Geography warm-up · 5 January 2026
Which country is it?
Put this on the big screen. Show one clue at a time and let the class guess out loud. Every class in the world gets the same country today.
- It covers about 197,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 5 countries.
- People there speak French.
- The money is the West African CFA franc.
- It is in Western Africa.
- Its capital starts with "D" and has 5 letters.
Question of the day
Bangladesh
If a Bangladeshi dish is 'jhal', what is it?
- ASweet
- BSpicy
- CSour
- DCold
Jhal means spicy or hot, as in jhalmuri, spicy puffed rice. Sweet is mishti.