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Atlas Daily #46, Saturday 17 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. Stone tools and cut-marked bones from the Ain Boucherit deposits date to about 1.9 million years ago.
  2. Its highest point is Mount Tahat, rising to 3,003 metres above sea level.
  3. Modern Standard Arabic and Standard Amazigh are its two official languages.
  4. It holds the tenth largest natural gas reserves in the world and is the sixth largest gas exporter.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 2

  1. The two-spot ladybird serves as this country's national insect.
  2. Its largest lake, Lubans, covers 80.7 square kilometres.
  3. Rye bread is regarded here as the national staple.
  4. Its capital and largest city is Riga.
Hint: which continent?

Europe

Round 3

  1. Its far east rests on the Guapore Shield of stable Precambrian crystalline rock.
  2. Its most famous carnival was among the first 19 intangible heritage masterpieces named by UNESCO in 2001.
  3. Despite having no coastline, it maintains a navy of roughly 5,000 personnel.
  4. It holds the world's largest lithium reserves, estimated at 21 million tonnes.
Hint: which continent?

South America

Round 4

  1. Azande peoples founded the Bangassou Kingdom along its great southern river in the 18th century.
  2. Only about 15.6 percent of its people have electricity, and just 1.5 percent in rural areas.
  3. Its 2003 census found 80.3 percent of the population Christian and 10 percent Muslim.
  4. Its capital and largest city sits right on the southern border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 5

  1. Its only recent volcanic activity comes from hot springs and an underwater volcano called Kick em Jenny.
  2. Britain made this island a Crown colony in 1877.
  3. After 49 hurricane-free years, this island took a direct hit from Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
  4. Its main airport is named after Maurice Bishop, the prime minister killed in 1983.
Hint: which continent?

North America

Answers

Round 1 answer

Algeria · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Algeria.

Algeria is the largest country in Africa, running from a Mediterranean coast across the Sahara to Mount Tahat. It became independent on 5 July 1962 after 132 years of French rule, and its economy rests on vast oil and gas reserves worked by Sonatrach. Its heritage spans Numidian kings, Saint Augustine of Hippo and the Casbah of Algiers.

Round 2 answer

Latvia · Europe

Clue 5: The location is Latvia.

Latvia is one of the three Baltic states, lying between Estonia and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Independence was proclaimed on 18 November 1918 and fully restored on 21 August 1991 after Soviet rule. Riga is the capital and largest city, forests cover 56 percent of the land, and the song and dance festival dates from 1873.

Round 3 answer

Bolivia · South America

Clue 5: The location is Bolivia.

Bolivia is a landlocked South American country with two capitals, Sucre for the judiciary and La Paz as the seat of government. Its Andean west holds the Salar de Uyuni and the world's largest lithium reserves, while its east reaches the Amazon and the Pantanal. Spanish shares official status with 36 indigenous languages.

Round 4 answer

Central African Republic · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Central African Republic.

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country of plateau savanna in the heart of the continent, with its capital Bangui on the Ubangi River border. Once the French colony of Ubangi-Shari, it became independent in 1960 and later endured Bokassa's short-lived empire and repeated civil wars. Diamonds dominate exports, yet it remains among the world's poorest states.

Round 5 answer

Grenada · North America

Clue 5: The location is Grenada.

Grenada is a Caribbean country in the Windward Islands, made up of the main island plus Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Known as the Island of Spice, it exports nutmeg, which appears on its national flag. Independence came in 1974, and a Marxist coup and the killing of Maurice Bishop led to a United States led invasion in 1983.

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