Expedition #1176

Expedition #1176 stays in North and Central America at the Medium level: three legs, 11 questions and 14 different countries along the way. It opens with Flags (4 questions), carries on with Bigger or smaller (3 questions) and lands with Capitals (4 questions).

• The flags leg names 4 countries and gives you four flags each time, 14 different flags in all.
• The size leg is 3 area duels: which of two countries is larger?
• The capitals leg alternates: 4 questions, country to capital and back again.

Medium draws on three quarters of the region, and the wrong options come from the same continent, so you have to know where things actually are.

If you joined the stops capital to capital, in the order the questions bring them, the dashed line would be 23,660 km long, with 13 hops between 14 stops.

Tips from the window seat

• Flags: Read each flag from the pole side; order matters.
• Bigger or smaller: For population, think of the big cities you know in each country.
• Capitals: If two cities sound right, think of which country each one belongs to.

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1177 appears right under the quiz.