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Challenge Quizzes

World 10 Circle Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to place 10 circles of radius 1000 km on the map so that they contain the largest total population.

When you begin you'll be given a 1000-km radius circle centered on the map. Move it using the mouse and click SUBMIT. You will be given a score for that circle corresponding to the total population contained within it based on world population density at https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php. Try to complete all 10 circles with the highest total score.

Any INTERSECTING areas are only counted one time, so no population will be counted more than once.

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World 100 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name ANY World 50K+ city in each 100km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's largest correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 100km centered at Paris. Naming any 50K+ city in this circle (including Paris) will cause another 'ring' of radius 100km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the any World 50K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 200-300km, it will expand to be a 200-400km ring, then 200-500km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

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World 100 Km Expanding Circles Any City Distance Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name any World 50K+ city in each 100 km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice - NOTE - you must enter a period '.' at the end of the city to submit it. The first circle will include your city of choice as guessed. The object in this quiz is to guess the city in the next ring which is as close to the previous city as possible. The closest city will get you 100 points, the farthest away answer, 0 points.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's closest correct answer at right.

For example, if you choose ‘Paris, France’ – you will be shown a circle of radius 100 km centered at Paris and Paris will be selected. You will also see a ring of radius 100 km outside that circle. Naming a city in this ring will cause another ‘ring’ of radius 100 km to appear outside that ring and you will get 0-100 points, depending how close to Paris your city was. If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn’t fall within 100-200 kms, it will expand to be a 100-300 km ring, then 100-400 km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

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World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name the largest World 50K+ city in each 100km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer if it is the largest 50K+ city in that area.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 100km centered at Paris. Naming the largest city in this circle (Paris in this case) will cause another 'ring' of radius 100km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the largest World 50K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 200-300km, it will expand to be a 200-400km ring, then 200-500km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Too tough?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

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World 100 Km Expanding Circles Largest City Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ pop city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name any World 50K+ city in each 100 km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice, trying to name LARGEST city in each circle. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer.

PLEASE NOTE - You must type a '.' (period) after each city to submit it to prevent answering another city with a name you would be have to type to get your answer. If multiple cities have the name you submitted, only the largest one will be counted.

You accumulate points based on the population of the city you named in relation to the largest city in the circle. Naming the largest city will get you 100 points. A smaller city’s point total will be the ratio of its population to the largest, so if you name a city of 75K people and the largest city has 100K, you get 75 points.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring’s largest correct answer at right (under ‘Answer Stats’ by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose ‘Paris’ – you will be shown a circle of radius 100 km centered at Paris. Naming any city in this circle (including Paris) will cause another ‘ring’ of radius 100 km to appear outside that circle, however - you will want to try naming the LARGEST city you can to get more points (Paris will be 100 points). After completing that circle, you now need to name any 50K+ World city in the new ring (but not within any previous circles/rings), again trying to name as large a city as possible. If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn’t fall within 100-200 km, it will expand to be a 100-300 km ring, then 300-400 km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

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World 100 Km Expanding Circles Small City Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ pop city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name any World 50K+ city in each 100 km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice, trying to name SMALLER cities instead of the easier, larger cities. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer.

PLEASE NOTE - You must type a '.' (period) after each city to submit it to prevent answering another city with a name you would be have to type to get your answer. If multiple cities have the name you submitted, only the smallest one will be counted.

You accumulate points based on the population of the city you named according to the following scale:
50K - 99,999 - 10 pts
100K - 149,999 - 8 pts
150K - 249,999 - 6 pts
250K - 499,999 - 4 pts
500K - 749,999 - 3 pts
750K - 999,999 - 2 pts
1M+ - 1 pt

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring’s smallest correct answer at right (under ‘Answer Stats’ by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose ‘Paris’ – you will be shown a circle of radius 100 km centered at Paris. Naming any city in this circle (including Paris) will cause another ‘ring’ of radius 100 km to appear outside that circle, however - you will want to try naming the SMALLEST city you can to get more points (Paris will only yield 1 point). After completing that circle, you now need to name any 50K+ World city in the new ring (but not within any previous circles/rings), again trying to name as small a city as possible. If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn’t fall within 100-200 km, it will expand to be a 100-300 km ring, then 300-400 km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

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World 1M City Coverage Challenge

Enter a World 1M+ city - all other 1M+ cities within 1000km will also fill in. Try to fill in all 1M cities in the smallest number of circles. Countries remaining will display when you have completed 80 countries. For Khartoum, enter 'khartoum.' with the period to prevent entering Khartoum North. For Hyderabad, there are two, so enter 'hyderabadin' for India and 'hyderabadpa' for Pakistan. Also there are 2 'Taizhou' cities in China. To name the southernmost (slightly larger) one, type 'taizhou1' - for the other type 'taizhou2'.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World 1M+ Agglomerations Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a world 1M+ agglomeration to start, then name successive 1M+ agglomerations such that the next agglo's first letter is the last letter of the current agglo and the next agglo is as close to the current agglo as possible. On this quiz alternates are generally accepted, however only the main (usually official) name is counted as it relates to naming the next agglo. Agglomerations of the same name will answer the closest one first. NOTE: You must type a '.' (period) after the agglo name to submit it. The same agglo cannot be used twice in this quiz.

For example, you start with 'Paris' - you are now trying to name a city starting with 'S' (the last letter of 'Paris') which is closest to Paris. If you answer 'Sevilla' - now you are trying to name the closest 1M+ agglo to Sevilla which starts with a 'A' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th agglo from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest agglo on each step, and they decline based on the distance your agglo was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

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World 1M+ Agglos Direction Challenge

The object of this quiz is to name (see NAMING NOTE below) as many World 1M+ agglomerations as possible starting from the position you choose without skipping agglos moving in the opposite direction. For example, if you choose 'S' you 'start' at the South Pole to begin and you are aiming to name the most southern World 1M+ agglo, then the 2nd most southern, and so on as you move north. Naming correct agglos increases the population counter - the object is to get the highest total population among all agglos you name. However, once you move in a direction you can't name agglos already passed by (i.e. covered in the blue shaded region).

