Worth knowing
Belarus
The last wild European bison was killed in 1927. Every bison alive now descends from just 12 animals that survived in zoos, and the species numbers in the thousands again.
Where its story happens
Belovezhskaya Pushcha, at 52.59°N, 23.88°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Belarus
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Belarus, a landlocked country between Poland and Russia. See Belarus on a map.
- Its capital is Minsk, and potato pancakes called draniki are its national dish.
- The painter Marc Chagall grew up in its city of Vitebsk.
- One of the last pieces of the wild forest that once covered Europe's plains stands on its western border.
- That forest shelters the European bison, the heaviest wild land animal on the continent.