Answers for 20 October 2026
Atlas Daily #49, Tuesday 20 October 2026: five places, each with clues from hardest to easiest. Try to name each place before you open the answers.
The clues
Round 1
- A Golden Bull issued in 1356 codified the election of the emperor by seven prince electors.
- Four long-settled groups including the Slavic Sorbs are recognised here as national minorities.
- It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea with the Alps along its southern edge.
- Its capital and most populous city is Berlin.
Hint: which continent?
Europe
Round 2
- The Illyrian hill town of Daorson was ringed by megalithic walls as large as those at Mycenae.
- The Brčko District was created in 2000 from land taken from both of its two entities.
- Međugorje draws more than a million Catholic pilgrims every single year.
- Its capital hosted the Winter Olympic Games in February 1984.
Hint: which continent?
Europe
Round 3
- A Security Council veto in 1955 kept this state out of the United Nations for years.
- Since socialism ended its birth rate has fallen more steeply than in any other country.
- A huge copper and gold mine developed with Rio Tinto became its largest foreign investment project.
- Its traditional round felt dwelling, the ger, was long called a yurt in English.
Hint: which continent?
Asia
Round 4
- Its old kingdoms split power between a worldly liurai and a spiritual rai nain.
- Its highest summit is Tatamailau, also called Mount Ramelau, at 2,963 metres.
- Its tropical wet season runs from December to May and lingers longer in the interior.
- It was announced as the eleventh full member of ASEAN, joining at the October 2025 summit.
Hint: which continent?
Asia
Round 5
- Its final visiting whaler of the Age of Sail called in 1904.
- Ships returning to load phosphate bring this island water as ballast.
- There are no rivers anywhere on this island country.
- Yaren serves as this country's de facto capital.
Hint: which continent?
Oceania
Answers
Round 1 answer
Germany · Europe
Clue 5: The location is Germany.
Germany is a country in Western and Central Europe made up of sixteen states, with Berlin as its capital and most populous city. Unified under Prussian leadership in 1871, it was split into two states in 1949 before reunifying on 3 October 1990. Today it has the largest economy in Europe by nominal GDP and is the most populous member state of the European Union.
Round 2 answer
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe
Clue 5: The location is Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits on the Balkan Peninsula with only about 20 kilometres of Adriatic coast at Neum. Its capital Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics and was the scene of the 1914 assassination that sparked World War I. Since the Dayton Agreement of 1995 the country has been divided into two entities, and it became an EU candidate in 2022.
Round 3 answer
Mongolia · Asia
Clue 5: The location is Mongolia.
About 3.4 million people live in an area larger than Western Europe, and roughly a quarter still herd livestock on the steppe. Genghis Khan united the tribes in 1206; within decades his successors ruled from Korea to Hungary. Ulaanbaatar has a January average of around −25°C.
Round 4 answer
Timor-Leste · Asia
Clue 5: The location is Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, with its capital and largest city at Dili. A Portuguese colony until 1975, it was invaded and annexed by Indonesia before a United Nations supervised referendum in 1999. On 20 May 2002 it became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century. Portuguese and Tetum are its two official languages.
Round 5 answer
Nauru · Oceania
Clue 5: The location is Nauru.
Nauru is a tiny Pacific island country with Yaren as its de facto capital. Phosphate mining left jagged limestone pinnacles across its interior. Its flag's twelve-pointed star represents twelve traditional clans.
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