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Group B
The TOP 5 Places in Landmark 2013 Group B
First Place
[30 correct] - (50B) Lafayette Regional (Team Lafayette) Franconia, New Hampshire
[30 correct] - (55B) Oberthur Primary (Discoverers) Bull Creek, W. Australia
Second Place
[29 correct] - (58B) St. Paul School (Baker's Dozen) Macomb, Illinois
Third Place
[27 correct] - (47B) Gymnazium Dr. A. Hrdlicky (Team Sekunda) Czech Republic
[27 correct] - (53B) Naches Valley Intermediate (Team Naches) Naches, Washington
[27 correct] - (64B) Tayatskaya School (Friends of Nature) Krasnoyarsky Kray, Russia
Fourth Place
[26 correct] - (37B) American Community School (Team 4B) Beirut, Lebanon
Fifth Place
[25 correct] - (49B) Kalachinsk-Gym1 (Team Erudite) Kalachinsk, Russia
[25 correct] - (61B) Secondary School 5 (Winter Bears) Krasnoyarsk, Russia
(35B) Abanskaya School (Team Lightning) Aban, Russia lightning-landmark@yandex.ru
17 CORRECT - The Kremlin
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(36B) American Community School (Team 4A) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
16 CORRECT - Sydney Opera House
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(37B) American Community School (Team 4B) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
26 CORRECT - Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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(38B) American Community School (Team 4C) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
21 CORRECT - Jeita Grotto, Lebanon
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(39B) Alexander Doniphan Elem. (Team Graham) Liberty, MO jarth@liberty.k12.mo.us
19 CORRECT - Niagra Falls
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(40B) Alexander Doniphan Elem. (Team McArtor) Liberty, MO jarth@liberty.k12.mo.us
16 CORRECT - Cliff Walk – Newport, Rhode Island
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(41B) Cathedral St. Raymond's School (Team Shemaitis7A) Joliet,IL lshemaitis@csrn.org
11 CORRECT - The Bravo Center, Marshall Islands
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(42B) Cathedral St. Raymond's School (Team Shemaitis7B) Joliet,IL lshemaitis@csrn.org
???- The Neuschwanstein Castle Barbaria, Germany
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(43B) Gymnasia 1 (Team 8B) Kalachinsk, Omsk, Russia katty_444@mail.ru skype katty_206
8 CORRECT - Moai Statues, Easter Islands
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(44B) Gymnasia 1 (Team 9A) Kalachinsk, Omsk, Russia katty_444@mail.ru skype- katty_206
8 CORRECT - Sedlec Ossuary, Prague (Church of Bones)
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(45B) Gymnasium #2 (Siberian Lion Cubs) Krasnoyarsk region, Russia - cuckoo87@rambler.ru
NO ANSWERS SUBMITTED - Krasnoyarsk hydropower station/Krasnoyarsk Dam
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(46B) Gymnazium Dr. A. Hrdlicky (Team Prima) Czech Republic prima.landmark@seznam.cz
21 CORRECT -- FERRARI WORLD, ABU DHABI
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(47B) Gymnazium Dr. A. Hrdlicky (Team Sekunda) Czech Republic sekunda.landmark@seznam.cz
27 CORRECT - THE SAVO ISLAND
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(48B) Kalachinsk-Gym1 (Next Generation) Kalachinsk, Russia kalachinsk_teama@mail.ru
15 CORRECT - Glass Beach in MacKerricher State Park, California, USA
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(49B) Kalachinsk-Gym1 (Team Erudite) Kalachinsk, Russia kalachinsk_teamb@mail.ru
25 CORRECT -The Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
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(50B) Lafayette Regional (Team Lafayette) Franconia, NH fourthgrade@lafayetteregional.org
30 CORRECT - MIllau Viaduct
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(51B) Lyceum 1 (Team Stars) Kansk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia ldave@list.ru Skype – shemisphere
12 CORRECT - Lake Baikal
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(52B) Manor Hill Elem. (Team Green 4) Liberty, MO - lgreen@liberty.k12.mo.us
