Mystery Country: guess the country from clues, one at a time

At a glance

rounds in the game

122

rounds per session

8

No timer

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No lives

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Straight from the app, same wording. Quib keeps score.

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How does Mystery Country work?

You see the first clue and four possible countries. Either you commit, or you ask for the next clue. The first clue is broad ("I lie in the North Atlantic"), the last one gives it away ("My capital is called Reykjavík"). Every clue you open lowers the points for a right answer.

There is no timer. The tension comes from the trade-off: guess on clue two for full points, or wait until you are sure.

What kind of clues does Quib give?

Clues mix geography, history and numbers: neighbors, rivers, a famous building, how many people live there compared with a city you know, the name of the parliament, a national dish. Each round ends with a fact you probably did not know, for example that Iceland's Althing has met since the year 930.

It is closer to a riddle than to a map quiz. You do not need to point at the country on a map; you need to know something about it.

Is Mystery Country like Worldle or GeoGuessr?

Not quite. Worldle shows a country's outline and gives distance hints; GeoGuessr drops you into Street View. Mystery Country gives you words: facts about the country, one at a time. It fits people who like the "20 questions" style more than map shapes.

If you want the daily-puzzle feeling of Worldle, Quible's Daily is a connections board, one per day. Mystery Country itself can be played as often as you like.

What the rounds are about

Rounds per topic. One round can have more than one topic.

• Europe58
• Capitals42
• Northern Europe29
• Cities26
• Islands20

Where it shows up in Quible

• Path chapter 2: Europe
• Path chapter 3: Capitals
• Duel: not a duel game (it has its own flow)
• Energy: a finished round costs one; Quible Plus makes it unlimited

The example rounds with answers

1. Which country am I?

   Australia · New Zealand · Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

   Answer: Australia. Canberra was founded in 1913 as a compromise between the rivals Sydney and Melbourne.

2. Which capital am I?

   Vienna · Warsaw · Prague · Berlin

   Answer: Berlin. Berlin counts over 900 bridges. Venice comes to around 400.

3. Which capital am I?

   Nairobi · Addis Ababa · Kampala · Dar es Salaam

   Answer: Nairobi. Nairobi National Park is the only wildlife park in the world right at the edge of a city of millions.

4. Which country am I?

   Panama · Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador

   Answer: Colombia. Over 1,900 bird species live in Colombia, more than in any other country.

5. Which capital am I?

   Vientiane · Hanoi · Bangkok · Phnom Penh

   Answer: Hanoi. Hanoi was founded in 1010 under the name Thang Long, city of the rising dragon.

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