Worth knowing
Kosovo
Dua Lipa's first name means 'love' in Albanian. Her parents come from Pristina, and she lived there as a teenager before moving back to London on her own at 15.
Where its story happens
Pristina, at 42.67°N, 21.17°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 Kosovo
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 Kosovo, landlocked in the Balkans, bordering Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. See Kosovo on a map.
- Its capital is Pristina, the family home of the pop stars Dua Lipa and Rita Ora.
- Its first Olympic medal was a gold, won in judo by Majlinda Kelmendi in 2016.
- The peaks along its western edge are known as the Accursed Mountains.
- Its name comes from a word for blackbird: it is short for 'field of the blackbirds'.