11 CORRECT - Angel Falls.
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(53B) Naches Valley Intermediate (Team Naches) Naches, WA - nachesteama@nvsd.org
27 CORRECT - Winchester Mystery House
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(54B) Narragansett Elem. (Team Prest) Narragansett, RI - cbatchel@narragansett.k12.ri.us
16 CORRECT: Seattle Space Needle
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(55B) Oberthur Primary (Discoverers) Bull Creek, W. Australia, teamloweoberthur@gmail.com
30 CORRECT - Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia
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(56B) Our Lady Queen of Heaven School (Team Barons) Lake Charles, LA tfink@olqhs.org
17- CORRECT -Iditarod Trail
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(57B) Schuylkill Valley MS (Miners) Leesport, Pennsylvania dschmeck@schuylkillvalley.org
14 CORRECT - Alcatraz
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(58B) St. Paul School (Baker's Dozen) Macomb, IL grade5saintpaul@gmail.com
29 CORRECT - Fallingwater
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(59B) St. Paul School (Macombie Homies) Macomb, IL stpaullandmark6@gmail.com
14 correct - Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
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(60B) School #24 (Slowpokes) Krasnoyarsk, Russia team.znaykin2013@mail.ru skype-
20 CORRECT -Answer: Krasnoyarsk regional museum of local lore
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(61B) Secondary School 5 (Winter Bears) Krasnoyarsk, Russia nade-ivanova@yandex.ru
25 CORRECT - Sochi
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(62B) SMP Masheshi (Ajib Team) Pekalongan, Indonesia ibu.palupi@gmail.com
NO ANSWERS SUBMITTEED - Borobudur Temple
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(63B) Talovaya school (World Travelers) Talovaya, Russia dist-sol@mail.ru
23 CORRECT - Mount Olympus
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(64B) Tayatskaya School (Friends of Nature) Krasnoyarsky kray, Russia - ira.yakimtsova@yandex.ru
27 correct - Lake Baikal
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(65B) Vangashskaya Sec. #8 (Cool Girls) Severo-Yenisseisky, Russia - mikhay@mail.ru
11 CORRECT - Yenisseisk
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(66B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Pink) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
20 correct - Schonbrunn Palace (SchlossSchonbrunn)
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(67B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Yellow) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
23 correct - Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach Oregon
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(68B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Orange) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
19 correct - Fountain of 4 Rivers in Rome
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Primary Group B - Week 3
(35B) Abanskaya School (Team Lightning) Aban, Russia lightning-landmark@yandex.ru Skype – tlv20091
1. Was built by man
2. was built in the 15th century
3. a fortress
4. 1495
5. Height: 74 m
6. Area: 28 hectares
7. Start of construction: 1485
8. Northern hemisphere
9. The symbol of country
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(36B) American Community School (Team 4A) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
1. Located in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. Its looks reflect its location.
3. Costs over a million USD to build.
4. Latitude is about 30 degrees South
5. It took 14 years to build.
6. Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II
7. It is on a port.
8. Was planned by a Danish architect.
9. Opened in 1973.
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(37B) American Community School (Team 4B) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
1. An entirely free-standing structure
2. Modern day – concerts take place outside
3. Damaged by earthquakes, lightning, pollution, and theft
4. Located in the Northern Hemisphere near 40N
5. 50,000 people
6. Built of stone and concrete
7. In the past, voluntary flooding could take place
8. 100 days of games
9. Massive $33 billion reconstruction begun in 2011.
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(38B) American Community School (Team 4C) Beirut, Lebanon- bbashour@acs.edu.lb
1. A national symbol and top tourist destination
2. Excavations indicate that in ancient times this was a place to produce swords
3. Located in the Northern Hemisphere.
4. A gunshot and an echo in 1936 led to more exploration.
5. An underground river provides drinking water to millions
6. Closed during a civil war and the space used to store munitions
7. Formed over millions years of years
8. Afinalist in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition.
9. Located at about 30 N
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(39B) Alexander Doniphan Elem. (Team Graham) Liberty, MO jarth@liberty.k12.mo.us
1. Our landmark is in the northern hemisphere.
2. Our landmark falls between 25 degrees and 45 degrees north latitude.
3. Our landmark was made famous by a daredevil in the same year that the youngest ever president of the United States was sworn into office.
