Discussion
๐จ Time for #fridaygeotrivia !!!๐จ
This month's question: What is the longest chain of countries such that each country borders the next and the common English names alternate starting with a vowel and a consonant?
For example: Colomba ๐จ๐ด -> Ecuador ๐ช๐จ -> Peru ๐ต๐ช is a chain of three.
As always:
โข Only one answer per toot
โข You must include the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia and the emoji flag of the countries
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@ccferrie That is a very impressive chain but ... it was already discovered by @cyclotopie
@opencage
22 is my bid: Bangladesh ๐ง๐ฉ India ๐ฎ๐ณ Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ Tajikistan ๐น๐ฏ Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ Iran ๐ฎ๐ท Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ Turkiye ๐น๐ท Iraq ๐ฎ๐ถ Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ Palestine๐ต๐ธ Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ Libya ๐ฑ๐พ Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ Mali ๐ฒ๐ฑ Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ
I guess you need to replace Saudi Arabia by Jordan, else no Israel border
@cyclotopie @bestdeadends it already fails at Iran ๐ฎ๐ท to Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ (both vowel names)
@bestdeadends close but you cant go Iran ๐ฎ๐ท to Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ
Spain ๐ช๐ธ > Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ > France ๐ซ๐ท > Italy ๐ฎ๐น > switzerland ๐จ๐ญ > Austria ๐ฆ๐น > Hungary ๐ญ๐บ > Ukrain ๐บ๐ฆ > Russia ๐ท๐บ > Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ > Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช > armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ > Turkey ๐น๐ท > Iran ๐ฎ๐ท > Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ > Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ > Tadjikistan ๐น๐ฏ > afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ > pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ > india ๐ฎ๐ณ > Myanmar ๐ฒ๐ฒ
@opencage Further on: Spain ๐ช๐ธ -> Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ -> France ๐ซ๐ท -> Italy ๐ฎ๐น -> Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ -> Austria ๐ฆ๐น -> Hungary ๐ญ๐บ -> Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ -> Russia ๐ท๐บ -> Estonia ๐ช๐ช -> Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
@opencage alternatively
Spain ๐ช๐ธ -> Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ -> France ๐ซ๐ท -> Italy ๐ฎ๐น -> Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ -> Austria ๐ฆ๐น -> Hungary ๐ญ๐บ -> Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ -> Moldova ๐ฒ๐ฉ
Spain ๐ช๐ธ -> Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ -> France ๐ซ๐ท -> Italy ๐ฎ๐น -> Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ -> Austria ๐ฆ๐น -> Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
2/ Details of rules and prizes up on the blog. We will post answers on this thread
3/ Very nice, @sverx dives right in with a chain of 7: Spain ๐ช๐ธ -> Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ -> France ๐ซ๐ท -> Italy ๐ฎ๐น -> Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ -> Austria ๐ฆ๐น -> Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
@opencage @sverx Which can be extended by going #fridaygeotrivia Spain ๐ช๐ธ- Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ- France ๐ซ๐ท- Italy ๐ฎ๐น - Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ- Austria ๐ฆ๐น- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ- Russia ๐ท๐บ- Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ - Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ - Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ - Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ- Iran ๐ฎ๐ท-Turkey๐น๐ท-Iraq๐ฎ๐ถ-Syria๐ธ๐พ-Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ-Jordan๐ฏ๐ด-Egypt (on a technicality) ๐ช๐ฌ-Libya๐ฑ๐พ-Algeria๐ฉ๐ฟ-Morocco๐ฒ๐ฆ to return back to the original point ๐๐.
5/ Surely one of you can top that? #fridaygeotrivia
6/ Current record is 11:
Spain ๐ช๐ธ -> Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ -> France ๐ซ๐ท -> Italy ๐ฎ๐น -> Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ -> Austria ๐ฆ๐น -> Hungary ๐ญ๐บ -> Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ -> Russia ๐ท๐บ -> Estonia ๐ช๐ช -> Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
well done @sverx ๐ช
7/ Finally some competition emerges!
