Scavenger Hunt

The following questions can be answered by searching for the information on the Web. Please do your best to answer them and then E-mail me your answers.

Scavenger Hunt #1

1) Some 51,000 people live in this country's capital city, Port of Spain. English is their major language. What is the name of this Caribbean country?

2) When you listen to the inhabitants of this country you can hear them speak Farsi or Persian, but also Azerbaijani and Kurdish. What is the name of this country?

3) Only 74,000 people live on this group of islands off the east coast of Africa. The islands are famous for their beautiful white sandy beaches. The capital is Victoria. What is the country's name ?

4) People in this country pay with bolivars, which is taken from the name of the country's hero and liberator, Simon Bolivar. What is this country's name ?

5) This old country in Asia is the only one whose name starts with a V.

You can reach me (Mr. R. Williams) by e-mail at: mayfield@ica.net

Scavenger Hunt #2

1. This country will host a Jazz&Blues festival November 7th-9th and scuba diving is big in one of it's cities called Ocho Rios?

2.Lucille Ball was born in this New York city?

3.The ampitheatre of Arles is found in this historic country?

4.This city is one of two that will debut a new major league baseball team next season. This city is home to radio station WRBQ 105?

5.The legendary Motown records is located in this city?

Scavenger Hunt #3

1.) This popular Canadian Jazz Pianist is also named after a Sesame Street character. Who is he???

2.) In the Canadian Armed Forces two chevrons on a soilders arm would give him what rank??

3.) This Canadian race car driver also had a father who died while racing, and now has a race track in Montreal named after him. Who is he???

4.) This band is named after a popular vegetable, with a slight mis-spelling. The C is replaced with a K. They also have an official web page. What rock band am I talking about??

5.) Before the piano was invented, what was the popular keyboard instrument??

Scavenger Hunt #4

1) This cluster of three islands located in the Caribbean Sea has a population on 26,400. Most of it's population speaks English but Spanish is the most frequently spoken second language.

2) Tel-Aviv, the largest city in this country has a population of 1,921. As of 1992 the adult illiteracy rate in this country was 5.1%

3) This country in the South West Pacific Ocean has a capital city called Honiara. Most of it's islands are volcanic and have rainforest covered mountain ranges.

4) Zloty is the currency used by this country when they are exporting textiles which made up 14.7% of their exports in 1994.

5) The two main islands of this country are separated by the Cook Strait. 9% of this countries population is Maori and other nonEuropean minorities include Chinese, Indians and Arabs.

Scavenger Hunt $5

1) Name the country which is currently under British rule and launched the Mahaweli Development Program in the early 1970's.

2) The Republic of this country was formed on May 23, 1990 and it borders the Rub al-Khali desert.

3) The smaller island groups of this country include the Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, New Ireland and the North Solomons.

4) The lands surrounding the mouth and lower course of a river in this country (located in Central America) are designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

5) This country is over 4,300 kilometres long (about the distance from San Francisco to New York) but its width never exceeds 240 kilometres, making it more than 18 times longer than its widest point.

Scavenger Hunt #6

1. This countries national anthem wasn't proclaimed until July 1, 1980.

2. Cities such as Banja Luka and Tuzla are found in this country.

3. First Eurpean country to eliminate all intermediate-range nuclear weapons. It also holds the headquarters of the European Union.

4. This country's ethnic divisions include Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, and Miao.

5. This country is 6 hours ahead of New York, and 8 hours behind Sydney.

You can reach me (Mr. R. Williams) by e-mail at: mayfield@ica.net