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Answers for 1 October 2026

Atlas Daily #30, Thursday 1 October 2026: five places, each with clues from hardest to easiest. Try to name each place before you open the answers.

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The clues

Round 1

  1. Its name descends from an Old Iranian word meaning protected by the holy fire.
  2. Its highest summit reaches 4,466 metres and its lowest point sits below sea level in an inland sea.
  3. A hillside gas fire called the burning mountain blazes continuously near its capital.
  4. Ell and Nikki won Eurovision in 2011 with Running Scared and brought the contest to its capital.
Hint: which continent?

Asia

Round 2

  1. Its name comes from an Etruscan settlement in a marshy area on the west bank of the Tiber.
  2. It has no prison system beyond a handful of cells used before trial.
  3. A special agreement with the European Union lets this non-member use the euro.
  4. A painted white line across a famous square marks where its territory ends.
Hint: which continent?

Europe

Round 3

  1. Secondary education in this country takes three years.
  2. The Jesuit ruins of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue have World Heritage status here.
  3. A popular dish here has a name beginning with sopa but resembles thick corn bread.
  4. This landlocked country lies in the central region of South America.
Hint: which continent?

South America

Round 4

  1. Ibeorgun is an Indigenous religion among its Guna communities.
  2. Scotland's ill-fated Darien scheme established a colony here in 1698.
  3. Baseball holds the top spot among this Central American country's sports.
  4. Copa Airlines operates its hub at this country's Tocumen International Airport.
Hint: which continent?

North America

Round 5

  1. Its largest body of water, the Great Salt Pond, lies on a flat south-eastern peninsula.
  2. It has the last remaining working railroad anywhere in the Lesser Antilles.
  3. It was the smallest country to host matches at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
  4. Its main island held the first British and French Caribbean colonies, the Mother Colony of the West Indies.
Hint: which continent?

North America

Answers

Round 1 answer

Azerbaijan · Asia

Clue 5: The location is Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan lies on the Caspian Sea in the South Caucasus, with Baku as its capital and largest city. Ruled for centuries from Iran before Russian conquest, it became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state in 1918 and regained independence in 1991. Oil wealth, mud volcanoes and eternal gas flames earned it the nickname land of fire.

Round 2 answer

Vatican City · Europe

Clue 5: The location is Vatican City.

Vatican City is the world's smallest sovereign state, a 44-hectare enclave inside Rome created by the 1929 Lateran Treaty. Ruled by the pope as an elective absolute monarchy, it holds Saint Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums. It issues its own stamps and euro coins and is the only World Heritage Site consisting of an entire state.

Round 3 answer

Paraguay · South America

Clue 5: The location is Paraguay.

Paraguay is a landlocked South American country with its capital at Asunción. Spanish and Guaraní share official status. Its cultural traditions include ñandutí lace and chipa bread.

Round 4 answer

Panama · North America

Clue 5: The location is Panama.

Panama occupies the land bridge between Central and South America. Its canal connects Atlantic and Pacific shipping routes. Guna molas and the pollera reflect its rich cultural traditions.

Round 5 answer

Saint Kitts and Nevis · North America

Clue 5: The location is Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a two-island federation in the Leeward Islands and the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere by area and population. Its larger island held the first British and French Caribbean colonies, and the country became independent in 1983. Sugar once ruled the economy, but tourism now dominates.

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