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Online geography quiz: guess the country by its flag, the capital, the city and the continent. 10 timed questions, a daily round for everyone and a leaderboard. No sign-up.
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1 player · no sign-up · 10 questions a round · daily round and free play
Ten questions about countries and cities: whose flag is this, what is the capital, which country a city is in, which continent a country is on, which of four is bigger or more populous. You get 20 seconds per question; after you answer, the game shows the truth and a short note. And landmarks too: the Eiffel Tower, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal — which country are they in? After you answer, the game moves on to the next question by itself.
Points: A right answer is worth 100 points plus up to 100 for speed: the faster, the more. A wrong answer or running out of time scores zero. The maximum per round is 2000.
Worth knowing: The daily round is the same for everyone and goes into the daily table — only your first try counts. Free play gives a new set each time, and your best result goes into the overall leaderboard. The questions come from the Countries topic of the Who is Better quiz: 78 countries and 90 cities and 54 landmarks.
Not allowed: Open a map mid-round — 20 seconds is too short anyway, and the daily table likes honest players.
Where Is It?: a geography quiz where speed decides
“Where Is It?” is a short game about the countries and cities of the world: flags, capitals, continents, area and population. Ten questions, twenty seconds each, points for a right answer and extra points for speed. It fits nicely into a morning coffee, a queue or a commute, and afterwards you can compare scores with friends, because the daily round is the same for everyone.
How a round works
You get a question and four options. The questions vary: whose flag is this, what is the country’s capital, which country is this city in, which continent is the country on, which of four countries is the largest or smallest by area, and where do the most people live. There is also the reverse: a country name and four flags without labels, and the labels only appear after you answer.
You have twenty seconds for each question. Once you answer, the game shows the right option and a short fact box: the capital, area or population of all four countries, so you can see how close you were. Then you tap “Next” yourself, so there is no rush to finish reading.
How points are counted
A right answer earns 100 points plus up to 100 more for speed: the sooner you tap, the more you get. A wrong answer or running out of time earns nothing. The maximum for a round is 2,000 points. So a wild guess in the last second costs you nothing, but it doesn’t pay much either: a fast right answer is worth almost twice as much as a slow one.
Daily round and free play
The “Daily round” is the same for every player and changes at midnight Kyiv time. Only your first attempt goes on the daily leaderboard, so it shows who really knows the world, not who has practised the same questions the longest. After the round you can share your result: a line of green and red squares and your score, with no hint at the answers.
“Free play” builds a fresh set of questions every time. You can play as much as you like, and your best result goes on the overall leaderboard. It’s a good way to work on your weak spots before tomorrow’s daily round.
Tips that actually help
The flags people mix up most are the look-alikes: Ireland and Italy, Australia and New Zealand, Romania and Moldova, Slovenia and Slovakia, while Poland and Indonesia use the same two colours, just the other way round. The game deliberately never puts such pairs side by side in one question, but the differences are still worth learning: a flag can come up on its own, with nothing to compare it to.
In questions about area and population, look for the obvious giant among the options: Canada, China, the USA, Brazil and Australia almost always win on area, and India and China on population. If there is no giant, think about which country has a long coastline or a large stretch of desert.
Capitals that trip people up: Turkey’s is Ankara, not Istanbul; Australia’s is Canberra, not Sydney; Canada’s is Ottawa; Brazil’s is Brasília. It also helps to know the capitals of Ukraine’s neighbours: Chișinău, Bucharest, Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw.
With friends and kids
It’s a single-player game, but it’s easy to make it a shared one. Agree to play the daily round at the same time and drop your scores in a group chat. Or pass the phone around: each person answers one question and you keep score on the side. Kids who are learning geography at school pick up flags fast exactly this way, by competing with the grown-ups.
Common mistakes
Tapping the first answer before you have finished reading the question: “smallest” and “largest” differ by a single word. Confusing a country’s capital with its biggest city. And opening a map in the middle of a round: twenty seconds won’t be enough anyway, and the whole point of the daily leaderboard is that its results are honest.
Frequently asked questions
How many countries and cities are in the game?
78 countries with flags and capitals, and more than fifty cities. The questions come from the “Countries” topic of the Who is Better quiz.
Do I need to sign up?
No. The game is free and runs in your browser; to get on the leaderboard, just enter a name.
How long does a round take?
Ten questions of twenty seconds each, usually two or three minutes including the fact boxes.
Can I play the daily round again?
You can, but only your first attempt counts on the daily leaderboard. For practice there is free play, with new questions every time.
What language are the questions in?
The language of the site: country, capital and city names are shown in eight languages, while the daily round itself is the same for everyone.
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