Krillion Geography scoring & answers

One point carries the traveler one league. Each accepted answer has one fixed tier in our browser-local answer table; a model does not decide your score during play. Seven 100-point answers can earn 700 points. A timed-out leg earns zero.

Tier	Points / leagues
PLANKTON	10
TOO CLEVER	15
SCHOOLER	30
RARE	60
DEEP CUT	85
ONE IN A KRILLION	100

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1. Name a country in Africa · 54 answers

The 54 African UN member states. Includes African island states and transcontinental Egypt. Dependencies and states outside this defined set are not in this local answer table. Use a specific name for either Congo.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
Algeria	SCHOOLER	30
Angola	RARE	60
Benin	DEEP CUT	85
Botswana	RARE	60
Burkina Faso	DEEP CUT	85
Burundi	DEEP CUT	85
Cabo Verde Cape Verde; Republic of Cabo Verde; Republic of Cape Verde	DEEP CUT	85
Cameroon	RARE	60
Central African Republic CAR	DEEP CUT	85
Chad	RARE	60
Comoros	DEEP CUT	85
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of Congo; DR Congo; DRC; Congo Kinshasa; Congo-Kinshasa	RARE	60
Republic of the Congo Republic of Congo; Congo Republic; Congo Brazzaville; Congo-Brazzaville	DEEP CUT	85
Côte d’Ivoire Cote d Ivoire; Cote d'Ivoire; Cote dIvoire; Ivory Coast; Republic of Ivory Coast	RARE	60
Djibouti	DEEP CUT	85
Egypt Arab Republic of Egypt	PLANKTON	10
Equatorial Guinea	DEEP CUT	85
Eritrea	DEEP CUT	85
Eswatini Swaziland; Kingdom of Eswatini	DEEP CUT	85
Ethiopia	SCHOOLER	30
Gabon	DEEP CUT	85
Gambia The Gambia; Republic of the Gambia	DEEP CUT	85
Ghana	SCHOOLER	30
Guinea	RARE	60
Guinea-Bissau Guinea Bissau	DEEP CUT	85
Kenya	SCHOOLER	30
Lesotho	DEEP CUT	85
Liberia	RARE	60
Libya	SCHOOLER	30
Madagascar	SCHOOLER	30
Malawi	RARE	60
Mali	RARE	60
Mauritania	DEEP CUT	85
Mauritius	DEEP CUT	85
Morocco	SCHOOLER	30
Mozambique	RARE	60
Namibia	RARE	60
Niger	RARE	60
Nigeria	SCHOOLER	30
Rwanda	RARE	60
São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome & Principe; São Tomé & Príncipe	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Senegal	RARE	60
Seychelles	DEEP CUT	85
Sierra Leone	RARE	60
Somalia	RARE	60
South Africa Republic of South Africa	TOO CLEVER	15
South Sudan	DEEP CUT	85
Sudan	SCHOOLER	30
Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania	RARE	60
Togo	DEEP CUT	85
Tunisia	SCHOOLER	30
Uganda	RARE	60
Zambia	RARE	60
Zimbabwe	RARE	60

