March 5, 2006

WEEK 3 Challenge Clues,
Answers, and Number Correct

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Top Scoring Team - 23 correct: Longfellow Elementary - Team Rider 

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1) Alofau Elem, Pago Pago, American Samoa - lssauni@hotmail.com 
Taj Mahal (No guesses submitted -- 0 correct)

1. THis landmark was built around the 1600s.
2. This Landmark creation was slowly decay, because of natural pollution.
3. This Landmark is as high as a sky scraper.
4. This landmark is one of a kind.
5. THis Landmark is located in the eastern Hemisphere.
6. THis landmark is located at latitude lines 0-40 degrees, and 60-100
degress in longitude lines.
7. This landmark is man made.
8. THis landmark has an onion looking shape.
9. THis Landmark was built for one of many.

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2) CSI (Team CSIC)- Grenoble France - aboursier@free.fr
World War 2 Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (22 correct)

1. We're going to take you on a journey back in time,
But you won't discover us until clues 7,8 and 9. So let's march on. The battle's just begun.There's many lost but tell me who has won.Tuesday, bloody Tuesday.
2. From cliffs to beaches, from chalk to sand, via Piccadilly Circus to liberate our land.
3.On the night of a full moon, a past action changed our future and necessitated our landmark.
4.Despite two years' careful planning, we arrived late due to bad weather ;sodden, scared and sea-sick, we dragged ourselves ashore. Some of us were "overlord"ed with 70 kilos of luggage.
5. We didn't have computers in those days. However, Fortitude was the virus. Windows broke down all communication and Verlaine was the word.
6. What do a precious metal, a Roman goddess, a weapon, a state and a city have in common? Our code names. Our landmark is found above one of these.
7. Have our clues led you astray? The Germans didn't expect us there that day.
All their arms were in Calais. I'm American though not in the U.S.A.
8. Our landmark is a lawn of memory and sadness, where white and green together form a cross from above.
9. We do not know the names of all the heroes who lie beneath these white stars and crosses, but to all of them we will be eternally grateful. Never forget.
 
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3) El Dorado Springs MS - El Dorado Springs, MO - jwernel@mail.eldo.k12.mo.us
Methuselah Tree (Bristlecone pine) (21 correct)

1. My name starts with an illegal drug.
2. I don't like tools, especially saws.
3. I'm located over 10,000 feet above sea level.
4. I have "pined" for the loss of my "brother".
5. The KING'S WARRIORS got their hair CLIPPED in a LAKE..r-r-r in my state.
6. I'm not in a nursing home, but I'm the oldest of my kind.
7. I'm not a fan of jewelry, but I have many rings.
8. My tree brothers are Buddha, Socrates, and a god chained to a rock.
9. Dr. Schulman "dated" me over 4,000 years.

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4) Franklin Elem School - Liberty, MO -- lriedel@liberty.k12.mo.us
Robin Hood statue at Nottingham (12 correct)

1. My home was built in 1068.
2. I am in front of the castle where a civil war was fought in 1642.
3. I aim for bull's eyes.
4. I was unveiled three days after the birth of Robin Williams.
5. Songs and stories about me date as far back as the 1300's.
6. This landmark is made of the worst medal you can get.
7. The landmark is in the city of bratty pigs.
8. No one knows if I am fact or fiction.
9. I am sweet on M&M

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5) Grassland Elem. - Brentwood, TN - lesleer@wcs.edu
Natchez Trace (20 correct)

1. The length of our landmark is a palindrome.
2. Unfortunately, there have been many deaths at this landmark.
3. There is not a fee to see this landmark, but additional features will charge a fee.
4. Our landmark's nickname is the same as a plant.
5. Our landmark brings people together.
6. This landmark is known for helping traders when it originated.
7. Originally, our landmark was given three names, then changed one name, later changing to it's name today.
8. A famous leader committed suicide here.
9. Our landmark sits in a natural habitat.
 
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6)Gymnazium dr. Hrdlicky Humpolec (Team 6)- Czech Republic red@gymhu.cz
Death Valley (12 correct)

1. There is salt water on my bottom.
2. I'm a protected natural landmark.
3. My landscape is made from sand plains and stony deserts.
4. I´m 225 km large and 8 -- 24 km wide.
5. My name is bit pesimistic.
6. I´m one of the hottest places in the world.
7. The temperature of the air may reach 57 degrees Centigrade.
8. There is only one tree in the whole area.
9. I´m not situated on the "Old continent".

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7) Gymnazium dr. Hrdlicky Humpolec(Team 4)- Czech republic red@gymhu.cz
Cesky Krumlov Rotating theater (19 correct)

1. Our landmark is situated on the oldest continent.
2. The same rivers flows through the capital and the town where our landmark is found.
3. Our landmark is the part of the largest historical complex in the country.
4. The owners of the complex had a rose with five leaves in their sign.
5. In the town where our landmark is situated the golden liquid Eggenberg from the hops  is produced.
6. In 1958 our landmark looked at all the parts of the world for the first time.
7. You are becoming a participant in action, but only in the evening hours mainly from June till September and sometimes also with a raincoat or warm clothes.
8. You can get to me by short walk in the park.
9. Our landmark has the cultural and at the same time technical value.

