Drag countries into the numbered positions based on their listed year of sovereignty. The year of sovereignty is the year that country became the name in parentheses below the country's present day name. Countries with the same year can be placed in any order within that year's positions. Drag placed countries between unlocked grid positions to move or swap them. Double-click an unlocked position to remove its image. On mobile, tap a country, then tap a position. You have 5 submissions. Correct answers lock in green. Every incorrect or blank position costs 1 point each time you submit. Start with 100 points; the minimum score is 0. There is no time limit.
Name the famous structure (man-made at least partially) viewed from above. You will get 15 chosen at random from about 150. You are naming the main structure at the center of each image, not an outlying structure that may be visible as well. You can mouseover to zoom in on each image.
Name the US state for each satellite image of its tallest building. You can mouseover to zoom on the image. You can answer the state name or abbreviation.
Good quiz, very good quiz, but I think the England section could use some slight improvements (Scotland I know less well but seems spot on from what I do).
1) I can think of at least one more name that should probably be included given what disputed names are already present.
2) The starting point for England is a bit odd. I’m (very) glad you didn’t start at 1066, but the usual starting points are the 871 monarch or the 924/927 monarch. Very occasionally earlier to 802 (Britannica for some reason does this) but really this is a huge stretch, more useful to give context for the 871 monarch than for any claim to England as a whole.
I can sort of see the logic for 757, held dominion (though never tried to formally unify) and very historically important. But not the first to do so (Penda seems an obvious earlier king who did this), not of the kingdom that eventually did form England and not of the direct line of kings that did (though there’s a marital link). Imo he should probably be dropped, as he’s a bit of an arbitrary inclusion right at the start.
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Good quiz, very good quiz, but I think the England section could use some slight improvements (Scotland I know less well but seems spot on from what I do).
1) I can think of at least one more name that should probably be included given what disputed names are already present.
2) The starting point for England is a bit odd. I’m (very) glad you didn’t start at 1066, but the usual starting points are the 871 monarch or the 924/927 monarch. Very occasionally earlier to 802 (Britannica for some reason does this) but really this is a huge stretch, more useful to give context for the 871 monarch than for any claim to England as a whole.
I can sort of see the logic for 757, held dominion (though never tried to formally unify) and very historically important. But not the first to do so (Penda seems an obvious earlier king who did this), not of the kingdom that eventually did form England and not of the direct line of kings that did (though there’s a marital link). Imo he should probably be dropped, as he’s a bit of an arbitrary inclusion right at the start.
Could you please add something to let us know which Royals were Queens?