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The Daily Hunt

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How The Daily Hunt works

  1. 1You sit on a train heading for today's secret country. You see where it leaves from, the landscape outside and every border it crosses.
  2. 2Five clues arrive on the way, hardest first, a few seconds apart.
  3. 3Guess at any time: right on clue 1 scores 500, then 100 less per clue. A wrong guess makes the train speed on to the next clue.
  4. 4At the destination station you get three quick questions about the country: 100 points each.

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How to play The Daily Hunt

The Daily Hunt is a race between you and the timetable. The window, the map on the table and the border signs all give something away.

  1. Press Board the train. The train pulls out of today's departure station and the first clue ticket arrives.
  2. Watch the landscape, the little route map and the border signs. Every few seconds a new clue ticket arrives.
  3. Type a country and press Enter whenever you think you know. Right: the train pulls into the station. Wrong: it speeds on to the next clue.
  4. At the station, answer three multiple-choice questions about the country (keys 1–4 work too).

Tips

  • The route map only shows where you've been, but the direction of travel is a clue in itself.
  • Countries the train has already passed through can't be the answer.
  • Deserts, snow, palm trees: the landscape outside follows the countries you travel through.

FAQ

Can the destination be an island?
No. You can only get there by train over land, so island nations are never the answer. The line can still cross a short stretch of water.
Where do the clues and questions come from?
Borders, coastlines, areas, capitals and currencies from world-countries, populations, peaks and cities from Natural Earth (public domain), and a curated list of major rivers.
How is it scored?
500 points for the right destination on the first clue, 100 fewer for each clue after that, and 0 if you don't find it. Each station question adds 100, so the best day is 800.
When does a new puzzle come out?
Every day at 00:00 UTC. The countdown shows exactly when.