Before the reveal
Hints
Clue 01
A country with a coastline on the Red Sea
The answer is in Eastern Africa. Its capital begins with D. The English name has 8 letters.
Clue 02
A country where French is an official language
The answer is in Melanesia. Its capital begins with P. The English name has 7 letters.
Clue 03
A country with a desert
The answer is in Western Asia. Its capital begins with D. The English name has 5 letters.
Clue 04
A country with a coastline on the Caspian Sea
The answer is in Central Asia. Its capital begins with A. The English name has 12 letters.
Clue 05
A country in Southeast Asia
The answer is in South-Eastern Asia. Its capital begins with B. The English name has 6 letters.
The five featured pins
Answers and distances
| Clue | Country | Tier | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Red Sea coast | DjiboutiAfrica | Rare | 70 km |
| 02French is official | VanuatuOceania | Elusive | 85 km |
| 03A desert | QatarAsia | Farflung | 100 km |
| 04Caspian coastline | TurkmenistanAsia | Rare | 70 km |
| 05Southeast Asia | BruneiAsia | Rare | 70 km |
The spread
Rarity breakdown
This is the full spread of accepted answers across the five clues, not just the featured pin. It shows how many countries sat in each tier for this expedition.
16
Common
40 km
14
Uncommon
55 km
20
Rare
70 km
5
Elusive
85 km
3
Farflung
100 km
Worth remembering
Country facts
Djibouti
Djibouti sits at the Bab el Mandeb strait, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. It hosts several foreign military bases and has no permanent rivers.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu is a Y shaped chain of about eighty islands in the South Pacific. It has more than one hundred languages and sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Qatar
Qatar is a small peninsula in the Persian Gulf and one of the world’s richest countries per person. It has no permanent rivers and hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked Central Asian country dominated by the Karakum Desert. It holds one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves and the burning Darvaza gas crater.
Brunei
Brunei is a small, oil rich sultanate on the island of Borneo, surrounded by Malaysia. It is one of the few absolute monarchies left in Southeast Asia.