Farflung Answers · Expedition #38 (2026-11-11)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country located entirely on islands (Overseas territories don’t affect island status)

Ruling note: Australia is a continent here, not an island. The UK counts even with Gibraltar.

Gem note: Neither feels like an island nation, but Brunei sits on Borneo and Bahrain is an archipelago.

47 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Japan	Common	19.9%
United Kingdom	Uncommon	12.9%
New Zealand	Uncommon	9%
Philippines	Rare	5%
Indonesia	Rare	4.5%
Taiwan	Rare	3.8%
Cuba	Rare	3.4%
Sri Lanka	Rare	3%
Madagascar	Rare	2.7%
Iceland	Rare	2.6%
Ireland	Rare	2.5%
Singapore	Rare	2.5%
Fiji	Rare	2.4%
Jamaica	Rare	2.3%
Haiti	Rare	2.2%
Papua New Guinea	Rare	2.2%
Cyprus	Rare	2.1%
Dominican Republic	Rare	2.1%
Bahamas	Rare	2%
Malta	Rare	2%
Maldives	Elusive	1.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	Elusive	1.3%
Barbados	Elusive	1.1%
Mauritius	Elusive	0.9%
Vanuatu	Elusive	0.8%
Solomon Islands	Elusive	0.7%
Samoa	Elusive	0.6%
Cape Verde	Elusive	0.5%
Tonga	Elusive	0.5%
Saint Lucia	Elusive	0.4%
Nauru	Elusive	0.3%
Seychelles	Elusive	0.3%
Grenada	Elusive	0.3%
Dominica	Elusive	0.2%
Kiribati	Elusive	0.2%
Palau	Elusive	0.2%
Tuvalu	Elusive	0.2%
Marshall Islands	Elusive	0.1%
Timor-Leste	Elusive	0.1%
Micronesia	Elusive	0.1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Elusive	0.1%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Elusive	0.1%
Antigua and Barbuda	Elusive	0.1%
Comoros	Elusive	0.1%
São Tomé and Príncipe	Elusive	0.1%
Bahrain	Farflung	0%
Brunei	Farflung	0%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country with more than one official time zone

Ruling note: Overseas territories count, so the UK and Denmark do. China keeps one official zone, and Kazakhstan unified to one in 2024.

Gem note: Its three western provinces, Khovd, Uvs and Bayan-Ölgii, run an hour behind Ulaanbaatar.

22 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	26%
Russia	Uncommon	12%
Canada	Uncommon	11%
Australia	Uncommon	9%
Brazil	Rare	6%
France	Rare	5.5%
United Kingdom	Rare	5%
Mexico	Rare	4.5%
Spain	Rare	3.5%
Indonesia	Rare	2.8%
New Zealand	Rare	2.5%
Netherlands	Elusive	1.8%
Chile	Elusive	1.6%
Portugal	Elusive	1.5%
Denmark	Elusive	1.4%
Ecuador	Elusive	1.3%
South Africa	Elusive	1.2%
DR Congo	Elusive	1%
Papua New Guinea	Elusive	0.8%
Kiribati	Elusive	0.6%
Micronesia	Elusive	0.5%
Mongolia	Farflung	0.5%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country that borders exactly two others

Ruling note: Canada and Denmark count via Hans Island (2022), and Morocco counts without Western Sahara. The UK borders three with Cyprus bases.

Gem note: Both look boxed in by one big neighbour, but Bangladesh also touches Myanmar, and Eswatini touches Mozambique.

30 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	19.9%
Mongolia	Uncommon	10.9%
Nepal	Rare	8.1%
Netherlands	Rare	5.4%
Sweden	Rare	5.4%
Andorra	Rare	4.5%
Bhutan	Rare	4.5%
Uruguay	Rare	4.5%
Ecuador	Rare	3.6%
Liechtenstein	Rare	3.6%
Costa Rica	Rare	2.7%
Panama	Rare	2.7%
Kuwait	Rare	2.3%
Lebanon	Rare	2.3%
Estonia	Elusive	1.8%
Moldova	Elusive	1.8%
Nicaragua	Elusive	1.8%
United Arab Emirates	Elusive	1.4%
Belize	Elusive	1.4%
Canada	Elusive	1.4%
Denmark	Elusive	1.4%
Morocco	Elusive	1.4%
El Salvador	Elusive	1.4%
Tunisia	Elusive	1.4%
Yemen	Elusive	1.1%
Sierra Leone	Elusive	0.9%
Guinea-Bissau	Elusive	0.7%
Equatorial Guinea	Elusive	0.7%
Bangladesh	Farflung	0.5%
Eswatini	Farflung	0.5%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country where phone numbers start +1

Ruling note: Bermuda and the Cayman Islands make the UK count, and Sint Maarten the Netherlands. Cuba, Haiti and Mexico have codes of their own.

Gem note: Sint Maarten left the old Netherlands Antilles code, +599, for +1 in 2011.

15 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	41.1%
Canada	Uncommon	18.5%
Jamaica	Uncommon	9.2%
Bahamas	Rare	6.2%
Dominican Republic	Rare	6.2%
Barbados	Rare	4.1%
Trinidad and Tobago	Rare	4.1%
Antigua and Barbuda	Rare	2.3%
Grenada	Elusive	1.8%
Saint Lucia	Elusive	1.6%
United Kingdom	Elusive	1.4%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Elusive	1.1%
Dominica	Elusive	1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Elusive	1%
Netherlands	Farflung	0.3%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country where fermented mare’s milk is a traditional drink today

Ruling note: Regional traditions count, including Hungary's Kurultaj, Germany's kumys festival and the Wakhan Kyrgyz. Colombia's kumis uses cow's milk.

Gem note: Near İzmir, Alaş Kazakh Valley makes kumis and raises Austrian Haflinger mares.

12 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Mongolia	Common	53.9%
Kazakhstan	Uncommon	22.5%
Kyrgyzstan	Uncommon	9.8%
China	Rare	5.9%
Russia	Rare	3.4%
Uzbekistan	Elusive	1.3%
Tajikistan	Elusive	0.8%
Hungary	Elusive	0.7%
Ukraine	Elusive	0.6%
Afghanistan	Elusive	0.4%
Germany	Elusive	0.4%
Türkiye	Farflung	0.4%