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as always you can find the rules, prizes and (after we finish playing) the answer(s) and winner over on the corresponding #fridaygeotrivia blog post: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/geotrivia-september-2023

An early #fridaygeotrivia lead goes to @AtanasE who notes Bulgaria , Greece

Technically correct, but hard to see that lead holding up

Past #fridaygeotrivia winner @ccferrie goes for 5! Well done! (though we have to note, there are two Congos)

South Africa (12) Botswana (8) Namibia (7) Angola (6) Congo (5)

Brilliant use of tiny Chad by @ryankas to go for 6! #fridaygeotrivia

Democratic Republic of Congo Central african republic South Sudan Ethiopia Sudan Chad

And now the response by @ccferrie who puts up seven! Also ending at Chad

Very nice!

Democratic Republic of Congo (28) Central African Republic (24) Republic of Congo (17) Cameroon (8) Nigeria (7) Niger (5) Chad (4) #fridaygeotrivia

But @ryankas comes rightback with an alternate path to seven!

#fridaygeotrivia Democratic Republic of Congo Central african republic South Sudan Ethiopia Eritrea Sudan Chad

Oh! @matt_travis join the #fridaygeotrivia battle and goes achingly close to getting eight !

Democratic Republic of the Congo > Central African Republic > South Sudan > Ethiopia > Djibouti > Eritrea > Sudan > Chad

BUT ... Ethiopia and Djibouti are both 8 characters long. So cruel

Please note: we will accept abbreviations as the name if (and only if) they are in common everyday use. For example UAE (3) #fridaygeotrivia

5 more minutes to submit your #fridaygeotriva answers

Absolute #fridaygeotriva masterstroke by @SK53 to build on the work of @ccferrie and discover the elusive 8!

Kingdom of the Netherlands (26)
German Federal Republic (23)
Czech Republic (14)
Slovakia (8)
Ukraine (7)
Russia (6)
China (5)
Laos (4)

@opencage #fridaygeotrivia does kingdom of the netherlands have an emoji flag? hmmm.