Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Procrastinator35]

Sokovia you pleb.

A Russian tennis player to be sure.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

You forgot Ireland, Portugal, South Korea and East Timor. Maybe some others I'm forgetting too, a few countries have only one land border with one country.

More referring to countries that are completely surrounded by one country rather than just sharing a north/south east/west land border.

 

[GeelongFTW]

Sokovia you pleb.

In my defence Ive been up since 5am checking out the Destiny 2 reveal.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Forward Press Just on your post, the other countries with just one land border:

PNG
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Denmark
Canada
UK (depends if you count some of their overseas territories such as Gibraltar)

Singapore and Bahrain are connected to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia respectively by a bridge.

 

[GreyCrow]

Forward Press Just on your post, the other countries with just one land border:

PNG
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Denmark
Canada
UK (depends if you count some of their overseas territories such as Gibraltar)

Singapore and Bahrain are connected to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia respectively by a bridge.

Doesn't Canada technically have 2 land borders?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Doesn't Canada technically have 2 land borders?

Yes but it still only borders one country which is what I really meant.

 

[akkaps]

You forgot Ireland, Portugal, South Korea and East Timor. Maybe some others I'm forgetting too, a few countries have only one land border with one country.

PNG, Canada, Dominican Republic and Haiti, Denmark, Qatar.

 

[akkaps]

Forward Press Just on your post, the other countries with just one land border:

PNG
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Denmark
Canada
UK (depends if you count some of their overseas territories such as Gibraltar)

Singapore and Bahrain are connected to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia respectively by a bridge.

Argh. Forgot the check the next page. But I got them all.

 

[akkaps]

i didn't even know sovokia was even a country until avengers 2.

Please don't tell me you think Equatorial Kundu and Qumar are countries.

 

[ioppolo]

You forgot Ireland, Portugal, South Korea and East Timor. Maybe some others I'm forgetting too, a few countries have only one land border with one country.

He means completely landlocked by another country, no ocean or water borders to speak of.

 

[Forward Press]

He means completely landlocked by another country, no ocean or water borders to speak of.

Gambia, Brunei and Monaco have maritime borders.

 

[akkaps]

Could you also count Cuba as having a one country border, due to Guantanamo Bay being American?

 

[ioppolo]

Could you also count Cuba as having a one country border, due to Guantanamo Bay being American?

Cyprus would be another contender since the British have military bases on the island.

 

[Forward Press]

Could you also count Cuba as having a one country border, due to Guantanamo Bay being American?

Technically Cuban soil, the Americans are just renting it.

 

[Forward Press]

Cyprus would be another contender since the British have military bases on the island.

Different from Guantanamo, their bases are considered British Overseas Territories and thus British soil.

 

[akkaps]

Cyprus would be another contender since the British have military bases on the island.

But then what would you call the UN buffer zone? And do you recognize Northern Cyprus and a country?

 

[Forward Press]

But then what would you call the UN buffer zone? And do you recognize Northern Cyprus and a country?

The buffer zone is still Cypriot territory, just that it has UN troops there enforcing it.

Northern Cyprus is only recognised by Turkey. It's not considered a separate sovereign nation by other countries.

 

[akkaps]

Northern Cyprus is only recognised by Turkey. It's not considered a separate sovereign nation by other countries.

I understand this, but it's a contributing factor into how many borders Cyprus has.

 

[Resistor]

Forward Press Just on your post, the other countries with just one land border:

PNG
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Denmark
Canada
UK (depends if you count some of their overseas territories such as Gibraltar)

Singapore and Bahrain are connected to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia respectively by a bridge.

South Korea
Portugal

 

[akkaps]

South Korea
Portugal

Already mentioned:

You forgot Ireland, Portugal, South Korea and East Timor. Maybe some others I'm forgetting too, a few countries have only one land border with one country.

 

[Resistor]

Already mentioned:

didn't see that post obviously

 

[Gough]

South Korea
Portugal

Hutt River Province.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The highest point of the Maldives is 2.4m meaning that they are the flattest country in the world with much of the country elevated at sea level. This is their capital Male (pronounced Mah-lay)

So it's perfectly understandable why they would be concerned about the rising sea levels.

 

[ioppolo]

But then what would you call the UN buffer zone? And do you recognize Northern Cyprus and a country?

I ain't recognizing that shit.

 

[adammania9]

Baarle-Nassau and Baarle Hertog - BN is a part of Belgium that is situated inside BH in the The Netherlands. It's one town that is in town countries. House numbers are determined by what side the border your house door in. And there are cafes that in both countries.

And on that, there was an unfortunate situation once upon a time before the started marking the countries borders right through the down for a Dutch man living in Baarle-Nassau who found out when they marked the lines that all this time, he was actually living in Belgium, in Baarle-Hertog. His house crossed straight through the border between the two countries but his front door and letter box were positioned in Belgium, so that defined the country he lived in. So instead of changing which countries he paid his taxes to, and which electric companies he paid and all that, he just decided to move his front door. Genius.