Expedition #1172 stays in Asia at the Hard level: three legs, 15 questions and 15 different countries along the way. It opens with Flags (6 questions), carries on with Capitals (4 questions) and lands with Find the country (5 questions).
- The flags leg names 6 countries and gives you four flags each time, 21 different flags in all.
- The capitals leg alternates: 4 questions, country to capital and back again.
- In the map leg you tap 5 countries; a miss shows the right one and how far away you were.
The Hard setting is for people who know the region: no easy countries, and every wrong option sits right next to the right one.
The full route, drawn from capital to capital as the questions come, measures 46,060 km: 14 hops in all.
Tips from the window seat
- Flags: Plain tricolours are the hardest; check the colour of the middle band.
- Capitals: Say the pair in both directions in your head after each answer.
- Find the country: Zoom in for the small ones; at the full view a few countries are only a dot.
After the landing
Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1173 appears right under the quiz.
TurkmenistanAshgabat
MongoliaUlaanbaatar
KyrgyzstanBishkek
MyanmarNaypyidaw
LebanonBeirut
AzerbaijanBaku
GeorgiaTbilisi
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
BangladeshDhaka
Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Singapore
OmanMuscat
SyriaDamascus
CyprusNicosia
MaldivesMalé