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Trinidad and Tobago

In 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh used tar from the Pitch Lake to waterproof his ships. Asphalt dug from the lake has since surfaced roads around the world.

Where its story happens

The Pitch Lake, La Brea, at 10.23°N, 61.63°W. 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 Trinidad and Tobago

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.

  1. Where it is. It's Trinidad and Tobago, the southernmost islands of the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela. See Trinidad and Tobago on a map.
  2. Its capital is Port of Spain, and at its closest it is only about 11 km from Venezuela.
  3. Calypso music and the limbo dance both come from here, and its Carnival is billed as the Greatest Show on Earth.
  4. The steel drum was born here, hammered out of old oil barrels.
  5. It has the world's largest natural deposit of asphalt: a lake of tar you can walk across.

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