Landmark Challenge Clues 2008

Challenge Answers for 2008 & TOP Team Scores

25	Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, Virginia (Miller8)
23	Grey Nun Academy - Yardley, Pennsylvania
21	Gymnazium Humpolec (Team Kvinta) Czech Republic

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1) [12 correct] Abanskaya Secondary School 1 -Krasnoyarsk Territory, Aban,Russia - The Hermitage

1.This landmark  was established in 1764.
2.This landmark  was featured in the 24-hour long Japanese documentary film.
3.Asteroid 4869  is named after landmark's director.

4.The landmark was a home of the political power.
5."Black Square" is in this landmark.
6.The landmark was filmed in the James Bond film.

7. The landmark is located at 30 degrees East longitude.
8.A small planet in the solar system, N4758, is given thelandmark's name.
9. The landmark is not located in the American city with its nickname "Florida's Sunshine City"


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(2) [19 correct] CSI - Cité Scolaire Internationale- Grenoble France - Stirling Castle

1.Alba has colourful families whose relatives include Ben and Glen. So check them out!
2.My stomach is feeling empty so why don’t you stuff it and wash it down with a cup of kindness.
3.Fling, toss, throw, I’m strategically high and low.

4.I have stood here for many centuries and yet time, battles and sieges have not destroyed the sheer magnificence of my volcanic roots.
5.A Queen of France was crowned here and my arch enemy stole my name for money.
6.I was built over many centuries and in many different styles. I appear on a 20. With 20 million, they’ve started renovating me.

7. Like gold, part of me shines brightly to remind everyone of my owner’s splendour. Pity his descendents deserted me and left me to be disfigured by yet another army.
8. You can hunt deer, shoot grouse and fish for salmon in my country. An imaginary animal roamed my halls and his clone has returned to adorn my walls.
9. I have a great view of a monument to one of my brave protectors. My other guardian stands tall to protect my country from our enemies.

 
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(3) [20 correct] Discovery Centre Smart School - Karachi, Pakistan - Takht-i-Bahi in Pakistan

1) Founded in the early 1st century.
2) It is near a city, which belongs to the same period.
3) Traces of Buddhists and Hindu races are found.

4) Amazing attribute is the design range of small shrines.
5) Buddhist stupas, monasteries and statues.
6) Asia’s first sugar mill.

7) If Discovery is read backwards as yrevocsid then,
8) enorht is read as ...
9) Gained International fame in 1980.

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(4) [23 correct] Grey Nun Academy - Yardley, Pennsylvania - The "Ski Jump" at Lake Placid Olympic Site
 
 1.  It is a sports paradise.
2.  It’s used year round.
3.  Located in the northwestern hemisphere.

4.  It is a region that has 4 seasons.
5.  A “miracle” happened here.
6.  A special event took place here.

7.  The state borders Lake Erie.
8.  120 meters and 90 meters high.
9.  Abercrombie and Fitch was founded in the same mountain range as this place.


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(5) [14 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team Tercie) Czech Republic - Sistine Chapel

1. Nobody can leave until the work has been finished.
2. I´m the smallest of my kind, but 2 billion people belong to me.
3. Famous painters decoreted me.

4. I´m a part of 1,000 rooms.
5. I celebrate my birthday together with Nicolas Copernicus.
6. I got my name from my Master (F.d.R.)

7. Two hands are reaching for one another.
8. My beaty was re-discovered by laser.
9. Black and white smoke.


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(6) [13 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team Kvarta) Czech Republic - Brno Exhibition Centre

1. I'm located in one of the biggest cities of my country.
2. I'm 360 000 square meters large.
3. I served for 3 armies as an encampment.

4. My construction took 14 months.
5. The area includes a closed, 45 m high view tower.
6. This year, I am celebrating 80th birthday.

7. I'm one of the most known places of my kind in Central Europe.
8. Last year, 40 events took place in me.
9. I introduced, as the first in Europe, the DVD format.

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(7) [21 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team Kvinta) Czech Republic - Vigeland's Sculpture Park, Oslo

1. You  can find us on the Old Continent, in the capital city
2. You can meet a troll here.
3. Our hearts don't beat.

4. More than 600 pairs of eyes can watch you.
5. Everything around us has the name of our creator.
6. My father lived in the same years as Aleš Hrdlicka lived.

7. Granite and bronze.
8. You can meet all generations here.
9. There is a fountain in the centre.

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(8) [18 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team Sexta) Czech Republic - Moulin Rouge

1. I was born 100 years after the Great French Revolution.
2. Mainly I live at night.
3. I am the most famous of my kind.

4. If you want to visit me, take a lot of money with you.
5. You can see me on the street, in the movie and at the theatre, too.
6. I can´t mill flour, but I look like I can.