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8) Gymnazium dr. Hrdlicky Humpolec(Team 3)- Czech republic red@gymhu.cz
Toyota Arena (7 correct)

1. Our landmark is located in the second smallest continent.
2. I was reconstructed in 1994 for the last time.
3. My first wooden construction burnt down in 1934.
4. My new name was created in 2003.
5. I'm in the heart of Europe.
6. I'm so big that I can hold 20 834 people.
7. Karel Poborský knows me very well.
8. Zidane, Figo, Henry visited me.
9. My first name was "Athletic Club of Royal Vinohrady".

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9) Lewis and Clark Elem. - Liberty, MO arosheim@liberty.k12.mo.us
Crater of Diamonds State Park (20 correct)

1. Our landmark is the only one of its kind where the public is allowed.
2. What is found, may be kept
3. The items found at our landmark can be cut, but not with a pair of scissors
4. White, yellow, and brown "carrots"
5. Rocks and minerals aplenty
6. Rain, rain, don't go away
7. A farmer got lucky with his new crop
8. Cooper, Canary, Newman, Lee and Wagner have been here
9. 1906 and 1952 are important to this state park

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10) Longfellow Elem. (Team Klavac)- Fargo, ND - klavak@fargo.k12.nd.us
Great Barrier Reef in Australia (10 correct)

1. They made a movie about it.
2. Bigger than United Kingdom.
3. 6,000 years old.
4. Tourism started 1930.
5. 18 - 30 degrees Celsius.
6. Decline due to human action.
7. Pandora's box was opened.
8. Global warming will affect it.
9. Largest structure was made by organisms.

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11) Longfellow Elem. (Team Rider)- Fargo, ND Sean.Rider@sendit.nodak.edu
***Alcatraz (23 correct)***

1. From A to Z
2. Female Free
3. Delectable entrees
4. Horizontal and vertical lines
5. "B" to get in or out
6. Made of Stone but will not sink
7. Take what you want, eat what you take
8. Life is near but freedom far
9. From Sunset Strip to Sunrise Alley

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12) Longfellow (Team Pfau)- Fargo,ND - Pfauc@fargo.k12.nd.us
Machu Pichu (11 correct)
   
1. The earliest bus ticket to get there leaves at 6:30 am
2. Llamas roam the land.
3. It's nearly invisible from below.
4. People used it to see stars.
5. It was called the city that cannot be found.
6. It is located by a valley.
7. A disease took half of it's life.
8. "Talking Stones"
9. About 1,200 people lived there.

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13) McKinley School, Fargo North Dakota - marquac@fargo.k12.nd.us
Statue of Liberty (6 correct)

1. I was supposed to look African American.
2. I sit on a 12 point star.
3. I am on a bill you probably have never seen before.
4. MDCCLXXVI
5. I cost $530,00 to build
6. My finger is 8 feet long.
7. I weigh 450,00 pounds
8. My shoe size is 879.
9. Something I wear represents the 7 seas.

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14) Naches Valley Middle School, Naches, WA  nachesteama@naches.wednet.edu
Fremont Bridge Troll (22 correct)

1. Through my eye, I watched a terrible tragedy.
2. I'm 18 feet of steel rebar, wire, and ferro concrete.
3. I look to the south with a shiny metal eye.
4. Goats beware!
5. A bridge named after a fairy tale is where I lurk.
6. I have a beer named after me.
7. I appear in the movie, "Ten Things I hate About You".
8. I like to capture beetles.
9. I am located in the largest city in the Northwest part of my country.

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15) Raleigh HS - Raleigh, NC- jfalk@wcpss.net
Pulaski Skyway (17 correct)

1. It travels high above the "meadows".
2. It is 56 feet wide
3. It is man made.
4. Located near ridges of volcanic origin.
5. It is 3.5 miles long.
6. Opened in 1932.
7. Original cost = $20,000,000
8. Named for Kazimierz ____________.
9. Find the Brick City and you may find the landmark.

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16) Rochester Jr. High - Rochester, IL- websterss7@rochester3a.net
Cozy Dog Drive-in, Springfield, IL (22 correct)

1. I was envisioned while my creator was in the Air Force.
2. You must wait from the 25th to the 1st to enjoy me.
3. I don't just do hounds. I also do pigs and chickens.
4. I have been honored for my cleanliness.
5. Visit me morning, noon, or night.
6. I have been around for more than 50 years.
7. You can find me along the mother road.
8. My best-seller is a snack enjoyed nation-wide.
9. I'm next to a Family Video.

