Countries of the World Quiz

Phone / tablet

Tap to answer each country as it comes up; a right answer adds it to your collection.

Desktop

Same game with the mouse; nothing beyond point-and-click is needed.

Progress

Collected countries and achievements are the progress, kept the way YouTube Playables keeps any game's saves.

The collection format flips the usual quiz on its head: instead of one score you get a growing list, so the missing countries become the game.

1. Group by region, not alphabet. When a small country stumps you, think of its neighbors. I got most of West Africa back by picturing the coast and walking east.
2. Learn the island nations first. Tuvalu, Nauru, Kiribati and the Caribbean micro-states are where most people leak points. Ten minutes on a map fixes it for good.
3. Say the capital out loud. For me the capital often surfaces before the country does, and the country follows a second later.
4. Chase achievements after the full map. Don't grind them early. Get every country once, then treat achievements as the second lap.
5. Play a round a day. Spaced repetition beats one long session; the misses stick better when you sleep on them.

JetPunk's countries quiz is the one most people have in a tab at school: type names against a timer and watch the map fill in. Sporcle's game here trades the clock for a collection. You identify countries one at a time, keep the ones you get right, and the achievements are the long game. That makes it slower and more forgiving, which suits a phone better than a frantic typing sprint.

If you want the adrenaline of beating your best time, JetPunk still wins. If you want to actually learn the ones you keep missing, the collection format is better at showing you exactly where your gaps are.