I didn't think it was too bad for a serial JetPunker. The only ones I seriously struggled with were Kuwait and Panama, and the former made sense once I figured it out while the latter I could just get by guessing.
The Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is the world's tallest unclimbed mountain just because it is illegal. Bhutanese priests do not allow anyone to climb it as they believe it is sacred. However, the tallest unclimbed mountain on which climbing IS legal is actually in my country, Pakistan. The "Muchu Chhish" in Western Karakoram range of Batura is the highest unclimbed mountain actually, as it is fully legal to do it, as compared to Gnagkhar Puensum.
Only scored 8 points, but in my defense my son phoned me just as I began and I was trying to think and talk at the same time - I'm sure I would have scored at least one more if I'd had my full wits about me. :)
The Soviet Union struggled during the winter of 1939-40 against Finland but did overwhelm the Finnish forces in March 1940, imposing teh Soviet-Finnish Peace Treaty on 12 March 1940.
Finland successfully resisted in that they were not conquered. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were not so lucky and suffered under brutal Soviet rule for the next 50 years.
Good grief, spend two minutes researching Soviet occupation of the Baltic states and try to understand how being "the richest states in the Soviet Union" is maybe slightly overshadowed by illegal occupation, deportations, killings, property seizures, cultural and linguistic suppression, etc.
Tanzania was the country took once Zanzibar (the "zan") joined Tanganyika (the "Tan"). As such, Tanzania isn't the same as Tanganyika.
As an aside, Id always thought that Tanganyika was the name for the land from Tanga in the northeast to the Nyika Plateau to the southwest of the country, in Malawi. That appears to be just a coincidence.
Why does the clue for Panama specify "American country" and then the clue for Guyana is "South America" ...at the very least be consistent. It really should just be North/South America or "The Americas" in my opinion
In Portuguese it would be "Serra Leoa".
As an aside, Id always thought that Tanganyika was the name for the land from Tanga in the northeast to the Nyika Plateau to the southwest of the country, in Malawi. That appears to be just a coincidence.