Expedition #1110

Three legs, 12 questions, 12 countries of Africa: that is expedition #1110, flown at the Hard level. First Capitals (4 questions), then Flags (4 questions), and to finish Find the country (4 questions).

• The capitals leg alternates: 4 questions, country to capital and back again.
• The flags leg names 4 countries and gives you four flags each time, 16 different flags in all.
• In the map leg you tap 4 countries; a miss shows the right one and how far away you were.

Hard skips the easiest quarter of the region and offers the nearest neighbours as wrong answers; on flags, the most similar-looking ones too.

If you joined the stops capital to capital, in the order the questions bring them, the dashed line would be 37,960 km long, with 11 hops between 12 stops.

Tips from the window seat

• Capitals: Say the pair in both directions in your head after each answer.
• Flags: Look for the small details: a star, a crescent, an emblem.
• Find the country: Read the distance after a miss: it tells you how close you were.

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1111 appears right under the quiz.