Weekly Puzzles #3 - Countries Edition
Last updated: Thursday February 18th, 2021
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RULES
There are three puzzles, each sets of seven clues. On the first day, I'll release one clue for each puzzle. The three puzzles range from easy to hard and you have to find the thing that connects the clues. If you think that you know the answer, put it in the comments and I'll tell you if you're right. If you want to figure the puzzles out yourself, don't open the comments. This is for fun. Clues will be added around 5:00 PM UTC/12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM Pacific daily. You can guess once after each clue is added and all guesses after that will be ignored.
EASY
Ukraine
Nigeria
Kyrgyzstan
Honduras
Indonesia
Qatar
Pakistan
MEDIUM
HARD
Ecuador
Russia
Indonesia
Colombia
United States
Japan
Chile
Last week's puzzles (and answers)
Congrats to ProximaCentauri for solving last week's first puzzle and rg1227 for solving last week's second puzzle! Thank you to everyone who tried last week's puzzles!
1. countries with two colors on their flags
2. countries where the capital is not the largest city
Malta - Birkirkara (~22,000) and Valletta (~6,000), Tanzania - Dar es Salaam (~2,698,000) and Dodoma (~180,000), United Arab Emirates - Dubai (~1,137,000) and Abu Dhabi (~603,000), Australia - (~4,627,000) and Canberra (~368,000), China - Shanghai (~22,315,000) and Beijing (~11,717,000), Turkey - Istanbul (~14,804,000) and Ankara (~3,517,000), Brazil - São Paulo (~10,021,000) and Brasilia (~2,208,000)
3. countries on the Ring of Fire
2. Country flags with an emblem
3. Names similar to words
british colonies
ends with r
(Malta-British Empire
Ecuador- Spanish Empire
Ukraine- Russian Empire)
And I know that is not correct.
But I'm just saying.
2. Rhymes with a overseas territory Malta= Gibraltar
3. Eastern hemisphere
Medium: European country without Indo-European language?
Hard: Annexed a territory?
Isnt now 5:24 UTC and you should add clues on 5:00 UTC
2. Countries with Capitals on the Coast
3. Both countries top exports are Crude Petroleum
1) 7-letter countries
2) Countries whose capital is not its largest city
3) Seems daft, but has had a leader whose name contains "Lenin"
(Not too sure about the last one)
Medium: British Colonies?
Hard: Oil Countries?
3) Have exclaves (Galapagos, Kaliningrad)?
Hard: Former Communist Countries
(Not sure about first one)
Eg UKraine NIGERia
2. Capitals end in A
ValettA dodomA
3. Border C countries
Russia borders China
Ecuador borders Colombia
Hard: Has a chain of islands?
Medium: Has black on their flag
Hard: Was part of a bigger country (Gran Colombia, USSR)
Hard: Have red in their flags
Hard: Have a city which is a city in another country as well.
Ecuador:
- Ecuador = South America
- Galapagos Islands = Oceania (possibly)
Russia:
- Russia = Europe
- Siberia = Asia
Indonesia:
- Indonesia = Asia
- Papua = Oceania
Colombia-Ecuadir
Russia- Netherlands
Indonesia- Poland or Monaco
Ecuador-Colombia
3. It spells eric
Colombia= Beer
Russia= Rush
Indonesia= In
Ecuador= Door
United States= Unite
Medium - Countries with "A'" in their name?
Hard - Countries with overseas territories in Pacific Ocean/Oceania?