4. Our landmark is more than 12,300 years and considered young!
5. Our landmark has three parts.
6. Our landmark is ranked 49th compared to others of its kind.
7. More than 10 million people visit our landmark annually.
8. Our landmark helps produce electricity.
9. Our landmark was discovered by a Frenchman during an expedition.
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(40B) Alexander Doniphan Elem. (Team McArtor) Liberty, MO jarth@liberty.k12.mo.us
1. Our landmark is in the northern hemisphere.
2. Our landmark is between 25 and 45 degrees north latitude.
3. Beware of poison ivy.
4. Geologists can date the rock of our landmark back over 300 million years.
5. 1975 brought our landmark "national" designation.
6. Our landmark's most recent "updating" came in 2004.
7. Our landmark is 3.5 miles in length. Walkers need to stay alert!
8. The wealthy first discovered our landmark.
9. It's best to view our landmark west to east.
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(41B) Cathedral St. Raymond's School (Team Shemaitis7A) Joliet,IL lshemaitis@csrn.org
1. A nuclear bomb testing site
2. North of the equator
3. Created in March 1, 1954
4. 6,000 feet in diameter and 240 feet deep
5. The first full scale solid fueled thermo-nuclear explosion
6. Latitude 7 degrees 12N, Longitude 171 degrees 06E
7. A hole in a reef
8. Landmark was involved in Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963
9. Underwater
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(42B) Cathedral St. Raymond's School (Team Shemaitis7B) Joliet,IL lshemaitis@csrn.org
1. It was created in the 19th century
2. One of the most photographed building of the world
3. It opened in 1886
4. It overlooks a valley
5. Landmark is a Romanesque Revival architecture
6. Over 1 million people visit it annually
7. Latitude 47 degrees 33' 27"N and Longitude 10 degrees 45' 00" E
8. Landmark is located in Europe
9. This building was constructed to withdraw from public life
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(43B) Gymnasia 1 (Team 8B) Kalachinsk, Omsk, Russia katty_444@mail.ru skype katty_206
1.The author is unknown
2.The exact age is unknown
3.It consists of 887 parts
4.The usual size is 3-5 meters
5.You can find this landmark between 20 and 30 degrees South latitude
6.It is in the south hemisphere
7.It was opened in 1722
8.17 of them were made of red basalt of volcano of Ohio
9. It represents the faces of people
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(44B) Gymnasia 1 (Team 9A) Kalachinsk, Omsk, Russia katty_444@mail.ru skype- katty_206
1. The Holy Land
2. The Black Death
3. 1400 years
4. Attracts over 200000 visitors every year
5. An enormous chandelier
6. 70000 skeletons of people
7. Continental climate, South hemisphere
8. You can find this landmark between 40 and 60 degrees North latitude
9. It was founded in 1278.
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(45B)Gymnasium #2 (Siberian Lion Cubs) Krasnoyarsk region, Russia - cuckoo87@rambler.ru
1. It is on one of the most majestic rivers in Russia.
2. It is 124 metres high.
3. There is a "sea" behind it.
4. It is 1065 metres long.
5. It is near the capital of one of the biggest Russian regions.
6. It is on one of Russian bank notes.
7. There is the only ship elevator in Russia on it.
8. It was built in 1972.
9. At night it is very beautiful because of illumination.
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(46B) Gymnazium Dr. A. Hrdlicky (Team Prima) Czech Republic prima.landmark@seznam.cz
1. I am man-made.
2. You can find me on the place which is surrounded by water.
3. "Red" giant has about 200,000 sq m.
4. I am near the tropic of Cancer.
5. I was partly inspired by Monza.
6. You can see how one of the most luxurious and fastest cars is made.
7. 40 billions dollars.
