Learn the world piece by piece
197 countries is far too many for one list. Split the map into 26 neighbourhoods of four to eleven countries, walk each one in a fixed order, and give every flag a single hook.
Tap a country to study its group. The quiz covers the 193 UN members plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. Faded areas, such as Greenland, Puerto Rico and Western Sahara, are territories and aren’t in the quiz.
How the system works
Four moves, in this order. Each one makes the next easier.
Chunk the map
Five continents, cut into 26 groups of four to eleven neighbours. Learn one group per sitting, so you only ever hold a handful of new names.
Walk a fixed route
Each group has a path from country to country. Knowing the order tells you where each country sits: next to the one before it.
Hook each flag
One image per flag, plus the tell that separates it from its look-alikes. Many flags share colours, so the difference is what you memorise.
Test, don’t reread
Play a round on the group you just studied. Move on at nine or ten out of ten, then play a round on everything so far.
The 26 groups and their routes
Trace each route on the map and say the countries in order.
Flags that get mixed up
A handful of shared colour schemes explain most of the confusion: Nordic crosses, the Slavic white, blue and red, the Arab red, white, black and green, and the African red, gold and green. Learn each family together, with its tell.
Numbers follow the route. Tap a country to jump to its card.