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Where In The World? • Puzzle #198 • 2023-02-14 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Western Sahara)
This is the first time I can recall that I've seen the same country two days in a row.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #197 • 2023-02-13 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Western Sahara)
The largest territory (by land area) on the United Nations' list of non-self-governing territories. Western Sahara stands out on many political, economic and cultural maps by its absence.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #192 • 2023-02-08 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Canada)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #191 • 2023-02-07 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Zimbabwe)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #190 • 2023-02-06 ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Sierra Leone)
Tricky! I originally thought this country was at the southern end of some peninsula, and that led me quite astray. Two wildly- but intentionally-wrong guesses (Hong Kong and Honduras) clued me in to west Africa, and another guess (Cape Verde) helped me pinpoint Sierra Leone. The nation's shield-like shape should help me recognize it in the future.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #188 • 2023-02-04 ✅❌❌❌❌⬆️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Faroe Islands)
I always get thrown off regarding what WitW considers or doesn't consider a country. I knew right away this wasn't an independent nation, but it took bouncing around the Atlantic a litte to figure it out.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #187 • 2023-02-03 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: France)
France's star-like shape makes it very easy to recognize.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #186 • 2023-02-02 ✅✅❌❌❌↗️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬇️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Andorra)
These tiny countries always look so strange to me when magnified to the size of larger nations like France or Belarus. I don't really know what features to look for either--I just use proximity to other countries to help narrow it down.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #185 • 2023-02-01 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Amswer: Thailand)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #184 • 2023-01-31 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Croatia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #183 • 2023-01-30 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Madagascar)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #180 • 2023-01-27 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Vietnam)
Those in tune with 20th-century American history will be well-acquainted with Vietnam. The shape of the country resembles to me the sail of a boat, left too loose and pulled hard in the wind, with a crow's nest on top.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #179 • 2023-01-26 ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↗️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Brunei)
At first I thought this was an island, given the two disconnected regions of land. It then occurred to me that the smaller region to the east might be a exclave. My first guess was Armenia, then Christmas Island. It was only after realizing Christmas Island is near Borneo that the correct answer came to me.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #178 • 2023-01-25 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Togo)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #177 • 2023-01-24 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Ethiopia)
The best clue to recognizing Ethiopia is the arid Somali region to the east of the country, which sharpens to a large point. Somalia fits onto this point like a jigsaw puzzle.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #176 • 2023-01-23 ✅✅❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅❌❌↖️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↙️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️
(Answer: Palau)
No hope. The high-resolution photo shows a tight cluster of islands to the northeast, and a few tiny ones scattered around the south: these clues can help to figure it out next time.
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[Last updated: 2023-03-01]