Cities by distance from New York
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Cities by distance from New York
Order these cities by how far they are from New York. You place all 33 cards in the right order, one at a time. Three wrong guesses ends the run.
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How the distance from New York game works
The question on every card is simple: how far is this city from New York? Each card names a major world city with its country underneath, and you rank them by straight-line distance in kilometers. One city starts on the line with its distance showing. Put each new card above or below the cities placed so far. A correct call reveals the distance; a wrong one still sends the city to its real place and costs one of your three lives.
Distances are measured over the curve of the Earth, so think globe rather than airline map. Cities on the same continent are the easy part. Once you cross an ocean the numbers climb quickly, and many cities across Europe, Africa and Asia cluster close together. The point on the opposite side of the world from New York is not where most people would first point.
How players are doing
This deck has been played 21 times. An average run places 5.2 cards, and 64% of all placements land in the right spot. Nobody has placed every card yet.
The cards players get wrong most often:
- Cape Town missed 83% of the time, usually by a single place
- Mumbai missed 80% of the time, usually by a single place
- Hong Kong missed 67% of the time, usually by a single place
What's in the deck
Here are 28 of the 33 cards you might be dealt, with 5 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.
- London United Kingdom
- Tokyo Japan
- Sydney Australia
- Paris France
- Moscow Russia
- Beijing China
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Los Angeles United States
- Mumbai India
- Cape Town South Africa
- Mexico City Mexico
- Buenos Aires Argentina
- Dubai United Arab Emirates
- Singapore Singapore
- Istanbul Turkey
- Berlin Germany
- Rome Italy
- Hong Kong China
- Nairobi Kenya
- Lagos Nigeria
- Delhi India
- Seoul South Korea
- Jakarta Indonesia
- Reykjavik Iceland
- Honolulu United States
- Wellington New Zealand
- Santiago Chile
- Vancouver Canada
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