The World

The answer to today’s Geo quiz is Istanbul, Turkey, where thousands of mosques broadcast the call to prayer five times a day. To make sure all those muezzins are up to par, the city’s chief religious official has set up singing lessons. Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser reports from Istanbul.

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