How every TapGuessr question is made and checked

A wrong answer ruins a round, so every clue goes through the same checks before it can appear in the game.

1. A first draft

Each question starts as a draft: a clue, two hints, the name of the answer and a short fact. Drafts never include coordinates.

2. The location comes from Wikidata

The position of every answer is looked up on Wikidata, the open knowledge base behind Wikipedia. That gives us a precise, public source for where each place is, and a link anyone can check.

This step catches real mistakes. A search for a racing circuit can find the town it's named after, a famous waterfall can match a hostel of the same name, and a rebuilt stadium can match the old one. When the names don't match exactly, a person looks.

3. A person reviews it

Every question is read by a person before it's approved:

• Right spot: does the pin on the map sit on the thing the clue describes?
• True: can the fact be confirmed? If not, it's cut or rewritten.
• Fair: the clue shouldn't name the answer, its city or its country.
• Global: could someone anywhere in the world reason their way there?

Out-of-date details get caught here too, such as a famous rock arch that has since collapsed into the sea.

4. Scheduled into a round

Approved questions are spread across days: three places and two sports each day, easiest first. Two answers close together never share a day, so one can't give the other away.

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