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Quick reference
The fastest tells, on one page
A single-glance cheat-sheet. Run these clues top to bottom: each one eliminates more of the map than the last, so you narrow a guess in seconds.
Fastest 10 tells
Work down the list. The first few alone often pin the continent; the rest pin the country.
- 1Driving sideWhich side cars drive on splits the world in two — check oncoming traffic or the car's snorkel.Practice →
- 2Road line coloursYellow vs white centre lines, solid vs dashed edges — a strong regional split.Practice →
- 3License platesPlate colour, shape and the EU/blue side-strip narrow the region fast.Practice →
- 4Language & scriptAlphabet first (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, CJK…), then the specific language on signs.Practice →
- 5BollardsRoadside marker posts are country-specific — shape, colour and reflector tell a lot.Practice →
- 6Google carCar colour, roof rack, antenna and snorkel pin down certain countries.Practice →
- 7Chevrons & guardrailsDirection-marker and barrier styles differ region to region.Practice →
- 8ArchitectureRoofs, building materials and fences hint at climate and country.Practice →
- 9Vegetation & soilPlant life and soil colour separate climates and hemispheres.Practice →
- 10Sun & hemisphereSun to the south means northern hemisphere, and vice versa — see the card below.
Road line colours
The centre-line colour is one of the quickest regional splits.
- Yellow centre linesMost of the Americas, plus parts of East and Southeast Asia.
- White centre linesMost of Europe, Africa, Oceania and the rest of Asia.
Sun & hemisphere
Around midday the sun never sits due overhead outside the tropics — its direction reveals the hemisphere.
- Northern hemisphereMidday sun sits to the SOUTH; shadows point north.
- Southern hemisphereMidday sun sits to the NORTH; shadows point south.