On a scrap of paper you read the following results:
$$ \begin{array}{r c l c} NETHERLANDS & - &FINLAND & 3-1 \\ JAPAN & - &IRAQ & 0-0 \\ RUSSIA & - &INDONESIA & 1-0 \\ AUSTRALIA & - &CHINA & 0-1 \\ CANADA & - &CUBA & 2-1 \\ SWITZERLAND & - &FRANCE & 0-0 \\ MADAGASCAR & - &EGYPT & 2-0 \\ BRAZIL & - &BELGIUM & 5-1 \\ IRELAND & - &GERMANY & 2-3 \\ ALGERIA & - &COLOMBIA & 3-2 \\ GREECE & - &MEXICO & ... \end{array} $$
Can you figure out what the result of Greece - Mexico should be?
Hint:
I've written the countries' names in uppercase for a reason.
Hint 2:
Most of these "results" have been the same for quite a while. One that has changed relatively recently is BRAZIL-BELGIUM, which used to be 0-1.
Answer
The Greece - Mexico result is a complete blow out:
1-6
The hints gave it away for me:
"countries' names in uppercase" hinted at the country capitals, and
"BRAZIL-BELGIUM, ... used to be 0-1" reinforced that (Brazil's capital was Rio up until 1960, when it changed to Brasilia)
So, the trick is that the scores are based on:
the number of characters that are the same, and in the same location between a country and its capital. Meaning that the specific pairing is just a red herring, since each individual country is evaluated in isolation.
The full list explained:
NETHERLANDS FINLAND
amstERdAm helsiNki 3−1
JAPAN IRAQ
tokyo baghdad 0−0
RUSSIA INDONESIA
moScow jakarta 1−0
AUSTRALIA CHINA
canberra beIjing 0−1
CANADA CUBA
ottAwA havAna 2−1
SWITZERLAND FRANCE
bern paris 0−0
MADAGASCAR EGYPT
antAnAnarivo cairo 2−0
BRAZIL BELGIUM
BRAsILia Brussels 5−1
rio de janeiro Brussels (0-1)
IRELAND GERMANY
dubLiN bERliN 2−3
ALGERIA COLOMBIA
ALGiers bOgOta 3−2
GREECE MEXICO
athEns MEXICO city 1-6
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