2. Name a national capital that is not its country’s largest city · 39 answers

Largest means population, not land area. The cited city/locality comparisons include city proper, municipality, and urban-city figures; an entire capital metro region is not substituted for a named locality. Multiple recognized capitals, de facto seats and Switzerland’s federal city are accepted where identified. Rankings depend on boundaries and population date.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
Canberra	PLANKTON	10
Ottawa	SCHOOLER	30
Washington, D.C. Washington DC; Washington D.C.; Washington D C; Washington	SCHOOLER	30
Brasília Brasilia	SCHOOLER	30
Ankara	SCHOOLER	30
Wellington	SCHOOLER	30
Rabat	RARE	60
Islamabad	SCHOOLER	30
Abuja	RARE	60
Abu Dhabi	RARE	60
Hanoi Ha Noi	SCHOOLER	30
Beijing Peking	SCHOOLER	30
New Delhi	SCHOOLER	30
Manila	RARE	60
Quito	RARE	60
Bern Berne	RARE	60
Sucre	RARE	60
La Paz	RARE	60
Porto-Novo Porto Novo	DEEP CUT	85
Yamoussoukro	DEEP CUT	85
Gitega	DEEP CUT	85
Banjul	DEEP CUT	85
Belmopan	DEEP CUT	85
Astana Nur-Sultan; Nur Sultan	RARE	60
Naypyidaw Nay Pyi Taw; Naypyitaw; Nay Pyi Daw	RARE	60
Vaduz	DEEP CUT	85
Valletta Valetta	RARE	60
Palikir	DEEP CUT	85
Ngerulmud	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Yaren	DEEP CUT	85
Pretoria	RARE	60
Cape Town	RARE	60
Bloemfontein	DEEP CUT	85
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte; Sri Jayawardhanapura Kotte; Kotte	DEEP CUT	85
Dodoma	DEEP CUT	85
Port of Spain	DEEP CUT	85
Ciudad de la Paz Oyala; Djibloho	DEEP CUT	85
San Marino City of San Marino	DEEP CUT	85
Taipei Taipei City	RARE	60