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17)Roosevelt Elem. (Team Dargen)- Fargo,ND - petersd@fargo.k12.nd.us
Mall of America (21 correct)

1. Ride the rides
2. Peanuts are there
3. Has multi-cultured food groups
4. You can build your imagination here
5. Walk under water and stay dry
6. See "Oscar" here
7. ENTER AT YOUR OUR RISK
8. 747's fit inside
9. Maps are recommended

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18) Rye Elem (5A)- Rye, CO -- aabril@district70.org
Mt. Tamboro (9 correct)

1. You can see our landmark from the Space Shuttle photos.
2.  Expedition 360 (the first human powered circumnavigation of the world) kayaked around our landmark in August.
3. Our landmark is in the eastern hemisphere.
4. Swiss Botanist Heinrich Zollinger became the first human to visit our landmark, though spent little more than an hour there.
5. Our landmark affected daily minimum temperatures in the northern
hemisphere, which were abnormally low from late spring to early autumn.
6. The base of our landmark's diameter is 38 km.
7. The thunder and dark created by our landmark were a sign the gods
were coming to free the islands from European rule.
8. By having a "waking nightmare," our landmark inspired a famous
novel by Mary Shelley.
9. Our landmark created a global phenomenon, " Year Without A Summer."

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19) Rye Elem (5B) - Rye, CO -- aabril@district70.org
Pyramids at Giza (9 correct)

1. Our landmark took about 20 years to build.
2. It has ties to Orion's Belt.
3. It was built around 2560 BC.
4. Camels can be featured in photos of our landmark.
5. Our landmark is found in the eastern hemisphere.
6. A "faceless" lion guards our landmark.
7. Our landmark is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.
8. It is 751 feet in length and 481 feet tall.
9. Our landmark is associated with royalty afterlife.

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20) Rye Elem (5C) - Rye, CO -- aabril@district70.org
Acropolis of Athens (9 correct)

1. Our landmark is in the eastern hemisphere.
2. Part of our landmark was dismanteled by the Turks in 1686 so they could use the platform for a cannon.
3. Our landmark was built in the fifth century BC as a monument to the cultural and political achievements of the local inhabitants.
4. The architect of our landmark was Mnesicles.
5. Our landmark's name means "upper city" and offered inhabitants a
place of refuge in times of invasion.
6. The main structure is one of the world's most recognizable buildings.
7. Poseidon and Athena had their contest here to decide who would be Patron of the city below.
8. Choice pieces of our landmark were sold to Lord Elgin by the Turks, then placed in the British Museum for safe keeping.
9. Our landmark overlooks the Saronic Gulf.

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21) Schumacher Elem. - Liberty, MO - jminnick@liberty.k12.mo.us
Juan Fernandez Islands (15 correct)

1. This landmark is not manmade.
2. This landmark is rarely visited by anyone.
3. The country flag of our landmark is red, white, and blue.
4. This landmark was used during WW I as a gathering place.
5. Royalty have hidden in this landmark, as well as pirates.
6. Someone lived here for 1580 days.
7. A famous book was written about it.
8. This landmark was declared a national park
9. This trio was created by a hot spot in the earth's mantle.

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22) Shoal Creek Elem. (Team 5th)Kansas City, MO - scole@liberty.k12.mo.us
Poas Volcano, Costa Rica (22 correct)

1. I am located in the "bridge" that connects two continents.
2. Our landmark has the same name as the park it is located in.
3. Mix the sky and trees together to get this part of the landmark.
4. This country's flag was adopted the same year as "The Year of Revolutions" in Europe.
5. Johnny Cash made this song "HOT"!
6. There are 79 different kinds of these around our landmark.  This includes quetzals, black guans, and curassows.
7. This landmark has the largest water spitter in the world.
8. This landmark's last special event happened in 1989 but the most remembered was in 1910.
9. Rotten eggs and this landmark have something in common.

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23) Washington School, Fargo ND - marquac@fargo.k12.nd.us 
Stonehenge (8 correct)

1. You know it is made of rock, but some of it is made of chalk.
2. Wiltshire County
3. It's an enigma.
4. Some people believe that it faces east to greet the sun on a solstice.
5. Some people believe it was used to tell time
6. Built in three phases in the stone age.
7. The enigma is made of megaliths
8. Looks like pi to your eye.The pi that is 3.141592654.To make it was a real chore.
9. Bluestone is an important word. Probably one you haven't heard.
Trilithons' in circle shape. No longer in tip top shape.

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24) Waimea Canyon School(Team 7) - Waimea, HI-wcs@gaggle.net
Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan (21 correct)

1. I am located in the Eastern Hemisphere.
2. I am home to many small fish.
3. I was built the year before Hawaii became a state.
4. I weigh about 4,000 tons.
5. It cost more than 23,000,000 US dollars to build me.
6. I have 176 lights to light me up at night.
7. I am an object of attacks from movie monsters.
8. I am taller than my sibling.
9. Everyday I see the rising sun.