NAMING NOTE: You must end each agglo name with a period - i.e. 'Tokyo.' - this prevents naming an agglo whose name is a partial name of the agglo you want to answer. If you name an agglo that has multiple answers, only the closest upcoming one will be answered for you, so you won't name the farther away agglo from the one you are trying to guess.

You don't start with a ton of time, however there is a 30 second time bonus for naming the next agglo in order, and a 15 second bonus for naming the 2nd or 3rd next one in order. So if you name well you can accumulate a lot of extra time.

hugequiz Premium members will see up to the largest 25 agglos missed when the quiz ends - they will be pink markers you can mouseover to see agglo details.

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World 20 Circle Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to place 20 circles of radius 1000 km on the map so that they contain the largest total population.

When you begin you'll be given a 1000-km radius circle centered on the map. Move it using the mouse and click SUBMIT. You will be given a score for that circle corresponding to the total population contained within it based on world population density at https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php. Try to complete all 20 circles with the highest total score.

Any INTERSECTING areas are only counted one time, so no population will be counted more than once.

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World 200 Km Expanding Circles Any City Distance Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name any World 50K+ city in each 200 km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice - NOTE - you must enter a period '.' at the end of the city to submit it. The first circle will include your city of choice as guessed. The object in this quiz is to guess the city in the next ring which is as close to the previous city as possible. The closest city will get you 100 points, the farthest away answer, 0 points.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's closest correct answer at right.

For example, if you choose ‘Paris, France’ – you will be shown a circle of radius 200 km centered at Paris and Paris will be selected. You will also see a ring of radius 200 km outside that circle. Naming a city in this ring will cause another ‘ring’ of radius 200 km to appear outside that ring and you will get 0-100 points, depending how close to Paris your city was. If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn’t fall within 200-400 kms, it will expand to be a 200-600 km ring, then 200-800 km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

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World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name the largest World 50K+ city in each 200km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer if it is the largest 50K+ city in that area.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 200km centered at Paris. Naming the largest city in this circle (Paris in this case) will cause another 'ring' of radius 200km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the largest World 50K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 200-400km, it will expand to be a 200-600km ring, then 200-800km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want more of a challenge?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

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World 200 Km Expanding Circles Top 3 Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name the top 3 largest World 50K+ cities in each 200km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer if it is in the top 3 largest 50K+ city in that area. As you enter cities you will see their rank within the current ring (1st, 2nd or 3rd largest) above their marker.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's largest correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 200km centered at Paris. Naming the 3 largest cities in this circle (such as Paris) will cause them to appear as green markers and when all 3 are named another 'ring' of radius 200km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the 3 largest World 50K+ cities in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If no city qualifies within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until at least one city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 200-400km, it will expand to be a 200-600km ring, then 200-800km and so on until at least one qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want only one city per ring?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

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World 200 Km Expanding Circles Top 5 Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name the top 5 largest World 50K+ cities in each 200km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer if it is in the top 5 largest 50K+ city in that area. As you enter cities you will see their rank within the current ring (1st, 2nd, 3th, 4th or 5th largest) above their marker.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's largest correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 200km centered at Paris. Naming the 5 largest cities in this circle (such as Paris) will cause them to appear as green markers and when all 5 are named another 'ring' of radius 200km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the 5 largest World 50K+ cities in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If no city qualifies within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until at least one city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 200-400km, it will expand to be a 200-600km ring, then 200-800km and so on until at least one qualifying city is found within the ring.

This quiz is only available to Premium members.

Want only one city per ring?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

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World 250 Km Population Challenge

In 15 minutes name the World cities of 250K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 250K cities within 250 km are guessed.

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World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

First choose any World 50K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name ANY World 50K+ city in each 50km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's largest correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Paris, France' - you will be shown a circle of radius 50km centered at Paris. Naming any 50K+ city in this circle (including Paris) will cause another 'ring' of radius 50km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the any World 50K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 50-100km, it will expand to be a 50-150km ring, then 50-200km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

Want larger rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge - Choose City

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World 50 Largest Agglomerations Elimination

Name the 50 largest world agglomerations without naming an agglomeration ranked 51st to 100th. Naming a 51-100 ranked will end the quiz, independent of time left.

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World 500 Km 50-Circle Coverage Challenge

You start with a blank map. Double-click on the map to create a circle of 500km radius centered on that location. All World 50K+ cities within that circle will appear and count toward your total cities. The object is to cover as many cities as possible in 50 circles. You can click within an already-created circle as well, however you may have to zoom in slightly so you aren't clicking on an existing city marker.

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World 500 Km Coverage Challenge

Choose any 50K+ World city, then continue naming 50K+ cities which are within 500 km of any previously named city. Please note - North/South America and the rest of the world are considered separate sections on this quiz. The game will not end if you haven't begun one of them and then 'jump' over to it to begin working on it. So you get one free city to choose outside of the 500km distance if you want to start working on the section you haven't started. But once you have started both NA/SA and Rest of World, you cannot guess a city outside a 500km circle or the quiz will end.

Naming notes: many places have similar names. For example, “Brest” is not unique. To choose Brest, France, simply type “brestfr”, using the first two letters of the country name...another example is "londonun". Also, some answers require typing in other answers you may not want to guess. In this case, if you want to answer “Hamburg”, simply type it..”Ham, Belgium” will not be chosen. If you want simply “Ham” type ‘ham.’ with the period at the end. One other issue is multiple cities in the US with the same name, for these type in the state abbreviation and 'us' at the end - i.e. 'jacksonvilleflus' - if a place name outside the US has multiple locations in a country you can use 'fuzhouch1', 'fuzhouch2' etc for the Fuzhou's in China.

