We also have borders with Mongolia, as we own a small, family-run tea shop in downtown Ulaanbaatar. (It does say no overseas territories in the quiz description)
The US government is renting the land, but it is in Cuban sovereign territory. Kind of like how a British person can buy a house in the USA, and they own it, but it is still US sovereign territory.
Do you even map, bro? Seriously, how hard is to look at a map before making a fool out of yourself? You have a device that can display map right in you hand.
Saint Martin is indeed not a country, but a French overseas collectivity. But Sint Maarten IS a country. (One of the 4 countries making up the kingdom) They have their own political parties, parliament and elections, arent part of the EU, have their own currency etc.
Another "good" llustration of the fact is, that when the disaster of hurricane Irma happened (which devastated the entire island 90% of the buildings were damaged, leaving most of them uninhabitable), the Netherlands werent obligated to help, and they werent really entitled to emergency EU funding. Unlike the french side which had the same rights as if it had happened in france, in theory, Sint Maarten were on their own.
Wtf is KSA? Well I guess by deduction, it is Saudi Arabia, but I hadnt heard of the term before. (Not too weird, because I'm not british/american etc. But rather weird it hasnt been mentioned before on this geography dominated website)
what about Bahrain? there is an artificial island between the two that gives the two countries a land border, and i don't believe bahrain borders any other countries, being an island and all
I like how the comment before calvord's clearly specified how other people have asked about Swaziland, and also specified how it borders two other countries, yet the very next comment asks, among other countries, about Swaziland.
The instructions at the top say "Not counting overseas territories", and with Gibraltar being a British Overseas Territory, it means that it is not included in this quiz (like any other quiz on Jetpunk).
49% of people in the comments are being sarcastic. Another 49% don't know that they are being sarcastic. The remaining 2% have never been online before.
I think you are overestimating people ;) I think 99% if the people here are serious. I noticed you were sarcastic though and that indeed even in the obvious cases some didnt realize that.
Gibraltar is not part of the UK proper, it's an overseas territory, which you know full well JetPunk does not include in virtually every quiz like this.
Also, a lot of people forget that there is a border in Ireland. Internationally, most people refer to the island of Ireland as Ireland rather than Northern Ireland and/or Republic of Ireland. These are normally only used by non-Irish or British people in official dealings or news reports etc.
a2: Only visible above sea levels borders (The Oresund bridge would count Denmak out but the Johor–Singapore Causeway would add Singapre to the list and the King Fahd Causeway would add Bahrain to the list. Qatar out but Singapore and Bahrain in. In the future, the proposed Quatar-Bahrain bridge might kick both countries out of the list.)
a3: Bridges and tunnels accepted as border. Kicks UK out of the list.
b1: Overseas territories not taken into account.
b2: Overseas territories counted as separate countries. As an example, this would add Gibraltar to the list.
b3: Overseas territories counted as a part of the mother country. This makes Gibraltar a part of the UK, dropping them from the list.
(Incorporated overseas areas of France an the Netherlands do not affect the list of countries bordering a single country, so we don't have to make a b4.)
c1) De facto independent countries with limited recognition not included.
c2) De facto indepent countires recognized. This only affects the split of Cyprus. (Interacts with the b1/b2/b3 (like Gibraltar) as the UK owns the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the latter bordering both parts of split-up Cyprus.
d2) disputed islands count as borders. This brings the focus on Hans Island between Greenland and Canda. That defenatly kicks Canda of the list, but it depends on how you treat overseat territories whether is also kicks Denmark out of the list or adds Greenland to it as a seperate state.
e1) Military bases and other leased land not taken in account.
e2) Military bases with border control counted as borders. This would add Cuba to the list at Guantanamo bay and probably a lot of other borders around the world as well.
With three options for a) and b) while two options for c), d), e) and f), you have 3*3*2*2*2*2 = 144 possible solutions (many of the though giving similar results). Have fun compiling the list :) The end.
When you wrote this comment in 2019, this island was not an officially agreed border. It is today however, and counts as a land border between Canada and Denmark. The quiz is out of date.
