Geography warm-up · 8 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 239,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 3 countries.
- People there speak English.
- The money is the cedi.
- It is in Western Africa.
- Its capital starts with "A" and has 5 letters.
Question of the day
Hungary
The Hungarian word gulyás, which gave goulash its name, originally meant what?
- AA cattle herder
- BA fisherman
- CA baker
- DA soldier
Gulya means a herd of cattle and gulyás means a cattle herder: the dish began as the meal of herdsmen on the plains.