Other Coverage Challenges
Europe 200 Km Coverage Challenge | US 200 Mile Coverage Challenge

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World 500K+ Cities Locator Timed Challenge

The object of this quiz is to click on 500K+ city locations as quickly and accurately as you can. You get 25 random World cities from among all World 250K+ cities. You will be scored based on Time, Distance, and Closest Cities. Closest Cities refers to how many cities (among ALL 50K+ cities, not just 500K+ ones) are located closer to the actual city's location than where you clicked. Upon clicking START you will see cities listed one at a time in the upper right on the side of the map. Double-click where that city is as fast and accurately as possible. You will then get a score of 0-100 based on those 3 factors. Also, up to 10 of the closest cities to the target city that you weren't within will be displayed. Click NEXT CITY to continue on.

To make things easier, you will get at most 2 cities from each country each time you play.

NOTE – For cities with the same name, you are trying to click on the LARGEST city of that name.

For Premium members, this quiz is much easier to play on Google Maps full screen mode.

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World 50K+ City Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of 50K+ population cities you chose in each 15-degree grid square. For example if you choose '5' you are only naming the 5 largest cities in each square. Only green squares contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a square it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World 50K+ City Latitude Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of 50K+ population cities you chose in each 5-degree latitude range. Only green ranges contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a range it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World 50K+ City Latitude Grid Top 3 Challenge

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the 3 largest 50K+ World cities within each latitude range. Beg level is 5 degree width, Int is 2.5 degree, Adv 1 degrees, and Exp is 0.5 degrees. Latitude ranges will fill in a light yellow when 2 answers remain, light orange with one remaining, and red when completed.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World 50K+ City Longitude Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of 50K+ population cities you chose in each 10-degree longitude range. Only green ranges contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a range it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World 50K+ City Longitude Grid Top 3 Challenge

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the 3 largest 50K+ World cities within each longitude range. Beg level is 10 degree width, Int is 5 degrees, Adv 2.5 degrees, and Exp is 1 degree. Longitude ranges will fill in a light yellow when 2 answers remain, light orange with one remaining, and red when completed.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World 50K+ City Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a city to start, then name successive cities such that the next city's first letter is the last letter of the current city and the next city is as close to the current city as possible. On this quiz alternates are generally accepted, however only the main (usually official) name is counted as it relates to naming the next city. Cities of the same name will answer the closest city first. NOTE: You must type a '.' (period) after the city to submit it. Cities must be a minimum of 50k population. The same city cannot be used twice in this quiz.

For example, you start with 'Paris' - you are now trying to name a city starting with 'S' (the last letter of 'Paris') which is closest to Paris. If you answer 'Strasbourg' - now you are trying to name the closest city to Strasbourg which starts with a 'G' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th city from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest city on each step, and they decline based on the distance your city was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

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World 50K+ City Shrinking Coverage Challenge

You begin with a radius of 1500km. Enter World 50K+ city names and all 50K+ World cities within that radius will fill in, HOWEVER each time you use a circle the radius will shrink by 5%. Try to cover as many cities as possible as the circles get smaller. Time is not part of the score on this quiz.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Notes for this quiz: answering a city that has the same name in multiple locations will reduce the circle 5% in radius for each unique city that matches, so if you enter 'Brest' - it will fill one of the 2 with whatever radius you are at, then shrink it 5% and fill the other, and again shrink it 5% more until you make your next guess. So it may not be wise to use a common city name. Also, to enter a city such as 'Mexico City' without entering 'Mexico' (a city in Philippines) you can simply type for example "xmexicocity" then delete the x, thereby preventing you from typing 'mexico' - there are a handful of cities like this.

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World 50K+ Expanding Circle Population Challenge – Your Location

First enter a level by typing '25M', '10M', '5M', or '1M' - you begin with that population figure (shown by 'Population Remaining'...the bigger the number the easier the quiz). The quiz will center in on your location - you must have your browser's location figure on. A pink marker will be placed at this location.

The object of this quiz is to accumulate 'Population Gotten' by typing in world 50K+ cities (see naming note below) moving outward from your marker without skipping cities. Any 50K+ city skipped will count against your Population Remaining. Any 50K+ city guessed correctly counts toward your Population Gotten. Population Gotten is your score for this quiz, this is the number you want to have as high as possible - it is the sum of the population of all your guesses.

Naming Note: You must add a '.' at the end of each city name for it to take - this is to prevent typing in another city name which is the first few letters of the city you wanted to type. There are a good number of these so to make it easiest I am simply requiring a '.' after each name you enter.

There are no time bonuses on this quiz.

A circle will be drawn going out to your last guess and showing that guess as a green marker and any missed cities that were closer as a red marker. All members can mouseover the green markers to see what their name, population and rank in terms of closeness to your location (i.e. #10 is 10th closest 50K+ city). hugequiz Premium members can hover over the red markers as well to see the missed cities and their info.

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World 50K+ Latitude Coverage Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 2 degrees latitude, Intermediate 1 degrees, Advanced 0.5 degrees, and Expert 0.25 degrees. Then, enter 50K+ population cities and all 50K+ population cities within that latitude will automatically fill in.

HOWEVER - for this quiz you can enter any 50K+ city for your first choice, but successive cities must be already within a blue band for you to answer them, so you must 'expand' the blue area in the north and south directions, you can't start a new blue band with a gap away from a currently blue shaded area.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World 50K+ Longitude Coverage Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 5 degrees longitude, Intermediate 2.5 degrees, Advanced 1 degrees, and Expert 0.5 degrees. Then, enter 50K+ population cities and all 50K+ population cities within that longitude will automatically fill in. PLEASE NOTE: Your first two selections must be one in each of the two separate regions - the Americas and Eurasia/Africa/Oceania. So if your first guess is 'New York' that covers the Americas, and your second guess must be a city in the Eurasia/Africa/Oceania section. Then you will have two bands you can expand independently as you play the quiz.

