The Traveler IQ Challenge
Dec 17, 2007, 1:55 pm
#62
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: gggrrrovvveee (ORD)
Programs: UA Pt, Marriott Ti, Hertz PC
Posts: 6,091
501,094
Level 11
IQ 125
Still haven't gotten past level 11 in 5 attempts, but getting closer. doing better with Africa, but random locations in Russia and Australia are killing me (I did nail the Kamchatka one, though).
Level 11
IQ 125
Still haven't gotten past level 11 in 5 attempts, but getting closer. doing better with Africa, but random locations in Russia and Australia are killing me (I did nail the Kamchatka one, though).
Dec 17, 2007, 2:11 pm
#64
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: LAS
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Southwest A-List Preferred
Posts: 2,846
516,430 Points
IQ: 127
I've been obsessed with this game (via Facebook.com) for a couple months now. There are a TON of different travel/geography related challenges available. If you try the challenge many times, you'll begin to learn the cities that are used and your score will go up.
The highest recorded score in the Facebook universe is: 708,457 pts by Francois Caille (IQ of 147).
IQ: 127
I've been obsessed with this game (via Facebook.com) for a couple months now. There are a TON of different travel/geography related challenges available. If you try the challenge many times, you'll begin to learn the cities that are used and your score will go up.
The highest recorded score in the Facebook universe is: 708,457 pts by Francois Caille (IQ of 147).
Dec 17, 2007, 3:32 pm
#66
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Washington, DC USA
Programs: UA; Amtrak
Posts: 2,002
I didn't realize there was a non-Facebook version of the game. I topped out there at 621,000 / 12 / 138 ; it's hard to be pixel-perfect on a 13.3" laptop screen. The low score was Canada, <80,000 / 4 / 96. I was surprised how poorly I did, and surprised at being surprised considering how little I care where Selkirk is.
Dec 17, 2007, 7:30 pm
#68
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Programs: AS,WN,UA,B6,hotels
Posts: 4,239
501530, level 11, 125 on the first try.
A place you don't know in a big country (e.g. Russia, China, Brazil, Australia) would be harder to get than a place you don't know in a small country (e.g. Montenegro, Lebanon, Israel, Kuwait, Brunei) if you know where the country is. Though tiny island countries (e.g. Seychelles, Maldives) may be hard to locate.
Other tricky ones include places on island dependencies of the country in question.
A place you don't know in a big country (e.g. Russia, China, Brazil, Australia) would be harder to get than a place you don't know in a small country (e.g. Montenegro, Lebanon, Israel, Kuwait, Brunei) if you know where the country is. Though tiny island countries (e.g. Seychelles, Maldives) may be hard to locate.
Other tricky ones include places on island dependencies of the country in question.
Dec 18, 2007, 9:29 am
#71
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: gggrrrovvveee (ORD)
Programs: UA Pt, Marriott Ti, Hertz PC
Posts: 6,091
need to study an australia map. russia is also kind of a big place. 
my current best is 538,665, level 12, iq 129. too bad i can't access facebook from work so that this score isn't recorded!
my current best is 538,665, level 12, iq 129. too bad i can't access facebook from work so that this score isn't recorded!
Dec 18, 2007, 12:55 pm
#75
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
seems like a really low rank..