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- The questions about stories rest on the same sources as the stories, and most of those are still Wikipedia articles that have not been checked against stronger sources. The quiz shows each source's status next to the answer.
- The language questions use phrases from travellers' phrasebooks that no speaker has checked yet. The Languages page says more about each language, and has a form for people who speak them.
- Questions about countries use the World Bank's figures and the UN's statistical groups, as on the Countries page. Capitals, population and area are the World Bank's, and countries with more than one capital are left out.
- Bloc questions follow each organisation's own member list on the date shown with the answer. Countries whose status is disputed or recently changed are never used in them.
- It is a way to remember facts, not a measure of knowledge. Where the record is uncertain, the answer says so.