Challenge Clues 2010 |
Landmark Challenge Clues 2010
This Year's TOP Scores:
21 Linkhorne: Miller7 (Virginia) & Shoal Creek: Scole (Missouri) 19 Grey Nun Academy (Pennsylvania) & Lewis and Clark (Missouri) 15 Grassland 5 (Tennessee) & Naches Valley: Team A (Washington)
Project questions/comments to: tsmith@hannibal.k12.mo.us
March 22, 2010
Challenge Answers and Clues
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(1) Battle Primary (Team Higgs) Reading, England- teamhiggs@battleprimary.reading.sch.uk
(No Guesses Submitted as of 3/22) - Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
1. It is very high up
2. It has changed country
3. It is fit for a queen
4. It was first built in 637AD
5. Chinese Temple, built in the 16th century, was modelled on this place
6. There is a palace inside
7. Its owner lives elsewhere
8. It has copper in its foundations to guard against earthquakes
9. It was once the world's tallest building
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(2) Franklin Elementary (Team Fisher)Liberty, MO kfisher@liberty.k12.mo.us
10 Correct - Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia
1. You will find me on a continent in the eastern hemisphere.
2. I was constructed between 802 AD and 1220 AD
3. I am located in one group of two-across a moat and facing west.
4. I can be found in the country surrounded by Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea.
5. Everything around me has decayed, but my sandstone stands strong.
6. I am the most famous and most spectacular of all of the more than 100 structures that are like me.
7. I am 72 degrees of longitude east of the Pyramids of Giza.
8. My builder dedicated me to the Hindu God Vishnew.
9. Khmer Kings ruled over the vast domain where I can be found.
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(3) Grassland Elementary-(Grassland 5)- grassland.five@GMAIL.COM
15 Correct - THE BIG CHICKEN in Marietta, GA
1. Fliers used this landmark to navigate.
2. An unknown architectural student drew the plans.
3. The landmark was a part of Sim City: The Card Game.
4. Pieces of the landmark are on display and other pieces were sold.
5. A soft drink company helped to rebuild this landmark in 1996
6. This landmark is located in the northern hemisphere.
7. Gallus Domesticus
8. This landmark has seven stories.
9. Latitude 30 degrees
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(4) Grey Nun Academy - Yardley, PA - gnastudents@gnaedu.org
19 Correct - The Baths, British Virgin Islands
1. Natural feature
2. You may have to go through water to get here.
3. This location is small
4. Some people refer to it as the 8th wonder of the world.
5. There are exotic pools.
6. Our landmark has been a National Park since 1990.
7. The name of our landmark is a normal daily occurrence.
8. In the Caribbean
9. Latitude 18° 30â€N.
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(5) GYMNAZIUM, HUMPOLEC, CZECH REPUBLIC (Team TERCIE) kvarta.landmark@seznam.cz
10 Correct - Burj Khalifa
1. I am situated on the northern and eastern hemisphere.
2. People say I am a gem on the body of one of seven siblings.
3. A part of my body has been made in the heart of Europe.
4. Recently I have become a world celebrity.
5. More than 12 000 master-craftsmen from several countries polished my bodyfor 1325 days.
6. As a gem I sometimes must be cleared of sand dust.
7. My beauty attracts the richest people from all over the world.
8. My polished faces reflect the sun rays towards the sea.
9. I am a holder of more than 10 world records.
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(6) GYMNAZIUM, HUMPOLEC, CZECH REPUBLIC (Team KVARTA) kvarta.landmark@seznam.cz
11 Correct - LITTLE BIGHORN
1. It is located in the same hemisphere as the polar bears live.
2. It is located in a country which name begins with the 13th letter of the alphabet.
3.The event connected with me took even number of days.
4. At the time of my greatest glory the author of "Valentin"died.
5. The way to me is marked by the plates describing important event.
6.Many families lost their fathers at my place.
7.There are two kinds of stones indicating the outcome of events on my body.
8."golden hair"
9. Pride before a fall.
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(7) GYMNAZIUM, HUMPOLEC, CZECH REPUBLIC (Team KVINTA) kvarta.landmark@seznam.cz
11 Correct - Lake Titicaca
1. West from Europe, East from Asia
2. Andes – my friend
3. I have 2 parents and a stepbrother
4. I am one of the most photogenic places in the World
5. I am sweet
6. Inside – yes, outside - no
7. 3.102 - 0.101 - 4.100 m
8. I have my second myself in me
9. 8-444-8-444-222-2-222-2
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(8) GYMNAZIUM, HUMPOLEC, CZECH REPUBLIC (Team 1A) kvarta.landmark@seznam.cz
