Geoguessr
Sometimes on Ellen's Twitch we play Geoguessr, specifically Country Guesser. Feel free to add any tips, clips or funny snips below. Don't use this information during a stream as it counts as external information.
General Tips
- Ghana has tape on one of the bars of the Google car.
- Bars, snorkel and yellow numberplates are Kenya.
Links
Info by Continent and Country
North America
United States
- Drives: right
- Language: English
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
Clues
Canada
- Capital & Major Cities: Ottawa, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Vancouver
- Drives: right
- Language: English, French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ca
Clues
Mexico
- Capital & Major Cities: Mexico City, Monterrey, Mérida
- Drives: right
- Language: Spanish
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
Central America
Stop Signs: Alto
Guatemala
- Capital & Major Cities: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
South America
Stop Signs: Pare
Colombia
- Capital & Major Cities: Bogota, Barrangquilla, Cali, Medellín
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
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- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
Ecuador
- Capital & Major Cities: Quito, Guayaquil
- Drives:
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- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
Peru
- Capital & Major Cities: Lima, Chimbote
- Drives:
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- Script:
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- Top-Level Domain:
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Brazil
- Capital & Major Cities: Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiânia, Salvador, Curitiba,
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- Language:
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Bolivia
- Capital & Major Cities: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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Chile
- Capital & Major Cities: Santiago
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Argentina
- Capital & Major Cities: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba
- Drives:
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- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
Uruguay
- Capital & Major Cities: Montevideo, Salto
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- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
Europe
Denmark
Capital & Major Cities: Copenhagen (København), Århus, Odense, Aalborg Drives: Right Language: Danish. Has Æ, Ø, Å, never Ä or Ö Script: Latin Number Plates: XX 00 000 Top-Level Domain: .dk
Clues
- White bollards with yellow stripes, and often numbering
Afrika
Tunisia
- Capital & Major Cities: Tunis, Sfax, Bizerte
- Drives:
- Language: French, Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Egypt
- Capital & Major Cities: Cairo, New Cairo City, Alexandria
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Senegal
- Capital & Major Cities: Dakar, Thies
- Drives:
- Language: French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Ghana
- Capital & Major Cities: Accra, Kumasi
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
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- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- Car Meta: Black Tape on one of the 4 Bars
Nigeria
- Capital & Major Cities: Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja
- Drives:
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- Script:
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- Top-Level Domain:
Uganda
- Capital & Major Cities: Kampala,
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- Top-Level Domain:
Kenya
- Capital & Major Cities: Nairobi, Mombasa
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Botswana
- Capital & Major Cities: Gaborone
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South Africa
- Capital & Major Cities: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg
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- Top-Level Domain:
Lesotho
- Capital & Major Cities: Maseru, Mafateng, Kala
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eSwatini
- Capital & Major Cities: Mbabane
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- Top-Level Domain:
Reunion Island (France)
- Capital & Major Cities: Saint-Denis, Le Port
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Middle East
Israel
- Capital & Major Cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Hebrew
- Number Plates: Vellow
- Top-Level Domain:
Jordan
- Capital & Major Cities: Amman, Zarqa
- Drives:
- Language: Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
United Arab Emirates
- Capital & Major Cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
- Drives:
- Language: Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
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Asia
Kyrgyzstan
- Capital & Major Cities: Bishkek (Бишкек)
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ң, Ү, Ө)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Mongolia
- Capital & Major Cities: Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар)
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ү, Ө)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Pakistan
Only pedestrian maps
- Capital & Major Cities: Lahore
- Drives:
- Language: Pakistani/Arabic
- Script: Arabic
- Top-Level Domain:
India
- Capital & Major Cities: New Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai
- Drives:
- Language: Many!
- Script: Sanskrit (संस्कृत), Tamil (தமிழ்), Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), Telugu (తెలుగు) and many more!
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Sri Lanka
- Capital & Major Cities: Colombo, Kandy, Galle
- Drives:
- Language: Sinhala, Tamil
- Script: Sinhala (සිංහල), Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Bangladesh
- Capital & Major Cities: Dhaka, Chattogram
- Drives:
- Language: Bengali
- Script: Bengalo (বাংলা)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- Bangla Link Posters
Bhutan
- Capital & Major Cities: Thimphu
- Drives:
- Language: Main: Dzobkha, Over a dozen more
- Script: Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་)
- Number Plates: Red
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- Info Signs: Red background with yellow letters
- White Stones with round top painted Yellow as Roadmarkers
Thailand
- Capital & Major Cities: Bangkok, Chang Mai, Pattaya City
- Drives:
- Language: Thai
- Script: Thais (ภาษาไทย)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- There are many Pictures of the Royals everywhere
Laos
- Capital & Major Cities: Vientiane
- Drives:
- Language: Lao
- Script: Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Vietnam
- Capital & Major Cities: Hanoi, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City
- Drives:
- Language: Vietnamese
- Script: Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Cambodia
- Capital & Major Cities: Phnim Penh
- Drives:
- Language: Khmer
- Script: Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- Cambodian Peoples Party
Malaysia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: Malaysian
- Script: Malaysian (بهاس مليسيا)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Singapore
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Clues
- Roads called: PIE, AYE, CTE, BKE, KJE, ECP...
China
Pedestrian and Indoor Maps only
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- Script:
- Top-Level Domain:
South Korea
- Capital & Major Cities: Seoul, Busan, Daegu
- Drives:
- Language: Korean
- Script: Korean/Hangul (한글)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Japan
- Capital & Major Cities: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo
- Drives:
- Language: Japanese
- Script: Kanji (日本語), Hiragana (ひらがな), Katagana (カタカナ)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Philippines
- Capital & Major Cities: Manila, Davao
- Drives:
- Language: Filipino
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
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Indonesia
- Capital & Major Cities: Jakarta, Medan
- Drives:
- Language: Indonesian
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain:
Oceania
Australia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives: left
- Language: English
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .au
Clues
- US Style Warning Signs (Yellow Diamond)
- Give Way Signs with writing "Give way" in black
- Images with 3px per sqm and nothing is legible very old street view images in Australia
New Zealand
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives: left
- Language: English, Maori
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .nz
Clues
- US Style Warning Signs (Yellow Diamond)
- Utility Poles have metal sheets at 1-3 meter height (to prevent possums climbing them)
- Give Way Sign: With writing "Give way" in red