3. Name a desert · 88 answers

Named hot, cold, polar and semi-arid desert regions, including named subdivisions and desert valleys. Ordinary countries, unnamed sand dunes and places marketed as deserts without a desert classification are outside this table. Arctic is accepted as the conventional broad polar-desert term.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
Sahara Sahara Desert	PLANKTON	10
Gobi Gobi Desert	SCHOOLER	30
Kalahari Kalahari Desert	SCHOOLER	30
Atacama Atacama Desert	SCHOOLER	30
Mojave Mojave Desert; Mohave; Mohave Desert	SCHOOLER	30
Arabian Desert Arabian	SCHOOLER	30
Namib Namib Desert	SCHOOLER	30
Antarctic Desert Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctica Desert	TOO CLEVER	15
Arctic Desert Arctic	RARE	60
Thar Thar Desert; Great Indian Desert	RARE	60
Sonoran Desert Sonoran	RARE	60
Chihuahuan Desert Chihuahuan; Chihuahua Desert	RARE	60
Great Basin Desert Great Basin	RARE	60
Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria	RARE	60
Great Sandy Desert Great Sandy	RARE	60
Little Sandy Desert Little Sandy	DEEP CUT	85
Gibson Desert Gibson	RARE	60
Simpson Desert Simpson	RARE	60
Tanami Desert Tanami	DEEP CUT	85
Strzelecki Desert Strzelecki	DEEP CUT	85
Taklamakan Taklamakan Desert; Taklimakan; Taklimakan Desert	RARE	60
Karakum Karakum Desert; Kara Kum; Kara-Kum; Kara Kum Desert	RARE	60
Kyzylkum Kyzylkum Desert; Kyzyl Kum; Kyzyl-Kum; Qizilqum	DEEP CUT	85
Dasht-e Kavir Dasht e Kavir; Kavir Desert; Great Salt Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Dasht-e Lut Dasht e Lut; Lut; Lut Desert	RARE	60
Rub’ al Khali Rub' al Khali; Rub al Khali; Rub al-Khali; Rub-al-Khali; Empty Quarter	RARE	60
Nefud Nefud Desert; An Nafud; An Nafud Desert; Al Nafud; Nafud	DEEP CUT	85
Al-Dahna Al Dahna; Al-Dahna Desert; Dahna; Dahna Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Al Khatim Desert Al Khatim	DEEP CUT	85
Sharqiya Sands Wahiba Sands; Sharqiyah Sands; Ash Sharqiyah Sands	DEEP CUT	85
Ramlat al-Sab’atayn Ramlat al-Sab'atayn; Ramlat al Sabatayn; Ramlat al-Sabatayn	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Syrian Desert Syrian; Badiyat al-Sham; Badiyat al Sham	RARE	60
Negev Negev Desert	RARE	60
Judaean Desert Judean Desert; Judaean; Judean	DEEP CUT	85
Danakil Desert Danakil	RARE	60
Eritrean Coastal Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Chalbi Desert Chalbi	DEEP CUT	85
Nyiri Desert Nyiri; Nyika Desert; Taru Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Guban Desert Guban	DEEP CUT	85
Grand Bara Desert Grand Bara	DEEP CUT	85
Lompoul Desert Lompoul	DEEP CUT	85
Karoo Karoo Desert; Great Karoo	RARE	60
Ténéré Tenere; Tenere Desert; Ténéré Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Tanezrouft Tanezrouft Desert	DEEP CUT	85
El Djouf El Djouf Desert; El Jouf	DEEP CUT	85
Djurab Desert Djurab	DEEP CUT	85
Tin-Toumma Desert Tin Toumma Desert; Tin-Toumma; Tin Toumma	DEEP CUT	85
Libyan Desert Libyan; Western Desert; Egyptian Western Desert	RARE	60
White Desert Sahara el Beyda; Sahara el-Beida	RARE	60
Eastern Desert Egyptian Eastern Desert; Arabian Desert of Egypt	DEEP CUT	85
Nubian Desert Nubian	DEEP CUT	85
Bayuda Desert Bayuda	DEEP CUT	85
Sinai Desert Sinai	RARE	60
Atlantic Coastal Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Patagonian Desert Patagonian; Patagonia Desert; Patagonian Steppe	RARE	60
Sechura Desert Sechura	DEEP CUT	85
Monte Desert Monte	DEEP CUT	85
La Guajira Desert Guajira Desert; La Guajira; Guajira	DEEP CUT	85
Tabernas Desert Tabernas	DEEP CUT	85
Monegros Desert Monegros	DEEP CUT	85
Bardenas Reales	DEEP CUT	85
Kharan Desert Kharan	DEEP CUT	85
Thal Desert Thal	DEEP CUT	85
Cholistan Desert Cholistan; Rohi Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Katpana Desert Katpana	DEEP CUT	85
Sarfaranga Desert Sarfaranga	DEEP CUT	85
Indus Valley Desert Indus Valley	DEEP CUT	85
Dasht-e Margo Dasht e Margo; Dasht-e-Margo; Dasht-e Margoh; Dasht-e-Margoh; Desert of Death	DEEP CUT	85
Lop Desert Lop	DEEP CUT	85
Ordos Desert Ordos	DEEP CUT	85
Kubuqi Desert Kubuqi; Kubuchi Desert; Hobq Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Mu Us Desert Mu Us; Maowusu Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Badain Jaran Desert Badain Jaran	DEEP CUT	85
Hami Desert Hami	DEEP CUT	85
Tengger Desert Tengger	DEEP CUT	85
Gurbantünggüt Desert Gurbantunggut Desert; Gurbantunggut; Gurbantünggüt	DEEP CUT	85
Kumtag Desert Kumtag; Kumtagh; Kumtagh Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Maranjab Desert Maranjab	DEEP CUT	85
Polond Desert Polond	DEEP CUT	85
Bromo Sand Sea Bromo Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Black Rock Desert Black Rock	DEEP CUT	85
Colorado Desert Colorado	DEEP CUT	85
Gran Desierto de Altar Altar Desert; Gran Desierto	DEEP CUT	85
Red Desert Red Desert Wyoming; Wyoming Red Desert	DEEP CUT	85
Death Valley	RARE	60
Ryn Desert Ryn	DEEP CUT	85
McMurdo Dry Valleys McMurdo Dry Valley; Dry Valleys	DEEP CUT	85
Meyer Desert Meyer	ONE IN A KRILLION	100