5 Correct - The Dancing House in Prague
1. I am situated on the Northern hemisphere.
2. The war made place for me in 1945.
3. All my life I have heard the voice of the water.
4. I face the seat of the president of my country.
5. One of the most important disidents, play writers and politicians lived in my neighbourhood.
6. I was awarded a prize in America.
7. Austerlitz died at the age of 88.
8. I was born in 1996 by Vlado, Frank and Eva
9. Amelia Bonetti´s skirt.
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(9) Lewis & Clark Elem. - Liberty, MO -- arosheim@liberty.k12.mo.us
19 Correct - Top Secret-Upside White House, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
1. Guided tours only
2. Capital city is a female name
3. Located in the Northern Hemisphere
4. A top vote for your vacation
5. You might find yourself walking on the ceiling
6. Other similar attractions can be found in the Volunteer and Sunshine States
7. Pennsylvania Avenue might take offense
8. The Farmer In The _______
9. Want to find our landmark?Turn the Executive branch over for the answer
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(10) Liberty Oaks Elem (Team Barnett) Kansas City, MO tbarnett@liberty.k12.mo.us
5 Correct - Iguazu Falls
1.This landmark is located along the border of two countries in S. America
2.You can ride a train to experience it and surrounding trails
3.It gets lush and wild around this landmark
4.It was caused by a volcanic rupture
5.Not up, but down
6.Its name is shared with a River
7.Wow, 275 in all
8.You might get misty if you see this landmark in person
9.It’s shaped like a horseshoe
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(11) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg,VA (Bosta4) millerrm@lcsedu.net
11 Correct - The Magic Tap (Cadiz, Spain)
1. Eau
2. European
3. Trabajando
4. Looks photo-shopped
5. Metallic color
6. Mid-air
7. Plumbing
8. False appearance
9. Used in a kitchen
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(12) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg,VA (Bosta6) millerrm@lcsedu.net
12 Correct - Pergamum
1. It’s old
2. It’s in the Northern Hemisphere
3. Located near a lake
4. Built on a hill
5. It was found in the age after a great conqueror was born in Pella
6. There is a gate separating streets
7. Near the border of Africa
8. Part of Grecian empire
9. 35-04
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(13) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg,VA (Sengenberger1) millerrm@lcsedu.net
8 Correct - SUVOROV’S STATUE (PRIDNESTROVSKAIA MOLDAVSKAIA RESPUBLICA)
1. It’s the color of all the colors mixed together.
2. This had something to do with Vaubon.
3. 6(3+6)-13+20+1+1+1+1-5+5+6-1 was his last birthday.
4. They died on the 139th day in the 18th year.
5. Sitting atop a white sheet of marble, Lays a man spick and sparkle,
With his trusty steed, He may be seen, In a small, small city.
6. Their flag has stripes.
7. One of the things in it has the phylum of chordate.
8. Basalt is a cousin to what this landmark is made of.
9. 4,534,729.98 smoots away from New York City.
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(14) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg,VA (Sengenberger2) millerrm@lcsedu.net
5 Correct - Nazca Lines in Peruvian Desert
1. Not many are the same
2. Astronauts have been seen on this landmark
3. They are made of rock
4. You can find a monkey here but it is not its home
5. It has a runway
6. 3,962.4 cm wingspan
7. 5,821,920 meters to Lynchburg, Virginia from this point
8. Spiders, monkeys, and condors alike, the only way you’ll see them is overhead flight.
9. A long time ago, before there was fun, these creations were made in the hot desert sun.
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(15) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg,VA (Sengenberger 5) millerrm@lcsedu.net
4 Correct - Trevi Fountain (Rome, Italy)
1. B.C.
2. H2O
3. $4,150 dollars per day
4. 1020 inches high
5. Was once a polluted waste area
6. 18 windows
7. Clemens twelve points
8. Top of the boot
9. At this landmark, people will find others throwing something from behind.
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(16) Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Miller7) millerrm@lcsedu.net
21 Correct - Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, IL outside Chicago)
1. Open 9:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Saturday
2. Declared a crime scene
3. Chapter 11
4. 1927
5. “Blues†my favorite color
6. Visited by the First Lady
7. Enter but do not leave
8. Scandal over resale
9. The “plot†thickens
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(17) Longfellow Elem - Fargo, ND (Team Peterson1) petersd@fargo.k12.nd.us
8 Correct - The Golden Temple
1. No shoes allowed
2. Percussion, woodwinds, stringed instruments
3. Feet Clean
4. Many people welcome
5. 4 passages
6. Destroyed and rebuilt
7. On your knees!!
8. Go for cover
9. Surrounded by water
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(18) Longfellow Elem- Fargo, ND (Team Peterson2) petersd@fargo.k12.nd.us
10 Correct - Football Hall of Fame
1. Has a spiral staircase
2. Expansion projects
3. Free Parking
4. orange juicer
5. CB 26
6. All directions
7. Elitists
8. You get busted!
9. Majority rules
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(19) Naches Valley Middle School (Team A) Naches,WA - NachesTeamA@naches.wednet.edu
15 Correct - Enchanted Highway, North Dakota
1. Here you will always see geese in flight.
2. Here you will find a creature that played an important part of history of the area of which I am found.
3. It was built so a small town wouldn't die out.
4. North, East, South, and West. To truly enjoy me you must be traveling in one direction.
5. You might see giants, but don't be alarmed, they don't harm.
6. A famous person "rides again" here.
7. "Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered." This is a clue for length.
