What's new on Quiz the Map

What's new

Changes to Quiz the Map, newest first. Smaller fixes are not listed.

19 October 2026 – Guides, country pages and comparisons

Guides. Ten written guides: flags that look alike, memory tricks for European capitals, the hardest countries to find, a 30-day plan for all 197 countries, US states by region, Africa by region, how spaced repetition works, a guide for teachers, and the physical map (oceans, rivers, mountains). See Guides.
Country pages rewritten. Every one of the 197 country pages now explains where the country is, how to find it on the map, its flag, five facts, the mistakes players make and which quizzes to practise with.
Countries people mix up. New comparison pages – Slovakia vs Slovenia, Niger vs Nigeria, Australia vs New Zealand and 27 more – with facts side by side and how to tell them apart.
Quiz pages. Each of the main quizzes now has a "What's on this map" section, the places people miss most, and how to learn that quiz.
FAQ. A questions and answers page about scoring, the Mistake Bank, live games, classes, printables and your data.
Data fixes. Ten wrong capitals corrected in the sub-national quizzes (for example Liaoning → Shenyang, Paraná → Curitiba, Eastern Cape → Bhisho, Skåne → Malmö).

Welcome hero for new players, region badges, a combo counter and confetti on a clean run.
Share your result as a map image.
A mastery map that colours in the countries you have learned.

A new light mode ("Minimal") with softer answer colours.
The Size quiz shows country outlines instead of flags.
Spelling help in "Name them all"; a short name no longer swallows the start of a longer one.
Fixes for the back button, pull-to-refresh, input zoom, stuck pinch-zoom and landscape mode on phones.
Privacy: no ads and no analytics for classes and live games; analytics off in Europe; nothing stored on the device for statistics.

A page for every country with capital, flag, outline, population, area and neighbours.
Printable maps: every map as a blank outline, a numbered sheet with an answer key, and a labelled version, as A4 PDFs.
Live class games with a PIN, and 1v1 races.
Embeddable quizzes for other websites.
The Size quiz, and landing pages in German, Spanish and French.
All printable maps redrawn as full-page maps with larger detail boxes.

Quiz the Map goes live at quizthemap.com with 272 quizzes: countries, capitals, flags, outlines, borders, population and area for every continent and region, sub-national quizzes for 23 countries, and nature quizzes for oceans, rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, islands, volcanoes and landmarks.
Daily and weekly challenges, flashcards, a Mistake Bank, streaks and badges.

Learn all 197 countries in 30 daysA day-by-day plan: one region at a time, spaced repetition for review.
Why you forget countries – and how spaced repetition fixes itThe forgetting curve, and how the Mistake Bank and flashcards use it.
Flags that look alike (and how to tell them apart)Chad or Romania? Australia or New Zealand? The flag pairs that cost quiz points.