Farflung Answers · Expedition #37 (2026-11-10)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country that has had multi-stop city waterbuses

Ruling note: City and city-region routes count, including former ferries with intermediate stops. Charters and sightseeing-only cruises do not.

Gem note: Timișoara puts waterbuses on the Bega Canal alongside its trams and buses.

52 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Italy	Common	26.1%
Thailand	Uncommon	9.2%
Türkiye	Uncommon	8.8%
Australia	Uncommon	8.5%
United Kingdom	Rare	2.8%
Netherlands	Rare	2.7%
United States	Rare	2.6%
France	Rare	2.5%
Japan	Rare	2.4%
Canada	Rare	2.3%
China	Rare	2.3%
India	Rare	2.2%
Germany	Rare	2.2%
Denmark	Rare	2.1%
Sweden	Rare	2.1%
United Arab Emirates	Rare	2.1%
Russia	Rare	2.1%
Singapore	Rare	2.1%
Switzerland	Rare	2%
Spain	Rare	2%
Belgium	Rare	2%
Poland	Elusive	0.8%
Vietnam	Elusive	0.7%
Bangladesh	Elusive	0.6%
Philippines	Elusive	0.5%
Argentina	Elusive	0.5%
Brazil	Elusive	0.5%
Norway	Elusive	0.4%
South Korea	Elusive	0.4%
New Zealand	Elusive	0.4%
Egypt	Elusive	0.3%
Greece	Elusive	0.3%
Indonesia	Elusive	0.3%
Malta	Elusive	0.3%
Malaysia	Elusive	0.3%
Finland	Elusive	0.3%
Nigeria	Elusive	0.3%
Portugal	Elusive	0.3%
Chile	Elusive	0.2%
Czechia	Elusive	0.2%
Croatia	Elusive	0.2%
Hungary	Elusive	0.2%
Ukraine	Elusive	0.2%
South Africa	Elusive	0.2%
Bahrain	Elusive	0.2%
Cambodia	Elusive	0.2%
Myanmar	Elusive	0.2%
Sri Lanka	Elusive	0.1%
Montenegro	Elusive	0.1%
Ivory Coast	Farflung	0.1%
Lithuania	Farflung	0.1%
Romania	Farflung	0%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country that has had a stadium with a retractable roof over the playing area

Ruling note: Past and present stadiums count, including tennis stadiums and bullrings. The moving roof covers the playing area, not just the stands.

Gem note: A small Challenger tennis venue in Prostějov has its own retractable roof.

27 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	28.5%
United Kingdom	Uncommon	12.2%
Australia	Uncommon	10.2%
Canada	Uncommon	8.6%
Germany	Rare	5.1%
Japan	Rare	5.1%
Spain	Rare	4.1%
France	Rare	4.1%
Netherlands	Rare	3%
Brazil	Rare	2.5%
China	Rare	2.5%
Russia	Rare	2.2%
Qatar	Rare	2.1%
Argentina	Elusive	1.5%
Indonesia	Elusive	1.2%
Poland	Elusive	1%
Sweden	Elusive	1%
Singapore	Elusive	0.9%
Denmark	Elusive	0.8%
Saudi Arabia	Elusive	0.7%
Türkiye	Elusive	0.6%
Portugal	Elusive	0.5%
Romania	Elusive	0.5%
Kazakhstan	Elusive	0.4%
Colombia	Farflung	0.2%
Slovakia	Farflung	0.2%
Czechia	Farflung	0.1%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country where scientists have cloned a mammal

Ruling note: A clone counts where it was made, not where its donor came from. Dolly was the first clone from an adult cell, not the first cloned mammal.

Gem note: A research institute outside Nairobi cloned a Boran bull in 2016, a first step towards cattle that resist a disease spread by tsetse flies.

