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First #fridaygeotrivia points of the game go to @ryankas for Vatican City - Rome Italy

Next to score is #fridaygeotrivia newcomer @seav with Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo — Kinshasa, DRC

Wow, an immediate response from @ryankas with Jerusalem, Israel - Amman, Jordan

Staying in the region, @ferki discovers Damascus, Syria – Beirut, Lebanon

It was only a matter of time. Many-time #fridaygeotrivia winner @ccferrie picks up Pristina, Kosovo — Skopje, North Macedonia barely beating out @seav

Ruling: @ryankas tries Helsinki, Finland - Tallinn, Estonia but we can't give the point as it requires a multi-hour ferry and thus doesn't pass the by land test

Point! to @ccferrie for the clever Jerusalem, Israel - Jerusalem, Palestine

Half point to @MichelvanBaal for Nicosia, Cyprus and North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus (which has no ISO code, and thus no emoji flag)

Brilliant. @ryankas takes the lead by using @ccferrie's own cleverness against him and discovering Jerusalem, Palestine Ammon, Jorden

Anyone with any new answers? Otherwise we will call it in 5 minutes.

In a final #fridaygeotrivia throw of the dice @ccferrie tries Chisinau, Moldova - Tiraspol, Transnistria.

We can give only a half point as Transnistria does not have an ISO code

ok, the September 2024 edition of #fridaygeotrivia is over!

The coveted emoji trophy goes to ...

@ryankas

2nd place to @ccferrie

Thanks everyone for playing, see you next month!

Update: a late entry by @ryankas who writes

"Zagreb Croatia, Lubjania, Slovenia. - while the city centers are 118 km apart, it looks like you can find points within the city limits of each that are less than 100 km apart - e.g. city borders <100km"

We will count it, thus cementing the victory

@seav yes!

@ryankas Wut? stop with the nonsense. must be DIFFERENT countries

@ryankas No, must be different countries

@ryankas yes! but already discovered

@opencage #fridaygeotrivia Helsinki Finland, Tallinn, Estonia

@opencage or doesn't pass the by land test?

@tml yes! but already discovered

@MichelvanBaal We will give a half point - our definition of country is it must have an ISO code, and Northern Cyprus does not.

@opencage @MichelvanBaal Strongly disagree. That would exclude e.g. Tibet. In this case that would not matter as Lhasa is >100km fomr the border, but as a matter of principle.

@alzimon @MichelvanBaal Correct, we exclude Tibet. Not a country as no ISO code (we do make an exception for Kosovo though, which also does not have an ISO code).

See the "How to play" section with the rules:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/geotrivia-september-2024

@tml No, must be different countries

@opencage @tml Some wish they were .

@tml No Ramallah is "just" admin center, not capital

@ryankas @tml No, Ramallah isjust admin center, not capital

@ryankas @tml stop trying to make Ramallah happen, it is not the capital

@opencage challenging this rule should give a wealth of new options

@MichelvanBaal very clever, you get a point, but we immediately deduct 0.9 points for lawyering.

@opencage

@MichelvanBaal Also, wrong emoji for Vietnam, if you are claiming Saigon as capital.

We thus have to revoke the remaining 0.1 point. #sorrynotsorry

@opencage I’ll meet you next week for a rematch!

@MichelvanBaal next month. We only play once per month. You can quiz yourself on past questions: https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/fridaygeotrivia