7. Even very famous people used to visit me.
8. I had a “rendez-vous” with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, too.
9. My neighbours are celebrities like the Eiffel Tower and Louvre.

 
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(9) [9 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team 1A) Czech Republic - London Eye

1. I am 135 m high.
2. I mainly come from Holland, but I am from the Czech Republic, Germany, France and Italy, too.
3. My speed is 0,26 m/s.

4. My weight is 1700 tunnes.
5. I was constructed on the march.
6. I debt to 25 millions pounds.

7. I am on the seeside.
8. Originally, I was allowed to live, only 8 years.
9. If you want to "fly" on me, you must pay 15£.

 
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(10) [12 correct] Gymnazium Humpolec (Team 2A) Czech Republic - Bahia Lotus temple in Dilli

1. It is in the same hemisphere as the "sunny state."
2. The river, where you can find me could clear your soul.
3. I am a beautiful flower, but I don´t smell.

4. Come in and I will hear you. It doesn't matter if you are confession a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim or a Taoist.
5. I resemble my friend in Australia.
6. I'm 216 m above sea level.

7. The sunset illuminates me and the pokos in my gardens.
8. "9"
9. Kalkaji


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(11) [19 correct] Jefferson Elem. Fargo, ND (Team Jefferson) Ford's Theater

1. Notorious person
2. Sad things happened
3. See stars around me

4. People worship me
5. I was rebuilt
6. I am cursed

7. Near a rock
8. Empty shell
9. Shakespearean

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(12) [19 correct] Lewis and Clark Elem. - Liberty, MO - Black Rock Desert

1. Rock hounds are welcome
2. Tour our landmark on an ATV or OHV
3. Our landmark received a special designation in 2000

4. If you were a gold-seeker—you probably passed through
5. The floor of our landmark can be a mile deep in some locations
6. Woolly was once found here, but now only bones

7. A limestone formation named us
8. Rocket enthusiasts love this playa located in the state that gained its statehood on Halloween
9. If you are close to the burning man you are living the American dream at our landmark


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(13) [12 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Bosta2)- Fantoft Church, Bergen Norway

1.  It is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
2.  Elk
3.  Pay attention to the road sign.

4.  It's on the edge.
5.  There are many replicas of this.
6.  It's made of wood.

7.  Burned down
8.  East of Sognefjord
9.  Called the New Old Church

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(14) [14 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Bosta5) - Wave Rock

1.  It's in the Southern Hemisphere
2.  Yellow and gray stains
3.  Nwl350kmseoP

4.  It's a natural wonder
5.  Hippo-shaped rocks nearby
6.  It's about to break

7.  Ringnecks live here
8.  Over-hanging wall
9.  Seiche

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(15) [11 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Cooke6) - Topaz Internment Camp

1.  Manmade
2.  Schools, hospital and apartments
3.  On Halloween

4.  Associated with area at mouth of a river
5.  No Nos
6.  42 and 42

7.  From a race track
8.  A gem
9.  Over 8000

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(16) [15 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Sengenberger1) - Neuschwanstein Castle

1. There are 14 letters in my name.
2. If it were in Roman times, I would be in Gallic territories.
3. I am not the original, but I look like it.

4. Lohengrin.
5. I was completed in a year with a sum of 23.
6. I am covered with slabs of limestone.

7. The owner of this place died under suspicious circumstances.
8. They started building me in 1869.
9. You can see a musical about the man who made me.

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(17) [11 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Sengenberger2) - Castle Ward

1. The Atlantic Ocean borders the continent on which I am located.
2. My name consists of 10 letters.
3. It took 7 years to build me.

4. I was originally built in the 16th Century.
5. I am located west of Asia.
6. I am Up in Down.

7. I am found in the Emerald Isle.
8. I cost 4.50 for adult admission.
9. The last four digits of my phone number are 1204.

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(18) [25 correct] Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Miller8) - Green Monster at Fenway Park

1.  Go right
2.  Display
3.  Not the first but the second

4.  Many greats have seen it
5.  After a long one you may only get one
6.  Does not hurt

7.  Remember the baby
8.  Starred in a movie
9.  Denies celebration


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(19) 19 correct] Longfellow Elem. Fargo, ND (Team Peterson) Area 51
      
1. Motorbikes
2. out of this world
3. near body of water

4. three dimensional
5. off limits
6. published

7. "Elliott"
8. on tour
9. Out of many one people


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(20) [17 correct] Longfellow Elem. Fargo, ND (Team A)  Magellan's Strait
 
1. I am icy
2. I look pretty at dawn
3. I make life easier

4. I am surrounded by snowy mountains.
5. You could visit me today on tour
6. I am named after something

7. I am not the same size all over
8. The first to visit me was in the year that sums eight
9. Others disagree and think the year sums 7
 
