Geography warm-up · 30 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 11,000 km².
- It shares no land border with any other country.
- People speak a language named after the country or its people, and also English.
- The money is the dollar.
- It is in the Caribbean.
- Its capital starts with "K" and has 8 letters.
Question of the day
Iran
What does the name Si-o-se-pol mean?
- ABridge of thirty-three spans
- BBridge of forty columns
- CBridge of the king
- DBridge of seven gates
Si-o-se-pol means 'bridge of thirty-three spans'. It crosses the Zayanderud river in Isfahan.