Show and Tell: Where I Went On Vacation Quiz

Answer: The Vietnam Memorial

Katie: The founder of the Vietnam Memorial was Jan Scruggs who had served in Vietnam who wanted to recognize all of those who had served in Vietnam. In 1980 Maya Lin, an undergraduate at Yale University, was the designer of the "Wall", as it is sometimes called.

The Walls and the landscaping were completed in November, 1982. Dad had a great uncle who died in the Vietnam War, and he was sad when he found his name on the Memorial.

Answer: Egypt

Billy: Egypt gets pretty hot during the summer: it is right next to the Sahara Desert, the biggest desert in the world. Mom said the pyramids and the Sphinx go back thousands of years.

Answer: South Dakota

Lily: Mount Rushmore was HUGE! Even though we were a long way away, we could still see the faces clearly from miles away. The tour guide said it is the largest sculpture ever made. People go up every year to fill in the cracks that form from erosion and stuff.

Answer: The Netherlands

Alicia: Stories of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates have been written in the Netherlands, sometimes they call it Holland. Mom always thought Hans Brinker was the boy to plugged up the dike, but we found out that isn't true. The boy never had a name; Hans Brinker got associated by mistake.

Answer: New York City

Caden: I wish we had more time to stay, there was so much to do. Dad said he wanted to get pizza in downtown New York, because it is famous for their pizza. And we didn't get to see the Statue of Liberty which is out on an island just off the coast of New York City.

Answer: Chicago

Alex: The Willis Tower was so high! It was a little cloudy, so I wasn't able to see as much I could have, but we saw everything there is to see from up there. The guide says it used to be the tallest building in the world, but there are buildings that taller now. And the baseball game was cool. We saw the Cubs play the Dodgers.

Answer: Paris

Brittany: Paris was pretty neat, but none of us spoke French, so it made things difficult at times. We also saw the Arc de Triomphe, which was a monument created by Napoleon Bonaparte. Paris was too big for us to see in a week, but we saw a lot of it.

Answer: Jupiter

Randy: Well, everybody else got to go on vacation, and we weren't able to. I read a book about it Jupiter this summer, and I wanted to be part of show and tell.

Teacher: You did a good job in telling us about the Great Red Spot, but it isn't nice to lie. Please take your seat.

Answer: Australia

Avery: Australia has opposite seasons from us, so we were there in the winter. It wasn't near as cold as our winters in the Midwest United States, they only get as low as about 50 degrees or so. They say 12 degrees, but they do their temperatures in Celsius. Koalas are very cute.

They spent most of their day up in trees eating leaves. The "Lord of the Rings" movies were filmed in New Zealand, which is located to the east of Australia.

Answer: Hawaii

Lucy: Hawaii is a state from the United States. Our guides said that Polynesians were the first to live on the island around the year 300. It became part of the USA in 1959. It is a beautiful state. Mom watched the show "Lost", and said this is where it was filmed. And Dad watches "Hawaii Five-O", and he showed me some of the places that were on that show. We went on a hike up in the mountains, which had lots of pretty flowers everywhere.

It was very beautiful. And it wasn't as hot as I thought it would be.