A lot of countries have a currency in Dollars (not just linked to eg the US$) some of which are included in the list below. These are mixed with 10 countries that do not use Dollars as their unit of currency. What you have to do is guess which the non-Dollar currency countries are – so you have to provide 10 countries in a list in one post. BUT ensure that you start with those you are certain are correct and leave less certain names to the end because the winner will be the answer whose list contains the most correct names until an incorrect one appears (or whose list contains all 10 correct answers of course). I hope this is clear but do let me know if you are uncertain.

Agentina
Barbados
Brunei
Bahamas
Belize
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Fiji
Guyana
Jamaica
Liberia
Marshall Islands
FS of Micronesia
Namibia
Nauru
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe

Something a bit different. China has a land border with 14 countries all of which are included in the list below. What you have to do is guess which they are – so you have to provide 14 countries in a list in one post. BUT ensure that you start with those you are certain are correct and leave less certain names to the end because the winner will be the answer whose list contains the most correct names until an incorrect one appears (or whose list contains all 14 correct answers of course). I hope this is clear but do let me know if you are uncertain.


Afghanistan
India
North Korea
Bangladesh
Turkmenistan
Vietnam
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
South Korea
Laos
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Jordan
Nepal
Uzbekistan
Iran
Malaysia
Pakistan
Thailand
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Mongolia
Bhutan
Myanmar

Today I’m looking for the 12 traditional birthstones according to the International Gem Society website. The December birthstone has two stones – either would count. You don’t have to relate the birthstone to the actual month. How many can you guess?

What's the word for when your tummy rumbles or when you walk unsteadily?

I'm looking for the ten most populous urban areas that aren't the capital city of their country. Just post your guesses.

What is an aglet?

What is 'petrichor' ?

I’m looking for the ten countries that have the highest level of oil reserves. How many can you guess?

All you have to do in this one is to guess what it is that links the three things. If there should be more than one valid reason you have to get the one I had in mind. Just post your guesses.

To what does the word Glabella refer?

Today I'm looking for the 20 most-followed Twitter users. The list below shows what to expect - how many followers and singer/politician etc. Just post your guesses.

PS. I'm not expecting you to match your guess to any particular place in the list.


1. 202 m Billionaire

2. 132 m Politician

3. 113 m Athlete

4. 110 m Singer

5. 109 m Singer

6. 106 m Singer

7. 103 m Politician

8. 95.2 m Singer

9. 91.7 m Politician

10. 85.3 m Singer

11. 83.3 m Govt. agency

12. 83.0 m Singer

13. 79.8 m Website

14. 75. 3m Reality star

15. 73.9 m TV host

16. 68.6 m App

17. 65.9 m Actress / singer

18. 65.7 m Billionaire

19. 65.4 m Athlete

20. 64.9 m TV station

Had to follow up with this one. I’m looking for the twenty most popular girls’ names in the UK in 2023 (according to the BBC website). How many can you guess?

Oddly enough, the 20th name is again another example of one of which I can't personally recall anyone using.

I’m looking for the twenty most popular boys’ names in the UK in 2023 (according to the BBC website). How many can you guess?

I’m looking for the names of any world city which ranks higher than New York City in each of the following respects. How many cities there are to name is given in brackets. Just post your guesses.

1. Most populous urban area in the Americas (1)

2. Northernmost megacity with urban population > 10 million (4)

3. Most skyscrapers (1)

4. Oldest continuously-inhabited city in the 50 states of the U.S.(6)

5. Most airport passengers (counting all airports serving the city) (1)

6. City with the most valuable sports franchise (hint: the most valuable is an NFL team) (1)

7. Most populous city in the U.S. in 1776 (1)

8. Most metro rail stations (3)

9. Most populous urban area whose city centre is on an island (4)

10. Urban area with the most Jewish people (1)

11. Urban area with the earliest pizza restaurant (3)

12. Most populous urban area which was once a Dutch colony (1)

I'm looking for the names of the 10 longest-running West End musicals. How many can you name? Just post your guesses.

... in their younger days?

There are 11 elements whose presence in the human body is essential to life. How many can you name? Just post your guesses.

Twenty countries are considered to be the mostly "underpopulated" based on how many people they would have to add before their population density was the same as the global average? How many can you guess?

What is unusual about the Lake of Menteith in Stirling in Scotland?

Can you name the 20 countries of the world where the highest % of adults have a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater? Just post your guesses

For each adjective below can you name the animal type to which it relates? Just post your guesses.

