How the Memorize Earth Game Board Works

Memorize Earth is a Jeopardy-style geography trainer played on a 30-tile board. You pick a tile (or press Space/Enter to take the next question in order), answer the clue, and clear tiles to build a score. The board tracks your cleared count as 0/30, and the game is explicitly designed to be very hard at the start — progress is saved in your browser over time rather than expected in one session.

Starting a Board

The board is the home screen. Each tile holds a question in a category such as countries, capitals, U.S. states, Canadian provinces, flags, oceans, or mountain ranges. A few things to know before your first pick:

• Tile selection: Click any tile, or press Space / Enter to take the next one in order.
• Score display: The header shows your score (starting at $0) and cleared count (starting at 0/30).
• New Board: Generates a fresh set of tiles. Category filter changes only apply on your next New Board, not the current one.
• Settings: Open via the ⚙ button. Changes save as you make them.

Answering a Question

When you take a tile, the question view opens with the clue and a set of controls:

The question view also shows a question counter (e.g., Question 1/60), your score, a timer, round number, current streak, and best streak. Answering correctly adds to your score and clears the tile; the board's Cleared counter updates as you go.

Modes and Board Variants

The mode selector changes how the board behaves:

• Standard Board — the default mixed-category board.
• New Stuff Only — surfaces questions you haven't seen yet.
• Type Only — answer by typing rather than selecting.
• Globe Mode — location-based questions.
• Presidents Mode — U.S. presidents.
• Drill Weak Spots — focuses on categories where your mastery is low.
• Flag Drill — flags only. The game's own warning screen suggests starting here if the standard board feels brutal.
• God Mode — the hardest variant.

Mastery, History, and Progress

The game tracks per-question history so old questions resurface over time. Two reset actions exist in Settings, and they do different things:

• Reset Question History — clears which questions you've seen so the board can re-surface old ones. Your memory and category stats stay.
• Forget Everything — wipes all progress: mastery, settings, everything.

Category filters show numbers in the form mastered · learning · unseen / total, so you can see where you stand before generating a new board. There's also a Cloud Sync option and a Disconnect Cloud Sync action in Settings.

Practical Tips for a First Session

• Expect a low score early. The game states outright that a perfect score won't happen "for a WHILE" and that progress accumulates across sessions in the same browser.
• If the standard board is discouraging, switch to Flag Drill first — it's the game's own recommended entry point.
• Use Reveal Answer freely while learning; the spaced-repetition history is what drives long-term retention, not any single run.
• Check the category mastery numbers before hitting New Board so you're not re-drilling categories you've already mastered.

Common Sticking Points

• Category changes not applying: They take effect on the next New Board, not the current one.
• Progress seems lost: Confirm you're in the same browser — progress is stored locally unless Cloud Sync is connected.
• Accidentally wiping stats: "Forget Everything" is irreversible and clears mastery and settings, not just history. Use "Reset Question History" if you only want old questions to reappear.