8. My artists's first and last name begins with the letter "G".
9. Fishermen might break their line fishing in a lake of metal.
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(20) Naches Valley Middle School (Team B)Naches,WA - NachesTeamB@naches.wednet.edu
14 Correct - Taj Mahal
1. It is approximately 213 feet tall
2. It is cream colored
3. Built to honor #3, but #1 in his heart.
4. Designed to honor a hundred years of architectural developments
5. Started construction in 1630's
6. They met when he was 14, it took nearly that long to build it.
7. Parchin kari
8. It is surrounded by sandstone
9. Built by number 5 of 7
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(21) school664 - (Team Koptelova) Vostochny, Moscow, Russia - sch664@mail.ru
9 Correct - Suleymaniye Mosque in Istambul, Turkey
1. 59 x 58 x 53 x 27 or 57 x 60 x 50 x 26,5 – no one is sure what is the correct one
2. During its history it sustained 89 7-ball earthquakes
3. Who says there will be “a clash of civilizations� It’s been already here.
4. Do you know how many cities were built on 7 hills?
5. The creator was born in one religion but glorified the other one.
6. It has a sister-building
7. If it belonged to the country’s ruler, it could have four. If it belonged to the ruler’s children, it could have two. If it was for commoners, it possessed only one.
8. She was a daughter of an Orthodox priest.
9. The lamps are made of a bird’s egg-shells
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(22) Shoal Creek Elem - Liberty, MO - scole@liberty.k12.mo.us
21 Correct - Temple of Poseidon in Greece
1. Our landmark is located on the continent whose smallest country is 0.2 square miles.
2. No place in my country is more than 85 miles from the sea.
3. This landmark was built 9 years before the start of the Peloponnesian War.
4. “You’re the one that I want†might be a clue while you do the hand jive.
5. Triglyphs and metopes are among the most distinctive features of me.
6. I am located “under†the capital city of my country if you get my “pointâ€.
7. The Odyssey, Zeus , Amphitrite, and Percy all have something in common with me.
8. I left my autograph in more than just the poetry book, Hours of Idleness. In the same year that Louis, King of Holland, abdicates, I carved my initials into this landmark.
9. Add parian to a popular kid’s game that involves such words as bumblebee, jasper, rolley hole, and ringer, and you have what I am made of.
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(23) St. Mark's Charter -Colwich,KS-(7A Green) doug.powell@usd267.com
10 Correct - Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem
1.Our landmark is located in the Eastern Hemisphere.
2. It was built to compete with others in the city.
3. It is easily seen from almost everywhere within the city.
4. Its location and occupation has been fought over many times.
5. It is topped by a full moon aimed at our holiest city.
6. It lies on the site of of a possible sacrifice,
7. The lower half is white marble and the top was originally gold, but this has been replaced with aluminum with gold leafing.
8. It is a shrine for pilgrims.
9. It is the oldest existing monument of this religion.
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(24) St. Mark's Charter -Colwich,KS -(7B White) doug.powell@usd267.com
5 Correct - The Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali
1.This landmark is in a landlocked country.
2. It exists in one of the poorest countries in the world.
3. The current structure is just over 100 years old, but the original dates back to the 13th century.
4. This is one of the most famous landmarks on this continent.
5. It was rebuilt with help from the French. A replica even exists in France.
6. Our country's most popular sport is football and its leading export is cotton.
7. It contains three large towers and a qibla wall.
8. The walls are built of ferey and have toron that acts as scaffolding.
9. The entire community helps with my maintenance since I am prone to erosion,
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(25) St. Mark's Charter -Colwich,KS- (8A Jayhawks) doug.powell@usd267.com
4 Correct - Bowerman's Nose - Devon, England
1. I am in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. I am 21 1/2 feet tall, but some say even higher.
3. I am made of granite.
4. I exist in a treeless moorland landscape with many tors around.
5. I am the subject of local folklore where I came upon a coven of witches scaring them.
6. An old Medieval village sat below me but was probably wiped out by the plague.
7. I was a hunter or bowman punished by petrification along with my dogs by a revengeful witch.
8. My name includes a body part.
9. Kitty's grave lies nearby.
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(26) St. Mark's Charter-Colwich, KS-(8B Wildcats) doug.powell@usd267.com
4 Correct - The Fremont Troll - Seattle, Washington
1. I am derived from a Scandanavian folktale.
2. I was constructed by four artists.
3. I weigh over two tons and am 5,5 m high.
4. A Volkswagen Beattle is part of me that once contained a collection of Elvis memorabilia.
5. I am constructed of steel rebar and concrete
6. In October they throw a party honoring me.
7. I am hiding in the center of the universe.
8. I am rumored to eat children who wonder off towards me.
9. Just try to poke out my good eye which is a hubcap.
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(27) Warren Hills Elem - Liberty,MO - lriedel@liberty.k12.mo.us
14 Correct - Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, Africa
1. I am south of the Equator.
2. My country touches the Indian Ocean.
3. Sparkling soda is in me.
4. I used to be one of the world’s tallest mountains.
5. I am the largest of my kind in the world.
6. I am nearly 3 million years old.
7. “Garden of Edenâ€
8. I am 12 miles across.
9. About 30,000 animals inhabit me
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