an extra credit question from my test last week:
what country has the world's longest total set of land borders with other countries, slightly ahead of russia?
(taken from ken jennings' tuesday trivia emails.  i like to have extra credit questions that are entirely unrelated to what we're studying - i think it's a fun addition to a test.  if you have a guess, leave a comment!)

actual answers i received:
japan (a country with 0 miles of land borders with other countries)
the philippines (ditto)
ireland (only slightly better)
the vatican (ahh yes - pick the smallest country in the world)

crikey.  who is taught these kids geography??  SERIOUSLY.  i would like to speak to that person.