Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Mission #14: the debrief

Fleet numbers aren't available for this mission.

Every accepted answer

1. Name a US state that borders Canada (land or lake).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Pennsylvania

Jet Stream (850 m): Ohio

Updraft (600 m): Idaho, New Hampshire

Drifter (300 m): Montana, Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, North Dakota, Vermont

Ballast (100 m): Alaska, Washington, New York

2. Name a country whose flag features at least one star.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Nauru

Jet Stream (850 m): Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Comoros, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Burundi, Slovenia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Equatorial Guinea

Updraft (600 m): Ghana, Somalia, Cuba, Syria, Panama, Myanmar, Venezuela, Senegal, Singapore, Algeria, Tunisia, Malaysia, Jordan, North Korea, Philippines, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Libya, Mauritania, Honduras, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Samoa

Drifter (300 m): Turkey, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, Morocco, Pakistan

Ballast (100 m): United States, China, Vietnam

3. Name a lake in Africa.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Natron

Jet Stream (850 m): Edward, Kariba, Tana

Updraft (600 m): Turkana, Albert, Kivu, Volta, Nasser

Drifter (300 m): Tanganyika, Malawi, Chad

Ballast (100 m): Victoria

4. Name a city that has hosted the Summer Olympics.

Edge of Space (1000 m): St. Louis

Jet Stream (850 m): Helsinki, Melbourne, Antwerp

Updraft (600 m): Montreal, Munich, Mexico City, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm

Drifter (300 m): Los Angeles, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Barcelona, Atlanta, Seoul, Moscow

Ballast (100 m): London, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo

5. Name a country with a double letter in its name (like Greece).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Guinea-Bissau, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jet Stream (850 m): Marshall Islands, Sierra Leone

Updraft (600 m): Andorra, Seychelles

Drifter (300 m): Russia, Cameroon

Decoy (150 m): Morocco

Ballast (100 m): Greece, Philippines

6. Name a mountain over 6,000 m tall.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Ama Dablam

Jet Stream (850 m): Shishapangma, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Illimani, Muztagh Ata, Kongur

Updraft (600 m): Makalu, Cho Oyu, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Dhaulagiri, Chimborazo, Huascaran, Ojos del Salado

Drifter (300 m): Aconcagua, Denali, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Annapurna

Ballast (100 m): Everest, K2

7. Name a country that uses the euro.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Kosovo

Jet Stream (850 m): Andorra, Montenegro

Updraft (600 m): Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria

Drifter (300 m): Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Austria, Finland

Decoy (150 m): Monaco, Vatican City, San Marino

Ballast (100 m): Germany, France, Italy, Spain

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