{"id":547384,"date":"2010-04-29T19:05:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T23:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=19997"},"modified":"2010-04-29T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T23:05:47","slug":"geoquiz-learn-about-the-world-brag-about-your-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547384","title":{"rendered":"GeoQuiz: Learn about the world, brag about your score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GeoQuiz by Brain Cafe is a multiple-choice quiz game that purports to &#8216;test your knowledge of the planet Earth and all its wonders&#8217;. Sleek and well-presented, GeoQuiz is part game, part visual tour of Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Open up the app and you&#8217;re greeted with a bright, simplistic menu screen more reminiscent of an iPhone app than your typical Android game. Pick a category (choose from topics like &#8216;People&#8217;, &#8216;Capital Cities of the World&#8217; or &#8216;The Great Explorers&#8217;) and you&#8217;re taken to a simple game screen with a question on the left and a set of four possible answers on the right. Whether you pick right or wrong, an information screen will pop up explaining the facts behind the question. Thoughtfully, there&#8217;s a Wikipedia link to the relevant topic included with every answer.<\/p>\n<p>Complete a quiz and your score is saved in the app&#8217;s records. Feeling the need to brag about your intellect? You can even tweet your score and time from within the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s pretty. From high-res menu photos to bright buttons and crisp transitions, GeoQuiz comes across as clean and attractive.<\/li>\n<li>You might learn something. Most answers include detailed information about the facts behind the question, and if you want to know more, there&#8217;s a built-in Wikipedia link for every answer.<\/li>\n<li>No 3D or flashy effects. This means GeoQuiz runs great on older phones such as the T-Mobile G1 and HTC Magic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Not-So-Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some answers are missing explanations. Most of the quiz answers include detailed information explaining the facts behind the question, but around 10% of questions lack this detail.<\/li>\n<li>Questions often repeat themselves, occasionally in the same quiz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Final Verdict:<\/strong><br \/>GeoQuiz is easy to pick up and play for a few minutes at a time. The perfect casual time-waster for when you need a quieter, more cerebral game experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong> This review was submitted by Xander Bennett as part of our <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/android-app-review-contest-week-1-recap\/\">app review contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/geoquiz-learn-about-the-world-brag-about-your-score\/attachment\/geoquiz4\/' title='geoquiz4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/geoquiz4-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"geoquiz4\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/geoquiz-learn-about-the-world-brag-about-your-score\/attachment\/geoquiz3\/' title='geoquiz3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/geoquiz3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"geoquiz3\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/geoquiz-learn-about-the-world-brag-about-your-score\/attachment\/geoquiz2\/' title='geoquiz2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/geoquiz2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"geoquiz2\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/geoquiz-learn-about-the-world-brag-about-your-score\/attachment\/geoquiz1\/' title='geoquiz1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/geoquiz1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"geoquiz1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/yelp-businesses-restaurants-reviews\/\" title=\"Yelp: Businesses, restaurants, reviews.\">Yelp: Businesses, restaurants, reviews.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/zillow-is-that-house-for-sale\/\" title=\"Zillow: Is that house for sale?\">Zillow: Is that house for sale?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/\" title=\"OpenTable: Reservations in the palm of your hand\">OpenTable: Reservations in the palm of your hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/shapewriter-contender-soft-keyboard\/\" title=\"ShapeWriter: Contender for fastest soft-keyboard\">ShapeWriter: Contender for fastest soft-keyboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/worldtour-take-a-free-ride-around-the-world-right-from-your-phone\/\" title=\"WorldTour: Take a free ride around the world right from your phone.\">WorldTour: Take a free ride around the world right from your phone.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoQuiz by Brain Cafe is a multiple-choice quiz game that purports to &#8216;test your knowledge of the planet Earth and all its wonders&#8217;. Sleek and well-presented, GeoQuiz is part game, part visual tour of Wikipedia. Open up the app and you&#8217;re greeted with a bright, simplistic menu screen more reminiscent of an iPhone app than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}