
Kiribati	Farflung	0.6%
Uzbekistan	Farflung	0.5%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country where the original Volkswagen Beetle was built

Ruling note: Beetles assembled from kits count. The United States bought millions but never built one.

Gem note: Ireland built the first Beetle outside Germany, in 1950, and Nigeria was still building them after Europe had stopped.

21 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Germany	Common	40.6%
Mexico	Uncommon	22.3%
Brazil	Uncommon	12.2%
Australia	Rare	4.1%
South Africa	Rare	4.1%
Belgium	Rare	3%
Ireland	Farflung	1.5%
New Zealand	Elusive	1.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elusive	1.2%
Indonesia	Elusive	1%
Nigeria	Farflung	1%
Philippines	Elusive	1%
Portugal	Elusive	1%
Venezuela	Elusive	1%
Malaysia	Elusive	0.8%
Peru	Elusive	0.8%
Singapore	Elusive	0.6%
Thailand	Elusive	0.6%
Uruguay	Elusive	0.6%
Costa Rica	Elusive	0.5%
Finland	Elusive	0.4%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country with a place that a chilli pepper is named after

Ruling note: Peppers named after a whole country count too, like the Hungarian wax. The word chilli comes from Nahuatl, not from Chile.

Gem note: A Dorset couple raised the Dorset Naga from Bangladeshi seed bought in Bournemouth, and the Bulgarian carrot's seed is said to have crossed the Iron Curtain.

52 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Mexico	Common	32.4%
Cuba	Uncommon	8.6%
United States	Rare	6.5%
India	Rare	4.3%
Hungary	Rare	3.6%
Australia	Rare	2.9%
France	Rare	2.9%
Trinidad and Tobago	Rare	2.9%
Syria	Rare	2.2%
Spain	Elusive	1.8%
Italy	Elusive	1.8%
Afghanistan	Elusive	1.4%
Chile	Elusive	1.4%
Denmark	Elusive	1.4%
Greece	Elusive	1.4%
Indonesia	Elusive	1.4%
Nigeria	Elusive	1.4%
Poland	Elusive	1.4%
Portugal	Elusive	1.4%
Vietnam	Elusive	1.4%
Thailand	Elusive	1.1%
Türkiye	Elusive	1.1%
China	Elusive	0.7%
Japan	Elusive	0.7%
South Korea	Elusive	0.7%
Bangladesh	Elusive	0.6%
Cameroon	Elusive	0.6%
Czechia	Elusive	0.6%
Guatemala	Elusive	0.6%
Honduras	Elusive	0.6%
Haiti	Elusive	0.6%
Cambodia	Elusive	0.6%
Laos	Elusive	0.6%
Lebanon	Elusive	0.6%
North Macedonia	Elusive	0.6%
Malaysia	Elusive	0.6%
Nepal	Elusive	0.6%
Panama	Elusive	0.6%
Romania	Elusive	0.6%
Uganda	Elusive	0.6%
Brazil	Elusive	0.6%
United Kingdom	Farflung	0.6%
Peru	Elusive	0.6%
Bolivia	Elusive	0.4%
Jamaica	Elusive	0.4%
Pakistan	Elusive	0.4%
Bulgaria	Farflung	0.4%
Bahamas	Elusive	0.3%
Zimbabwe	Elusive	0.3%
Bhutan	Elusive	0.2%
Guyana	Elusive	0.2%
Grenada	Elusive	0%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country where a scientist with a unit of measurement named after them was born

Ruling note: Births count by today’s map, so Tesla’s village is Croatia, but Serbia also counts for Nikola Tesla. Any unit counts, however old or obscure, but not a ratio like the Mach number.

Gem note: Tesla, a Serb, was born in a village now in Croatia. John Stapp, son of missionaries, was born in Brazil and rode a rocket sled at 632 mph. The cardiologist Paul Wood was born in India.

28 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United Kingdom	Common	28.7%
Germany	Uncommon	17.2%
France	Uncommon	15.3%
Italy	Rare	6.7%
United States	Rare	5.7%
Sweden	Rare	4.8%
Croatia	Farflung	2.9%
Poland	Rare	2.9%
Denmark	Rare	2.4%
Greece	Elusive	1.9%
Netherlands	Elusive	1.4%
Ireland	Elusive	1.1%
Czechia	Elusive	1%
Serbia	Farflung	0.8%
Switzerland	Farflung	0.8%
Hungary	Farflung	0.8%
New Zealand	Farflung	0.8%
Russia	Farflung	0.8%
Austria	Farflung	0.7%
Canada	Farflung	0.6%
Norway	Farflung	0.6%
Australia	Farflung	0.5%
Ukraine	Farflung	0.4%
Belarus	Farflung	0.3%
Brazil	Farflung	0.3%
Estonia	Farflung	0.3%
India	Farflung	0.3%
Luxembourg	Farflung	0.2%