Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 13th May 2019, 2:37 PMReally? Most I thought would have said Goose.
I'm certainly no match for any of the "chasers" or for any of the "eggheads" but I think my general knowledge compares favourably with that of the man or woman in the street.
Even so, I had to think before deciding whether or not I'd ever heard of a Barnacle Goose.
Before googling it, I decided that I probably had heard of it but I wasn't entirely sure.
Quote: Firkin @ 13th May 2019, 5:37 PMLGBT ? Or dried grapes.
Nope...
1. Brunei
2. Oman
Places ruled by Sultans ?
Quote: Firkin @ 13th May 2019, 11:02 PMPlaces ruled by Sultans ?
Nope...
1. Brunei
2. Oman
3. Saudi Arabia
Countries that use Sharia law?
Countries that historically have had very few road traffic accidents?
Something to do with wealth ? Biggest yachts or largest oil filled swimming pools or just richest Sultans ?
Nope to all...
1. Brunei
2. Oman
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Eswatini/Swaziland
Its got to be about tax havens. Lowest income tax rates in the world ?
OK update, Swaziland looked like Switzerland to a dyslexic like me. lol. Scrub my last guess. My second guess is wot Rood said below, only technically my post pips his. 
Quote: Old Lady Leg @ 14th May 2019, 9:56 AM1. Brunei
2. Oman
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Eswatini/Swaziland
Monarchies in which (unlike Britain, for example) the monarch is the highest power in the land.
This has gone on for too Firkin long.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 14th May 2019, 12:11 PMThis has gone on for too Firkin long.
Which is exactly why I have stepped in with the right Firkin answer.
Quote: Rood Eye @ 14th May 2019, 12:14 PMWhich is exactly why I have stepped in with the right Firkin answer.
Ah! But going on past record, Firkin is usually firkin right.
Meanwhile, while we are waiting.... I'll start another picture clue.
What do these 4 pictures have in common (this is clue 1, 2 pictures, not clue 1&2)
Clue 1 for 4 points