HOWEVER - for this quiz you can enter any 50K+ city for your first choice, but successive cities must be already within a blue band for you to answer them, so you must 'expand' the blue area in the east and west directions, you can't start a new blue band with a gap away from a currently blue shaded area.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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World Bordering Administrative Divisions Challenge

Name world country first order (state, province) administrative divisions and that division plus all bordering divisions will fill in. You will have to be pretty exact naming these divisions, and this quiz will not be up to date for all countries – it depends on how often the source (Natural Earth) updates their data and boundaries.

PLEASE WAIT for the outlines to fill in before answering - quiz will take a few moments to load all the boundaries – zooming in/out may be slightly slow.

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World Bordering Countries Area Challenge – 25 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total land area among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, areas also include territories.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The more challenging 50-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Area Challenge – 50 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Area Challenge – 50 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 50 countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total land area among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, areas also include territories.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The 25-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Area Challenge – 25 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Minimum Area Challenge – 25 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 countries with the objective of accumulating the smallest total land area among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, areas also include territories. You must complete 25 countries for your score to save - so for example you can't get 'stuck' somewhere like South Korea with no other countries available to click on unless it happens to be your 25th country clicked.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The more challenging 50-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Minimum Area Challenge – 50 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Minimum Area Challenge – 50 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 50 countries with the objective of accumulating the smallest total land area among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, areas also include territories. You must complete 50 countries for your score to save - so for example you can't get 'stuck' somewhere like South Korea with no other countries available to click on unless it happens to be your 50th country clicked.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The 25-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Minimum Area Challenge – 25 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Minimum Population Challenge – 25 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 countries with the objective of accumulating the smallest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown. You must complete 25 countries for your score to save - so for example you can't get 'stuck' somewhere like South Korea with no other countries available to click on unless it happens to be your 25th country clicked.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The more challenging 50-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Minimum Population Challenge – 50 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Minimum Population Challenge – 50 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 50 countries with the objective of accumulating the smallest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown. You must complete 50 countries for your score to save - so for example you can't get 'stuck' somewhere like South Korea with no other countries available to click on unless it happens to be your 50th country clicked.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The 25-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Minimum Population Challenge – 25 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 25 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The more challenging 50-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 50 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 50 Countries

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 50 countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The 25-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 25 Countries

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World Bordering Countries Travel Challenge

Begin in any country that has a land border with another country by clicking on it. Travel to successive countries by clicking on a country bordering the current country you are in, but without going back to a previously clicked country. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders. Attempt to travel to the most countries before you can no longer proceed as there are no further new countries to click on which border the country you are in.

Please note - Western Sahara is not considered part of any country in this quiz, even though it will highlight with Morocco.

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World Bordering Country Challenge

Type a country which has a land border (including causeways but not including only man-made structures) with another country (there are 160 such countries). When entered, that country and any bordering countries will fill in. Try to fill in all 160 countries in as few guesses as possible. NOTE: for Guinea, Niger and UK, type a '.' after them to submit (to avoid answering Guinea Bissau, Nigeria or Ukraine with an extra guess if you didn't want to answer those). Sorted from most bordering countries to fewest, then alphabetically. # of bordering countries shown.

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World Capital Satellite View Challenge

You will be given a satellite view zoomed in on one of 10 of the world capital cities, focused randomly within a km or so of the city center. Name the city you are looking at within one minute. I left some road and other labels in as hints, but most have been removed. Panning and zooming are disabled.

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World Capital Street View Challenge

You will be given a Google Street View window randomly placed near the center of a world capital in which you can move around in. Name the capital where you are located within two minutes. The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max points is 100 for guessing in 10 seconds or less. A handful of capitals were not included as they don't have street view available.

About 80 of the world's capitals are featured in this quiz, the rest don't yet have street view available.

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World Capitals Distance Challenge

The object of this quiz is to travel to all World capitals in the shortest distance. Begin at any capital by it. Its marker will turn green. Click on successive capitals to ‘travel’ between them, trying to accumulate the shortest total distance. When you have visited all capitals your score will be saved. There is a time limit to complete all the capitals. Countries with multiple capitals use the administrative.

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World Capitals Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a world country capital to start, then name successive captials such that the next capital's first letter is the last letter of the current capital and the next capital is as close to the current capital as possible. NOTE: You must type a '.' (period) after the capital name to submit it. The same capital cannot be used twice in this quiz.

For example, you start with 'Paris' - you are now trying to name a capital city starting with 'S' (the last letter of 'Paris') which is closest to Paris. If you answer 'Sofia' - now you are trying to name the closest capital to Sofia which starts with a 'A' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th capital from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest capital on each step, and they decline based on the distance your capital was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

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World Capitals Triplets Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 grid of 25 of the capital cities of World countries.

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 3 in the given category for the capitals shown in the grid. When you begin you’ll be given 25 different capitals plus a category to name the top 3 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says ‘Top 3 Largest Population’ you are to click on the 3 capitals with the largest population. If it says ‘Top 3 Lowest Population Density’ you are to click on the 3 whose population density is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second capital you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 3rd capital they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 3 comes to the optimum set of 3 (which will be shown as a ‘Rank’ on top out of the # of possible sets of 3 for the last choice). When you’ve answered all 8 sets of 3 leaving only 1 capital the quiz is over. You get a 100 points bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 2500.

Note: I set the Vatican's Cost Of Living to the same as Rome's, as there is no data for it.

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World Circle Population Guess Challenge

You will be shown 10 different circles of radius 250-2000 km. Using the slider (or manually typing into the box below the slider), guess the population contained within each circle then click SUBMIT for each one. Populations are based on world population density at https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php.

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World Circle Population Selection Challenge

The object of this quiz is to click on the circle containing the largest population. When you begin you'll be shown 2 circles with radii between 100 and 2500 km on the map which do not intersect. Click on the one with the larger population within it (based world population density info) then 'Submit' - if you are correct you'll move on. One incorrect round and the quiz is over. Every 5 rounds the number of circles on the map will increase by 1. Try to build the longest streak of correct circles. Circles displayed will always be non-intersecting.

