The Traveler IQ Challenge
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Posts: 24,989
The Traveler IQ Challenge
Oh, sure — you are currently in the TravelBuzz! forum, so you must really know your geography...
...right?!?
Test your travel knowledge here. If nothing else, you will certainly be better acquainted with the geography around the world and may even find some destinations to where you would eventually like to visit.
...right?!?
Test your travel knowledge here. If nothing else, you will certainly be better acquainted with the geography around the world and may even find some destinations to where you would eventually like to visit.
#2
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP / LT PLT / 3MM, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 35,308
Oh, sure — you are currently in the TravelBuzz! forum, so you must really know your geography...
...right?!?
Test your travel knowledge here. If nothing else, you will certainly be better acquainted with the geography around the world and may even find some destinations to where you would eventually like to visit.
...right?!?
Test your travel knowledge here. If nothing else, you will certainly be better acquainted with the geography around the world and may even find some destinations to where you would eventually like to visit.
#3
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: VX unless destination indicates otherwise (damn hippieanarchistville--EUG--and PHX)
Posts: 577
409116 points going up through level 10, some of the latter cities are really hard (for me)
A very intresting game, thanks for sharing
A very intresting game, thanks for sharing
#4
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,332
Damn... ended up with 196,400... but wasn't allowed to level 7 because I ONLY scored 29335 at level 6...
You must score 30000 to advance!
Couldn't they have "comped" me the other 665????? (Hey, this IS FT!!)
Got 80 km from the Waterloo site.... missed one or two African/Central American places by just a little...... (like 1500 km! )
You must score 30000 to advance!
Couldn't they have "comped" me the other 665????? (Hey, this IS FT!!)
Got 80 km from the Waterloo site.... missed one or two African/Central American places by just a little...... (like 1500 km! )
#6
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
I can't do better than 390K to 410K, so I can't get past level 10. I've been doing this for about a week off an on. Map is just too small - I know where stuff is (except Africa which I'm admittedly not as good at) but I can't even see places like Funchal, can barely see Andorra or Brunei, so it's difficult to actually click on the right spot!
Give me a larger scale map and I'm sure we'd all score much better!
Give me a larger scale map and I'm sure we'd all score much better!
#7
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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226,000, level 7. Good thing my holiday break is coming up in a week, I know I'll be trying this again.
Agree with the previous poster, I might be a wee bit better if the map weren't quite so 'wee'...
Agree with the previous poster, I might be a wee bit better if the map weren't quite so 'wee'...
#8
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Uncertain
Programs: Korean Air, Lufthansa M&M, SPG ,United Mileage Plus
Posts: 908
ah.. the beauty of getting "comped"
Damn... ended up with 196,400... but wasn't allowed to level 7 because I ONLY scored 29335 at level 6...
You must score 30000 to advance!
Couldn't they have "comped" me the other 665????? (Hey, this IS FT!!)
Got 80 km from the Waterloo site.... missed one or two African/Central American places by just a little...... (like 1500 km! )
You must score 30000 to advance!
Couldn't they have "comped" me the other 665????? (Hey, this IS FT!!)
Got 80 km from the Waterloo site.... missed one or two African/Central American places by just a little...... (like 1500 km! )
#11
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falkirk, Scotland,VS Red, BA Gold, HH Diamond,UK Amex Plat
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Hi,
Thanks for the link.
Level 11
IQ 123
Points 123
I got 54,600 on level 11 and needed 55,000 to advance.
Main areas of weakness; some of central africa, the more obscure former soviet republics and some of the pacific islands ( one of them it said i was 4000 km out but the distance between markers only looked like 1500 km out
Again the map could be a bit bigger.
Regards
TBS
Thanks for the link.
Level 11
IQ 123
Points 123
I got 54,600 on level 11 and needed 55,000 to advance.
Main areas of weakness; some of central africa, the more obscure former soviet republics and some of the pacific islands ( one of them it said i was 4000 km out but the distance between markers only looked like 1500 km out
Again the map could be a bit bigger.
Regards
TBS
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falkirk, Scotland,VS Red, BA Gold, HH Diamond,UK Amex Plat
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Posts: 17,832
Hi,
Made it to level 12.
Once there you need 60,000 points to advance ( I got 54500) and 15 questions ( so an average of 4000 points per question needed)
Total points 548,659
IQ 130.
quite a few cities in Russia and India ( ie Rajkot)
Regards
TBS
Made it to level 12.
Once there you need 60,000 points to advance ( I got 54500) and 15 questions ( so an average of 4000 points per question needed)
Total points 548,659
IQ 130.
quite a few cities in Russia and India ( ie Rajkot)
Regards
TBS
#14
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: BOS
Programs: AA PLT/2MM, PriorityClub Platinum
Posts: 294
I think I'm the high-scorer so far, although I wished I had never picked up the WSJ in my driveway yesterday and seen the article! After about a half-dozen tries, I'm up to:
Points: 559,431
Level: 12
Traveler IQ: 132
(Screenshot cheerfully provided on request!)
Once you get to level 12, it gets really hard with lots of places in India and Russia and Africa that I had to guess at.
Points: 559,431
Level: 12
Traveler IQ: 132
(Screenshot cheerfully provided on request!)
Once you get to level 12, it gets really hard with lots of places in India and Russia and Africa that I had to guess at.