Expedition #1004

Expedition #1004 stays in North and Central America at the Easy level: three legs, 12 questions and 13 different countries along the way. It opens with Bigger or smaller (3 questions), carries on with Name the country (4 questions) and lands with Flags (5 questions).

• The size leg is 3 population duels: which of two countries has more people?
• In the naming leg 4 countries light up on the map and you choose each name from four.
• The flags leg names 5 countries and gives you four flags each time, 14 different flags in all.

The Easy setting keeps to well-known countries; the wrong answers come from other subregions and are rarely close.

The full route, drawn from capital to capital as the questions come, measures 27,130 km: 12 hops in all.

Tips from the window seat

• Bigger or smaller: Near-ties are common on Hard; the figures appear after each answer.
• Name the country: Look at the coastline first: which sea a country touches rules out half the options.
• Flags: Look for the small details: a star, a crescent, an emblem.

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1005 appears right under the quiz.