Landmark Challenge Clues 2007 |
Landmark Challenge Clues 2007
Primary Players | Primary Clues and Answers
Challenge Players | Challenge Clues and Answers
| CSI, Grenoble , France | 27 |
| Linkhorne MS, Lynchburg, VA (Miller 8) | 27 |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary, Liberty, MO | 24 |
Project questions/comments to: tsmith@hannibal.k12.mo.us
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1) [17] Alexander Doniphan Elem -
1. I am located in the northwestern hemisphere.
2. If you were a turkey, you could be found on my continent.
3. I am located between 30 and 60 degrees N latitude and 90and 120 degrees W longitude.
4. I sprang from the ground and became very round.
5. Mr. William F. Cody is a famous person connected to thearea where you’ll find me.
6. Check your watches, I’m in the mountain time zone.
7. I became a "national" monument 23 years aftertime zones came into existence.
8. One of my "stately" feathered friends is thewestern meadowlark.
9. I was recognized as a "national" monument thesame year the great San Francisco Earthquake hit.
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2) [27 correct] CSI -
1.. Our clues will keep you wandering,Until the very end.You'll have to keep on pondering,
Or we'll drive you round the bend. These lines were made tothrill, So watch out; we're in for the kill. I'm naturally man-made.
2.. All the attention gave me hot flushes and made me turngreen, though not with envy and white, but not with age. I've needed plenty offacials to restore my natural beauty.
3.. I may look like a healthy athlete from above but, on theinside, I am dying like the man inside me. I'm dependent on antibiotics,quicklime and daily TLC.
4.. My Chambers of Secrets don't have a Harry but a Hemioneand a unicorn.
5.. I might be old and I've always had wrinkles, but I haveused them to my best advantage. Without my make-up I wouldn't have been asuper model for over 17,000 years.
6.. I'm home to many animals: horses, bulls, stags, ibexes,bears, wild cats , a rhino and an auroch.
7.. I played hide and seek with a Robot which enabled Frenchteenagers to travel back in time. Then, everybody wanted to see me whichled to my downfall. So, parts of me have been cloned to satisfy thetourists.
8.. Enter through an Egyptian door and discover a uniquecomic strip depicting Palaeolithic hunting scenes. But don't expect tofind a woolly mammoth.
9.. I am a work of art. Some have called me the prehistoricSistine Chapel. When Picasso paid me a visit in 1940 , he exclaimed,"We have invented nothing."
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3) [19]
1. The landmark is admired for its artistry.
2. The landmark is old.
3. The landmark itself is not where some people expect it tobe.
4. The landmark is highly visible.
5. The soil under this landmark is important to the landmarkitself.
6. The skilled creator/s of this landmark is/are unknown.
7. This landmark is inclined to be visited by many tourists.
8. The weight of the landmark has been calculated to be14,453 tons.
9. An inscription to the right of the entrance door reads"A.D. MCLXXIV. CAMPANILE HOC FUIT FUNDATUM MENSE AUGUSTI"
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4) [ 23]
Devil's Marbles
1. It is in the southeastern hemisphere.
2. You hunt for it atEaster, but don’t eat these.
3. It can be bestseen at sunset.
4. In fifty millionyears you will be able to hold it in your hand.
5. Molten magmacooling made it shrink.
6. You may see itnear a highway.
7. It is considered asacred site by native people.
8. The nearestsettlement is Wauchope.
9. It is a uniquerock formation.
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5) [no answers sent in] Gymnasium 45 B -
1. Our landmark is situated in our country.
2. It was founded in 1700 years.
3. Names with many famous people s are connected with ourlandmark.
4. The collection of our landmark is huge and very exciting.
5. Everybody who visits this town visits our land landmark.
6. In 2006 it was some problem with police in our land mark.Some thing was stole.
7. It has about 2,7 million exhibits.
8. It displays a full range of world art.
9. It is the most respected landmark in the world.
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6) [11] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team Sekunda -
1. There are not railway in this part of the world.
2. There are one hundred and fifty volcano, twenty sixactive.
3. There are temperatures mild below zero in winter.
4. We aren't speaking English in our country.
5. People breed sheep, cos and horse here.
6. It is one place of the most famous of them all!
7. Find my origin underground.
8. I am big blue eye. Then I'm the tower height 30 meters.Then I'm big hole.
9. I'm not cool, though there is cold round about me.
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7) [16] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team Kvinta -
