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1. You are on the Salisbury Plain looking at an ancient monument. It is a circle of standing stones, some of bluestone and some of sandstone. Druids meet here at the summer solstice. Where are you?
2. You are in Granada, Spain, exploring a fortress built by the Moors. Externally it looks like a fortress, but inside you can wander through halls and courtyards, and admire gardens, pools and fountains. Where are you?
3. You are in a 'rose-red city half as old as time' in a remote area of Jordan. You reach it by going along a narrow passageway between cliffs. Once through this cleft you gaze in awe at the facade of the Treasury and other buildings that seem to grow out of the rock face. They are around 2,000 years old. Where are you?
4. You are in Venezuela looking at the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. They are named after the American aviator who discovered them in 1935. What is the name of this waterfall?
5. You are on a Pacific Island looking at some immense statues. These statues have very large heads. In fact the head is the only part visible in many of them. Where are you?
6. You are at San Simeon, California. Visiting the home of a late newspaper magnate. It is built in Italian, French, Spanish and Moorish styles. Much of the building material and many of the home's contents were imported from Europe, including one of the two swimming pools. By what name is it commonly known?
7. You are in Peru crossing a red gravel desert. There are lots of yellowish pathways seeming to lead nowhere. Your guide tells you that when you look down from an airplane you can see that these lines are drawings. One is of a monkey, another of a hummingbird. What are they known as?
8. You are standing looking in amazement at a whole army of terracotta soldiers. These figures were first made around 2,000 years ago and had become buried. They were discovered near one of these places in 1974. Where are you?
9. You are in the largest city in Morocco, although it is not the capital. It is also a very important port. The center of the city has spacious avenues, but in the medina, the old part of the city, the streets are narrow. During WWII an important meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill took place here. To the western world it is best known as the setting for an Oscar winning movie. Where are you?
10. You have just left the town of Cairns, Queensland. You are traveling in a large catamaran on your way to Green Island. This is part of an immense living structure that stretches for about 1,250 miles. You are looking forward to going snorkeling and seeing fantastic corals and hordes of colorful fish. Where are you?
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