Get to know Europe

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If you have ever wondered what the population of Poland is, or possibly the major industry of Andorra, then European Know ledge is definitely for you.

It is available from Micro Power and is designed to help test and increase your general knowledge about many of our well known, and some not so well known, international neighbours.

The loading instructions are well developed and very easy to follow, with allowances made for both disc and network system users. They should be comprehensive enough for even the most inexperienced user.

The screen consists of a map of Europe with 34 different countries, some as far afield as Iceland and Turkey. All are marked, although some of the smaller countries are a little hard to identify.

There are five levels of difficulty and these later deter mine the time limit in which you have to answer each question.

The quiz is in the form of 40 randomly selected, multiple choice questions on varied topics about each country.

My only real criticism is that the level of play you select only alters the time available to answer each question and not the individual difficulty of the questions.

This makes it very easy to learn all the answers to a total of over 270 questions - at a low level.

Overall this is a well put together program. I feel that the most benefit wil be gained by the pre-'O' level age groups for which it has apparently been designed.

Tarquin Thomas