“Countries in which it is legal to pay a trapeze artist less than standard minimum wage”
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:10 (two months ago) link
“Countries with samovars or samovar-type tea brewing”
“Countries where cats are more popular than dogs, as pets”
“Countries where ‘Peter’ is more common than ‘John’”
Anvil the real answer had better be good I puzzled and googled this for over an hour last night
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:14 (two months ago) link
ILX: come for the zings, stay for the comparison of legal systems between Aruba and Curacao...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:18 (two months ago) link
Is it amount of inward investment by China in these countries?
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:00 (two months ago) link
How old is this map? South Sudan isn't marked, though it may be covered up by that yellow blob.
― pplains, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:09 (two months ago) link
I think the map is from 2020, but its accurate for today.
South Sudan is on the map isn't it? I assume the map is just a base template map
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:27 (two months ago) link
wait, I have it! Is it Earth?
― StanM, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:43 (two months ago) link
Surely for a 'Guess the..' thread, this has to follow the "Guess the City" thread where you post an image of the inside of someone's shoe then disappear for a month?
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:57 (two months ago) link
Ok, let me think of a suitable hint on the way home. I'll post one in a couple of hours unless anyone wants a bit more time
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:03 (two months ago) link
Has anyone been in the right ballpark?
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
I think all of the answers so far have been in the same ballpark as each other, but none of them in the same ballpark as the answer
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:47 (two months ago) link
IIRC, Perú's biggest exports are copper, gold, oil and fish-related products (fertilizer, animal pellets).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:06 (two months ago) link
Countries that don't have Starbucks yet
jk I know that's wrong
― Josefa, Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:54 (two months ago) link
I really thought Dominican Republic would give me some big clues but it didn't.
― I blinked and it was a new decade (aldo), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:05 (two months ago) link
If it’s like all countries with nickel deposits or something I’m going to hurl the computer through the window
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:15 (two months ago) link
Countries that have an even number of McDonald's restaurants
― StanM, Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:24 (two months ago) link
The DR and anvil's hint makes me think it's baseball or Olympic related.
― felicity, Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:26 (two months ago) link
If that is a reference to the ballpark reference, that isn't a hint. Dan Worsley introduced that reference and I was just replying in kind
― anvil, Friday, 22 March 2024 05:58 (two months ago) link
Although neither answer is close, Josefa and StanM have been the closest with their suggestions
― anvil, Friday, 22 March 2024 06:00 (two months ago) link
'incidences of certain businesses' would be quite a letdown
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 March 2024 06:18 (two months ago) link
Is it countries Amazon don’t operate in?
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 22 March 2024 12:50 (two months ago) link
No, because Germany is there
― I blinked and it was a new decade (aldo), Friday, 22 March 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
(Germany is purple fwiw)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 March 2024 16:55 (two months ago) link
Countries that perpetrate(d) genocide?
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:30 (two months ago) link
oh wait, you said green is what matters.
been trying to focus on the Ghana presence but getting nothing.
― Ste, Friday, 22 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
Google maps / satellite / streetview coverage? even though I've already disproved this myself.
― gene besserit (ledge), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
I forgot about this after trying to think how to do a clue
It might be considered as a letdown
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 09:09 (two months ago) link
It really is a strange subset of countries. I can't decide if "green" means "has" or "has not". What could Western Sahara, Russia, Bonaire and Mauritius have in common? But if it is a "has not", then what the hell is going on in CAR and Chad and Niger, but not Ghana?
If there is a boat for those of us who are saying "I give up, tell us the answer already" I'm on that boat
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 14:22 (two months ago) link
Green means the country has it
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 15:55 (two months ago) link
*removes bookmark*
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:05 (two months ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC_Waikiki
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 16:36 (two months ago) link
LOL ok I’m mad haha
I’ve never even heard of that thing
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
*re-removes bookmark, throw laptop out window*
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:53 (two months ago) link
With approx 54,000 employees worldwide, LC WAIKIKI directly employs nearly 0.000007% of the world's population!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 March 2024 17:23 (two months ago) link
Ok, my turn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC_Waikiki#/media/File:Lcw_magazalar_turkiye.svg
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 17:43 (two months ago) link
I'll come back in a few months if anyone needs any hints.
It is a great thread idea anvil tbqph
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link
but but
what do the colours mean?
― StanM, Friday, 29 March 2024 18:18 (two months ago) link
blue = yes, blue = no, grey = yes no
― Ste, Friday, 29 March 2024 22:18 (two months ago) link
oh, that makes perfect sense - thank you :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:43 (two months ago) link
https://thumbor.bigedition.com/heat-map/F9R3hm2lWqVzDdyoWqrseR-4AVQ=/800x504/filters:format(webp):quality(80)/granite-web-prod/80/67/80679f12a6eb4d3ebf279c64676a13fb.jpeg
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:56 (one month ago) link
ignore the markers i think, all about the heat map
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:57 (one month ago) link
Number of lights on at a certain point of the day.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:57 (one month ago) link
no :)
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:01 (one month ago) link
it looks very city/ population related - could be so many things
― StanM, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:25 (one month ago) link
guessing McDonald's restaurants again?
― StanM, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:27 (one month ago) link
availability of bratwurst
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:29 (one month ago) link
Places Where Germans Go On Holiday
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:30 (one month ago) link
places introverts should avoid
― StanM, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:36 (one month ago) link
South Korea, Java, New Zealand are a couple of locations that seem more lit up than expected imho
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:51 (yesterday) link
Mauritius & Réunion, east of Madagaskar, too
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:53 (yesterday) link
South Korea is a hotspot, is it something like mobile phone use?
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:53 (yesterday) link
now pondering what south korea and southeast england have in common
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:54 (yesterday) link
does south korea have Nando's? I know Mauritus has like the most per capita in the world (don't ask how I know)
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:55 (yesterday) link
afaik continental Europe is Nando-less?
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 19:28 (yesterday) link
I see that Coca-Cola is banned in Cuba and North Korea -- is it Coke sales?
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 2 June 2024 02:55 (one hour ago) link
on second thought, the US would be the brightest.
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 2 June 2024 02:57 (one hour ago) link
bicycle usage
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 June 2024 03:14 (one hour ago) link
I will accept that as correct. It is a heat map of cycling activities recorded online on the most popular global app.
(Russia and some other countries are not rendered/displayed due to political reasons)
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 2 June 2024 03:26 (forty-nine minutes ago) link
wow i rule
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 June 2024 03:59 (sixteen minutes ago) link