Expedition #1084

Expedition #1084 stays in Oceania at the Hard level: three legs, 10 questions and 12 different countries along the way. It opens with Flags (4 questions), carries on with Bigger or smaller (2 questions) and lands with Name the country (4 questions).

• The flags leg names 4 countries and gives you four flags each time, 11 different flags in all.
• The size leg is 2 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.

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 34,860 km over 11 hops.

Tips from the window seat

• Flags: Look for the small details: a star, a crescent, an emblem.
• 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.

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1085 appears right under the quiz.