8. I honour the prominent personality who pasted away.
9. There are horses all around me, but you can´t ride them.
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(47B) Gymnazium Dr. A. Hrdlicky (Team Sekunda) Czech Republic sekunda.landmark@seznam.cz
1. There is water around me.
2. I saw four big battles.
3. I am in a circle of 200 km from the capital city.
4. I can be found in the southern hemisphere.
5. I am not made of coral.
6. There are a lot of ships around me all the time.
7. You can find me between 140th and 180th eastern longtitude.
8. I was very hot between 1835 – 1850, the earth was shaking around me two weeks ago.
9. I have two namesakes in Finland.
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(48B) Kalachinsk-Gym1 (Next Generation) Kalachinsk, Russia kalachinsk_teama@mail.ru
1. It is unique thanks to nature.
2. It is popular among tourists from all over the world.
3. It is in the Northern Hemisphere.
4. It is a part of the National Park.
5. It got its name in the second half of the XX century.
6. 30 degrees N.
7. Its country is washed by the Pacific Ocean.
8. Once it was closed, it happened in a year when the guitarist of 'Nirvana' was born.
9. It sparkles with all the colors of the rainbow.
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(49B) Kalachinsk-Gym1 (Team Erudite) Kalachinsk, Russia kalachinsk_teamb@mail.ru
1. Our landmark is the oldest of its kind.
2. One of its parameters is 32 meters.
3. The landmark is in the northern hemisphere.
4. This landmark was rebuilt several times.
5. 30 degrees north.
6. It has three segments.
7. Fortunately, it wasn’t destroyed in 1944.
8. The architect who created this landmark had built a church which originally was a barn for the grain.
9. It was built several centuries after one of the civilizations had risen.
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(50B) Lafayette Regional (Team Lafayette) Franconia, NH fourthgrade@lafayetteregional.org skype lafayette41
1. I am hollow on the inside
2. It is a cheesy place!
3. The fourth state of matter made things go quicker
4. A month late and you are a million in the hole.
5. Ancient boat building techniques made me stronger
6. New Hampshire and I share a latitude line.
7. I am in the same hemisphere as The Last Frontier.
8. 2044 the ownership can change
9. Roy Plunkett's discovery helped make this landmark possible.
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(51B) Lyceum 1 (Team Stars) Kansk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia ldave@list.ru Skype – shemisphere
1. This landmark is in the northern hemisphere
2. This landmark is situatedinsouth Siberia, Russia.
3. This landmark is more than 25 million years old.
4. This landmark is between 100 and 110 degrees east longitude.
5. This landmark is near the town of Irkutsk.
6. This landmark is the biggest water reservoir in the world
7. This landmark holds one-fifth of the planet’s fresh water.
8. Omul is a fish that exist here and nowhere else in the world.
9. This landmark is the deepest lake on the Earth.
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(52B) Manor Hill Elem. (Team Green 4) Liberty, MO - lgreen@liberty.k12.mo.us
1. This landmark was named after the person who discovered it.
2. It is the tallest of its kind in the world.
3. It was discovered in the year the Bride of Frankenstein became a movie.
4. It is located in a country where most of its population is Roman Catholic.
5. It is in the northern hemisphere.
6. It can be found in a national park.
7. It is located at 5 degrees north latitude.
8. An American Aviator accidently found this landmark.
9. Its name means Salto Angel.
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(53B) Naches Valley Intermediate (Team Naches) Naches, WA - nachesteama@nvsd.org
1. Construction for me began in 1884.
2. Some people believe that there are spirits here.
3. I was damaged by a devastating earthquake and have never been returned to my original state.
4. She listened to a medium, that's how it all started.
5. There are doors and stairways that lead to nowhere.
6. An alleged curse mo tivated her to have me built.
7. The spouse of the person who had me built invented something that killed many people.
8. I am located between 120 and 130 degrees W. longitude.
9. I am in the Northern hemisphere.
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(54B) Narragansett Elem. (Team Prest) Narragansett, RI - cbatchel@narragansett.k12.ri.us
