Family Education Network
May 2001










The northern and southern lights occur when this interacts with the earth's magnetic field.
         


Native Africans call this Natural Wonder of the World "Mosi oa Tunya" ("The Smoke that Thunders").


In what century did construction of the Great Wall of China begin?


What is the current fee for one car to enter the Grand Canyon National Park for seven days?


Name the city and country in which the Taj Mahal is located?


How many acres does the base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu cover?
         


What is the animal species that is named after the islands off of the coast of Equador?


What is the tallest mountain in the world? How tall is it?


This Ancient Wonder of the World is built on a marshy strip near the river at Ephesus in Greece.


What was the name of the boat that brought the Statue of Liberty across the Atlantic Ocean from France in June of 1885?


Who was the sculptor of the magnificent statue of Zeus in Olympia?
         


What is the total weight of the Eiffel Tower?


Name the only Natural Wonder of the World in the country of Mexico.


Giacomo della Porta was the architect of what famous church in Vatican City, Italy?


Who was the first European to see the Grand Canyon?


How long is the Amazon River?
         


A Natural Wonder of the World, the Harbor at Rio de Janeiro derives its name from where?


Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first two men to summit Mt. Everest. What was the date of this historic feat?


One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was ordered built by Artemisia
to honor Mausolus. Name this wonder.


Who was the famous explorer who said the Great Barrier Reef was "a wall of coral rock rising almost perpendicular out of the unfathomable ocean"?


How often is the Eiffel Tower painted and how much paint is used each time?
         
 

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