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IDENTIFY THE PLACES IN THE FOLLOWING RIDDLES?

Riddle Number PL1
        Clue 1: To understand the language you must learn to speak Amharic.
        Clue 2: The land is known for it’s highlands.
        Clue 3: Haile Selassie
        Clue 4: A national dish is "enjera."

Riddle Number PL2
        Clue 1: 1912,  became the 47th and 5th largest of its kind
        Clue 2: A large explosion was created at Los Alamos.
        Clue 3: “enchanted land”
        Clue 4: not old

Riddle Number PL3
        Clue 1: I resemble Frederic Auguste Bartholdi’s mother.
        Clue 2: The Eiffel Tower and I are related because of a man named Gustave Eiffel.
        Clue 3: “The New Colossus” is a poem engraved in my mind or should I say my feet!
        Clue 4: Near a city with a nickname that sounds like a giant fruit.

Riddle Number PL4
        Clue 1 : Called the “Mother City”.
        Clue 2 : Mouth of the Hudson River.
        Clue 3 : Rich in museums.
        Clue 4 : A national leader.

Riddle Number PL5
        Clue 1: “City of Lights”
        Clue 2: Used to be called “Lutetia Parisiorum”
        Clue 3: Country won the World Cup in 1998
        Clue 4: Abandoned and bombarded by Prussians during the Franco-Prussian war,1870

Riddle Number PL6
        Clue 1: When you are there you will see lots of regolith.
        Clue 2: When it is close it is called “perigee” and when it is far “apogee.”
        Clue 3: It has 8 phases
        Clue 4: John F Kennedy challenged the Soviet Ynion to a race.

Riddle Number PL7
        Clue 1: Created on June 1, 1792
        Clue 2: 23rd biggest of it’s kind
        Clue 3: Home of the Wildcats
        Clue 4: Home of a Derby

Riddle Number PL8
        Clue 1:  Located in Europe
        Clue 2:  City of Berlin
        Clue 3   tried to keep people in
        Clue 4:  Brandenburg Gate

Riddle Number PL9
        Clue 1:  Site chosen by city planner Pierre L’ Enfant.
        Clue 2:  Irish-born architect James Hoban won a gold medal for his practical and handsome design.
        Clue 3:  It survived two fires while Herbert Hoover occupied it.
        Clue 4:  John and Abigail were the first to occupy it.

Riddle Number PL10
        Clue 1:  Sargasso Sea nearby.
        Clue 2:  Aliens in Atlantis underneath.
        Clue 3:  Lawrence David Kusche thought he solved the mystery with his book.
        Clue 4:  Magnetic North

Riddle Number PL11
        Clue 1:  The highest structure in the world until 1930
        Clue 2:   A 984 foot structure
        Clue 3:  Champ de Mars park
        Clue 4:  The symbol of innovative technique at the end of the 19th century.

Riddle Number PL12
            Clue 1:  “Island of the Pelicans” (Spanish?)
            Clue 2:  49ers’ state
            Clue 3:  “The Rock”
            Clue 4:  Bernard Paul Coy

Riddle Number PL13
           Clue 1: Flows in to Lake Ontario
           Clue 2: People and pets have died going over.
           Clue 3: The flag is red with a leaf.
           Clue 4: Many people have walked on high wire.

Riddle Number PL14
          Clue 1: Enterd the union on December 14, 1819
          Clue 2: Official Bird is a yellow hammer
          Clue 3: Bordered by Mississippi and Georgia
          Clue 4: Official Flower is a Camellia

Riddle Number PL15
          Clue 1: Home of the “Runnin Rebels”
          Clue 2: Originally founded by the Morman religion
          Clue 3: Name means “the meadows” in Spanish
          Clue 4: National Rodeo Finals are held here

Riddler Number PL16
        Clue 1:  The flag has the Southern Cross and the Union Jack on it
        Clue 2:  This place is located in the southern hemisphere
        Clue 3:  This place has a population a little over18 million
        Clue 4:  This place has a mountain called Mt. Kosciusko

Riddle Number PL17
        Clue 1: William Bradford became governor.
        Clue 2: Symbol of forefathers.
        Clue 3: First  people to step on this spot were John Alden and Mary Chilton.
        Clue 4: Legend told by Elder Thomas Faunce

Riddle Number PL18
        Clue 1:  Adventures in Babysitting was filmed here.
        Clue 2:  Near Ernest hemingway’s birthplace.
        Clue 3:  Navy Pier
        Clue 4:  Has one of the largest school systems in the United States.