1. Same year as Lawrence of Arabia was top grossing movie.
2. 44 Montgomery
3. Construction 24-7
4. 800
5. Not in southern hemisphere.
6. 25 rods
7. $75,000
8. Mountains
9. Latitude between 40 and 50
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(55B) Oberthur Primary (Discoverers) Bull Creek, W. Australia, teamloweoberthur@gmail.com
1. Dutch
2. 1895
3. granite
4. meeting place
5. Eastern Hemisphere
6. shipwreck
7. National Park
8. limestone
9. around 30 degrees latitude
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(56B) Our Lady Queen of Heaven School (Team Barons) Lake Charles, LA tfink@olqhs.org
1. It's in the northern hemisphere.
2. The latitude line is between 61.12 degrees and 64.30 degrees
3. Founded between 1880 and 1920
4. Some of its features include a river, flats and mountains.
5. It was developed as a result of all the gold that was discovered.
6. I think I can see the Bering Strait!
7. Known as the last great race on Earth.
8. Where’s Balto?
9. This landmark all begins here. Your final clue will make it clear. Think of a homophone that rhymes with Rome. You’ll travel 1,049 miles to your destination from _____ .
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(57B) Schuylkill Valley MS (Miners) Leesport, Pennsylvania dschmeck@schuylkillvalley.org
1. This landmark is in the Western Hemisphere.
2. It was named after the Brown Pelicans that inhabited it originally.
3. It is closer to the Equator than 60 degrees N.
4. It was discovered by a Spaniard scouting to find Russian settlements.
5. It was bought for $5,000.
6. The Native Americans believed it to be cursed.
7. The name it was given in 1775 translates to "The Island of the Pelicans."
8. It was occupied by the Native Americans in 1969.
9. It's area is about 47 acres.
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(58B) St. Paul School (Baker's Dozen) Macomb, IL grade5saintpaul@gmail.com
1. It is between 35 and 40 degrees North.
2. Approximately 150,000 people visit this location each year.
3. It is considered a masterpiece.
4. It became a National Historic Landmark in the 1900s.
5. It is within 70 kilometers of a city surround by more than one river.
6. The estimated value of this landmark is between 2-3 million dollars.
7. It's in the same hemisphere as Ecuador.
8. It is now used as a museum.
9. It was used as a family's weekend home for more than 25 years.
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(59B) St. Paul School (Macombie Homies) Macomb, IL stpaullandmark6@gmail.com Laura.cody15
1. It is not in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. This landmark is near where we call home.
3. Sejpoh vilealel and oegreg tormon were the architects.
4. This landmark was first built in 1770 out of logs.
5. This landmark helped the westward expansion of faith.
6. 38 dotted hole notes minus 12 half notes plus a dotted half note plus one half note –will help you find the location
7.This landmark was the first of its type west of a major river.
8.Our landmark was named after a King.
9. The latitude is in between 30 degrees and 40 degrees.
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(60B) School #24 (Slowpokes) Krasnoyarsk, Russia team.znaykin2013@mail.ru skype- snowgirl706
1. Its latitude is 56 degrees 00'' 26' N.
2. Its facade is decorated in Egyptian style.
3. There are approximately 400 thousand showpieces.
4. The building for it had been completely built by 1929.
5. It was started in 1889.
6. It has 5 branch offices in Siberia.
7. It is located in the northern hemisphere.
8. The main architects are L. Chernyshov and K. Valdman.
9. Number 2410006000 in the National Cultural Heritage Register
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(61B) Secondary School 5 (Winter Bears) Krasnoyarsk, Russia nade-ivanova@yandex.ru Skype nade-ivanova
1. I am located near water.
2. I am very popular with holidaymakers in the summer.
3. You can find me between 40 and 45 degrees north latitude.
4. I am located between 30 and 40 degrees east longitude.
5. I am in the same hemisphere as Saraevo (Bosniya) and Sapporo (Japan).
6. In less than a year I will become extremely popular with tourists and sportsmen.
7. Now you can do different winter sports here.
8. In the winter of 2014 two important events will take place here.
9. For the first time in history these events will take place in the subtropics.
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(62B) SMP Masheshi (Ajib Team) Pekalongan, Indonesia ibu.palupi@gmail.com
1. It is in UNESCO Haritage site.
2. It is used for Buddhist pilgrimage .
3. It was constructed in the 9th century and abandoned following the 14th century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java.
