Worth knowing
Latvia
Jacob Davis was born in Riga in 1831 and became a tailor in America. In 1873 he and Levi Strauss's company patented trousers held together with copper rivets.
Where its story happens
Riga, at 56.95°N, 24.11°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 Latvia
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 Latvia, on the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania. See Latvia on a map.
- Its capital is Riga, and it is the middle one of the three Baltic states.
- In 1989 about two million people joined hands across it, in a human chain linking three capitals.
- One of the earliest Christmas trees on record was decorated by a merchants' guild in its capital in 1510.
- The copper rivets on blue jeans were the idea of a tailor born in this country's capital.