Geography warm-up · 20 August 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 83,900 km² and has no coastline.
- It shares a land border with 8 countries.
- The main language is named after the country or its people.
- The money is the Euro.
- It is in Central Europe.
- Its capital starts with "V" and has 6 letters.
Question of the day
Argentina
What is mate?
- AA caffeine-rich herbal drink sipped through a metal straw
- BA red wine from Mendoza
- CA sweet spread made from milk and sugar
- DA grilled sausage in a bread roll
A caffeine-rich herbal drink sipped through a metal straw. Yerba mate leaves are soaked in hot water in a gourd and drunk through a bombilla.