@R1Rail drops a monster chain:
Spain ๐ช๐ธ > Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ > France ๐ซ๐ท > Italy ๐ฎ๐น > switzerland ๐จ๐ญ > Austria ๐ฆ๐น > Hungary ๐ญ๐บ > Ukrain ๐บ๐ฆ > Russia ๐ท๐บ > Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ > Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช > armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ > Turkey ๐น๐ท > Iran ๐ฎ๐ท > Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ > Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ > Tadjikistan ๐น๐ฏ > afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ > pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ > india ๐ฎ๐ณ > Myanmar ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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#fridaygeotrivia
8/ Nice African variant from @cyclotopie but it's not enough:
Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ - Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ - Libya ๐ฑ๐พ - Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ - Sudan ๐ธ๐ฉ - Eritrea ๐ช๐ท - Djibouti ๐ฉ๐ฏ - Ethiopia ๐ช๐น - Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ - DRC ๐จ๐ฉ - Angola ๐ฆ๐ด - Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ
But maybe someone can tease it a big longer?
9/ Very well done by @patrick who discovers Spain ๐ช๐ธ- Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ- France ๐ซ๐ท- Italy ๐ฎ๐น - Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ- Austria ๐ฆ๐น- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ- Russia ๐ท๐บ- Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ - Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ - Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ - Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ- Iran ๐ฎ๐ท-Turkey๐น๐ท-Iraq๐ฎ๐ถ-Syria๐ธ๐พ-Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ-Jordan๐ฏ๐ด-Egypt (on a nautical border) ๐ช๐ฌ-Libya๐ฑ๐พ-Algeria๐ฉ๐ฟ-Morocco๐ฒ๐ฆ
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11/ Another creative approach by @cyclotopie@gougere.fr
Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ - Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ - Turkmenistan ๐น๐ฒ - Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ - Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ- Iran ๐ฎ๐ท-Turkey๐น๐ท-Iraq๐ฎ๐ถ-Syria๐ธ๐พ-Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ-Jordan- - Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ - Sudan ๐ธ๐ฉ - Eritrea ๐ช๐ท - Djibouti ๐ฉ๐ฏ - Ethiopia ๐ช๐น - Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ - DRC ๐จ๐ฉ - Angola ๐ฆ๐ด - Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ
12/ We have a new leader!
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Well done @cyclotopie
Spain ๐ช๐ธ- Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ- France ๐ซ๐ท- Italy ๐ฎ๐น - Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ- Austria ๐ฆ๐น- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ- Russia ๐ท๐บ - Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ - Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช - Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ - Turkey๐น๐ท-Iraq๐ฎ๐ถ-Syria๐ธ๐พ-Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ-Jordan- ๐ฏ๐ด - Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ - Sudan ๐ธ๐ฉ - Eritrea ๐ช๐ท - Djibouti ๐ฉ๐ฏ - Ethiopia ๐ช๐น - Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ - DRC ๐จ๐ฉ - Angola ๐ฆ๐ด - Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ
Isle of Man ๐ฎ๐ฒ - Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ - Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช - Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - France ๐ซ๐ท- Italy ๐ฎ๐น - Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ- Austria ๐ฆ๐น- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ- Russia ๐ท๐บ - Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ - Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช - Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ - Turkey๐น๐ท-Iraq๐ฎ๐ถ-Syria๐ธ๐พ-Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ-Jordan- ๐ฏ๐ด - Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ - Sudan ๐ธ๐ฉ - Eritrea ๐ช๐ท - Djibouti ๐ฉ๐ฏ - Ethiopia ๐ช๐น - Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ - DRC ๐จ๐ฉ - Angola ๐ฆ๐ด - Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ
@jimkennedy @cyclotopie Great effort!
But ... our definition of country is it must have its own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code which Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ , Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ, and England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ do not (they are all "GB", though very confusingly they do have their own emoji flags)
So we can't count it I'm afraid.
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@opencage I'm afraid I'm arriving to this late
Spain ๐ช๐ธ- Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ- France ๐ซ๐ท- Italy ๐ฎ๐น - Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ- Austria ๐ฆ๐น- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ- Russia ๐ท๐บ- Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ - Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช - Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ - Turkey ๐น๐ท - Iraq ๐ฎ๐ถ - Syria ๐ธ๐พ - Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ - Jordan ๐ฏ๐ด - Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ - Sudan ๐ธ๐ฉ - Eritrea ๐ช๐ท - Djibouti ๐ฉ๐ฏ - Ethiopia ๐ช๐น - Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ - DRC ๐จ๐ฉ - Angola ๐ฆ๐ด - Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