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🚨 The April 24 #fridaygeotrivia game begins 🚨

Today we consider country calling codes - the phone number prefixes used to route calls to different countries. For example +49 for DE 🇩🇪, +61 for AU 🇦🇺, etc.

What is the longest chain of countries such that each successive country/territory in the chain shares a land border with and has a calling code greater than the previous one?

Example chain: FR 🇫🇷 (+33) - ES 🇪🇸 (+34) - PT 🇵🇹 (+351)

You may use maps of calling codes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_

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26 April at 15:01 | Open on en.osm.town
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OpenCage 👉🌍

2/ as always full details and rules on the blog:

blog.opencagedata.com/post/geo

Main rules:
1. Only one answer per toot

2. You must include the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia and the emoji flag of the countries

26 April at 15:02 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

3/ Calling codes are of course one of the many "annotations" we return with our geocoding results. Here's an example for a query in Germany 🇩🇪

opencagedata.com/api#callingco

#fridaygeotrivia
26 April at 15:04 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

4/ Hmm, not really a flood of answer pouring in.

People - the coveted #fridaygeotrivia emoji trophy 🏆 is there for the taking. Surely one of you wants to seize it.
26 April at 15:16 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

5/ Lots of people claim to be working behind the scenes but @_nd_ takes the early #fridaygeotrivia lead with 9

NL 🇳🇱(+31) - BE 🇧🇪 (+32) - FR 🇫🇷 (+33) - IT 🇮🇹(+39) - CH 🇨🇭(+41) - AT 🇦🇹 (+43) - DE 🇩🇪 (+49) - CZ 🇨🇿 (+420) - SK 🇸🇰 (+421)

👏👏👏👏

26 April at 15:27 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

6/ well done by @amcooper to tie things up with a Central American route

🇺🇸 1 - 🇲🇽52 - 🇧🇿501- 🇬🇹502 - 🇸🇻503 - 🇭🇳504 - 🇳🇮505 - 🇨🇷506 - 🇵🇦507

#fridaygeotrivia

26 April at 15:30 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

7/ we have a new #fridaygeotrivia leader! Congrats to @thomas for this monster run

MA 🇲🇱 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - ZM 🇿🇲 (260) - ZW 🇿🇼 (263) - BW 🇧🇼 (267)

26 April at 15:34 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

8/ In fairness @ryankas very nearly had the same route a few minutes before but fumbled ISO code and flag emoji at the Libya 🇱🇾 / Niger 🇳🇪 border (a classic Niger 🇳🇪 / Nigeria 🇳🇬 mixup)

#fridaygeotrivia can be so cruel sometimes

mstdn.plus/@ryankas/1123382071

26 April at 15:36 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

9/ Wow! @thomas extends it to 25 by using the Spanish 🇪🇸 territories bordering Morocco 🇲🇦. Well played! #fridaygeotrivia

NL 🇳🇱 (31) - BE 🇧🇪 (32) - FR 🇫🇷 (33) - ES 🇪🇸 (34) - MA 🇲🇦 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - ZM 🇿🇲 (260) - ZW 🇿🇼 (263) - BW 🇧🇼 (267)

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9/ Wow! @thomas extends it to 25 by using the Spanish 🇪🇸 territories bordering Morocco 🇲🇦. Well played! #fridaygeotrivia

NL 🇳🇱 (31) - BE 🇧🇪 (32) - FR 🇫🇷 (33) - ES 🇪🇸 (34) - MA 🇲🇦 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - ZM 🇿🇲 (260) - ZW 🇿🇼 (263) - BW 🇧🇼 (267)

26 April at 15:40 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

10/ ⌛ 15 more minutes of game time.

Who can discover a longer route? #fridaygeotrivia

26 April at 15:45 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

11/ current #fridaygeotrivia lead is 26 by @thomas with five minutes to play. Can anyone challenge that?

NL 🇳🇱 (31) - BE 🇧🇪 (32) - FR 🇫🇷 (33) - ES 🇪🇸 (34) - MA 🇲🇦 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - MR 🇲🇷 (222) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - ZM 🇿🇲 (260) - ZW 🇿🇼 (263) - BW 🇧🇼 (267)

26 April at 15:55 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

12/ 🏁🏁🏁 that's it! Time is up.

The April 2024 #fridaygeotrivia emoji trophy 🏆 goes to @thomas

Well played everyone, this was not an easy one

👏👏👏👏

26 April at 16:07 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

13/ Wait! After the game @AlisonW correctly noted the chain could be extended. Sharp eyes! 👓

Final winning chain is 27 long

NL 🇳🇱 (31) - BE 🇧🇪 (32) - FR 🇫🇷 (33) - ES 🇪🇸 (34) - MA 🇲🇦 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - MR 🇲🇷 (222) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - MZ 🇲🇿 (258) - ZM 🇿🇲 (260) - ZW 🇿🇼 (263) - BW 🇧🇼 (267)

#fridaygeotrivia

13/ Wait! After the game @AlisonW correctly noted the chain could be extended. Sharp eyes! 👓

Final winning chain is 27 long

NL 🇳🇱 (31) - BE 🇧🇪 (32) - FR 🇫🇷 (33) - ES 🇪🇸 (34) - MA 🇲🇦 (212) - DZ 🇩🇿 (213) - MR 🇲🇷 (222) - ML 🇲🇱 (223) - GN 🇬🇳 (224) - CI 🇨🇮 (225) - BF 🇧🇫 (226) - TG 🇹🇬 (228) - BJ 🇧🇯 (229) - NG 🇳🇬 (234) - TD 🇹🇩 (235) - CF 🇨🇫 (236) - CM 🇨🇲 (237) - GQ 🇬🇶 (240) - GA 🇬🇦 (241) - CG 🇨🇬 (242) - CD 🇨🇩 (243) - RW 🇷🇼 (250) - TZ 🇹🇿 (255) - MZ 🇲🇿 (258)...

26 April at 16:10 | Open on en.osm.town
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