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Atlas Daily #56, Tuesday 27 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. About 28 percent of its land is publicly owned and federally managed, mostly in the west.
  2. It owns the world's longest rail network and uses it mostly for freight rather than passengers.
  3. It ranks fourth in total area and third in population with more than 341 million residents.
  4. Its premier leagues include the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.
Hint: which continent?

North America

Round 2

  1. Its modern name first appears in an inscription of Ramesses the Second, written as rbw.
  2. This nation hosted the 1982 African Cup of Nations and narrowly missed the 1986 World Cup.
  3. Its 1,770 kilometre shore is the longest of any African country on the Mediterranean.
  4. From March 1977 its official state name included the coined word Jamahiriya.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 3

  1. A hospital founded here in 1896 is considered the first modern mental health hospital in the Middle East.
  2. Its presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian and the premiership for a Sunni Muslim.
  3. Byblos, among the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, sits on its coast.
  4. The cedar tree is this country's national emblem.
Hint: which continent?

Asia

Round 4

  1. Belgian authorities introduced identity cards with ethnic classifications here in 1935.
  2. The southeast of this country produces imigongo art using cow dung.
  3. English and French share official language status with Swahili in this country.
  4. Visitors track mountain gorillas in this country's Volcanoes National Park.
Hint: which continent?

Africa

Round 5

  1. Ancient Lapita archaeological sites here became the country's first World Heritage listing in 2008.
  2. Two of its islands, Matthew and Hunter, are claimed and controlled by France through New Caledonia.
  3. Copra, kava, beef, cocoa and timber make up much of what this island nation sells abroad.
  4. Its capital and largest town is Port Vila on the island of Efate.
Hint: which continent?

Oceania

Answers

Round 1 answer

United States · North America

Clue 5: The location is United States.

The answer is the United States, a federal republic of 50 states and a capital district centred on Washington, D.C. It has the world's fourth-largest total area and third-largest population, and its economy has been the largest nominally since about 1890. Landmarks range from the Grand Canyon and Denali to the volcanoes of Hawaii.

Round 2 answer

Libya · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Libya.

Libya spans almost 1.8 million square kilometres of North African desert and coast, with its capital Tripoli and most of its people crowded along the Mediterranean. Ancient Cyrene and Leptis Magna lie near the shore, while the Great Man-Made River taps a deep desert aquifer. Muammar Gaddafi ruled 42 years until 2011, and rival governments have contested power since.

Round 3 answer

Lebanon · Asia

Clue 5: The location is Lebanon.

Lebanon is a small Levantine republic on the Mediterranean, with Beirut as its capital and largest city. Its coast held the Phoenician cities of Byblos, Sidon and Tyre, and the cedar remains its national emblem. A confessional system reserves the top offices for Maronite, Sunni and Shia figures. Civil war and the 2020 port explosion have marked recent decades.

Round 4 answer

Rwanda · Africa

Clue 5: The location is Rwanda.

Rwanda is a landlocked East African country with Kigali as its capital. Lake Kivu lies along its western border. Mountain gorilla tracking and the monthly umuganda community service tradition are distinctive features.

Round 5 answer

Vanuatu · Oceania

Clue 5: The location is Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is a Y-shaped Melanesian archipelago of about 83 volcanic islands in the South Pacific. Britain and France ruled it jointly as the New Hebrides from 1906, and it became independent on 30 July 1980 under Walter Lini. It has the world's highest density of languages per person, along with Pentecost land diving and the John Frum cargo cult.

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