4. Name a country whose flag contains a star · 69 answers

Current sovereign-state national flags, including state flag variants, stars within coats of arms, pentagrams and the Star of David. Suns alone do not count. A state variant can qualify even when its plain civil flag has no stars.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
United States United States of America; USA; U.S.A.; US; U.S.	PLANKTON	10
China People's Republic of China; PRC	SCHOOLER	30
Australia	SCHOOLER	30
New Zealand NZ	SCHOOLER	30
Brazil	SCHOOLER	30
Türkiye Turkey; Turkiye; Republic of Turkey; Republic of Türkiye	SCHOOLER	30
Vietnam Viet Nam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam	SCHOOLER	30
Pakistan	SCHOOLER	30
Cuba	SCHOOLER	30
Chile	SCHOOLER	30
Morocco	TOO CLEVER	15
Israel	SCHOOLER	30
Algeria	RARE	60
Angola	RARE	60
Azerbaijan	RARE	60
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bosnia Herzegovina	RARE	60
Burkina Faso	DEEP CUT	85
Burundi	DEEP CUT	85
Cabo Verde Cape Verde; Republic of Cabo Verde; Republic of Cape Verde	DEEP CUT	85
Cameroon	RARE	60
Central African Republic CAR	DEEP CUT	85
Comoros	DEEP CUT	85
Croatia	DEEP CUT	85
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of Congo; DR Congo; DRC; Congo Kinshasa; Congo-Kinshasa	RARE	60
Djibouti	DEEP CUT	85
Dominica	DEEP CUT	85
Equatorial Guinea	DEEP CUT	85
Ethiopia	RARE	60
Ghana	RARE	60
Grenada	DEEP CUT	85
Guinea-Bissau Guinea Bissau	DEEP CUT	85
Honduras	RARE	60
Jordan	RARE	60
Liberia	RARE	60
Libya	RARE	60
Malaysia	RARE	60
Marshall Islands	DEEP CUT	85
Mauritania	DEEP CUT	85
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia; FSM	DEEP CUT	85
Mozambique	DEEP CUT	85
Myanmar Burma; Republic of the Union of Myanmar	RARE	60
Nauru Naoero; Republic of Nauru	DEEP CUT	85
North Korea DPRK; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea	RARE	60
Panama	RARE	60
Papua New Guinea PNG	DEEP CUT	85
Paraguay	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Philippines	RARE	60
Saint Kitts and Nevis St Kitts and Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Kitts & Nevis; St Kitts & Nevis	DEEP CUT	85
Samoa	DEEP CUT	85
São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome & Principe; São Tomé & Príncipe	DEEP CUT	85
Senegal	RARE	60
Singapore	RARE	60
Slovenia	DEEP CUT	85
Solomon Islands	DEEP CUT	85
Somalia	RARE	60
South Sudan	DEEP CUT	85
Suriname	DEEP CUT	85
Syria	RARE	60
Tajikistan	DEEP CUT	85
Timor-Leste Timor Leste; East Timor; Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	DEEP CUT	85
Togo	DEEP CUT	85
Tunisia	RARE	60
Turkmenistan	DEEP CUT	85
Tuvalu	DEEP CUT	85
Uzbekistan	DEEP CUT	85
Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	RARE	60
Zimbabwe	DEEP CUT	85
Bolivia Plurinational State of Bolivia	DEEP CUT	85
Costa Rica	DEEP CUT	85