1. Our landmark is a symbol of "evergreen city".
2. Our landamrk got its name when the Middle Ages started.
3. The outer dimension is 188x156 m, the inner dimension is86x54 m.
4. Our landmark is approximately 7 times lower than thesymbol of
5. The "opening ceremonial" of our landmark took100 days.
6. Because of our landmark we lost a lake.
7. Our landmark was consecrated by the pope.
8. The higher you are in our landmark, the less you mean.
9. Our landmark saw hunts of beasts of prey.
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8) [17] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team 30 -
Pravcicka Gate
1. I was created as a result of millions.
2. I'm near the state border.
3. I'm the biggest one on the continent.
4. The name of the national park includes names of twostates on the continent I am situated.
5. I'm the most know and natural geological formation of thenational park.
6. The 15th meridian crosses the state I'm located in.
7. One of the neighbouring nation calls me after a hermit.
8. Recently I was admired by a Scandinavian fairy-talewriter.
9. There is a mansion named after a bird's of prey dwelling.
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9) [13] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team 40 -
St. Wenceslas Statue
1. I am in
2. I am ninety-five years old.
3. My weight is about 5,5 tonne.
4. I am Saint.
5. I am from bronze.
6. I am placed in front of the museum.
7. I am holding a lance in my right hand.
8. I am a landmark of the city.
9. Myslbek created me.
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10) [23] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team 70 -
Cave Waitomo
1. I'm situated in the south hemisphere.
2. I'm situated between the subtropical and mild belt.
3. My name consists of 7 letters.
4. It's forbidden to take photos inside me.
5. I'm a big attraction for tourists.
6. I'm situated on the island.
7. I'm situated in the investone massif.
8. You can see me on the tyres or on the boats.
9. I'm the only home for blue luminous animals.
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11) [10] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team 1A -
1. You find me on the colder hemisphere.
2. I'm in a country, where people like hamburgers.
3. I'm in an angel's place.
4. I'm bilions of light years farway, but at the same timeI'm so close.
5. Dactyloscopy.
6. If you want to see me, walk on your hands.
7. Even Julia Roberts had some arguments because of me.
8. Even the biggest star must bend its back because of me.
9. Even the cartoon can be copied into me.
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12) [20] Gymnazium Humpolec - Team 2A -
1. You can find me in the second biggest state of the world.
2. I'm edible, but you can't eat me.
3. The state of my residence is named after the Britishroyal family of the House of Hannover.
4. I'm 10,5 m long and 4,5 m high.
5. I'm the biggest in the world.
6. The festival has been taken place every year in honour of me since 1949.
7. I can't live without sea water. But I sit on the shore.
8. My hands are really strong, but a rubber ring makes meweak.
9. My right hand is bigger than my left one.
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13) [no answers sent in]
1. I've been around since 1989.
2. I'm near the old O-pee-chee chewing gum factory.
3. I never go out.
4. I'm a tribute to a historical figure who graduated fromthe
5. Beside me is a house that recreates many parts of historyof the historical figure I'm a tribute to.
6. The Queen has visited me.
7. I represent the medical achievements of a historicalfigure.
8. The person I tribute served in World War 1 in theCanadian Army as a medical corps
9. I strongly support finding a cure of some sort of cure ofsome sort; so much it's like a flame.
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14) [24 correct] Lewis and Clark Elem. -
1. A bay causes our landmark to be what it is.
2. Beaver, leaf, caribou, loon, polar bear...all have value.
3. Try to see our landmark twice in one day.
5. "With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the TrueNorth strong and free".
6. Samuel de Champlain came to our landmark.
8. Our landmark changes every 12 1/2 hours creating quite aphenomenon.
9. Our tides are affected by the distance of the moon fromthe earth at this longitude.
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(15) [13] Linkhorne MS,
1. It’s made ofstone.
2. It’s between goldmines.
3. A sacred house.
4. It’s surrounded byhills.
5. Found by thePortuguese.
6. A royalresidence.
7. Built in the early14th century.
8. It was found againin the 16th century.
9. It’s one of thelost cities.
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(16) [12] Linkhorne MS,
1.
2. Built in the 1900s
3. Country’s Leader
4. Over 10 feet tall
5. It was knocked over
6. There’s a hole in the back to make sure that there was nobomb or assassin in it
7. Covered with Styrofoam
8. It’s bumpy
9. Legume Family
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(17) [ 12] Linkhorne MS,
1. Let’s go stargazing.
2. Take a ride on the waves.
3. You can catch some "zzzzzz’s."
4. Fore!
5. It contains marine life.
6. The home team practices here.
7. International cuisine
8. "Elementary my dear Watson."