1. Ursine

2. Ovine

3. Apian

4. Asinine

5. Corvine

6. Anserine

7. Simian

8. Taurine

9. Vulpine

10. Cygnine

11. Caprine

12. Murine

13. Vermian

14. Anguine

There are 14 capital cities of UN member states which have only 4 letters. How many can you name? Just post your guesses.

Your challenge is to identify the countries which rank higher than Japan in relation to the statements given. How many countries beat Japan in each case is indicated. How many of all of them can you guess?

1. Largest economy (PPP) - 3

2. Most earthquake deaths in the 21st century - 7

3. Lowest obesity rate - 6

4. Most populous island country - 1

5. Oldest average age - 1

6. Most people to run a marathon in less than 2:10 - 2

7. Highest number of active volcanoes - 2

8. Highest life expectancy - 2

9. Most tropical cyclones striking the country since 1970 - 4

10. Most restaurants with a Michelin star - 1

11. Lowest murder rate since 2000 - hint: the answer country didn't have any murders - 1

12. Most common destination for Chinese tourists (2023) - 1

13. Flag that is the highest percentage white - 2

14. Highest % of population living in an urban area of more than 1 million - 4

15. Number of "extra" women, defined as the female population minus the male population - 2

16. Highest current account balance (exports minus imports) - 2

There are 6 countries whose ordinary name is made up 50% of the same letter (a vowel in each case) – as in Banana for example. How many can you name?

Seventeen actors/actresses have achieved 8 or more Academy Award nominations for best or supporting actor/actress. How many can you name? Just post your guesses.

I’m looking for the 20 most common verbs in the English language (Based on the Corpus of Contemporary American English) – how many can you name?

- Modal verbs such as would, could, or shall are not included

- Conjugations such as swim, swam, and swum are grouped together

Twentyfour clues to the name of an island. How many can you name? Just post your guesses.

1.Largest island in the world (not counting Australia or Antarctica) - Greenland

2.Largest Caribbean island - Cuba

3.Largest island in the Mediterranean - Sicily

4.Most populous Caribbean island - Hispaniola

5.Smallest island nation - Nauru

6.Southernmost major island of the Caribbean - Trinidad

7.Island shared by the most countries (3) - Borneo

8.Largest island in Canada - Baffin Island

9.Largest island in the U.S. - Hawaii/The Big Island

10.Largest Balearic island - Mallorca

11.Largest Canary island - Tenerife

12.Largest island in Greece - Crete

13.Most populous island in the world -Java

14.Most populous island of Europe - Great Britain

15.Largest island in the Indian Ocean - Madagascar

16.Island that contains the most populous urban area

17.Largest volcanic island which was formed from volcanic activity - Iceland

18.Largest island of the Philippines - Luzon

19.Most populous island in the U.S.

20.Most populous island in French Polynesia

21.Largest island of China (not including Taiwan) - Hainan

22.Most densely populated island in the U.S. - Manhattan

23.Island with the highest mountain - New Guinea

24.Most populous island in a river

Among current world capitals, which are believed to have had a continuous urban settlement for the longest period of time? I'm looking for the 10 oldest cities. Below is a very rough indication of how far each of the 10 cities dates back. Just post your guesses.

before 1300 BC - Beirut

before 1300 BC - Damascus

before 1300 BC - Jerusalem

before 1300 BC - Athens

before 1000 BC - Ankara

1050 BC - Nocosia

1045 BC - Beijing

782 BC - Yerevan

753 BC - Rome

600s BC - Tripoli

Whose distorted face is this? Just post your guesses.

I’m looking for the names of the 10 countries that have the largest number of residents for whom Spanish is their Mother tongue. Below shows the rough percentage of the population and the rough number of speakers for each country. Just post your guesses.


94 123 m

99 52.4 m

13 45.4 m

99 45.3 m

81 38.8 m

87 29.8 m

98 27.9 m

99 19.6 m

93 16.9 m

98 11.2 m

I’m looking for the names of the 13 African nations which have ever reached the World Cup finals. Below you can see how many times each of the 13 has made it to the finals and the highest level they attained. Just post your guesses (BTW I'm not expecting you to have to link the country to its level of attainment 😎).


8 Quarterfinals - Cameroon

6 4th place - Morocco

6 Second round

6 Group stage - Tunisia

4 Quarterfinals - Ghana

4 Second round - Algeria

3 Quarterfinals - Senegal

3 Group stage - Ivory Coast

3 Group stage - Egypt

3 Group stage - South Africa

1 Group stage - Togo

1 Group stage - Dem Rep of the Congo/Zaire

1 Group stage - Angola

I'm looking for the names of the 25 most photographed cities in Europe, based on photos uploaded to Google Panoramio. Just post your guesses.

