Worth knowing
Georgia
Georgians still make wine the ancient way, in giant clay jars called qvevri that are sealed and buried in the ground.
Where its story happens
Tbilisi, at 41.72°N, 44.83°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 Georgia
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Georgia, between Russia and Turkey. See Georgia on a map.
- It lies on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, in the Caucasus, and shares its name with a US state.
- Joseph Stalin was born here.
- It has its own alphabet, used by almost no other language on Earth.
- The oldest traces of winemaking ever found, about 8,000 years old, were dug up here.