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(21) [17 correct] Longfellow Elem. Fargo, ND -(Team Pfau) - Petrified Forest in Arizona

1. 1 but 2
2. old
3. natural

4. theft is a problem
5. dinosaurs roamed here
6. many species of animals

7. crosses a major road
8. weather changes
9. natural bridge


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(22) [11 correct] Longfellow Elem. Fargo,ND -(Man-Eating Lions)- Big Pink Bunny in Italy

1 No name.
2 Never under estimate the power of grandmas.
3 I am an attraction for all ages.

4 I am the largest of my kind.
5 I am man-made.
6 I am a great place to hike.

7 There are no La Stradas near me.
8 I live on a bean.
9 "What's up doc?"

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 (23) [2 correct]  Longfellow Elem. Fargo,ND (Team Carter) - La Mina Falls in El Yunque

1. 7 miles descending from 2,132 feet to 1,640
2. 35 foot drop
3. inside 28,000 acre preserve

4. 240 different species of tropical trees, flowers and wildlife
5. watch out for mongeese
6. 100 billion gallons of water falls here

7. 200 inches of rain
8. 600,000 visitors a year
9. Common place for flash floods

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(24) Longfellow Elem. Fargo,ND (Decepticons) - Bran Castle

1. 11 ft.
2. 40 years
3. death from within

4. neighbors with powerful water
5. $135 million
6. defense against invasion

7. medieval times
8. a wonderful fortress
9. 4 tall objects


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(25) [9 correct]  Roosevelt School - Fargo, North Dakota - Corn Palace 

1.I host many festivals to celebrate harvest.
2.The team that plays here regularly is a military rank.
3.This landmark was built in (296 X 4) + (400 X 2) -63.

4.My architecture had domes and minarets.
5.Inside this landmark Shaq can play his favorite sport.
6.Every year my outdoor murals have different themes.

7.I am located in the fortieth state to join the union.
8.Feathered animals think of me as food.
9.I am made out of one of Illinois and Iowa’s major crops.

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(26) [4 correct] Rye Elementary School - Rye, Colorado - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Japan

(1) Our landmark shares one of its names with a gem from the sea
(2) Our landmark cost, in US dollars, $3.6 billion to build
(3) A disaster in 1955 prompted our landmark to be built
 

(4) Over 2 million workers were required to build our landmark
(5) It took ten years to complete construction
(6) 181,400 metric tonnes of steel were used to build our landmark
 

(7) 290 sections make up our landmark
(8) The steel cable used in our landmark's contruction would circle the world seven times
(9) An 8.5 earthquake caused a one month delay during construction
 
 

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(27) [19 correct] Shoal Creek Elem. - Kansas City, MO - Columbus Monument in Barcelona

 1. I am located on approximately the same parallel line as the city of Samsun.
2. I am divided into 5 parts but I am still one object.
3. I am located on one of the smallest of these but I have one of the largest populations.

4. This is the only time you can stand under someone’s feet and not get stepped on.
5. I was erected 11 years before the first Hague Peace conference was held.
6. When I was built, I was supposed to point to something new but instead I pointed to where I was born.

7. People filmed a movie about cheetahs in the place where I am located.
8. The place where I am located has the nickname “city of counts”. Ranaldinho likes this place too!
9. I was the oldest of 5 and dreamed of the sea.  I died 3 years after the Battle of Cerignola but you will still find me standing being guarded by lions that will never move.

 
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(28) [13 correct] St. Mark's Charter,  Colwich, KS (Jayhawks)- Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Kansas

1. I was started in 1953.
2. I reside in a North Marican country.
3. I am still growing.

4. My creator died in 1974.
5. I have a rival in Darwin.
6. I am smelly and rotting.

7. I weigh almost 9 tons.
8. I someone once tried to burn me.
9. I am over 1400 miles long.

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(29) [20 correct] St. Mark's Charter,  Colwich, KS (Shockers)- Oklahoma City Memorial and Museum

1. On American Soil
2. I sit on 3.3 Acres
3. Gates of Time

4. My clocks are set in stone
5. Delivered in a rental truck
6. An American Elm stands

7. 9:02
8. Empty Chairs
9. And Jesus wept


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(30) [17 correct] Warren Hills Elem.-Liberty, MO - Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA

1. 7, 11 and 13 are favorites.
2. Hards hats and flashlights optional.
3. I experienced constant growth for close to four decades.

4. The living and the dead visit me.
5. 320,000 cups of paint cover me.
6. 367 steps to nowhere.

7. Rifles played a part in my creation.
8. I am located in the norther hemisphere.
9. A widow started my swell.


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