Monday, November 2, 2026

Mission #33: the debrief

Pilots
7,837
Average
3,170 m
6,000 m+
2%

Heaviest ballastName a country whose English name starts and ends with the same letter. 38% stayed low or missed.

Most liftName a country in Western Africa.

Every accepted answer

1. Name a country or territory in Europe smaller than 100,000 km².

Edge of Space (1000 m): Estonia, Cyprus, Montenegro, Guernsey

Jet Stream (850 m): Albania, Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Jersey, Isle of Man

Updraft (600 m): Serbia, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Moldova

Drifter (300 m): Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, Czechia, Hungary

Decoy (150 m): Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City

Ballast (100 m): Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Austria

2. Name a country in Africa whose flag has white on it.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Djibouti, Comoros, Cape Verde, Seychelles

Jet Stream (850 m): Namibia, Gambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini

Updraft (600 m): Zimbabwe, Burundi, Tunisia, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Libya, Liberia, Central African Republic

Drifter (300 m): Uganda, Algeria, Mozambique, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Niger, Somalia

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Sudan

3. Name a country whose English name starts and ends with the same letter.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Jet Stream (850 m): Solomon Islands, Central African Republic, Antigua and Barbuda

Updraft (600 m): Andorra, Armenia, Seychelles

Drifter (300 m): Austria, Albania, Algeria, Angola

Ballast (100 m): Australia, Argentina

4. Name a country in Western Africa.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde

Jet Stream (850 m): Togo, Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia

Updraft (600 m): Senegal, Guinea, Benin, Sierra Leone

Drifter (300 m): Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast

5. Name an Asian member of the Arab League.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Qatar, Bahrain

Jet Stream (850 m): Oman, Kuwait

Updraft (600 m): United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Palestine

Drifter (300 m): Yemen, Syria, Jordan

Ballast (100 m): Iraq, Saudi Arabia

6. Name a country that borders Angola or Zambia (not those two).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Botswana

Jet Stream (850 m): Congo, Namibia

Updraft (600 m): Malawi, Zimbabwe

Drifter (300 m): Mozambique

Ballast (100 m): DR Congo, Tanzania

7. Name an African country whose name starts with M.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Mauritius

Updraft (600 m): Mauritania, Malawi

Drifter (300 m): Mali, Mozambique

Ballast (100 m): Morocco, Madagascar

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