A geography quiz played on a real map

How it works

1. 1

   Mark the answer on the map

   Add a Where in the World question, choose the world or a region, then tap the country — or find it by name — or place a pin on the exact spot.

2. 2

   Everyone answers on their phone

   Each phone shows the map. Players pan and zoom, then lock in a country or a pin before the clock runs out.

3. 3

   The map flies to the answer

   The big screen zooms to the right place and shows the room’s guesses as plain dots or shaded countries — no names, no distances.

Two ways to ask

A country question is right or wrong, like any quiz question: the player taps a country and locks it in. When the answer comes, their phone flies to the right country and tells them what they picked and what it was, with the flag.

A spot question asks for a point — a city, a mountain, the place a battle was fought — and scores by distance. Land close and you take most of the points; land far and you take few. The scale follows the map you chose, so a pin in the wrong town counts for less on a map of the UK than on a map of the whole world.

No looking it up

During the question a phone holds only the shapes of the countries, never their names, so nobody can read the answer off the map. The names and flags arrive after the reveal.

The big screen keeps it fair in the room too: it shows where people guessed, but never who guessed what or how far out anyone was.

Regions, not just the world

Ask on the whole world or narrow the map to Europe, the UK, Africa, Asia, North America, South America or Oceania. The map stays inside the region you picked, so a question on European capitals is played on Europe, not on a globe.

Map questions sit in any quiz next to every other type — a geography round inside a pub quiz, a history lesson with a few “where did this happen” questions, a travel quiz for the office.

What you get

Questions people ask