Each clue below is to the name of the movie whose last line is as shown together with the year of its release. How any can you get? Just post your guesses.

1. 2008
We will hunt him down because he can take it. Because he's not our hero.
He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A ____ ______.

2. 1995
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.

3. 1995
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
And like that, he's gone.

4. 1994
I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand.
I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

5. 1991
Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?

6. 1991
I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.

7. 1990
Kevin, what did you do to my room?

8. 1987
As you wish.

9. 1986
(After the credits) You're still here? It's over! Go home. Go!

10. 1985
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

11. 1985
But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain... and an athlete... and a
basket case... a princess... and a criminal. Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, ___ _______ ____.

12. 1979
The horror, the horror.

13. 1979
This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.

14. 1976
Yo, Adrian, we did it. We did it.

15. 1942
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

16. 1939
There's no place like home!

17. 1939
And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all... tomorrow is another day.

18. 1933
Oh, no! It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.

I’m looking for the names of the 20 US cities which received the most visitors/tourists in 2023.

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Here’s one to really test your knowledge of British geography. I’m looking for the names of the 15 largest islands in the British Isles (disregarding the islands of Great Britain and Ireland themselves). Also, for these purposes, the British Isles does NOT including the islands of the Channel Islands or of the Orkneys and Shetlands.

Each clue below lists three movies which all have a particular main actor in common. Can you guess the actor in each cae? They get more difficult towards the end. Just post your guesses.

1.Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Mission Impossible

2.Independence Day, Men in Black, King Richard

3.Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Battlefield Earth

4.Silver Linings Playbook, A Star Is Born (2018), The Hangover

5.Shakespeare in Love, Iron Man, Shallow Hal

6.Footloose, Apollo 13, A Few Good Men

7.Batman, Birdman, The Founder

8.Maid in Manhattan, The Wedding Planner, Gigli

9.Twilight, On the Road, Snow White and the Huntsman

10.Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry, P. S. I Love You

11.Jobs, The Butterfly Effect, Dude Where's My Car?

12.Boogie Nights, The Fighter, The Departed

13.The English Patient, The Menu, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

14.The Social Network, Zombieland, Now You See Me

15.300, Olympus Has Fallen, The Bounty Hunter

16.Big Momma's House, Bad Boys, House Party

17.Cool Runnings, Canadian Bacon, Brewster's Millions

18.Julie & Julia, Arrival, Trouble with the Curve

19.Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich

20.Madea Goes to Jail, Madea's Witness Protection, Alex Cross

I'm looking for the names of the 10 largest islands in the world (disregarding Australia as effectively being a continent).

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 3 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

I’m looking for the names of the 20 countries that sit atop the all-time medal table for the Summer Olympics (including 2024). NB: some of these countries no longer exist and Germany is combined with West Germany.

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

I'm looking for the names of the 10 longest rivers in the British Isles

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 3 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Twenty clues to the names of an island but which island?

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

1. Scottish Island where Goat Fell mountain is located

2. It split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago ...
over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth

3. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in its capital city

4. The role of the Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution

5. The world's second-largest island and the largest wholly or partly in the Southern Hemisphere

6. Home to about two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii

7. Officially the Republic of China

8. The least populated of the NYC boroughs

9. Connected to Saudi Arabia by the 25-kilometre (16 mi) King Fahd Causeway

10. Separated from the mainland by Victoria Harbour

11. Has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil

12. Still commonly known as Southern Philippines

13. They attributed the lack of large mammals such as bears, wolves, jackals, and
poisonous snakes, to the labour of Hercules (who took the live bull to the Peloponnese)

14. The historical centre of Japanese cultural and political power

15. The 1970s were marked by the Cod Wars—several disputes with the United Kingdom over the extension of its fishing limits

16. In - French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] ; Creole: Moris [moʁis]

17.Together with Aruba and Curaçao, it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands

18. The site of the city of ?????? it is located at the confluence of the
Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers

19. An increase in direct international flights to Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown has boosted the number of overseas tourists

20. Was the setting for the 1986 film The Karate Kid Part II, in which
Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) returns home

I'm looking for the names of the 10 largest types of bird by average adult weight. That is the type of bird not specific species - e.g. pigeon but not feral pigeon/crow but not carrion crow.

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 3 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Twenty clues to the name of a country in Asia - only one country fits each clue.

