Geography warm-up · 21 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 41,300 km² and has no coastline.
- It shares a land border with 5 countries.
- People speak a language named after the country or its people, and also French, Italian, Romansh.
- The money is the franc.
- It is in Western Europe.
- Its capital starts with "B" and has 4 letters.
Switzerland
Question of the day
Botswana
Baines' Baobabs stand in which national park?
- ANxai Pan National Park
- BChobe National Park
- CMoremi Game Reserve
- DCentral Kalahari Game Reserve
Baines' Baobabs grow in Nxai Pan National Park, on a small island in Kudiakam Pan, and are named after the artist Thomas Baines, who painted them in 1862.