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Answers for 5 October 2026

Atlas Daily #34, Monday 5 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. In 1686 a synodal letter from Constantinople placed its Orthodox metropolitanate under Moscow.
  2. Its parliament adopted and ratified a new constitution on 28 June 1996.
  3. It has the world's second-largest Eastern Orthodox population, behind Russia.
  4. After Russia it is the second-largest country in Europe, bordered by that neighbour to the east.
Hint: which continent?

Europe

Round 2

  1. It is called the only Muslim nation active in Antarctic research, with a station kept since 1992.
  2. In its Chitral valleys a small pre-Islamic community claims descent from Alexander the Great.
  3. Five of the fourteen peaks above 8,000 metres rise here, among them K2 and Nanga Parbat.
  4. Lahore, its cultural capital, holds the Badshahi Mosque, the Shalimar Gardens and a great Mughal fort.
Hint: which continent?

Asia

Round 3

  1. King Photisarath shifted the capital from Luang Prabang to Vientiane in 1520 to counter a Burmese threat.
  2. Its two major plateaus are the Xiangkhoang in the north and the Bolaven in the south.
  3. It is divided into 17 provinces plus a single prefecture holding the capital.
  4. Its three World Heritage Sites are Luang Prabang, Vat Phou and the Plain of Jars.
Hint: which continent?

Asia

Round 4

  1. Digs near the central town of Agordat revealed a pre-Aksumite culture called the Gash Group.
  2. Its few bush elephants dig water holes used by olive baboons whose calls warn them of danger.
  3. It is an observing member of the Arab League, alongside Brazil and Venezuela.
  4. In July 2017 its whole capital, Asmara, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 5

  1. Justinian rebuilt the earthquake-hit city of Ulpiana here and renamed it Justiniana Secunda.
  2. UNESCO recognised the Visoki Dečani monastery as a World Heritage Site in 2004.
  3. The euro serves as its official currency.
  4. In June 1999 Security Council Resolution 1244 placed the territory under transitional UN administration.
Hint: which continent?

Europe

Answers

Round 1 answer

Ukraine · Europe

Clue 5: The location is Ukraine.

Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe and a leading exporter of grain and sunflower oil, with Kyiv as its capital and largest city. Its past runs from Kievan Rus' and the Cossack Hetmanate through the Holodomor and Chernobyl to independence in 1991. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.

Round 2 answer

Pakistan · Asia

Clue 5: The location is Pakistan.

Pakistan is a South Asian republic of over 241 million people, created on 14 August 1947 at the partition of British India. Islamabad is the capital and Karachi the largest city and financial centre. Its territory holds Mehrgarh, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, and five of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, including K2.

Round 3 answer

Laos · Asia

Clue 5: The location is Laos.

Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, and its capital and largest city is Vientiane on the Mekong. The kingdom of Lan Xang, meaning a million elephants, gave way to French rule and then to a communist republic in 1975. American bombing between 1964 and 1973 left it the most heavily bombed country in history per capita.

Round 4 answer

Eritrea · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Eritrea.

Eritrea is a Horn of Africa country with a long Red Sea coastline, bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Its capital Asmara, listed by UNESCO in 2017, is famous for Italian-era modernist architecture. Independence came in 1993 after a thirty-year war, and Isaias Afwerki has led the one-party state ever since.

Round 5 answer

Kosovo · Europe

Clue 5: The location is Kosovo.

Kosovo is a landlocked Southeast European country that declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Its capital and largest city is Pristina, and roughly 92 percent of its people are ethnic Albanians. Its story runs from Roman Ulpiana and the 1389 Battle of Kosovo to Visoki Dečani monastery and the wine town of Rahovec.

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