The Revived GeoStumper #1

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Puzzle 1 of 3 (Easy): Find the Odd One Out (History related...)

Is it Slovakia?
Hungary?
Thailand?
Or the Netherlands?

Puzzle 2 of 3 (Medium): Hidden Places

For ten centuries a moat was in place near the castle wall. It was a large arc, had it not been destroyed in the great western eruption. Now, a solo man wants to rebuild it.

The End.

Find the three hidden country names.

Puzzle 3 of 3 (Hard): Country Ranking Math (Addition this time)

Directions: Figure out what the two countries rank in the given category, then solve the math problem. There are 3 problems in each category. Answer with a number.

Population

Area

According to this link.

According to this link.

Vatican City + Russia = ?

Germany + France = ?

Malawi + Dominica = ?

Denmark proper + Philippines = ?

New Zealand + Ethiopia = ?

Marshall Islands + Liechtenstein = ?

Winners

  • Puzzle 1: Baxtergrad! Congrats!
  • Puzzle 2: thegoatisgoaty! Congrats!
  • Puzzle 3 Part 1: thegoatisgoaty! Congrats!
  • Puzzle 3 Part 2: thegoatisgoaty! Congrats!

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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
Now taking answers!
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Level 71
Jan 20, 2022
Puzzle 1 answer: Hungary

Puzzle 2 answers: Samoa, Oman, Chad

Puzzle 3 answers: VC + Russia = 204, Germany + France = 39, Malawi + Dominica = 249

Puzzle 3 answers part two: Denmark + Philippines = 202, Ethiopia + NZ = 101, Marshall Islands + Liechtenstein = 379

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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
Puzzle 1: No...

Puzzle 2: Yup!

Puzzle 3, Part 1: Are you sure you didn't use the links....

Puzzle 3, Part 2: Are you really really sure........

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Level 68
Jan 20, 2022
Q1 is very ambiguous. It could be Hungary, the only one without blue on the flag. It could be Thailand, the only one outside of Europe. It could be Slovakia, the only one with an emblem on their flag. It could be Netherlands, the only one where it's capital isn't the largest city.
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Level 43
Jan 20, 2022
Amsterdam is the most populated though. Do you mean The Hague as capital?
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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
Yeah though, the Netherlands has two capitals...
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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
Criteria fixed!
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Level 73
Jan 20, 2022
Puzzle 1: History related, so I am guessing Thailand because it's the only one I know which was never united with any of its neighbours unlike Slovakia (Czechoslovakia), Hungary (Austria-Hungary) and the Netherlands (United Kingdom of the Netherlands).
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Level 65
Jan 20, 2022
Netherlands never had a union with any of them, the Benelux union with Belgium and Luxembourg is just a concept. They used to own Belgium but that's not really a union.
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Level 73
Jan 20, 2022
Well, okay, I'll tweak my answer a little bit.

Thailand because it is the only country of them all to never have been united with or a part of another country.

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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
No...
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Level 65
Jan 20, 2022
Khmer Empire? It's hard to say a country has never been part of another since there is probably some kingdom from another place that owned it once.
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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
No...
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Level 65
Jan 20, 2022
Thailand was the only one not to be owned by the Habsburgs. Obviously Hungary under Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovakia also was part of those two, and the Netherlands was owned by Spain which was ruled by the Habsburgs for a while. Thailand obviously wasn't.
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Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
Think of the biggest global conflict in history.
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Level 73
Jan 20, 2022
Only country of the four to be invaded by Japan in WWII?
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Level 65
Jan 20, 2022
And not invaded by Nazis?
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Level 67
Jan 20, 2022
Slovakia, not existed in the 19th century
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Level 61
Jan 21, 2022
No.
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Level 52
Jan 20, 2022
I think the first question is the Netherlands, only one to not be an Axis member.
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Level 59
Jan 20, 2022
dangit i was about to say that lol
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Level 61
Jan 21, 2022
Winner
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Level 54
Jan 21, 2022
Slovakia puzzle 1
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Level 61
Jan 21, 2022
No.