Past expedition · 21 October 2026
Farflung #2 answers
All five prompts from Farflung Game #2, played on 21 October 2026, with every right answer, how far it took players, and the day’s gem.
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1. Pin a country with a shore on the Caspian Sea
Five countries ring the world’s largest lake.
- TurkmenistanFarflung+100 km
- AzerbaijanRare+60 km
- KazakhstanUncommon+40 km
- IranCommon+20 km
- RussiaCommon+20 km
The gem: Turkmenistan. Its Caspian shore runs some 1,700 km, and its Garabogazköl lagoon is one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth.
2. Pin a country with a coastline on the Red Sea
The Gulf of Aqaba counts.
- JordanFarflung+100 km
- DjiboutiElusive+80 km
- EritreaRare+60 km
- IsraelRare+60 km
- SudanUncommon+40 km
- YemenUncommon+40 km
- EgyptCommon+20 km
- Saudi ArabiaCommon+20 km
The gem: Jordan. Jordan’s whole coastline is a strip of about 26 km around the port of Aqaba.
3. Pin a country that drives on the left
Sovereign countries only.
- SamoaFarflung+100 km
- Antigua & BarbudaElusive+80 km
- BahamasElusive+80 km
- BarbadosElusive+80 km
- BhutanElusive+80 km
- BotswanaElusive+80 km
- BruneiElusive+80 km
- DominicaElusive+80 km
- EswatiniElusive+80 km
- FijiElusive+80 km
- GrenadaElusive+80 km
- GuyanaElusive+80 km
- KiribatiElusive+80 km
- LesothoElusive+80 km
- MalawiElusive+80 km
- MaldivesElusive+80 km
- MauritiusElusive+80 km
- NamibiaElusive+80 km
- NauruElusive+80 km
- NepalElusive+80 km
- Papua New GuineaElusive+80 km
- Saint LuciaElusive+80 km
- SeychellesElusive+80 km
- Solomon IslandsElusive+80 km
- St Kitts & NevisElusive+80 km
- St Vincent & the GrenadinesElusive+80 km
- SurinameElusive+80 km
- Timor-LesteElusive+80 km
- TongaElusive+80 km
- Trinidad & TobagoElusive+80 km
- BangladeshRare+60 km
- CyprusRare+60 km
- JamaicaRare+60 km
- KenyaRare+60 km
- MaltaRare+60 km
- MozambiqueRare+60 km
- PakistanRare+60 km
- SingaporeRare+60 km
- Sri LankaRare+60 km
- TanzaniaRare+60 km
- UgandaRare+60 km
- ZambiaRare+60 km
- ZimbabweRare+60 km
- IndonesiaUncommon+40 km
- IrelandUncommon+40 km
- MalaysiaUncommon+40 km
- New ZealandUncommon+40 km
- South AfricaUncommon+40 km
- ThailandUncommon+40 km
- AustraliaCommon+20 km
- IndiaCommon+20 km
- JapanCommon+20 km
- United KingdomCommon+20 km
The gem: Samoa. Samoa switched sides overnight in September 2009, so cheaper used cars could come in from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
4. Pin a country with ‘Guinea’ in its name
Four countries, three of them in Africa.
- Equatorial GuineaFarflung+100 km
- Guinea-BissauRare+60 km
- GuineaCommon+20 km
- Papua New GuineaCommon+20 km
The gem: Equatorial Guinea. The only African country where Spanish is an official language, and its capital, Malabo, sits on an island.
5. Pin a country that borders both France and Germany
Land borders with both. Territories count.
- LuxembourgFarflung+100 km
- NetherlandsElusive+80 km
- BelgiumCommon+20 km
- SwitzerlandCommon+20 km
The gem: Luxembourg. Luxembourg meets France and Germany at the village of Schengen, which gave its name to Europe’s open-border treaty.
Rarity tiers reflect how often players reach for each answer. Borders follow Natural Earth.