5. Name a country whose English name contains J, K or V · 40 answers

Current common English country names for UN member states plus Vatican City. Any one of J, K or V qualifies anywhere in the name. Accepted aliases identify the same eligible country; arbitrary long-form additions do not create new qualifying countries.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
Azerbaijan	RARE	60
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bosnia Herzegovina	DEEP CUT	85
Bolivia Plurinational State of Bolivia	RARE	60
Burkina Faso	RARE	60
Cabo Verde Cape Verde; Republic of Cabo Verde; Republic of Cape Verde	RARE	60
Côte d’Ivoire Cote d Ivoire; Cote d'Ivoire; Cote dIvoire; Ivory Coast; Republic of Ivory Coast	RARE	60
Denmark	SCHOOLER	30
Djibouti	DEEP CUT	85
El Salvador	RARE	60
Fiji	SCHOOLER	30
Jamaica	SCHOOLER	30
Japan	PLANKTON	10
Jordan	SCHOOLER	30
Kazakhstan	SCHOOLER	30
Kenya	SCHOOLER	30
Kiribati	RARE	60
Kuwait	RARE	60
Kyrgyzstan	TOO CLEVER	15
Latvia	RARE	60
Maldives	RARE	60
Moldova Republic of Moldova	RARE	60
North Korea DPRK; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea	SCHOOLER	30
Pakistan	SCHOOLER	30
Saint Kitts and Nevis St Kitts and Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Kitts & Nevis; St Kitts & Nevis	DEEP CUT	85
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	DEEP CUT	85
Slovakia	RARE	60
Slovenia	RARE	60
South Korea Republic of Korea; ROK	SCHOOLER	30
Sri Lanka	SCHOOLER	30
Tajikistan	DEEP CUT	85
Türkiye Turkey; Turkiye; Republic of Turkey; Republic of Türkiye	SCHOOLER	30
Turkmenistan	DEEP CUT	85
Tuvalu	DEEP CUT	85
Ukraine	SCHOOLER	30
United Kingdom UK; U.K.; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	SCHOOLER	30
Uzbekistan	DEEP CUT	85
Vanuatu	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Vatican City Vatican; Vatican City State; Holy See	DEEP CUT	85
Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	SCHOOLER	30
Vietnam Viet Nam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam	SCHOOLER	30

6. Name an island country · 46 answers

All 46 UN member states classified as island countries in the cited list. A country can share an island with another country. Continental Australia, dependent territories and non-UN associated/limited-recognition states are outside this local set; this is a gameplay scope, not a judgment on their status.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda	DEEP CUT	85
Bahamas The Bahamas; Commonwealth of the Bahamas	RARE	60
Bahrain	DEEP CUT	85
Barbados	RARE	60
Brunei Brunei Darussalam	DEEP CUT	85
Cabo Verde Cape Verde; Republic of Cabo Verde; Republic of Cape Verde	DEEP CUT	85
Comoros	DEEP CUT	85
Cuba	SCHOOLER	30
Cyprus	RARE	60
Dominica	DEEP CUT	85
Dominican Republic	RARE	60
Timor-Leste Timor Leste; East Timor; Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	DEEP CUT	85
Fiji	SCHOOLER	30
Grenada	RARE	60
Haiti	RARE	60
Iceland	SCHOOLER	30
Indonesia	SCHOOLER	30
Ireland Republic of Ireland	SCHOOLER	30
Jamaica	SCHOOLER	30
Japan	PLANKTON	10
Kiribati	DEEP CUT	85
Madagascar	SCHOOLER	30
Maldives	RARE	60
Malta	RARE	60
Marshall Islands	DEEP CUT	85
Mauritius	RARE	60
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia; FSM	DEEP CUT	85
Nauru Naoero; Republic of Nauru	RARE	60
New Zealand NZ	SCHOOLER	30
Palau	DEEP CUT	85
Papua New Guinea PNG	RARE	60
Philippines	SCHOOLER	30
Saint Kitts and Nevis St Kitts and Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Kitts & Nevis; St Kitts & Nevis	DEEP CUT	85
Saint Lucia St Lucia; St. Lucia	DEEP CUT	85
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	DEEP CUT	85
Samoa	RARE	60
São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome & Principe; São Tomé & Príncipe	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Seychelles	RARE	60
Singapore	RARE	60
Solomon Islands	DEEP CUT	85
Sri Lanka	SCHOOLER	30
Tonga	RARE	60
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago	RARE	60
Tuvalu	DEEP CUT	85
United Kingdom UK; U.K.; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	TOO CLEVER	15
Vanuatu	DEEP CUT	85

7. Name a country with a land border with Germany · 9 answers

Germany’s nine present-day land neighbours. Maritime proximity, former borders and other German-speaking countries do not qualify.

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Answer & aliases	Tier	Points
France	PLANKTON	10
Poland	SCHOOLER	30
Austria	SCHOOLER	30
Switzerland	SCHOOLER	30
Netherlands The Netherlands; Kingdom of the Netherlands	RARE	60
Belgium	RARE	60
Czechia Czech Republic	RARE	60
Denmark	ONE IN A KRILLION	100
Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	DEEP CUT	85

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