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Farflung answers for October 18, 2026: #14

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Prompt 1

Pin a country whose film industry has a one-word nickname ending in -wood

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36 countries are accepted. A -wood name for a city's, a studio's or one language's films counts: Bollywood is Hindi cinema. Turkish Hollywood is two words, and Egypt's Hollywood on the Nile doesn't end in -wood. Peru counts for Chollywood, a name for its cinema that today is used most for its TV and celebrities, and the Netherlands for Hillywood, Hilversum’s studios, a name Rwanda’s films share.
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The answers most players pin (only 40–55 km): India and United States. Skip these if you want distance.
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Today's gem is in Africa.
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Rwanda

Farflung (gems and top rarity) (100 km, 13 answers): Afghanistan, Cyprus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Zimbabwe

Elusive (85 km, 13 answers): Ghana, Kenya, Russia, Uganda, Australia, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Cameroon, Germany, Morocco, Sweden, France

Rare (70 km, 8 answers): Nigeria, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh, China, United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea

Uncommon (55 km): United States

Common (40 km): India

Rwanda is the land of a thousand hills, so its film festival and film scene became Hillywood. Rwanda: Its film festival, also called Hillywood, began in 2005 with inflatable screens.

Prompt 2

Pin a country where the Vikings built a settlement

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18 countries are accepted. Their homelands count, and Greenland and the Faroe Islands are Denmark. The Normans of Sicily came later, so Italy does not. Portugal counts for the Azores, where lake mud records settlers and their livestock from about 700, most likely Norse.
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The answers most players pin (only 40–55 km): Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Skip these if you want distance.
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Today's gem is in Europe.
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Germany

Farflung (gems and top rarity) (100 km): Germany

Elusive (85 km, 7 answers): Ukraine, Netherlands, Poland, Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Portugal

Rare (70 km, 7 answers): United Kingdom, Iceland, Ireland, France, Russia, Canada, Turkey

Uncommon (55 km, 2 answers): Denmark, Sweden

Common (40 km): Norway

Hedeby, one of the great Viking trading towns, lay in Danish Schleswig, which Denmark lost in 1864. Germany: Hedeby, near Schleswig, was a great Danish trading town of the Viking Age.

Prompt 3

Pin a country where snow leopards live in the wild

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12 countries are accepted. Twelve countries share the snow leopard’s mountains. Myanmar’s far north looks right for them, but none has been confirmed there.
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The answers most players pin (only 40–55 km): Nepal, India and China. Skip these if you want distance.
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Today's gem is in Asia.
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Uzbekistan

Farflung (gems and top rarity) (100 km): Uzbekistan

Elusive (85 km, 5 answers): Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

Rare (70 km, 3 answers): Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan

Uncommon (55 km, 2 answers): India, China

Common (40 km): Nepal

Uzbekistan is mostly desert, but the mountains on its borders with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan hold about a hundred snow leopards. Uzbekistan: Its first photographs of a wild snow leopard were taken in 2013.

Prompt 4

Pin a country that runs a research station in Antarctica

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32 countries are accepted. Summer-only stations count, and so do Turkey’s camp and the Dutch lab at Britain’s Rothera. Romania’s lease of Law Base ended in 2015, and Pakistan’s station has stood unused since the 1990s. The United Arab Emirates counts for its laboratory at Bulgaria’s base on Livingston Island, opened in February 2026.
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The answers most players pin (only 40–55 km): United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Skip these if you want distance.
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Today's gem is in Europe.
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Ukraine

Farflung (gems and top rarity) (100 km, 4 answers): Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czechia, Belarus

Elusive (85 km, 15 answers): South Africa, Brazil, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador

Rare (70 km, 10 answers): Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Norway, China, France, Germany, Japan, India

Uncommon (55 km, 2 answers): Russia, United Kingdom

Common (40 km): United States

Russia kept every Soviet station, so Ukraine had none until Britain handed it one. Ukraine: Britain transferred Faraday station to it free of charge in 1996.

Prompt 5

Pin a country with a Paris Baguette bakery today

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14 countries are accepted. A Korean chain, whatever its name says, and Paris has its own shops too. Thailand and Brunei were announced, but no shop there has been found open.
Hint 2 Tap to reveal
The answers most players pin (only 40–55 km): France, South Korea and United States. Skip these if you want distance.
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Today's gem is in Asia.
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Mongolia

Farflung (gems and top rarity) (100 km, 3 answers): Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia

Elusive (85 km, 3 answers): Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia

Rare (70 km, 5 answers): Canada, China, United Kingdom, Singapore, Vietnam

Uncommon (55 km, 2 answers): South Korea, United States

Common (40 km): France

It reached Ulaanbaatar in 2025, through a deal its Chinese arm made with a Mongolian firm. Mongolia: The first, in Zaisan in south Ulaanbaatar, seats 90.

Every answer for #14

All Farflung #14 answers in one table Spoiler
PromptClueGemsAlso good
1Pin a country whose film industry has a one-word nickname ending in -woodRwandaGhana, Kenya, Russia, Uganda
2Pin a country where the Vikings built a settlementGermanyUkraine, Netherlands, Poland, Belarus
3Pin a country where snow leopards live in the wildUzbekistanBhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan
4Pin a country that runs a research station in AntarcticaUkraineSouth Africa, Brazil, Italy, South Korea
5Pin a country with a Paris Baguette bakery todayMongoliaIndonesia, Philippines, Malaysia

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