Expedition #1033

This trip through South America is set at Hard. The 10 questions come in three legs — Name the country (4 questions), then Capitals (4 questions), then Bigger or smaller (2 questions) — and visit 12 countries in all.

• In the naming leg 4 countries light up on the map and you choose each name from four.
• The capitals leg turns things round: 4 capitals, and you name the country of each.
• The size leg mixes 2 duels on people and on land.

At the Hard level the obvious countries are left out and the wrong options are close neighbours of the right one, or, for flags, the closest look-alikes.

Capital to capital, in question order, the route covers 25,490 km over 11 hops.

Tips from the window seat

• Name the country: If the close view confuses you, zoom out once and look at the whole region.
• Capitals: If two cities sound right, think of which country each one belongs to.
• Bigger or smaller: Do not trust the map for area: flat maps distort sizes.

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1034 appears right under the quiz.