6/ After taking a break for a few months, former champ...

6/ After taking a break for a few months, former champ @ccferrie is back with a vengeance, throwing down a chain of 10!

Bratislava 🇸🇰 Budapest 🇭🇺 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Chisinau 🇲🇩 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Minsk 🇧🇾 Moscow 🇷🇺 Riga 🇱🇻 Vilnius 🇱🇹 Warsaw 🇵🇱

EDIT: unfortunately we got too excited here. Budapest does not come before Bucharest. Sorry. But @ccferrie then also submitted this chain of 9: Belgrade 🇷🇸 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Chisinau 🇲🇩 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Minsk 🇧🇾 Moscow 🇷🇺 Riga 🇱🇻 Vilnius 🇱🇹 Warsaw 🇵🇱

#fridaygeotrivia

Like 31 May at 15:24 | Open on en.osm.town

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OpenCage 👉🌍

7/ Was @ccferrie taking a break the last few months? OR WAS HE PRACTICING ALONE IN A REMOTE CABIN?

Behold, his chain of 11!

Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Juba 🇸🇸 Kampala 🇺🇬 Kigali 🇷🇼 Kinshasa 🇨🇩 Luanda 🇦🇴 Lusaka 🇿🇲 Maputo 🇲🇿 Mbabane 🇸🇿 Pretoria 🇿🇦 Windhoek 🇳🇦

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:30 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍

8/ some good efforts to go Latin American

@arferrand discovers 🇧🇿 Belmopan - 🇬🇹 Guatemala City - 🇸🇻 San Salvador - 🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa

while @njwatt finds Asuncion 🇵🇾 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 La Paz 🇧🇴 Lima 🇵🇪 Quito 🇪🇨

nice, but just not long enough. Keep searching!

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:32 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍

9/ @Jann finds a new variant of the African chain, also for 11

Bangui 🇨🇫 – Juba 🇸🇸 – Kampala 🇺🇬 – Kigali 🇷🇼 – Kinshasa 🇨🇩 – Luanda 🇦🇴 – Lusaka 🇿🇲 – Maputo 🇲🇿 – Mbabane 🇸🇿 – Pretoria 🇿🇦 – Windhoek 🇳🇦

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:34 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍

10/ nice little run through the 'stans by @njwatt to find a chain of 8. But that's just not enough, current lead is 11.

Ashgabat 🇹🇲Astana 🇰🇿 Beijing 🇨🇳 Bishkek 🇰🇬 Dushanbe 🇹🇯 Kabul 🇦🇫 Tehran 🇮🇷 Yerevan 🇦🇲

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:37 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍

11/ This is an interesting one by @ccferrie

Asuncion 🇵🇾 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Caracas 🇻🇪 Georgetown 🇬🇾 Paramaribo 🇸🇷

But wait ... is there more here? Who sees it?

EDIT: this chain of course has an error Buenos Aires does not come before Brasilia. We got too excited in the heat of the moment.

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:40 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

12/ yes, @Jann picks up the chain

Asuncion 🇵🇾 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Caracas 🇻🇪 Georgetown 🇬🇾 Paramaribo 🇸🇷 Paris 🇫🇷 Rome 🇮🇹 Vatican 🇻🇦 (or Vienna 🇦🇹 or San Marino🇸🇲)

Still it's only a chain of 9. The record of 11 still stands

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:46 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

13/ Well done to late-arriving, former champ @ryankas who finds a way to direct it to Africa

Asuncion 🇵🇾 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Caracas 🇻🇪 Georgetown 🇬🇾 Paramaribo 🇸🇷 Paris 🇫🇷 Madrid 🇪🇸 Rabat 🇲🇦

EDIT - this is of course wrong Madrid does not come before Paris. SORRY! Got too excited by making it to Africa.

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:49 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

14/ ⏱️ 10 more minutes to play. Who can find a chain longer than 11?

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 15:53 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

15/ just for the record @cyclotopie corrects us on the South America to Europe path. This one is actually in alpha order 👏👏👏

Bogota 🇨🇴 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Caracas 🇻🇪 Georgetown 🇬🇾 Paramaribo 🇸🇷 Paris 🇫🇷 Rome 🇮🇹 San Marino 🇸🇲

#fridaygeotrivia

31 May at 16:04 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

16/ Wow, in the final minutes @ccferrie comes up with another chain of 11

Bujumbara 🇧🇮 Dodoma 🇹🇿 Kampala 🇺🇬 Kigali 🇷🇼 Kinshasa 🇨🇩 Luanda 🇦🇴 Lusaka 🇿🇲 Maputo 🇲🇿 Mbabane 🇸🇿 Pretoria 🇿🇦 Windhoek 🇳🇦
#fridaygeotrivia

That could well be the game. We are now late in extra time ⏱️

31 May at 16:07 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

17/ 🏁🏁🏁 that's it, game over!

Thanks to all of you who played, that was intense.

The May 2024 #fridaygeotrivia emoji trophy 🏆 goes to ...

@ccferrie for discovering two chains of 11
Second place 🥈 to @Jann who also found a chain of 11.

Final answers will be up on the blog shortly.

31 May at 16:15 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

18/ The #fridaygeotrivia answers are now up on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/geotrivia-may-2024

where you can also find all the past questions in case you want to quiz yourself
https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/fridaygeotrivia

Enjoy the weekend everyone and see you next month on June 28th 🗓️

31 May at 16:42 | Open on en.osm.town