Question 1

How many countries are in South America Map Quiz?

Accepted Answer

Twelve sovereign countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Question 2

Why isn't French Guiana in the quiz?

Accepted Answer

French Guiana is an overseas department of France, not an independent country. It would shape the map's northeastern coast slightly differently, but it doesn't add to the country list.

Question 3

Why is the capital of Bolivia Sucre, not La Paz?

Accepted Answer

Sucre is the constitutional and judicial capital of Bolivia, while La Paz is the seat of government and the de facto capital. Most authoritative references (CIA World Factbook, ISO) list Sucre as the official capital, so we use that.

Question 4

When does a new daily puzzle drop?

Accepted Answer

Every day at 00:00 UTC. The archive at /archive keeps the last 90 days; every /daily/YYYY-MM-DD URL is permanent.

Question 5

How does Map Mode score me?

Accepted Answer

You have up to three clicks per country. A first-click hit is the best score; we track total correct and time-to-finish, then build a green/red emoji grid you can share.

Question 6

Why do my friend and I get the same puzzle?

Accepted Answer

The day's puzzle order is computed deterministically from the date, so everyone playing on /daily/2026-04-26 sees the same prompts in the same order.

Question 7

Is the map to scale?

Accepted Answer

Yes — generated from Natural Earth's 1:50m cartographic data, projected with a Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area centered on the continent.

Question 8

Do I need to sign in?

Accepted Answer

No. Your progress for today is saved in your browser localStorage; nothing is sent to a server.

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