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Answers for 25 October 2026

Atlas Daily #54, Sunday 25 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. Coastal upwelling creates a summer shore wind locally called the Nortada.
  2. An elected king beat Castile at Aljubarrota in 1385 and founded a new ruling house.
  3. Salt cod and the custard tart pastel de nata are counted as its national dishes.
  4. Cristiano Ronaldo is among the internationally recognised athletes it has produced.
Hint: which continent?

Europe

Round 2

  1. One of its ancient seafaring kingdoms was nicknamed the Phoenicia of East Asia.
  2. A short monsoon rainy season called jangma drenches it from late June through July.
  3. Its high-speed trains, branded KTX, run along the Gyeongbu and Honam lines.
  4. Busan, Daegu and Incheon are its major cities outside the capital region.
Hint: which continent?

Asia

Round 3

  1. A Shona state whose name means destroyers expelled the Portuguese from the plateau in 1683.
  2. Sixteen official languages are recognised here, with English, Shona and Ndebele the most common.
  3. Some of the world's largest platinum reserves are mined here by Zimplats and Impala Platinum.
  4. Robert Mugabe became this country's prime minister in 1980.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 4

  1. A woman born into slavery gave Queen Victoria a handmade quilt as this nation's first diplomatic gift.
  2. Its senators serve nine-year terms, two elected from each of the fifteen counties.
  3. Its largest ethnic group, the Kpelle, makes up more than a fifth of the population.
  4. In August 1847 it adopted a star and stripes flag bearing eleven stripes.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 5

  1. Lake Guija, at 44 square kilometres, is its largest natural lake.
  2. One of its volcanoes erupted so regularly that sailors called it the Lighthouse of the Pacific.
  3. Migration disputes with a neighbour were a major cause of the 1969 Football War.
  4. Its most popular dish nationally is the pupusa, a stuffed handmade maize tortilla.
Hint: which continent?

North America

Answers

Round 1 answer

Portugal · Europe

Clue 5: The location is Portugal.

The Algarve was taken from Moorish rule in 1249 and the frontier with Castile settled in 1297. Vasco da Gama's voyage of 1497 to 1498 opened the sea route to India and a century of Portuguese trading forts. The cork oak forests of the Alentejo still supply half of the world's cork.

Round 2 answer

South Korea · Asia

Clue 5: The location is South Korea.

The Demilitarized Zone has divided the peninsula since the 1953 armistice; no peace treaty was ever signed. King Sejong's Hangul, promulgated in 1446, is still celebrated with a public holiday. Seoul's metropolitan area holds roughly half the country's people, making it one of the most concentrated capitals on Earth.

Round 3 answer

Zimbabwe · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is a landlocked southern African country lying between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, with Harare as its capital and largest city. Medieval Shona builders raised the dry stone city of Great Zimbabwe, which gave the nation its name. Independence came in 1980 under Robert Mugabe, who ruled until a 2017 coup brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to power.

Round 4 answer

Liberia · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Liberia.

Liberia began as a settlement project of the American Colonization Society for free Black Americans and declared independence in 1847, becoming Africa's oldest continuously independent republic. Two civil wars devastated the country before Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected Africa's first female president in 2005. The capital and largest city is Monrovia.

Round 5 answer

El Salvador · North America

Clue 5: The location is El Salvador.

El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country on the American mainland and the only Central American state without a Caribbean coastline. Volcanoes shape its landscape and supply much of its electricity. A brutal civil war closed with the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords, and in 2001 the United States dollar replaced the colon.

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