I need to learn to read. "Not including overseas territories" thought I was being a clever clogs right up until the last minute because of the Gibraltar border with Spain.
Have you considered doing another quiz on country pairs with manmade border links (eg Sweden-Denmark, UK-France)? If you already haven't.
Sigh... From my previous comments, I missed Papau New Guinea, and also missed something that makes me feel like a COMPLETE idiot and needs to get me demoted to level -10: Canada
And Unkojack, If you haven't read previous comments (which tell the answer like 20 times), Singapore is an island, not a peninsula on a peninsula (doesn't border Malaysia).
There are so many comments here about Gibraltar (etc) giving the UK more than one border.... and there are many sensible people pointing out that the quiz clearly says it doesn't include overseas territories. Even if it did, the British Overseas Territories are NOT part of the UK anyway. They belong to the UK but aren't part of it. It's a complicated distinction and I'm not surprised people get it wrong, but it means that Spain definitely does not border the UK. Spain borders a piece of land which the UK has responsibility for.
Think of it like a person touching your pet dog. They're touching something which belongs to you, and is part of your "family", but they're not touching you.
"Middle Island" is half owned by Bahrain and half by Saudi Arabia. But, I'm not sure if it should count, since it is not connected to the main island of Bahrain, nor mainland Saudi Arabia. So , is it an "overseas territory?" This example is maybe a little tricky, but, ultimately, I guess it could go either way.
hans island is split between denmark and canada period it doesnt matter if you dont recognize greenland as danish clay that still means canada borders greenland
The Hans Island dispute has been solved. Canada should be removed, and Denmark too possibly. When this quiz is next updated, this should be changed or a caveat added. I have not done enough research to be able to say whether or not the change has taken place yet or not.
Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, when it was redefined as a district of Denmark. In addition to its own local government, Greenland has two representatives in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing.
India, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand and China
Another "good" llustration of the fact is, that when the disaster of hurricane Irma happened (which devastated the entire island 90% of the buildings were damaged, leaving most of them uninhabitable), the Netherlands werent obligated to help, and they werent really entitled to emergency EU funding. Unlike the french side which had the same rights as if it had happened in france, in theory, Sint Maarten were on their own.
Lol
oh, and Russia, too!
IT IS ALREADY IN THE CAVEAT
a1: No man made bodrer
a2: Only visible above sea levels borders (The Oresund bridge would count Denmak out but the Johor–Singapore Causeway would add Singapre to the list and the King Fahd Causeway would add Bahrain to the list. Qatar out but Singapore and Bahrain in. In the future, the proposed Quatar-Bahrain bridge might kick both countries out of the list.)
a3: Bridges and tunnels accepted as border. Kicks UK out of the list.
b1: Overseas territories not taken into account.
b2: Overseas territories counted as separate countries. As an example, this would add Gibraltar to the list.
b3: Overseas territories counted as a part of the mother country. This makes Gibraltar a part of the UK, dropping them from the list.
(Incorporated overseas areas of France an the Netherlands do not affect the list of countries bordering a single country, so we don't have to make a b4.)
... to be continued
c2) De facto indepent countires recognized. This only affects the split of Cyprus. (Interacts with the b1/b2/b3 (like Gibraltar) as the UK owns the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the latter bordering both parts of split-up Cyprus.
... to be continued
d2) disputed islands count as borders. This brings the focus on Hans Island between Greenland and Canda. That defenatly kicks Canda of the list, but it depends on how you treat overseat territories whether is also kicks Denmark out of the list or adds Greenland to it as a seperate state.
... to be continued
e2) Military bases with border control counted as borders. This would add Cuba to the list at Guantanamo bay and probably a lot of other borders around the world as well.
... to be continued.
*facepalm*
Have you considered doing another quiz on country pairs with manmade border links (eg Sweden-Denmark, UK-France)? If you already haven't.
Think of it like a person touching your pet dog. They're touching something which belongs to you, and is part of your "family", but they're not touching you.
Borders in one island
Country Borders-India
Eswatini borders Mozambique in the east and South Africa with the rest of its body
Eswatini borders Mozambique in the east and South Africa with the rest of its body
It is part of Denmark - fix the quiz.