"Oh, the Places You'll Go!" - A Sand Bucket List Quiz

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1. You can tour a fortress begun almost a thousand years ago by a king named William the Conqueror that has been a palace, a prison and a place to exhibit the Crown jewels in which European capital city?

Answer: London, England

Officially called Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, in the Tower of London you can visit the dungeons and secret "Traitor's Gate" entry from the Thames River where enemies of the king or queen were brought by boat for imprisonment, torture or death.

2. Above the Arctic Circle, you can drop in at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and their merry elves in what country?

Answer: Finland

Santa and Mrs. Claus have a cool home in Santa Claus Village in the Lapland region of Finland. You can take a snowmobile ride to a nearby reindeer farm and try a reindeer burger at a restaurant there. For the adventurous, your family can spend a night in an igloo hotel. In summer, the sun shines around the clock!

3. Do you like Harry Potter? If so, you can vacation at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But where is it?

Answer: Universal Studios, Florida, California & Japan

Harry is so popular there are now many theme parks devoted to his adventures. You can choose from among the various attractions each park offers. The original Florida park has a full size replica of Hogwarts Express Train and a recreation of Hogwarts castle.

In the Japan park you can visit the village of Hogsmeade and the most recently opened park in Hollywood, CA, has Ollivander's Wand Shop where you can purchase your very own wand. There are lots of tricks you can do in the store with a wave of your wand.

4. Tivoli Garden amusement park has been entertaining kids and their parents since 1943. Nearby, in the harbor, a statue of The Little Mermaid honors her creator, fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Anderson. To which Scandinavian city would you travel to see these sights?

Answer: Copenhagen, Denmark

Tivoli Gardens is located in the center of Copenhagen and has rides, restaurants, gardens and musical entertainment. Although a charming old amusement park, new rides have been added over the years to keep up with the times. One of the newer rides, the "Vertigo," is a looping plane ride you get to pilot yourself! Before leaving Copenhagen, be sure to take a "selfie" with The Little Mermaid as a souvenir of your trip.

5. There are Legoland Villages in many places around the world, but if you want to check out the original you would need to travel to which country?

Answer: Denmark

The original Legoland is in Billund, Denmark, next to the factory where Lego was first made in 1949. The park has grown over the years from 14 to 45 acres, and includes nine themed areas: Duplo Land, Imagination Zone, Legoredo Town, Adventure Land, Lego City, Knight's Kingdom, Mini Land, Pirate Land, and Polar Land all made from Lego. Mini Land alone contains twenty million pieces!

6. Do you want to see the famous Eiffel Tower and take an elevator or climb 1,665 steps to the top for a panoramic view of more than forty miles surrounding the Seine River? Which city should you ask your parents to book a flight to?

Answer: Paris, France

Paris's Eiffel Tower was built between 1887 and 1889 to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the French Revolution. It is over a thousand feet high, but you can take the elevator if the climb is too much for you. At the first level is a circulating restaurant, "Le Jules Verne," where at sunset you can see the city change from day to night. Paris is called the "City of Lights," and you can watch them come on as you enjoy your dinner.

7. Would you like to explore an Italian city that seems like it floats on the sea? Where no cars are allowed so you need to walk, take a water taxi, a "vaporetto," (a water bus), or ride in a very special kind of rowing boat called a gondola. What is the name of this city?

Answer: Venice

Venice is like a city time left behind because there are no roads or highways, no cars or trucks and people walk or take boats to get where they want to go. In the main square you can sit and have a drink, feed the friendly pigeons, climb the bell tower for a spectacular look at all the many islands that make up the city, or have a gelato (Italian-style ice cream) while listening to music.

8. You can take a hike on top of the world's longest wall, built over 22 centuries ago by emperors of kingdoms and dynasties to protect their land from invaders. Where would you find this must-see marvel?

Answer: China

The Great Wall of China was built in parts over the course of 2,000 years. At one time the wall was more than 13,000 miles long, but a large part has been destroyed over the centuries. The 3,700 miles that remain are still awe-inspiring. You can walk along the top because the builders made it wide enough so that soldiers, horses and even carts with weapons could travel along the top.

9. If you want to discover a battlefield that shaped the United States of America and helped to hold the country together during the Civil War, where would you go? President Abraham Lincoln made a famous speech there.

Answer: Gettysburg, PA

Union and Confederate soldiers met on a large open field in Gettysburg, PA in July 1863. They fought for three days and the casualties were the greatest of all the Civil War battles. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac's defeat of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia kept Lee and his troops from invading the North.

The battle was a turning point in the war. On November 19th of that year, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg.

His two minute, 270 word dedication address affirmed the Founding Fathers' goals of "government of the people, by the people and for the people." That short speech is known today as The Gettysburg Address.

10. If you'd like to sun yourself on a black sand beach, you can do so in one of the USA's fifty states. Which one?

Answer: Hawaii

Coastlines around the world have beaches with many different colors of sand - white, pink and even green. But many visitors think the most breathtaking are the black beaches of Hawaii. The black sand is caused by ocean waves pounding on hardened lava that flowed to the sea from erupting volcanoes. Hawaii is a perfect place to put on a "sand bucket list!"

Source: Author Whitney37

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"Oh, the Places You'll Go!" - A Sand Bucket List Quiz

Many adults have a "bucket list" of places they want to visit. But it's never too soon for kids to create their own "sand bucket list" of places around the world to see. Here are some suggestions of unique places for family fun and learning.

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