Welcome to the May 2025 edition of #fridaygeotrivia, our social media geotrivia contest. Normally we play on the final Friday of every month, but due to some unavoidable travel we will push back by a week. The May 2025 edition will be played on Friday, 6th of June, 2025, at 17:00 Berlin time, 4pm London time, 11AM New York time.
See how to play below.
The May 2025 geotrivia question:
It is said all roads lead to Rome. But what is the longest road in terms of most countries crossed, while still taking a direct route?
For example: Slovenia 🇸🇮 - Italy 🇮🇹 - Vatican 🇻🇦 is a chain of 3.
Slovenia 🇸🇮 - Austria 🇦🇹 - Italy 🇮🇹 - Vatican 🇻🇦 is not allowed because there is a shorter path.
Each country in the chain must share a land border with the next country.
As always:
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Only one answer per toot
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You must include the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia and the emoji flag of the country
Prizes
#fridaygeotrivia is a game with two prizes:
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the sheer joy of geographic knowledge and pedantry.
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the bragging rights of getting the answer first.
The #fridaygeotrivia Mastodon thread:
The winner
In the end it was a three way tie between Ryan, SK53 Patrick Dersjant RCX
This month’s geotrivia answer:
- Lesotho - South Africa - Zimbabwe - Zambia - DRC - CAR - Chad - Niger - Algeria - Morocco - Spain - France - Italy - Vatican
- Greenland - Canada - US - Mexico - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Brazil - France - Italy - Vatican </lu> </div> ### How to play ### Anyone can join in, you just need a Mastodon account. * Follow us on Mastodon, our account is [@opencage@en.osm.town](https://en.osm.town/@opencage) * When the game starts we will post the question here on the blog and on Mastodon, and will embed the Mastodon question here. We highly recommend using a mastodon client you feel comfortable with. We've made the switch to [the Elk client](https://elk.zone) and are loving it, but use whatever works for you. * Reply to the question thread on Mastodon (it will be embedded above) using the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia in your answer. * Only one answer per response (don't stuff multiple answers into a single reply). * Our definition of "country" is usually (it depends on the question) any place with an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. Read more [background about ISO and country codes in our guide](https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-determine-the-iso-codes-for-a-location). * To get full points for an answer it is good form not just to name the relevant country but (if possible) to include the emoji flags of the country. * While you can use a map, please **do NOT use the internet to just search for an answer**. That is cheating and will lead to seriously bad geokarma. Some people have complained that the format is a bit chaotic and hard to follow. **Yes. The mad chaos is part of the fun. Embrace it. The goal is just to have fun and learn. We win by playing** Thanks for playing, [Ed](https://mastodon.social/@freyfogle)