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How a round works

1. 1
   Watch the first clip

   Each day's guest introduces themselves on video. The first clip alone is enough to guess — if you can read the culture, language or story right away.

2. 2
   Guess "where am I from"

   You're naming the country of their roots and culture — not necessarily where they live now. Many guests are part of a diaspora, so an American or Australian accent can be a trap.

3. 3
   Reveal clues if you need them

   Up to 8 video clues, each one easier than the last — food, holidays, daily life, language. The final clue shows the country's outline on the globe.

4. 4
   Three guesses, that's it

   A right answer ends the round. So does a third miss. You can lock a guess in as early as the first clip.

Scoring out of 10,000

Score starts at 10,000 and only goes down — the fewer clues you burn, the more you keep.

After a miss, the distance feedback matters: a few hundred kilometres means a neighbouring country, thousands means you're in the wrong region entirely. Use the globe as a scratchpad — pinned flags are hunches, not locked guesses.

Strategy that actually helps

1. ●
   Guess early when you're sure

   A wrong guess costs 30% of what's left, but each extra clue is more expensive than the one before. On an easy guest, a first-clip guess beats six clues every time.

2. ●
   Read the clue titles

   Clue titles alone carry signal — a guest whose clips are titled "Sauna" and "Island Life" is telling you something before you press play.

3. ●
   Save a guess for the outline

   On hard days, keep one guess in reserve until the final outline clue — it's the single most revealing hint in the game.

4. ●
   Think diaspora, not accent

   The single biggest mistake is naming the country the accent sounds like. The question is where their roots are.

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