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World Circle Radius Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's radius so it contains the target population shown at the right. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random populated world grid square (there are over 800K 10x10 km grid squares used for the data, courtesy of https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php). Also you will see an adjustable circle of radius 500 km to start. Adjust the circle's radius by dragging it until it contains the target number of people shown - this target will be between 2.5 and 250 million people. Then click submit. You are scored on how close your circle's population is to the target.

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World Cities Grid Identifier Challenge

The object of this quiz is to double-click the grid square where cities are located (the centroid of the city is used). When you begin you will have a grid randomly placed with size 15 degrees latitude by 15 degrees longitude. You will be told which city to locate – simply double-click on that city’s grid square and you will move on to the next city. Each time you go to a new city the squares are randomly redrawn and with a size 10% smaller. The first 10 cities will be 5M+, the next 10 2.5-5M, next 10 1-2.5M and the balance (until you run out of time or guess wrong) will be 500K-1M. When you guess wrong the correct location will be shown as a pink marker.

You will not get more than one city per country in the first 3 groupings of 10, however for the final balance (when the cities are 500K-1M) there is no limit to how many cities in one country you will get.

You do get a break if you are within 2 km of the city but in the wrong square – you will not get credit for the guess but will get another chance at that level.

After the quiz is over you can click RESTART to retry it without refreshing the page.

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World Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top World cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 25 km for 1M+ cities and 10 km otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, click on the 'downtown' area to avoid clicking on a suburb or outer edge of the city. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown.'

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 10 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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World City Grid Blackout Largest City Challenge

Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 15-degree grid, hard is a 10-degree grid. Then, try to name the LARGEST city in each grid square which fits the category label for each square. To name a city, you must first click on the grid square to make it have a GREEN border. Then, type in the city answer for that square followed by a '.' (a period). You are given a score from 0 to 100 based on your answer's population compared to the largest city accepted in that square (100 being you named the largest city).

LETTER: means the city starts with that letter.
NUMBER RANGE: (such as 2-5, 10+) means the city contains that many letters (excluding spaces and special characters).
POPULATION RANGE: (such as 50-100K) means the city has that range for its population.
2+ WORDS means the city name has 2 or more words (words denoted by a space or hyphen).

At the end of the quiz the largest population missed answer will show in each unanswered square, and for those answered the largest city will be listed if you didn't answer it.

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World City Grid Challenge – Advanced

Choose a number of cities by typing ‘3’, ‘5’, or ’10’. Then, enter the largest number of 50K+ world cities you chose in each 10-degree grid square. Only green squares contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a square it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

For example, if you choose '3' for your number of cities to start the quiz, only the 3 largest cities in each grid square will be accepted as answers.

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World City Grid Small City Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 15 degrees, Intermediate 10 degrees, Advanced 5 degrees, and Expert 2.5 degrees. Then, try to enter the smallest cities (min 50K population) in each grid square of the size based on your difficulty. Green squares contain answers. Adv and Exp levels may take a few moments to load.

PLEASE NOTE - You must type a '.' (period) after each city to submit it to prevent answering another city with a name you would be have to type to get your answer. If multiple cities have the name you submitted, only the smallest one will be counted.

You accumulate points based on the population of the city you named according to the following scale:
50K - 99,999 - 10 pts
100K - 149,999 - 8 pts
150K - 249,999 - 6 pts
250K - 499,999 - 4 pts
500K - 749,999 - 3 pts
750K - 999,999 - 2 pts
1M+ - 1 pt

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 smallest missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World City Random Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. A random 15-degree by 15-degree grid will be placed on the map. Enter the largest number of cities you chose in each square (min 10K population). Only green squares contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a square it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

For example, if you choose '3' for your number of cities to start the quiz, only the 3 largest cities in each grid square will be accepted as answers.

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World Closest 1M+ City Challenge

First type ‘start’ to begin. Then you will be given a world city of 1M+ population. Try to name the closest other 1M+ population city. Only the 5 closest 1M cities will be accepted as an answer. You can type ‘next’ to skip the current city. Getting the closest city will yield 100 points. 2nd thru 5th closest will give a lower point total, based both on the rank of the city (2nd thru 5th, minus 10 points for each ranking below first) and how much farther the guessed city is away than the closest city. 10 total cities and 3 minutes total time, no maximum time for a single city. 10 unique countries will be used for the cities.

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World Closest 250K+ City Random Location Challenge

The object of this quiz is to name to closest World 250K+ city to each purple marker that appears. When you begin the quiz you will be placed in a random location within a continent and between 60 North and 55 South latitude (might be over a body of water, but won't be over an ocean) which will be denoted by a purple marker. Name the closest 250K+ World city to this marker by typing in the city name followed by a '.' (period). You will then be given a score up to 100 (100 being the closest 250K+ city) based on how far away your city is in relation to how far away the closest one is. You get 25 cities for a maximum of 2500 points. If you name a city that has the same name as another possible answer, don't worry - the closest city of that name will be chosen.

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World Closest Capital Challenge

First type 'start' to begin. Then you will be given a world capital city. Try to name the closest other world capital (administrative capitals only) to the given capital. Only the 5 closest capitals will be accepted as an answer. You can type 'next' to skip the current capital. Getting the closest capital will yield 100 points. 2nd thru 5th closest will give a lower point total, based both on the rank of the capital (2nd thru 5th, minus 10 points for each ranking below first) and how much farther the guessed capital is away than the closest capital. 10 total capitals and 3 minutes total time, 20 seconds maximum per capital.

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World Countries Area Sorting Challenge – Difficult

You begin with two countries shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries in order from largest to smallest by total area. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '25th' in each box. You can click on a country to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country to position the first country before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

Area includes dependent territories.

hugequiz Premium members will see country areas when the quiz is over.

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World Countries Identifier Challenge

Double-click on the World country listed – there are no outlines on the map to make this a little more challenging. Complete all countries or click End Quiz to save your score.

Quiz may take a moment to load.

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World Countries Population Sorting Challenge

You begin with two countries shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries in order from largest to smallest by total population. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '16th' in each box. You can click on a country to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country to position the first country before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

Population includes dependent territories.

hugequiz Premium members will see country populations when the quiz is over.

