Geography warm-up · 17 May 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 587,000 km².
- It shares no land border with any other country.
- People speak a language named after the country or its people, and also French.
- The money is the ariary.
- It is in Eastern Africa.
- Its capital starts with "A" and has 12 letters.
Madagascar
Question of the day
Brazil
The chocolate sweets called brigadeiros are named after whom?
- AAn air force brigadier who ran for president in 1945
- BA famous football player
- CA Portuguese queen
- DA general who fought for independence
They are named after Brigadier Eduardo Gomes, an air force brigadier who ran for president in 1945. The sweets were sold to raise money for his campaign.