Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. Which country, better known for its conflicted western border that includes the lowest point on Earth, has a narrow 26km shoreline on the Gulf of Aqaba?
2. Matadi is the only seaport of which country? It is also capital of the only province in this tropical country to have access to the sea, via a 37-km long coastline.
3. Which country’s 20km long coastline, around the town of Neum, allows it access to the Mediterranean Sea? Its neighbor’s lopsided shape on maps has led to several memes about the lack of coastline.
4. Which country has the shortest coastline for a non-landlocked nation, at just 3.83km?
5. [Theme: 4 of 4] What word is believed to have been coined in the 1910s to describe a procession of vehicles, and was based on a similar word that described a procession on horseback?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 27, Quiz 3:

1. Thymine
2. Phosphate
3. Mitochondria
4. 21
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday