Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Plain #3

The day’s seven targets and the closest answers in our lists, with their real values. Points are before bonuses.

Round 1 · 🗺️ Country land area

How many square kilometres of land did the World Bank report for India in 2023?

Answer

2,973,190 km²

Land area excludes inland bodies of water; it is different from total surface area.

World Bank · Country land area · 2023 snapshot

Round 2 · ☀️ Planetary orbital period

Name a planet or dwarf planet closest to 1 years.

Target 1 years

Best answer

Earth

1.00002 years · 100 points · Source

Also close

Venus

0.615197 years · 20 points · Source

Also close

Mars

1.88085 years · 12 points · Source

Also close

Mercury

0.240847 years · 1 points · Source

Round 3 · 🔄 Planetary rotation period · Golden Round ×2

Name a planet or dwarf planet closest to 550K seconds.

Target 550,000 seconds

Best answer

Pluto

551,854 seconds · 99 points · Source

Also close

Eris

93,225.6 seconds · 0 points · Source

Also close

Mars

88,642.7 seconds · 0 points · Source

Also close

Earth

86,164.1 seconds · 0 points · Source

Round 4 · 👥 Country population in 2023

What was the 2023 population of France, in millions of people, according to the World Bank?

Answer

68.3723 million people

The capital of France is Paris. The population figure refers to 2023.

World Bank · Country population in 2023 · 2023 snapshot

Round 5 · ♨️ Element boiling point

Name a chemical element closest to 1K K.

Target 1,000 K

Best answer

Potassium

1,032 K · 90 points · Source

Also close

Cadmium

1,040 K · 88 points · Source

Also close

Rubidium

961 K · 88 points · Source

Also close

Selenium

958 K · 87 points · Source

Round 6 · 🪐 Planetary mean radius

Name a planet or dwarf planet closest to 6.1K km.

Target 6,100 km

Best answer

Venus

6,051.8 km · 97 points · Source

Also close

Earth

6,371.01 km · 87 points · Source

Also close

Mars

3,389.5 km · 14 points · Source

Also close

Mercury

2,439.4 km · 5 points · Source

Round 7 · 🚀 Planetary escape velocity · Finale

Name a planet or dwarf planet closest to 60 km/s.

Target 60 km/s

Best answer

Jupiter

60.2 km/s · 99 points · Source

Also close

Saturn

36.09 km/s · 19 points · Source

Also close

Neptune

23.56 km/s · 5 points · Source

Also close

Uranus

21.38 km/s · 3 points · Source

All puzzlesPlay today’s Plain