9. Eh?
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(18) [10] Linkhorne MS,
1. This landmark is located in the western hemisphere.
2. The landmark has over 150 stairways.
3. The landmark can be mistaken for a pagan temple.
4. This landmark is closer to the Pacific Ocean than the
5. Its library contains over 4,000 books.
6. It is located North of the Equator.
7. The original owner made his money in the media.
8. This landmark is located between the 30th and 40th degreeN Latitude.
9. This landmarks name can be confused with that of avehicle used for funerals.
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(19) [11] Linkhorne MS,
1. Our landmark is located in the western hemisphere.
2. You can walk on it.
3. It is located above the equator
4. This landmark is manmade.
5. It is located within the western
6. It has been rebuilt several times.
7. This landmark is located somewhere between the 30th and40th N latitudes.
8. The landmark is over 100 years old.
9. The landmark is constructed similarly to a bridge.
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(20) [12] Linkhorne MS,
1. I am a place where dinosaurs once roamed.
2. In the 1900’s an explorer found me in a race.
3. There are seven things that surround this landmark.
4. It is one of the best fishing spots in the world.
5. Watch out for the elephant’s foot.
6. Babies are not allowed to visit this landmark.
7. This place has lots of ice but very little rainfall.
8. It is so formal that you see tuxedos day and night.
9. The size of this landmark changes with the season.
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(21) [14] Linkhorne MS,
1. It is in the western hemisphere.
2. Evolution happened within me.
3. You can take a free walking tour all around me.
4. In the 1900’s people thought I was dangerous and avoidedme.
5. A thousand feet of gum once hung on the wall.
6. You can find first class lodging, dining, andentertainment.
7. Three times more people visit this landmark than live inits location.
8. This place "ads up."
9. I need super heroes to protect me.
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(22) [14] Linkhorne MS,
1. It is located in the western hemisphere
2. It is located near water.
3. It was constructed in the 20th century.
4. It is over 1000 inches tall.
5. It weighs more than a grapefruit and less than 160African Elephants.
6. It is in a national park.
7. A circle surrounds this landmark which is not red.
8. It was a gift from
9. Columbus Day marks the beginning of construction.
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(23) [16] Linkhorne MS,
1. I am located north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
2. I face east.
3. I overlook a bay.
4. It took five years to finish.
5. I stand on a peak.
6. No one looks down on me, because I’m taller than thetallest human.
7. My creation happened between The Great War and theVietnam War.
8. Visitors will need a train ticket to come visit me.
9. I was created in
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(24) [10] Linkhorne MS,
1. It was built in the 20th century.
2. The landmark has a boardwalk.
3. It has a mine town.
4. More than 2 million people visit it each year.
5. It is where the wild cat roams.
6. Its founder lived to be 88 years old.
7. Two chariots are located there.
8. Buddy and Bubbles used to live here.
9. Sidewinders dwell here.
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(25) [27 correct] Linkhorne MS,
1. East of the PrimeMeridian
2. Made mostly ofgranite
3. About 50 feet tall
4. Multicolored
5. In the west
6. Over 360 feet long
7. On the northernside
8. Not man made
9. Millions of yearsold
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26) [15] Longfellow Elem. (Team Peterson)-
1. Twins
2. Death from within
3. What was once grand is now crushed
4. Lasted about 170 years
5. Reconstructed many times
6. 360 degrees green
7. Near
8. Manmade
9. Down the street from the moptops
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27) [16] Longfellow Elem. (Team Klava)-
1. 21
2. From
3. Many people come to see me
4. Stand on top of a hill
5. $48,000
6. Watch over me
7. 24 hours a day, 365 day a year
8. Only One knows who I am
9. Found in many different countries
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28) [ 7 ] Longfellow Elem. (Team Pfau)-
1. The year built sums 15.
2. It's on a natural resource.
3. It's a metaphor.
4. It was man made.
5. You can't hike here?
6. I'm surrounded by bushes and trees.
7. It's been shortened.
8. I'm seen by the stars.
9. Dazzling.
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29) [ 7 ]
1. Has three levels
2. It measures 125m. X 125M.
3. 6,428,441 visitors were there in 2005.
