Round the World With Team Red. Stage 2 Quiz

Answer: Bay of Smoke

The remote island of Iceland has a unique landscape. It is sits in a very northerly position in the Atlantic ocean and at 64 degrees north the capital is the most northerly capital in the world. The landscape is quite barren with few trees and a rocky volcanic landscape. Geothermal energy is the main energy source for electricity and heating the 350 000 people who live on the island, with a third in Reykjavik. The name comprises two Icelandic words for 'bay' and 'smoke' reflecting its coastal position and its volcanic activity.


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Answer: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Known officially as the Halifax Regional Municipality it is the capital of Nova Scotia and a major economic center of the Maritime Provinces. It was the first permanent European settlement in the region of the Halifax peninsula. The Acadia is the only ship still afloat to have survived the Halifax Explosion.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada. The Acadia was retired in 1969 and in 1976 designated a National Historic Site. It remained at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography until 1982 when it was moved and became part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Answer: Twillingate

Twillingate is one of Newfoundland's best locations to view these ice giants which separate from the ice cap off Baffin Island, Greenland. The icebergs move about ten miles a day and are usually found somewhat close to the coast due to winds and currents. The lookout point at Twillingate's Long Point Lighthouse is a popular whale watching spot. Twillingate is also the home of North America's largest population of humpbacks and seabirds.

Answer: Connecticut

Hartford CT, settled in 1635, is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Initially the economy depended largely on agriculture. As it developed into a thriving port on the Connecticut River it became an important trading center. As trade increased, merchants' concerns with fires, storms, and accidents increased also. By late 1790s Jerimiah Wadsworth and his associates were providing fire insurance and in 1810 they formed the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Other insurance companies followed and by the nineteenth century Hartford became the country's leading insurance center.

Answer: Todt Hill, Staten Island

Todt Hill, Staten Island, is 401 feet above sea level. It's also the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain, from Florida to Cape Cod. Formed on serpentine rock, the secluded area is exclusively residential with no stores, few sidewalks and no public transportation (although local bus routes run along streets at the base). (Interesting tidbit: In the film "The Godfather" the Corleone Family "compound" in Long Beach was actually a house on Todt Hill).

Battle Hill, Brooklyn's highest point is 220 ft, Bennett Park, Manhattan is 265 ft and Fieldston, Bronx is 280. The highest point of elevation in Queens is 258 ft in Glen Oaks.

Answer: True

Pelham Bay Park is the largest public park in NYC. Located in the northeast corner of the city, it spans 2772 acres and includes 13 miles of shoreline. The two main sections are divided by Eastchester Bay. It boasts one of the most diverse groups of ecosystems of any New York City park.

Included in the park are 195 acres of saltwater wetland, 161 acres of mud flats, 520 acres of forest and 83 acres of meadow. In 2005 Pelham Bay Park was designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) in New York State by National Audubon Society with over 250 species recorded.

Answer: The Outer Banks

The Outer Banks earned its nickname because of a series of sandbars and strong currents that have sent countless ships to a watery grave. According to records, more than 1000 vessels have sunk in the region since 1526. The Outer Banks is made up of a string of peninsulas and barrier islands separated from mainland North Carolina by the Atlantic Ocean.

Heading from north to south the islands are Bodie Island, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island and the Core Banks. It's interesting to note that the exact number of islands often changes owing to breaches created during storms or inlets closing due to the gradually sifting sands.

Answer: The Crazy Horse Monument

The Crazy Horse monument has been in the making for over 70 years and is still under construction (as of April 2019). The construction began in 1947 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski on Thunderhead Mountain situated on privately held land considered sacred by some Oglala Lakota.

When Ziolkowski died 1982 his widow took over the project and since her death in 2014 their children and grandchildren continued. The final dimensions will be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. The rocks that are blasted away are crushed and used for the roads at the complex.

Answer: Crater Lake

Crater Lake is also the deepest lake in the US. Since rain and snow make up for the evaporation the total amount of water is replaced every 250 years. The pristine waters result from lack of pollutants because there are no inlets or tributaries.

Answer: San Diego

San Diego County produces 60% of all California avocados. Avocados are grown year-round in the "avocado capital". In April locals celebrate the annual Fallbrook Avocado Festival. Since the early 1960s the annual event has been one of the biggest in San Diego's North County inland.