Answers for 26 October 2026
Atlas Daily #55, Monday 26 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
- Written history here begins with clay tablets of an Assyrian trade colony around 2000 BC.
- An oil wrestling tournament held every year since 1361 is the oldest continuous sporting event on earth.
- It has hosted the largest number of refugees of any country in the world.
- The world's longest suspension bridge spans the Dardanelles strait here.
Hint: which continent?
Asia
Round 2
- The monolithic Tomb of the False Door was raised for emperors of the ancient Aksumite state.
- Tihlo is a dumpling of roasted barley flour that began in the northern Tigray Region.
- One of its runners was the first athlete from a sub-Saharan country to win Olympic gold in 1960.
- With about 138 million inhabitants it ranks as the second most populous country in Africa.
Hint: which continent?
Africa
Round 3
- A dam in the northeast dating to the fourth millennium BC is regarded as the world's oldest.
- As the eighth largest olive producer in the world it relies on olive oil as its main cooking oil.
- This semi-arid state of about 89000 square kilometres holds some 11.5 million people.
- Its ruling dynasty has held custodianship over holy sites in Jerusalem since 1924.
Hint: which continent?
Asia
Round 4
- Bengali became an honorary official language here in December 2002.
- The upper drainage basin of the Moa River lies in this country's eastern region.
- Rice appears at virtually every meal in this country.
- Its capital city is Freetown.
Hint: which continent?
Africa
Round 5
- Giant stromatolites grow in the waters off its Exuma Cays.
- It levies no income tax, corporate tax, capital gains tax or wealth tax on its residents.
- Andros is the largest island in this low-lying Atlantic chain.
- This Atlantic archipelago is a constitutional monarchy under King Charles III with a governor-general.
Hint: which continent?
North America
Answers
Round 1 answer
Türkiye · Asia
Clue 5: The location is Türkiye.
Türkiye spans Anatolia in West Asia and East Thrace in Southeast Europe. Ankara is the capital, while Istanbul is the largest city and economic centre. The republic was proclaimed in 1923 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Today it is a NATO member and one of the most visited countries in the world.
Round 2 answer
Ethiopia · Africa
Clue 5: The location is Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months of 30 days and a thirteenth of five or six, running seven to eight years behind the Gregorian. Kaffa province in the south-west is the traditional home of arabica. The eleven churches of Lalibela were hewn from solid rock, roofs at ground level.
Round 3 answer
Jordan · Asia
Clue 5: The location is Jordan.
The answer is Jordan, a semi-arid kingdom in the Southern Levant with Amman as its capital and largest city. Its landscape runs from the world's lowest land point at the Dead Sea to the carved Nabataean city of Petra and a short Red Sea shoreline at Aqaba. Independent in 1946 under the Hashemites, it signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994 and today hosts more than a million Syrian refugees.
Round 4 answer
Sierra Leone · Africa
Clue 5: The location is Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone lies on West Africa's Atlantic coast between Guinea and Liberia. Its capital is Freetown. The country gained independence from Britain in 1961.
Round 5 answer
The Bahamas · North America
Clue 5: The location is The Bahamas.
The Bahamas is an archipelagic country of some 700 islands and more than 2,500 cays in the Atlantic, north of Cuba and southeast of Florida. Columbus made his first New World landfall here in 1492, and the country became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1973. Its capital, Nassau, lies on New Providence, and tourism and offshore finance drive the economy.
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