# Amusing Geography Flash Game **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050 "2007-11-02T19:57:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/1 "2007-11-02T19:57:00Z")
Found this on another board and thought it was fun. I hit 8th level on first try, 10th on the second. The questions get pretty obscure at higher levels. šŸ™‚ [http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article2065386.ece?95e3=ec56](http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article2065386.ece?95e3=ec56) And this is the part where about 40 people post in this thread with ā€œThis was really easy. I gave it to my 4 year old kid sister and she scored 12th level on her first try.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/2 "2007-11-02T20:16:03Z")
China is a big friggin country. Iā€™m off by an inch and itā€™s like 12,000 miles! Plus I got careless and got South America mixed up with South Africa. :smack: Those lesser known cities in the 5th round were challenging to me. I didnā€™t make it through the 6th round on the second try. Maybe at home on the 19 inch monitor itā€™ll make a difference. This little 15 incher at work is cramping my style. I thought I had Havana nailed and I still missed it by 61km even though the country on this monitor is only a tenth of a centimeter long. shameā€¦ ---
### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/3 "2007-11-02T20:18:41Z")
Ok, Iā€™ll admit it. I only reached round 7 on the first try. Score 209,047. East Timor? Holy crap! ---
### Author: ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/4 "2007-11-02T20:19:31Z")
Crapped out on level 10. Needed 50,000 and only got 33,563. 394,959 total. I had a couple lucky guesses along the way. ā€œHmm, I know itā€™s in Italy. \ Ooh, 40km.ā€ ---
### Author: ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/5 "2007-11-02T20:23:30Z")
Africa is my nemesis in this one. I always had problems with Africa. Is it just my imagination or do the borders really change every other year? ---
### Author: ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/6 "2007-11-02T20:41:11Z")
452321 pts Level 11 IQ 121 ---
### Author: ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/7 "2007-11-02T20:51:49Z")
580,849, level 12, IQ 134. Out of all of them only one was a real guess (missed by more than 2000km) ---
### Author: ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/8 "2007-11-02T21:12:54Z")
Failed on last level, 56607/60000 for that one =/ 552627, level 12, 131 IQ. I missed something Beach in the USA (wrong coast) and a couple of African archipelagos by horrible margins. ---
### Author: ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/9 "2007-11-02T21:26:05Z")
I was able to finish it the second try: 588,482, IQ 135, Level 12ā€¦ no fanfare/fireworks. ā˜¹ ---
### Author: ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/10 "2007-11-02T21:34:35Z")
Level 10 was where I screwed up, putting Belize in the wrong feckinā€™ continent. But I was pleased to miss San Marino by only 13km. ---
### Author: ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/11 "2007-11-02T21:36:45Z")
Got killed on level 10 too. But it was on the first try. ---
### Author: ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/12 "2007-11-02T21:43:43Z")
517,976 level 11 of my first try. Got screwed my two Austrailian Islands groups ; I was off the wrong coast. Thatā€™s a great game, I wish they would have made the map bigger. ---
### Author: ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/13 "2007-11-02T22:14:50Z")
Cool game! I got to level 9 on my first try, but I didnā€™t get many within 100km. Iā€™m definitely going to do better on my next time. ---
### Author: ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/14 "2007-11-02T22:20:21Z")
518,806. missed level 12 by _8_ points. must try again. ---
### Author: ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/15 "2007-11-02T22:49:17Z")
608,847, IQ 137. Some lucky guesses, but the map could be bigger. ---
### Author: ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/16 "2007-11-02T22:50:16Z")
Damn thing froze up on me several timesā€¦couldnā€™t get past level 2 when half of the locations timed out. ---
### Author: ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/17 "2007-11-02T23:18:10Z")
Level 10. Grrā€¦ close. But they put Kƶpenhamn in SmĆ„land rather than in Denmark. (Silly nitpick, I know.) ---
### Author: ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/18 "2007-11-02T23:25:41Z")
IQ 104 on the second try. Could probably do better on a bigger screen. Fun game, though. GT ---
### Author: ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke) #### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/19 "2007-11-02T23:41:24Z")
I got to level 10 with 353436 points total. I did pretty poorly with Africa, somewhat less poorly with South America. I also had trouble with those teeny little island nations like St. Kitts. ---
### Author: ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm) #### Post date: [November 3, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050/20 "2007-11-03T00:07:00Z")
Score: 365 603 Level: 10 IQ: 111 My first try but Iā€™m not getting past level 10 unless Iā€™m very lucky. They loaded level 10 with Africa and it has always been my Achilles heel. Can anybody beat a distance of 11 000 (or so)? I misread Tanzania for Tasmania. The misery of that is that Tanzania is one of the two dozen or so countries in Africa I can readily locate. I also managed to get within 10km of the Hagia Sophia. I was quite pleased with that. The amusing part is that I was about 200km from the CN Tower and I live right close to there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-geography-flash-game/425050.md?page=2)