Geography warm-up · 11 February 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 9,373,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 2 countries.
- People there speak English.
- The money is the dollar.
- On the map it lies above the equator and west of the prime meridian.
- Its capital starts with "W" and has 12 letters.
United States
Question of the day
Uruguay
Which famous tango, written by the Uruguayan Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, was first played at a café in Montevideo?
- ALa cumparsita
- BPor una cabeza
- CMi Buenos Aires querido
- DEl choclo
La cumparsita, written in 1916, was first played at the Café La Giralda, where the Palacio Salvo stands today.