Friday, October 9, 2026

Mission #9: the debrief

Fleet numbers aren't available for this mission.

Every accepted answer

1. Name a waterfall.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Kaieteur

Jet Stream (850 m): Tugela, Sutherland, Plitvice, Seljalandsfoss

Updraft (600 m): Gullfoss, Skogafoss, Dettifoss, Rhine

Drifter (300 m): Iguazu, Yosemite

Ballast (100 m): Niagara, Victoria, Angel

2. Name a country with more than 100 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Vietnam

Updraft (600 m): Ethiopia, Philippines, Egypt, DR Congo

Drifter (300 m): Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan

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

3. 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

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 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 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

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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