Geography warm-up · 9 June 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
Myanmar
What is chinlone, the traditional national sport of Myanmar?
- AA team keeping a rattan ball in the air without using their hands
- BA boat race on the Irrawaddy
- CA board game played with shells
- DA kite-flying contest
Chinlone is a team keeping a rattan ball in the air without using their hands: about six players stand in a circle and pass a woven ball. There is no opposing team.