Friday, October 16, 2026

Mission #16: 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 capital city that sits on the Danube.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Bratislava

Updraft (600 m): Belgrade

Ballast (100 m): Vienna, Budapest

3. Name a national capital that starts with B.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Bandar Seri Begawan

Jet Stream (850 m): Bangui, Banjul, Bissau, Basseterre, Belmopan, Bridgetown, Brazzaville

Updraft (600 m): Bratislava, Baku, Beirut, Baghdad, Bamako, Bishkek

Drifter (300 m): Bangkok, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Bern, Belgrade, Bucharest, Brasilia

Ballast (100 m): Berlin, Beijing, Brussels

4. 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

5. Name a country whose name starts with two consonants (like France; Y doesn't count).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Brunei

Jet Stream (850 m): Djibouti, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Rwanda

Updraft (600 m): Grenada, Slovakia, Slovenia, Chad, Chile, China, Ghana, Philippines

Drifter (300 m): Croatia, Czechia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Sri Lanka

Decoy (150 m): Bhutan

Ballast (100 m): France, Brazil, Greece

6. Name a sea or ocean that touches Russia.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Pechora Sea

Jet Stream (850 m): Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, White Sea, Chukchi Sea

Updraft (600 m): Sea of Okhotsk, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Sea of Azov

Drifter (300 m): Baltic Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Japan, Bering Sea

Ballast (100 m): Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Black Sea

7. Name a country that borders Brazil.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Suriname

Jet Stream (850 m): Guyana

Updraft (600 m): Venezuela

Drifter (300 m): Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia

Ballast (100 m): Argentina

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