IT's Fun

WorldWise addicts waiting for their next fix can thank Traveler designer Stefan Caiafa for finding a cure for those pesky withdrawal symptoms. He recently tipped us off to Lonely Planet's online City Love Street game, created to promote their new Cities Book.

The game is pretty straightforward. Roll your mouse over the composite street scene and click on various characters (a dervish, a geisha) and objects (street signs, laundry on a clothesline) to access multiple-choice questions about 45 world cities. Correct responses are rewarded with factoids and a link to Lonely Planet's coverage of the city in question. Errors earn amusing quips. (IT's favorite: "Don't worry, you're probably good-looking." Thanks. We think so.)

Questions range from the obvious to the obscure (do you know where the world's largest food fight takes place?), and much of the challenge comes from finding the few hard-to-find objects to click. Hint: Indy would have been thrilled if the Treasury had been this well-equipped after his dusty quest.