Expedition #1128

Expedition #1128 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 Capitals (4 questions) and lands with Find the country (5 questions).

• The size leg is 3 population duels: which of two countries has more people?
• The capitals leg turns things round: 4 capitals, and you name the country of each.
• In the map leg you tap 5 countries; a miss shows the right one and how far away you were.

Easy means the questions come from the best-known countries of the region, and wrong options from other parts of the world, so most of them can be ruled out at a glance.

If you joined the stops capital to capital, in the order the questions bring them, the dashed line would be 26,260 km long, with 12 hops between 13 stops.

Tips from the window seat

• Bigger or smaller: Do not trust the map for area: flat maps distort sizes.
• Capitals: Capitals that are not the largest city are the classic trap.
• 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 #1129 appears right under the quiz.