Farflung Answers · Expedition #36 (2026-11-09)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country with a triumphal arch in its capital

Ruling note: Ancient or modern, and memorial arches built in the style count. Tehran’s Azadi Tower and Kyiv’s rainbow arch are not triumphal arches. Tashkent’s and Montevideo’s arches are close calls.

Gem note: The US gave Laos airport cement, which built Patuxai. Bokassa raised Bangui’s arch. Pyongyang’s is 10 m taller than Paris’s.

39 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
France	Common	35.8%
Italy	Uncommon	10.2%
United Kingdom	Uncommon	8.9%
Spain	Uncommon	8.5%
India	Uncommon	8.5%
Germany	Rare	4.3%
Romania	Rare	2.6%
Portugal	Rare	2.2%
United States	Rare	2.2%
Mexico	Rare	2.1%
Russia	Rare	2.1%
Austria	Elusive	1%
South Korea	Elusive	1%
Belgium	Elusive	0.9%
Canada	Elusive	0.9%
Greece	Elusive	0.7%
Ireland	Elusive	0.7%
Iraq	Elusive	0.7%
Laos	Farflung	0.5%
Azerbaijan	Elusive	0.4%
Gambia	Elusive	0.4%
Israel	Elusive	0.4%
Kazakhstan	Elusive	0.4%
Moldova	Elusive	0.4%
North Macedonia	Elusive	0.4%
North Korea	Farflung	0.4%
Libya	Elusive	0.3%
Latvia	Elusive	0.3%
Bolivia	Elusive	0.3%
Barbados	Elusive	0.3%
Ghana	Elusive	0.3%
Syria	Elusive	0.3%
Tajikistan	Elusive	0.3%
Uruguay	Elusive	0.3%
Uzbekistan	Elusive	0.3%
Venezuela	Elusive	0.3%
Central African Republic	Farflung	0.2%
Peru	Elusive	0.2%
Chad	Elusive	0.2%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country that has had an Apple Store

Ruling note: Shops Apple runs itself count, closed ones too. Resellers are separate businesses.

Gem note: Turkey got its first in 2014, years before India or South Korea. All three of its stores are in Istanbul.

25 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	38.6%
China	Uncommon	8.6%
United Kingdom	Uncommon	8.6%
Japan	Rare	5.1%
Canada	Rare	4.3%
Australia	Rare	3.4%
Germany	Rare	3.4%
France	Rare	3.4%
United Arab Emirates	Rare	2.1%
Spain	Rare	2.1%
India	Rare	2.1%
Italy	Rare	2.1%
South Korea	Rare	2.1%
Singapore	Rare	2.1%
Brazil	Elusive	1.3%
Switzerland	Elusive	1.3%
Mexico	Elusive	1.3%
Netherlands	Elusive	1.3%
Sweden	Elusive	1.3%
Taiwan	Elusive	1.3%
Thailand	Elusive	1%
Austria	Elusive	0.9%
Belgium	Elusive	0.9%
Malaysia	Elusive	0.9%
Türkiye	Farflung	0.4%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country where tapirs breed in the wild

Ruling note: All four living tapir species count. Singapore and Trinidad get stray visitors from across the water, but have no breeding herds.

Gem note: France's Amazonian forests are home to breeding lowland tapirs, far from mainland Europe.

22 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Brazil	Common	33.8%
Malaysia	Uncommon	12.9%
Indonesia	Uncommon	9.9%
Costa Rica	Rare	7%
Thailand	Rare	6%
Colombia	Rare	5%
Mexico	Rare	4%
Peru	Rare	4%
Ecuador	Rare	3%
Panama	Rare	3%
Belize	Rare	2.5%
Argentina	Elusive	1.5%
Bolivia	Elusive	1.5%
Venezuela	Elusive	1.2%
Guatemala	Elusive	1%
Honduras	Elusive	0.8%
Nicaragua	Elusive	0.8%
Paraguay	Elusive	0.7%
Guyana	Farflung	0.6%
Suriname	Farflung	0.5%
Myanmar	Farflung	0.4%
France	Farflung	0.1%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country where a John Wick film was shot or set

Ruling note: Real filming locations and places where the story is set both count. The spin-offs Ballerina and Caine count too. The Vatican counts for Chapter 2's aerial footage.

Gem note: Ballerina opens on a ruined villa near Dubrovnik, and Donnie Yen took Caine to Hong Kong in 2026, before its release.

14 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	42.3%
Japan	Uncommon	14.8%
France	Uncommon	12.7%
Italy	Rare	7.4%
Germany	Rare	6.3%
Canada	Rare	5.3%
Morocco	Rare	4.2%
Czechia	Elusive	1.6%
Jordan	Elusive	1.6%
Hungary	Elusive	1.3%
Austria	Elusive	1.1%
China	Farflung	0.6%
Croatia	Farflung	0.4%
Vatican City	Elusive	0.3%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country with a city that has its own track in the Mario Kart series

Ruling note: Courses explicitly modelled on real cities in Tour and the Deluxe Booster Pass count. Fictional cities and cultural fantasy tracks do not.

Gem note: Southeast Asia has only two: Singapore Speedway races along a rooftop infinity pool, and Bangkok Rush dodges railway market trains.

13 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	26%
Japan	Uncommon	22%
United Kingdom	Uncommon	14%
France	Uncommon	12%
Italy	Rare	7%
Germany	Rare	5%
Spain	Rare	4%
Australia	Rare	3%
Canada	Rare	3%
Netherlands	Elusive	1.5%
Greece	Elusive	1%
Thailand	Farflung	0.8%
Singapore	Farflung	0.7%