The Answer to Life- Phoenix 42

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:52 pm

Right this may be an easy one for the regular quizzers but here goes-

Which 2 countries are "double land-locked" ie completely surrounded by countries that are themselves landlocked.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:29 pm

Nice question.

Don't have a clue though.... I'll go for Bhutan and Laos, though I don't even think the latter is land-locked.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:43 am

No and no

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:55 pm

I don't think andorra is.

So I'll guess Congo and Mauritania.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:07 pm

very good question.

but i've no idea so yemen and oman

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:01 pm

Yemen and Oman are both Gulf states and as such aren't landlocked at all.

I think Mauritania and Congo are also on the (West?) coast of Africa.

Andorra is of course bordered by France and Spain neither of which are landlocked so you were right there YE.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:44 pm

i'm gonna go for lesotho (even though i think RSA must have a coastline) and
erm... hungary, now i think that one might be quite a good guess.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:17 pm

Getting better- at least they are landlocked.

Hungary borders Croatia which i am told has some lovely coastal resorts.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:24 pm

I'm sure there are some land-locked African countries in the north-west. ... I'm buggered if I can remember which ones.

I'll go for... Mali and ... ooh, Kazahkstan

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:33 pm

how about whichever is more southerly out of slovakia and the czech republic?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri May 04, 2007 10:36 am

The former Czechoslovakia is I think stymied by Poland and or Germany.

Mali looks to be next to Mauritania.

kazakstan is a good guess but I guess is next to Russia which has a pretty long coastline.

Clue- neither of the answers on the card are African.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri May 04, 2007 10:42 am

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan? Exhasting my memory of Russio-Asian country names. Although if they both border China, I'm screwed.

Kazakstan is, IIRC, also on the Caspian Sea.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:40 am

Good guesses-right line of thinking but I think you are right in that they are both bordered by China.

The Caspian is treated as a lake for these purposes as despite being salt water it is itself completely landlocked.

The above comment provides a further clue as to the identity of at least one of them...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:03 pm

uzbekistan and belarus?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:05 pm

Yep Uzbekistan is one of them but not Belarus