4. It consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
5. located in an elevated area between two twin volcanoes, Sundoro-Sumbing and Merbabu-Merapi, and two rivers, the Progoand the Elo.
6. On 21 January 1985, nine stupas were badly damaged by nine bombs.
7. It is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia.
8. It is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. Founded by a king of the Saliendra dynasty, it was built to honour the glory of both the Buddha and its founder, a true king Bodhisattva.
9. It is located in Muntilan, Magelang, and is about 42 km from Yogyakarta city.
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(63B) Talovaya school (World Travelers) Talovaya, Russia dist-sol@mail.ru
1. It can be found in the northern hemisphere.
2. It is a National Park and a World's Biosphere Reserve.
3. People like climbing it.
4. Its height is 2,917 m.
5. Its latitude is 40 degrees.
6. The first successful ascent was in 1913.
7. In 1981 UNESCO included this landmark in the list of World Heritage Site.
8. You can find the mountain with the same name in Cyprus, in the USA and on Mars.
9. It is known from mythology as the home of the gods.
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(64B) Tayatskaya School (Friends of Nature) Krasnoyarsky kray, Russia - ira.yakimtsova@yandex.ru
1. It is the oldest. It is 25-30 million years old.
2. It is the deepest on Earth. It’s the deepest point is 1637 m deep.
3. It is as large as Belgium or the Netherlands.
4. It is the biggest fresh water reservoir in the world.
5. There are fish in it that only exist here and nowhere else in the world. One such fish is called Omul. It is a kind of trout.
6. It also hosts a seal.
7. It was added to the World Heritage list by UNESCO in 1996.
8. It is a one of Asia's holy places. Peoples through over the centuries prayed to the lake and believed in its power. You can still see at the lake the unique carvings and parts of the ritual buildings of the tribes that gone thousands years ago.
9. It is 51degrees 29'N and 55 degrees 46'N, and 109 57'E and 103 41'N longitude and latitude. The deepest point can be traced to 53degrees14'59''N longitude and 108 degrees05'11''E latitude.
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(65B) Vangashskaya Sec. #8 (Cool Girls) Severo-Yenisseisky, Russia - mikhay@mail.ru
1. It is a small Russian town on a great Siberian river.
2. It is famous for its architecture of XVIII –XIX centuries.
3. It is included in the preliminary list of UNESCO.
4. It used to be one of the biggest Siberian towns in the end of the XVII century.
5. It was founded in 1619.
6. It used to be the place of exile in XVII –XX centuries.
7. It got its name from the name of the river.
8. It is in Krasnoyarsk region.
9. It is adout 400 km from Krasnoyarsk.
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(66B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Pink) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
1. The land has been used as a hunting and recreation ground.
2. The congress danced here.
3. It was named in the 19th century.
4. It has a ruin with a rectangular pool.
5. This landmark has over 1,000 rooms.
6. It was opened to the public in 1918.
7. Napoleon met his generals at this landmark.
8. It is located in the northern hemisphere.
9. It is located at 16 E Longitude.
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(67B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Yellow) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
1. It is visible in an American 80's film during a police chase.
2. 200,000 people visit this landmark each year.
3. It is part of a National Wildlife Refuge.
4. It is a sea stack.
5. It is in the Northern Hemisphere.
6. Over 2,000 seabirds nest here.
7. It is over 200 feet tall.
8. It was called a marine garden in 1990.
9. It is located at 46 degrees N Latitude.
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(68B) Voyager Academy (Voyager Orange) Durham, North Carolina - lberkman@voyageracademy.net
1. The landmark provides local entertainment.
2. It is made of marble.
3. The landmark's location was once a circus.
4. There are animals around the landmark.
5. People are afraid of this landmark falling over because of its height.
6. There was a competition to decide who would design it.
7. The maker of this landmark was born in 1598.
8. In the northern hemisphere.
9. Located at 42 degrees N Latitude
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End of Landmark Primary List Group B week 3