Try other geographies or area sorting:
US States Population Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Population Sorting Challenge – Difficult
World Countries Area Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Area Sorting Challenge

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World Countries Population Sorting Challenge – Difficult

You begin with two countries shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries in order from largest to smallest by total population. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '25th' in each box. You can click on a country to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country to position the first country before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

Population includes dependent territories.

hugequiz Premium members will see country populations when the quiz is over.

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World Country 5-Somes Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 7x7 grid of world countries.

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 5 in the given category for the countries shown in the grid. When you begin you'll be given 25 different countries plus a category to name the top 5 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says 'Top 5 Largest Area' you are to click on the 5 countries with the largest area. If it says 'Top 5 Smallest Max Elevation' you are to click on the 5 countries whose max elevation is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second country you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 5th country they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 5 comes to the optimum set of 5 (which will be shown as a 'Rank' on top out of the # of possible sets of 5 for the last choice). When you've answered all 9 sets of 5 leaving only 4 countries the quiz is over. You get a 500 point bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 5000.

PLEASE NOTE - countries INCLUDED dependent territories EXCEPT for the 'Highest/Lowest Mean Temp' categories, which only applies to the 'main' portion of the country (i.e. no Greenland for Denmark for average temp).

This quiz is only available to Premium members.

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World Country Drawing Challenge

Time for you to show what you've really got. You'll be freehand drawing countries of the World. When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which country to draw. To begin drawing a country, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the country. Release the mouse to 'close' the country and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click submit or double-click the drawn country. Click erase or right-click the country to erase it and try again. You may have to wait a few moments for your score to calculate on larger countries.

PLEASE NOTE: you will see a red line at 180 degrees longitude. When drawing Russia do NOT cross over this line, it messes up the area calculation and you will have to redraw the shape.

You are only drawing the main portion of each country - do not worry about any disjointed islands, etc. Island countries (or predominantly island countries) are not included.

When you submit a country you are scored on the % of your country which contains the actual country (shown as '% In Country') and the % of the actual country contained in your country (shown as '% Of Country'). These average out to create your points for that country.

Complete all countries or click End Quiz at any time to save your score. Don't forget to take a screenshot of your beautifully drawn World!

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the countries when the quiz is over.

A streak version of this quiz World Country Drawing Challenge Streak

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World Country Drawing Challenge – 10 Countries No Map

You will be given 10 countries to draw the outlines of. You do not get to see the map to help you with this version of the quiz.

When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which country to draw. To begin drawing a country, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the country. Release the mouse to 'close' the country and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click Submit or double-click the drawn country. Click Erase or right-click it to erase it and start over. After completing a country you will need to click NEXT COUNTRY above the map to go on to the next one. Your score may take a few moments to calculate for larger countries.

You will see a white box when you begin drawing a country. You can zoom in/out and pan to prepare before you start drawing. The farthest north, south, east, and west points of the country you are drawing will touch the top, bottom, right and left sides of the rectangle.

You are only drawing the main portion of each country – do not worry about any disjointed islands, etc.

When you submit a country you are scored on the % of your country which contains the actual country (shown as '% In Country') and the % of the actual country contained in your country (shown as '% Of Country'). These average out to create your points for that country.

Complete 10 countries or click End Quiz at any time to save your score. You will then see a satellite view of the World with your countries in place.

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the countries when the quiz is over.

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World Country Drawing Challenge Streak

First enter 'beg', 'int', 'adv', or 'exp' to begin. Beginner corresponds to 60 points, intermediate to 70 points, advanced to 80 points and expert to 90 points. This is the number of points you will need to score drawing each country to get to continue on to the next country. The object is to complete as many countries as you can.

You'll be freehand drawing the countries of the World. When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which country to draw. To begin drawing a country, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the country. Release the mouse to 'close' the country and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click submit or double-click the drawn country. Click erase or right-click the country to erase it and try again. You may have to wait a few moments for your score on larger countries.

You continue to the next country as long as your points for the last country meet the minimum (60, 70, 80, or 90) based on the level you chose. Otherwise the game is over.

You are only drawing the main portion of each country – do not worry about any disjointed islands, etc. Island countries (or predominantly island countries) are not included.

When you submit a country you are scored on the % of your country which contains the actual country (shown as '% In Country') and the % of the actual country contained in your country (shown as '% Of Country'). These average out to create your points for that country.

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the countries when the quiz is over.

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World Country Outline Challenge

When you start you will be given a 3x3 grid of country outlines. Click on the outline for the country shown above the grid. If you click the wrong outline you will have 5 seconds deducted from your time. As the quiz progresses, the grid will get larger. Try to complete as many countries in 2 minutes as you can.

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World Country Population Guessing Challenge

Upon clicking START you'll be shown a country and a population slider below it. Move the slider to the country's population and click SUBMIT. You'll get a score from 0 to 100 based on how accurate your guess was. Complete 20 random countries to end the quiz.

If you click on the slider you can use the left and right arrows to move it more accurately.

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World Country Satellite Zoom Challenge

Click Start to begin. You will be given Google satellite view zoomed in near the center of 20 different World 500K+ population cities. The view will start being zoomed in fully and zoom out every 5 seconds. Name the country you are in by typing it (some abbreviations accepted). The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max of 25 points per location. NOTE: No country will be used more than once, you will get 20 different countries.

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World Country Triplets Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5x5 grid of world countries.

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 3 in the given category for the countries shown in the grid. When you begin you'll be given 25 different countries plus a category to name the top 3 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says 'Top 3 Largest Area' you are to click on the 3 countries with the largest area. If it says 'Top 3 Smallest Max Elevation' you are to click on the 3 countries whose max elevation is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second country you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 3rd country they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 3 comes to the optimum set of 3 (which will be shown as a 'Rank' on top out of the # of possible sets of 3 for the last choice). When you've answered all 8 sets of 3 leaving only 1 country the quiz is over. You get a 100 points bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 2500.

