In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
The fourth clue requires the capital to be landlocked or the country to be landlocked. Tbilisi is not on the coast, hence it still satisfies the 4th clue.
"...which is landlocked, or whose country is" would narrow it down to a capital. Otherwise Laos is a country whose country is landlocked, which makes no sense unless you get the U.K. crowd with their lost hope definition of a country.
This is all because the answer can be a country or capital... I'll change it to and even though that makes it incorrect for the potential country.
Edit: Okay, due to countries and capitals being possible, I think this is the clearest and most accurate explanation now. "... which is landlocked and whose country/capital is"
I wouldnt exactly call it clear... during the quiz I didnt waste time to try and decipher it, just guessed something which luckily worked. Afterwards i spend some time trying to understand what you could have meant, I got there in the end, but it took a while (after a few dead ends "ow it is this!" "ow wait, no it cant be..." "Ow I see! wait, no, not that either"
So perhaps technically not incorrect, but not clear. I ll see if I can find a way to rephrase it so it flows better, (so you instantly get it and not as something you ll have to untangle first ;))
But please dont be discouraged from making these, :) one of my favourite types
Does the notion of "landlocked" also apply to cities? I would rather talk of inland cities... In my opinion, there is no problem with "which is landlocked or whose country is"... some people like to argue semantics when the question is obvious with a bit of common sense.
Haha I remembered the first time I learned for some people in the Uk (having) tea meant dinner! (I believe not everyone/everywhere uses that) I think I was about 25 and had never heard of it before.
The Blue Category 4th statement - Have "a star" on them. This is misleading. I was thinking of countries with just a single star. But, Syria (the other answer) has two.
You could otherwise write "Has Star(s) on them". That would avoid confusions.
I would not call that misleading (so did not need to be "fixed" but well less room to argue about it this way :) ). On a question "has red on it" are you confused aswell and think about flags with only red and no other colours?.
Has a star is perfectly fine. Now if it said has one star, I would tend to agree (though technically still true, it is not what it implies and would be like : "which month has 28 days. All of them" which is technically true, but not what is implied and just people trying to be a smartass imo)
I was about to protest that Male should also count for the answer which is Singapore, but was surprised to learn it actually only has about a quarter of the Maldives' population.
I am in no way an expert on Asia (as a European, the quizzes about Europe are much easier for me), but surprisingly, I found this one to be the easiest of these type I've taken so far. Really enjoyed it, I think this is my favourite series of quizzes!
It doesn't work for Green as it doesn't have less than 7 letters. Doesn't work for Blue as it doesn't have green on its flag, and doesn't work for Pink as it doesn't contain the letter S. Remember it has to satisfy ever category in the group, not just one of them.
Had to look up a map after cuz I didn't even believe that Laos was landlocked lmao. I love these quizzes but it would be even cooler to see the breakdown of each category (e.g., show us which countries' flags have green and black, or which capitals contain E and are south of the ToC)
The last one is wrong, surprisingly. The city itself (not including other districts), had around 211k in the 2022 census. The total population of Maldives is estimated to be over 550k.
Turns out I have no idea where the Tropic of Cancer really is... I was like: Jerusalem! No? OK then, Tehran! Still no? Hmm, maybe it's New Delhi? Pretty sure I only got the actual answer through sheer luck
However, to prevent there being two answers for the final category I've reworded the 4th clue to remove Tbilisi as a possibility.
Tbilisi fits all descriptions.
Edit: Okay, due to countries and capitals being possible, I think this is the clearest and most accurate explanation now. "... which is landlocked and whose country/capital is"
So perhaps technically not incorrect, but not clear. I ll see if I can find a way to rephrase it so it flows better, (so you instantly get it and not as something you ll have to untangle first ;))
But please dont be discouraged from making these, :) one of my favourite types
Might not be perfect but atleast it is clear and cant be totally misunderstood.
I could not get the Singapore quiz, so I paused while I ate my tea. It suddenly sprung to me: SINGAPORE!
I relate a lot to that feeling, it feels so rewarding when it suddenly comes to thought!
You could otherwise write "Has Star(s) on them". That would avoid confusions.
Has a star is perfectly fine. Now if it said has one star, I would tend to agree (though technically still true, it is not what it implies and would be like : "which month has 28 days. All of them" which is technically true, but not what is implied and just people trying to be a smartass imo)
Great Quiz!
GOT SINGAPORE WITH 7 SECONDS LEFT
-in asia
-containing the 'e'
-south or tropic of cancer
-one word
-definitely has (far more) then 50% of the total population of the Maldives