Just post your guesses - perhaps no more than 3 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

The only Asian country which:

1. starts with the letter Y

2. has the lowest lying national capital in the world (28m below sea level)

3. has a GDP over $20 trillion

4. was attacked with nuclear weapons

5. borders the Black and Mediterranean seas

6. has the same name as a U.S. state

7. has over 30 million people living on less than $2/day

8. is technically at war with its southern neighbour

9. ends in the letter Q

10. has land on the Equator

11. has a population that is 30% nomadic (or semi-nomadic)

12. has more than one skyscraper per ten square kilometres

13. has a capital whose name starts with H

14. has a capital city with an elevation over 2500 meters

15. borders the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf

16. was named for a Spanish king

17. lost its seat in the United Nations

18. was led by a one-eyed mullah

19. has Portuguese as an official language

20. had a lower population in 1980 than it did in 1975

I'm looking for the names of the 10 largest (by area) islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the Adriatic, Aegean etc).

Just post your guesses - Perhaps no more than 4 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Twenty clues to pairs of capital cities of sovereign countries that are the only ones to whom the clues apply.

Just post your guesses - you can have a guess at one city in a pair or both. Please make sure you give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Which are the only two capital cities which:

1. are mentioned in the Old Testament

2. are named for a U.S. president

3. are on the Pacific Coast of North or South America

4. start with S and are in South America

5. have a latitude above 60° N

6. had a population over 300,000 in the year 1500 AD

7. start with T and are in Europe

8, are on an island in the Mediterranean Sea

9. in the foothills of the Himalayas

10. are located on the Río de la Plata

11. are not within 2000 km of any other capital

12. are on the the same island as another national capital

13. are more than 400km away from an international border or the sea

14. end in "ville"

15. are below sea level

16. has five or fewer letters, two of which are O

17. are also a capital of the EU

18. end in the letters "est"

19. are on the Mekong River

20. border another capital city

I'm looking for the names of the smallest 20 countries WHICH have at least one land border with another country. Eighteen are UN member states and two not. Not including Palestine.

Just post your guesses - Perhaps no more than 5 guesses per post to begin with to give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎. After lunch, feel free to post as many times as you wish. Good luck.

Trying a different style with no PMs any more. Just post your guesses - Perhaps no more than 3 guesses per post and please give others a chance to get some guesses in 😎.

I'm looking for the names of the 10 cities which received the highest number of passengers from the London airports in 2023. Good luck.

House to rent just 5 minutes from the beach - even quicker if you fall 😎

... has topped the heritage chart for two weeks now at 85

https://www.heritagechart.co.uk/chart-archive?month=04-2024

Also he has featured in the charts every decade since the 50s as singer or songwriter

Twenty interesting facts – can you correctly complete them with the missing words?

REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow morning. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.


1. Earth has nearly 10 times the mass of ___

2. Parliament spent 700 hours debating whether to ban fox hunting, but only 7 hours debating whether to invade ____

3. Mongolia has more ______ than people

4. The Lake of Menteith is the only "lake" in Scotland. All the other lakes in Scotland are generally referred to as "____".

5. The world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall is _____ Falls in Venezuela

6. Nowhere in the nursery rhyme does it ever say that Humpty Dumpty was an ___

7. The name _____ saw a huge surge in popularity starting the in mid-1920s when
actor Frank Cooper changed his screen name to _____ Cooper in honour of his agent's home town of _____, Indiana

8. ______ is an archaic word that means guilty, the opposite of innocent

9. The world's oldest, tallest, and heaviest trees can all be found in the U.S. state of _________

10. In 1929, 78% of the world's _________ were located in the United States

11. The President of ________ of America is named Doug Bowser

12. Of all the legal tender coins made by the U.S. mint, every one is made mostly of ______ except the penny which is 97.5% zinc

13. The word _____ was invented in England as a shortening of "association football"

14. The tiny suburb of Medina, Washington has a population of 2,969 but was once home to the two richest people in the world: Jeff Bezos and ____ ____

15. In 1932, the government of _________ fought a war against emus but lost

16. In 2019, a Japanese restaurateur paid $3.1 million dollars for a single Pacific
______ _____, more than $5000 a pound

17. Ebola, SARS, Marburg virus, and possibly Covid-19 are all thought to have originally come from ______.

18. In 1969, the height of the "hippie" movement, only 4% of Americans had ever tried ________

19. An adult human's _____ accounts for 2% of body weight, but uses 20% of the
body's caloric budget

20. Moose are excellent swimmers who will sometimes dive to eat tasty vegetation under the surface of the water. Occasionally, they are eaten by ______ _______

21. The first ______ restaurant in the UK was opened 50 years before the first fish and chip shop.