PLEASE NOTE - countries INCLUDED dependent territories EXCEPT for the 'Highest/Lowest Mean Temp' categories, which only applies to the 'main' portion of the country (i.e. no Greenland for Denmark for average temp).

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World Expanding Circles Challenge – Your Location

First choose a level by typing '50.', '100', '250' or '500' - (need the period after '50' so 500 can be typed) then name the largest World 50K+ city in the circle/ring of that distance range (in km) as the rings expand outward from your location. You need to have your browser's location function working or the quiz will not load.

You MUST have a city within the initial distance you choose for your level - so this quiz will not work if you are not within a 50K+ city at the distance you chose to begin with.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose '250' - you will be shown a circle of radius 250 km centered at your location. Naming the largest city in this circle will cause another 'ring' of radius 250 km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the largest World 50K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 250-500 km (assuming your level is 250 km), it will expand to be a 250-750 km ring, then 250-1000 km and so on until a city is found within the ring.

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World Google Street View Country Streak Challenge

You will be presented with a random google street view image in a locality somewhere in the world where google street view has coverage. Name the country you are in within 2 minutes, trying to obtain the longest consecutive streak of countries. If you name an incorrect country the game will end. You must type in a '.' after the country name (some abbreviations such as US and UK accepted) for the answer to register. If you guess an incorrect country (not including countries that have no street view coverage and therefore are not in this quiz), the game will end and your score will be saved. You can then type 'start' to restart the quiz.

Please note - this quiz is only available to hugequiz Premium members, as it costs money for me to use the street view API and this quiz is more costly than the other street view ones.

Here is a list of accepted answers that currently have street view coverage (and wrong answers that will trigger the quiz ending):

unitedstates, germany, brazil, japan, russia, mexico, unitedkingdom, philippines, turkey, italy, spain, france, argentina, canada, colombia, malaysia, netherlands, indonesia, ukraine, bangladesh, poland, southkorea, vietnam, nigeria, thailand, southafrica, chile, peru, romania, tunisia, uganda, israel, taiwan, australia, guatemala, ghana, jordan, kenya, belarus, ecuador, belgium, finland, sweden, greece, hungary, norway, srilanka, bolivia, bulgaria, czechrepublic, dominicanrepublic, madagascar, portugal, serbia, senegal, palestine, newzealand, denmark, slovakia, switzerland, austria, uruguay, croatia, albania, cambodia, unitedarabemirates, botswana, estonia, bermuda, eswatini, ireland, latvia, andorra, iceland, luxembourg, singapore, lesotho, montenegro, slovenia, lithuania, macedonia, laos, kyrgyzstan

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World Great Circle 3 Strikes Daily Challenge

Click START to begin. You will be shown a route between 2 world capital cities and the starting country will be shown as the upper left cell in the grid. No route will have less than 5 total countries. A new route will appear each day at midnight central US time.

Starting with the 2nd country (the first country is always your departure country), name the countries (see NAMING NOTE below) in order whose land territory (including dependent territories) you fly over to your destination. Capital routes are from the city centers NOT the airports. You are answering based on when you FIRST fly over them (occasionally you may fly over a country, then another, then the previous country again, do NOT list the first country twice). Each country is only answered once. The last country is generally the destination country, but not always (as you may have crossed over it previously then another country, then back over it to arrive).

You get 3 strikes before the quiz is over. Each wrong country guess is a strike.

NAMING NOTE - Most disputed territories are considered to be part of the country that administers them (such as Western Sahara as part of Morocco), unless there is joint administration in which case the territory is not counted as any country. To answer countries like 'Guinea' or 'Niger' put a '.' (period at the end) as they must be typed to enter another country, similar 'UK.' (with the period) can be typed for United Kingdom, as it must be typed to enter Ukraine.

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World Great Circle Challenge

Click START to begin. You will be shown a random route between 2 world capital cities and the starting country will be shown as the upper left cell in the grid. No route will have less than 10 total countries.

Starting with the 2nd country (the first country is always your departure country), name the countries (see NAMING NOTE below) in order whose land territory (including dependent territories) you fly over to your destination. Capital routes are from the city centers NOT the airports. You are answering based on when you FIRST fly over them (occasionally you may fly over a country, then another, then the previous country again, do NOT list the first country twice). Each country is only answered once. The last country is generally the destination country, but not always (as you may have crossed over it previously then another country, then back over it to arrive).

NAMING NOTE - Most disputed territories are considered to be part of the country that administers them (such as Western Sahara as part of Morocco), unless there is joint administration in which case the territory is not counted as any country. To answer countries like 'Guinea' or 'Niger' put a '.' (period at the end) as they must be typed to enter another country, similar 'UK.' (with the period) can be typed for United Kingdom, as it must be typed to enter Ukraine.

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World Grid Path Challenge – All Cities

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – beg level is 15 degree squares, int 10 degrees, adv 5 degree, and exp 2.5 degrees. Then, name any 50K+ World city to start with by entering it (cities with the same name will choose the largest city of that name first). The grid square you are starting in will turn yellow - you now must name any city in any one of the adjacent grid squares (not including diagonal) - so any grid square directly north, south, east or west of the yellow one. Naming a city in one of these squares will turn your original square red and the current newly named city square yellow - continue in the same way trying to make a path of as many squares as you can. You are not allowed to return to a red square, and if you get 'boxed in' with no squares left to complete the quiz will also end.

Be aware that as you name cities it will answer the largest city first, so if you are trying to answer a city in a square to the east but a larger city of that name occurs a square to the north, the north one will be answered.

PLEASE NOTE: You get TWO separate 'paths' to create - one within the Americas and one within Europe/Africa/Asia/Oceania. You can start on either side and hop over to the other side whenever, in which case you will have 2 yellow squares to continue paths on.