34 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United Kingdom	Common	29.9%
United States	Uncommon	11%
China	Uncommon	9.5%
South Korea	Uncommon	9%
Japan	Rare	4%
France	Rare	3%
Italy	Rare	3%
United Arab Emirates	Rare	2.5%
Australia	Rare	2.5%
Spain	Rare	2.5%
India	Rare	2.5%
Argentina	Rare	2.4%
Brazil	Rare	2.4%
Canada	Rare	2.4%
Germany	Rare	2.4%
Russia	Rare	2.4%
New Zealand	Elusive	1.2%
Iran	Elusive	1%
Denmark	Elusive	0.8%
Türkiye	Elusive	0.8%
South Africa	Elusive	0.7%
Mexico	Elusive	0.6%
Thailand	Elusive	0.5%
Chile	Elusive	0.5%
Peru	Elusive	0.4%
Colombia	Elusive	0.4%
Netherlands	Elusive	0.3%
Taiwan	Elusive	0.3%
Belgium	Elusive	0.3%
Vietnam	Elusive	0.3%
Hungary	Farflung	0.2%
Estonia	Farflung	0.1%
Poland	Farflung	0.1%
Kenya	Farflung	0.1%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country that has made snake antivenom for treating patients

Ruling note: Past and present production counts, including Croatia and Ecuador. Collecting venom or importing the finished medicine alone does not.

Gem note: A Soviet-era institute in Tashkent made antidotes to cobra and viper venoms.

45 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Australia	Common	26.6%
India	Uncommon	10%
Brazil	Uncommon	9%
United States	Uncommon	8.7%
Mexico	Rare	3.6%
South Africa	Rare	3.4%
Thailand	Rare	3%
China	Rare	2.7%
France	Rare	2.4%
United Kingdom	Rare	2.4%
Russia	Rare	2.3%
Costa Rica	Rare	2.2%
Japan	Rare	2.2%
Argentina	Rare	2.2%
Indonesia	Rare	2.2%
Iran	Rare	2.1%
Pakistan	Rare	2.1%
Colombia	Rare	2.1%
Israel	Rare	2.1%
South Korea	Elusive	0.7%
Saudi Arabia	Elusive	0.6%
Taiwan	Elusive	0.6%
Philippines	Elusive	0.5%
Vietnam	Elusive	0.5%
Egypt	Elusive	0.5%
Myanmar	Elusive	0.5%
Peru	Elusive	0.5%
Türkiye	Elusive	0.5%
Germany	Elusive	0.4%
Spain	Elusive	0.4%
Italy	Elusive	0.4%
Morocco	Elusive	0.4%
Bangladesh	Elusive	0.4%
Bolivia	Elusive	0.3%
Algeria	Elusive	0.3%
Ecuador	Elusive	0.3%
Croatia	Elusive	0.3%
Bulgaria	Elusive	0.2%
Poland	Elusive	0.2%
Serbia	Elusive	0.2%
Venezuela	Elusive	0.2%
Syria	Elusive	0.2%
Tunisia	Farflung	0.1%
Uruguay	Farflung	0.1%
Uzbekistan	Farflung	0%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country whose official language uses an alphabet or script that no other country uses for a national official language

Ruling note: National official languages only. Greek, Hangul, Ge’ez and Tifinagh are shared; Tibetan and Bengali are regional in China and India. Mongolia’s traditional script has been co-official since 2025.

Gem note: Developed from the fifteenth century, the Maldives’ Thaana script derived its first nine letters directly from Arabic numerals.

13 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Japan	Common	35.7%
Thailand	Uncommon	18.3%
Israel	Uncommon	14.3%
Georgia	Rare	7.1%
Armenia	Rare	6.1%
Cambodia	Rare	5.1%
Myanmar	Rare	4.1%
Bangladesh	Rare	3.6%
Sri Lanka	Elusive	1.6%
Laos	Elusive	1.2%
Bhutan	Elusive	1%
Mongolia	Elusive	1%
Maldives	Farflung	0.8%