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

Many tipps

Top Level Domains

North America

United States

• Drives: right
• Language: English
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:

Canada

• Capital & Major Cities: Ottawa, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Vancouver
• Drives: right
• Language: English, French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain: .ca

Mexico

• Capital & Major Cities: Mexico City, Monterrey, Mérida
• Drives: right
• Language: Spanish
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Central America

Stop Signs: Alto

Guatemala

• Capital & Major Cities: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

South America

Stop Signs: Pare

Colombia

• Capital & Major Cities: Bogota, Barrangquilla, Cali, Medellín
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Ecuador

• Capital & Major Cities: Quito, Guayaquil
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Peru

• Capital & Major Cities: Lima, Chimbote
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Brazil

• Capital & Major Cities: Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiânia, Salvador, Curitiba,
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Bolivia

• Capital & Major Cities: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Chile

• Capital & Major Cities: Santiago
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Argentina

• Capital & Major Cities: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Uruguay

• Capital & Major Cities: Montevideo, Salto
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

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:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Car Meta: Black Tape on one of the 4 Bars

Nigeria

• Capital & Major Cities: Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Uganda

• Capital & Major Cities: Kampala,
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Kenya

• Capital & Major Cities: Nairobi, Mombasa
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Botswana

• Capital & Major Cities: Gaborone
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

South Africa

• Capital & Major Cities: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Lesotho

• Capital & Major Cities: Maseru, Mafateng, Kala
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

eSwatini

• Capital & Major Cities: Mbabane
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Reunion Island (France)

• Capital & Major Cities: Saint-Denis, Le Port
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

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
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

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

• Language:
• 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:
• Top-Level Domain:

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