h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Here's an easy one for everyone.

There are lots of land-locked countries in the world ~ Andorra, Belarus, Chad, Ethiopia and many others.

But there are only 2 who are double-landlocked ie all the countries around them are also land-locked.

Anyone care to have a go ? There are klaxons for any countries that are not even single-landlocked.

I'm game.

Mongolia and the Slovakia.

First two options, as they must be in Central Eurasia, surely!

MMF

Both land-locked - but neither double landlocked.

Nepal and Chechnya?

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The Vatican is often touted as being the smallest landlocked country, but im not sure if it is double landlocked.

mini

Central African Republic? Or something like that.

And the one beside it?

This is one of the things I used to know that have leaked out of my sieve-like mind. But something in my head is saying Luxembourg, and the other is in Asia...

Uzbekistan and another one?

Uzbekistan and Lichtenstein (or however you spell it).

A while ago the Crown Prince of Lichtenstein threatened to secede his personal realms from the Duchy because he wanted more powers. This would have created a trebly-landlocked country.

I'd go for Bhutan as one

Nepal - no

Chechnya - si on the Black Sea

The Vatican is landlocked (Holy See) but Italy which surrounds it has many coasts.

Uzbekistan - 3 points for Iago
Lichtenstein - 3 points for Iago.

Bhutan is only singly landlocked, whiskey.

On a totally off-topic line ~ Went to see Lenny Henry in Othello - Very poor direction, but the audience loved it.

However the quality of direction was such that whenever someone said "Honest Iago" they laughed. They'd totally missed the point that you're supposed to feel pain that Othello was so misled.

However the Saturday matinee was the worst - my daughter was working it, and apparently they booed Iago at the end ! Obviously thought it was a panto.

At least it got a lot of people to go and see Shakespeare who'd never been before.

Is that really a QI, rather than just a quiz question? Maybe a better way of putting it would've been something like "What property do Uzbekistan and Lichtenstein have in common?"

SWL said Uzbekistan first - I think he should get those three points.

Thanks Iago - I missed SWL's post.

Re Othello - I saw a production recently and Iago was played by a woman.

Very effective - it was implied that the character was lesbian and the jealousy and revenge motive was there as well as the need for power,

One of my favourite plays - I love the different interpretations possible. It's almost a different play for each director and the direction is really important.

I remember seeing a documentary that used Othello as a template for examine 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees intentional relationships.

Othello believes (1) Iago's lies about (2) Desdemona so thinks Desdemona doesn't love (3) him

It was argued that a chimp couldn't understand Othello.