Obviously, due to the layout and separation of squares it will be impossible to complete all of them.

hugequiz Premium members will see the largest missed city in each possible next square at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World Grid Population Challenge

First choose a grid size by typing '30', '20', or '10'. A grid of that size lat/long will be placed on the map (so if you choose '20' the grid width and height will be 20 degrees). Then, double click on the grid square with the highest population within it (based on world 10km x 10km population density estimates). The highest-population remaining square will give you 100 points, all the way down to 0 for the one with the smallest population. Try to obtain the most points by successively double-clicking on the highest-populated grid square.

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World Landlocked Countries Placement Challenge

The object of this quiz is to drag the 44 landlocked countries into their correct positions on the map. More northern countries will appear at the beginning lined across the top, southern countries along the bottom. When you drag on a country you will see that country's name on the right of the map. Double-click the country to 'lock' it in place and you will obtain a score up to 100 based on how close the center of the country is to the actual center coordinates. Four small European countries begin placed in the Mediterranean between Spain and Italy (right above the white rectangle).

You can end the quiz at any time or double-click on all 44 countries to place them to end the quiz as well. There may be a couple instances of a country with portions that are disjointed (Azerbaijan for instance) - only the larger portion of the country is shown in this quiz.

hugequiz Premium users will see the correct outlines of the countries when the quiz is ended.

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World Longest Borders By Country Challenge

The object of this quiz is to name the country with the longest shared border to the current shown country on the grid. You begin with the first (upper left) cell showing a country. Each country shown will have at least 2 other countries which have a land border with it (bridges not included). Name the country which borders this country for the longest distance. For example, if the shown country is Russia, you are trying to name a country which borders Russia and whose border with Russia is longer than any other country's border with Russia. Enter countries by typing the country name followed by a '.' to submit. Naming a country which doesn't border the current country will result in 0 points. 100 points corresponds to the country with the longest border, and points decrease based on the border distance compared to the longest shared border.

As you complete countries a new country will be shown and your score on the previous country will display. Complete all 25 countries to end the quiz. Only countries which border another are able to be submitted as answers.

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World Random Grid Path Challenge – All Cities

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – beg level is 15 degree squares, int 10 degrees, adv 5 degree, and exp 2.5 degrees. A randomly placed grid of that size will then be placed on the map. Then, name any 50K+ World city to start with by entering it (cities with the same name will choose the largest city of that name first). The grid square you are starting in will turn yellow - you now must name any city in any one of the adjacent grid squares (not including diagonal) - so any grid square directly north, south, east or west of the yellow one. Naming a city in one of these squares will turn your original square red and the current newly named city square yellow - continue in the same way trying to make a path of as many squares as you can. You are not allowed to return to a red square, and if you get 'boxed in' with no squares left to complete the quiz will also end.

Be aware that as you name cities it will answer the largest city first, so if you are trying to answer a city in a square to the east but a larger city of that name occurs a square to the north, the north one will be answered.

PLEASE NOTE: You get TWO separate 'paths' to create - one within the Americas and one within Europe/Africa/Asia/Oceania. You can start on either side and hop over to the other side whenever, in which case you will have 2 yellow squares to continue paths on.

Obviously, due to the layout and separation of squares it will be impossible to complete all of them.

hugequiz Premium members will see the largest missed city in each possible next square at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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World Shortest Borders By Country Challenge

The object of this quiz is to name the country with the shortest shared border to the current shown country on the grid. You begin with the first (upper left) cell showing a country. Each country shown will have at least 2 other countries which have a land border with it (bridges not included). Name the country which borders this country for the shortest distance. For example, if the shown country is Russia, you are trying to name a country which borders Russia and whose border with Russia is shorter than any other country’s border with Russia. Enter countries by typing the country name followed by a ‘.’ to submit. Naming a country which doesn’t border the current country will result in 0 points. 100 points corresponds to the country with the shortest border, and points decrease based on the border distance compared to the shortest shared border.

As you complete countries a new country will be shown and your score on the previous country will display. Complete all 25 countries to end the quiz. Only countries which border another are able to be submitted as answers.

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Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings? World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings? World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Too tough? World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings? World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Want more of a challenge? World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

Want only one city per ring? World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

Want only one city per ring? World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

World 250 Km Population Challenge In 15 minutes name the World cities of 250K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 250K cities within 250 km are guessed.

Want larger rings? World 100 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge - Choose City

World 50 Largest Agglomerations Elimination Name the 50 largest world agglomerations without naming an agglomeration ranked 51st to 100th. Naming a 51-100 ranked will end the quiz, independent of time left.

Other Coverage Challenges Europe 200 Km Coverage Challenge | US 200 Mile Coverage Challenge

World Countries Identifier Challenge Double-click on the World country listed – there are no outlines on the map to make this a little more challenging. Complete all countries or click End Quiz to save your score. Quiz may take a moment to load.

Try other geographies or area sorting: US States Population Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Population Sorting Challenge – Difficult World Countries Area Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Area Sorting Challenge

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Too tough?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

Want to name the largest city in each ring, or more of a challenge with smaller rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City | World 50 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge – Choose City

Want more of a challenge?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

Want only one city per ring?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

Want only one city per ring?
World 200 Km Expanding Circles Challenge - Choose City

World 250 Km Population Challenge

In 15 minutes name the World cities of 250K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 250K cities within 250 km are guessed.

Want larger rings?
World 100 Km Expanding Circles Any City Challenge - Choose City

World 50 Largest Agglomerations Elimination

Name the 50 largest world agglomerations without naming an agglomeration ranked 51st to 100th. Naming a 51-100 ranked will end the quiz, independent of time left.

Other Coverage Challenges
Europe 200 Km Coverage Challenge | US 200 Mile Coverage Challenge

World Countries Identifier Challenge

Double-click on the World country listed – there are no outlines on the map to make this a little more challenging. Complete all countries or click End Quiz to save your score.

Quiz may take a moment to load.

Try other geographies or area sorting:
US States Population Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Population Sorting Challenge – Difficult
World Countries Area Sorting Challenge | Europe Countries Area Sorting Challenge