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1. Jokester tells you that he has first class tickets for both of you onboard a non-stop Air France Airbus from Paris to Ouagadougou. What is true about this exotic sounding place called Ouagadougou?
2. Jokester was just kidding about Ouagadougou. You are not going there. Instead you are headed to Copenhagen to begin a Baltic cruise. Your ship heads east from Copenhagen, and several days later you find yourself on an excursion in a city with a rich past. You are sailing down the Neva River when you pass one of the world's most famous museums. In this museum, you can see Picasso's "Woman Drinking Absinthe." This city has changed names several times in its past. What is one of this city's former names?
3. You initially thought that the Baltic Sea was where the Russian submarine Kursk sank, but you quickly learn that that sea is much farther north. In what very northern sea did the Russian submarine Kursk sink?
4. When your cruise finishes, you return to Paris. Jokester informs you that your next destination is a "surprise." The only thing that he tells you is that you will be boarding a commercial Airbus for a direct flight to a capital city. You agree to let Jokester handle all your travel documents, while you pretend to be both blind and mute. With your eyes taped shut under dark glasses, and with plugs in both your ears, you board a flight on an unknown commercial airline to an unknown destination. After you are airborne about five hours, you write a note to Jokester and ask him to please give you a hint about where you are headed. You pull out one of your earplugs as he whispers a hint in your ear. "If you change just the first letter of a totally unrelated nation, you will have the name of the capital city to which we are traveling." What country forms the name of the capital city of another nation by simply replacing the first letter of that country with a different consonant?
5. About 15 minutes after Jokester's clue, you break out in a sweaty panic. You have just deduced that you must be on a Gulf Air Airbus, as they have the only non-stop service from Paris to the destination that you just surmised. Your terror is based on your knowledge that Gulf Air had a crash of their Airbus in August of 2000 that killed 143 people at the very airport to which you think you are heading? What country did Gulf Air have that terrible crash in in the year 2000?
6. You land safely, but decide that the place is no party town. You decide that you want to go to someplace "HOT" as in Scoville units hot. You return to Paris and catch another very long flight to a capital city that Carolus Linnaeus might have called "Capsicum frutescens." In what country is this capital city located?
7. You enjoyed your stay in your "hot" exotic spot, but you are off again on another one of Jokester's surprise destinations. Again, you do the sensory deprivation gig. Jokester tells you that the trip to your next destination will be a very long one. During your first flight segment, which lasts nine hours, Jokester gives you this clue about the final region in the world to which you are headed. He tells you, "Puncak Jaya is the tallest here!" In what country is Puncak Jaya located?
8. After a night's rest, you begin another day of travel. You fly for almost 24 hours with just one stop. The "Puncak Jaya" clue was totally worthless to you, as you have no idea what "Puncak Jaya" is. As you end your long day's journey, Jokester offers you yet another clue. He tells you that where you are headed is approximately 1500 miles almost due east of the world's second largest island. What is the world's second largest island?
9. You now suspect that you may be heading to see true Tasmanian Devils, as you know Jokester has quite an obsession with the marsupial whose personality suits his own. So you ask Jokester, "Are we going to Tasmania?" The Jokester does not answer you, but instead responds with a question. He asks you if you know the body of water that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia. You try to answer Jokester as best you can, thinking that he will finally tell you where you are headed if you respond correctly. What is the correct answer to Jokester's question?
10. Finally you have had it with Jokester's games. On your last flight segment, you pull out your freaking earplugs and take off your stupid, dark glasses. You get out of your seat and approach the passenger sitting across the aisle from you. You ask him, "What city is this plane headed toward?" The taciturn passenger responds with a three-syllable word that you have never heard before. So you ask another question, "What country is this plane headed toward?" The man responds with a similar-sounding three-syllable word. Finally, in frustration, you ask him to write down the name of the language that he is speaking. He takes the pen and paper that you give him, and conceals the paper as he writes his response. You cannot tell if he is writing from left to right or from right to left. You read what he has written about his language, and you notice oddly that the language he has written down is a palindrome. So you ask him another question. "What is the nationality of the people who live here?" Again, he responds with a palindrome. (A palindrome reads the same way forward and back). Totally freaked out, you go back to your seat. What is the only country in the world that you could be headed toward?
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