4. It has to be painted every five years.
5. Located in
6. Used to be a radio tower.
7. Used to be the highest building in the world.
8. Inaugurated in March, 1889.
9. The architect that designed this also designed theskeleton of a
famous statue in
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30) [22] Naches Valley MS (Team A)
1) Someone named me after himself.
2) I’m the tallest of my kind.
3) I am frequently hidden by clouds.
4) The climate of the region around me is similar to
5)I don’t really come out on top.
6) The inia geoffrensis swims in my "white blood."
7) Even though the locals named my surrounding area aftersomething "far below," I am named after something "high above."
8) I am located in the eastern region of my country.
9) One of the few ways you can see me is from a "bird’seye view".
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31) [19] Raleigh HS --
1. On an island
2. Southeast of
3. Once damaged by German cruisers
4. On the coast
5. In "The Jewel in the crown"
6. Sits on a structure completed in 1752
7. Built in 1804
8. Had to be rebuilt in 1931
9. Located near Middlebrough
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32) [11]
1. Our landmark is in the northern hemisphere.
2. An array of strange creatures inhabits our landmark.
3. In 1951, our landmark was pinpointed.
4. You would experience a ‘weighty’ adventure, enduringeight tons of psi at the bottom of our landmark.
5. Our landmark is closest to the Earth’s core; however,bundle up if you wish to visit as its constant temperature is 1-7 degreesCelsius.
6. It takes almost five hours freefall all the way to thevery bottom of our landmark.
7. From the surface, you only have to travel seven miles tovisit our landmark.
8. The
9. Two tectonic plates meet in the middle of our landmark.
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33) [13] School 664 Vostochny -(Challenge)
1. People started to settle here as far back as 5 thousandyears ago.
2. The name of the country that was sometime here can now befound at a quite different place.
3. People of different neighbouring nations translate myname into their languages differently.
4. Representatives of 3 different religions came here topreach but only one of them stayed.
5. There is the Upper Gate, I am the Lower One.
6. As a landmark I date back to the 5th century.
7. My "heart" is 340 m above the sea level on ahill.
8. My total length is 42 kilometers.
9. Do you know my number on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
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34) [ 7 ] Schumacher Elem. -
1. It is best to visit this landmark in the summer.
2. You can get here by bus, taxi, and boat.
3. It was once a burial site for an ancient civilization.
4. It was once a place for royalty to bathe.
5. Many steered clear due to possible evil spirits.
6. Images of the gods were found here.
7. It became known to the modern world in 1826.
8. The city where it is located shares its name with anarticle of clothing.
9. Lying down will keep you safe as you enter.
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35) [23] Shoal Creek Elem. -
1. The location of our landmark is on the same latitudelines as
2. Three quarters of the country I’m located in is less than9 ft. (3 m) above sea level.
3.
4. My nation won it’s independence in 1948 with one name butthe military government changed it again in 1989 to what it is now.
5. My city’s name means end of strife.
6. It’s 1848, you’re in
7. I was only 66 ft. to begin with but I grew to 326 ft.
8. Eight hairs entombed.
9. There are 4 entrances leading into this landmark andlegend says that inside, there are flying and turning swords that never stop. They are there to help protect me.
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36) [12] Patrick Therriault School-Eagles,
1. The first man ascended in the same century as the
2. It is the same latitude as Genghis Khan's homeland.
3. An amusement ride is designed after this landmark.
4. Its name is derived from the German Language.
5. It has four faces.
6. There is a railroad next to it.
7. It is a snowy place. There is more than 18 feet ofsnowfall every year.
8. It is in the Northern Hemisphere.
9. Its longitude is the same as Illizi.
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37) [22] Warren Hills Elem.-Liberty, MO - lriedel@liberty.k12.mo.us
1. It is located near a popular Thanksgiving dish.
2. The price range is $1000-28,000 per night
3. It resembles a dhow.
4. You can stay over night here.
5. It is surrounded by fire and water
6. It is 321 metres tall.
7. You can play tennis on top of this landmark
8. It is rated 5 stars
9. It was built 31 years after the actor/singer Will Smithwas born
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38) [no answers sent in]
1. This landmark's walls are made of stone.
2. The walls are designed to withstand earthquakes andweather, using tapered construction.
3. It is located on a mountain ridge.
4. There are different theories as to why this landmark wasbuilt.
5. This landmark is known as a sanctuary.
6. Trapezoidal shape architectual can be found here.
7. It was built beside a river.
8. Hourglass-shaped stones can be found at the site.
9. Mummies have been discovered here.
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