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7 fact-checked facts about neighbors and neighboring places, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

Portugal shares a land border with only which country?

AnswerSpain

Portugal's only land neighbor is Spain, which borders it to the north and east.

Which country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti?

AnswerThe Dominican Republic

Haiti occupies the western part of Hispaniola and the Dominican Republic the eastern part.

Going deeper

Which poet wrote the line 'Good fences make good neighbors'?

AnswerRobert Frost

The line appears in Robert Frost's 1914 poem 'Mending Wall'.

Mainland Denmark shares a land border with which country?

AnswerGermany

Mainland Denmark meets Germany at the base of the Jutland peninsula.

The small republic of San Marino is completely surrounded by which country?

AnswerItaly

San Marino is an enclave within Italy, near the Adriatic coast.

Expert level

The word 'neighbor' comes from Old English words meaning what?

AnswerNear dweller

It comes from Old English 'neah' (near) and 'gebur' (dweller).

A 'doubly landlocked' country is surrounded only by landlocked neighbors. Which is one of the two?

AnswerLiechtenstein

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only doubly landlocked countries.

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