Riddle Number Pl19
        Clue 1:  State tree is Ku Kaui
        Clue 2:  ‘’Big Island ‘’
        Clue 3:  One of seven small islands in the Western Hemisphere
        Clue 4:  Part of the U.S.A

Riddle Number PL20
        Clue 1:  Europe.
        Clue 2:  The flag is called the “Tricolor.”
        Clue 3:  The coordinates are 45 degrees north, 0 degrees longitude.
        Clue 4:  National Day is Bastille Day on July 14, (1789).

Riddle Number PL21
        Clue 1:  Kentucky Horse Park.
        Clue 2:  Founded in 1775.
        Clue 3:  Gained the nickname of “Athens of the west”.
        Clue 4:  85 degrees west longitude,  38 degrees north latitude.

Riddle Number PL22
        Clue 1:  Franklin D. Rooselelt dedicated the sructure that created it on September 30, 1935
        Clue 2:  Twice the size of Rhode Island
        Clue 3:  Deepest part is 500 feet.
        Clue 4:  About 15 miles east of “Sin City”

Riddle Number PL23
        Clue 1:  Borders Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario.
        Clue 2:  Farther south than the other “Great” ones.
        Clue 3:  Shallowest of the five “Great” ones.
        Clue 4:  From Toledo to Buffalo.

Riddle Number PL24
        Clue 1:  The central stone once stood high but now lies flat.
        Clue 2:  Salisbury, England.
        Clue 3:  The structure was made of Sarsen, Bluestone, and Sandstone.
        Clue 4:  Thought to be built by Druids for astronomical reasons.

Riddle Number PL25
        Clue 1:  Second one of it’s kind; first in Anaheim, California.
        Clue 2:  Close to 28 degrees north latitude, 81 degrees west longitude.
        Clue 3:  Space Mountain and Country Bear Jamboree
        Clue 4:  Creator war born on December 5,1901 in Chicago,Illinois

Riddle Number PL26
        Clue 1:  The “Lexington of Texas”
        Clue 2:  The Tennesee Volunteers participated.
        Clue 3:  250 “Texians” vs. 4000 Mexicans
        Clue 4:  Colonel Travis

Riddle Number PL27
        Clue 1:  In 1995 joined the Eurpopen Union (EU)
        Clue 2:  Near the Gulf of Bothnia
        Clue 3:  Falun is in this country
        Clue 4:  Has a sweet meatball named after it

Riddle Number PL28
        Clue 1:  Elevation is 9,565 feet (2,915 meters) above sea level
        Clue 2:  Southwest of Colorado Springs
        Clue 3:  Computerized Combat Center of NORAD
        Clue 4:  Capital of a western state

Riddle Number PL29
        Clue 1:  Located on the Delaware River
        Clue 2:  Flag has two vertical blue stripes on either side of a yellow stripe bearing the city seal.
        Clue 3:  City name is Greek meaning “brotherly love.”
        Clue 4:  In 1740 Benjamin Franklin arrived here.

Riddle Number PL30
        Clue 1:  Buffalo on the flag.
        Clue 2:  Official tree is the cotton wood.
        Clue 3:  Official bird is the western meadowlark
        Clue 4:  Official flower is Indian Paintbrush

Riddle Number PL31
        Clue 1:  Flows toward Lake Ontario.
        Clue 2:  People and pets have died making the attempt.
        Clue 3:  Flag is red and white with a leaf.
        Clue 4:  People have walked a high wire.

Riddle Number PL32
        Clue 1:  If you were there you might find a parrot smuggled in from Mexico.
        Clue 2:  It usually has a warm climate.
        Clue 3:  Indians still live there today.
        Clue 4:  Directly north of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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