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Clue/Activity Description |
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Point Value |
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Time Stamp |
| Pizza Ingredients |
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View the images of pizza ingredients you may encounter while in Italy on your upcoming tour. Identify the ingredients and post your answers en Italiano! Activity #1 on Facebook |
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200 Bonus: 100 |
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Start: 3.8.2010 End: 3.15.2010 |
| Picasso Artwork |
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First, determine the exact building where Pablo Picasso lived from 1904-1909. Then, select a member (or multiple members) of your group to create a work of art that includes this building and is created using one of Pablo Picasso's famous painting styles. Activity #2 on Facebook |
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600 |
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Start: 3.15.2010 End: 3.29.2010 |
| London Photos |
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Within your Survivor Pack, you will find a photo of a famous building or monument. Find the other members of your tour that received the same photo in their backpack, then, as a group, identify the building or monument in question. Upload a photo of your group holding the photo you all received in your backpacks to Explorica's Facebook Wall (while correctly identifying the building/ monument, of course) to complete this activity. Activity #3 on Facebook Explorica's Facebook Wall |
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300 |
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Start: 4.5.2010 End: 4.12.2010 |
| Romeo & Juliet Mad Lib |
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This activity is a Mad Lib. For the first part, break into 4 groups and work together to provide a unique list of these 28 parts of speech, in the order listed. Once all 4 lists are submitted, you will receive the second part of this activity... UPDATE: 4.15.2010 Part 2:
First, read the full text of your Shakespeare Mad Lib and fill in your answers just as you ordered them in your lists. After that, you may want to find the drama queens/ kings in your group, because you’re taking it to the stage! Record a video of group members acting out Romeo and Juliet’s scene, using your Mad Lib version of the script to complete this activity. Activity #4 on Facebook Explorica's Facebook Wall |
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400 |
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Start: 4.12.2010 End: 4.26.2010 |
| Paris Catacombs Trivia |
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It's clear that your creative juices are flowing. However, we'd like to keep you on your toes for your quest across the pond, so here's an activity for the left side of the brain... In the space beneath the streets, find the “only” stone marking the resting place for this person whose life was devoted to the adventurer Latude. Post the answer on this discussion thread to complete this activity. Activity #5 on Facebook |
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200 |
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Start: 5.4.2010 End: 5.7.2010 |
| Pompeii Dog Trivia |
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Bypass the signs to beware that you’ll encounter on your trip. You won’t even need a treat to find the one that was frozen in time long before Eyjafjallajökull. Post a picture on Explorica’s Facebook wall to earn points for this activity. UPDATE 5.12.2010 After receiving the answer: Pompeii What you’re looking for is in Pompeii. Do you think you can sniff out a few more details? Activity #6 on Facebook Explorica's Facebook Wall |
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200 |
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Start: 5.10.2010 End: 5.13.2010 |
| School Spirit |
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Check out your Survivor Packs and grab the marbles. Combine as many bags of marbles as you need to spell out the name of Taft Union High School’s mascot. Then, really show some school sprit by gathering as many classmates as you can and recording a video of all of you singing the school’s fight song with your marble creation. See if you can get Wally or Wilma to join in! Post the video on Explorica’s Facebook wall by Tuesday, June 1st, to complete this activity. Go Wildcats! Activity #7 on Facebook Explorica's Facebook Wall |
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600 |
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Start: 5.17.2010 End: 6.1.2010 |
| Lucerne Wild Man |
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Research the legend of Lucerne’s “Wild Man” and tell us the truth behind his bones. Post your answer by Friday, June 4th to complete this activity. UPDATE 6.2.2010 After receiving the description of the Wild Man portrait on the Kappelbrucke Bridge. You definitely have the right “Wild Man.” However, can you please elaborate a little more and tell us the story of his bones? Activity #8 on Facebook |
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200 |
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Start: 6.1.2010 End: 6.4.2010 |
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| London Eye |
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From the top of a wheel on the river's South Bank, snap pictures of the London sites you've already seen once before. |
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1000 |
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Start: 6.8.2010 End: 6.8.2010 |
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| Pere Lachaise |
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His paintings are at the Louvre, but his heart lies here. Find the tomb of the artist with the initials JLD. |
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1000 |
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Start: 6.10.2010 End: 6.10.2010 |
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| Montmartre |
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Go to the mountain named for St. Denis. There, find and photograph Picasso's former home. |
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600 |
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Start: 6.12.2010 End: 6.12.2010 |
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| Kappelbrucke Bridge |
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Find the giant that lives on the bridge. Watch out for the trolls that live under it. (just kidding!) |
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300 |
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Start: 6.14.2010 End: 6.14.2010 |
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| Romeo & Juliet Balcony |
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On this veranda it's time to go 'off book' to prove to all of us that a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet as $10,000. You have performed your version of this once before, but now let's try the real thing. |
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2000 |
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Start: 6.15.2010 End: 6.15.2010 |
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| Glass Blowing Factory |
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Among the display of recently made objects, find the one that represents your school. |
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400 |
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Start: 6.16.2010 End: 6.16.2010 |
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| Pizza Making Class |
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Let's see if these ingredients are as good as they look. Put on your chef hats, because it's time to make a pizza! |
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1500 |
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Start: 6.18.2010 End: 6.18.2010 |
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| Pompeii |
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Find the spot where man's best friend also met his end. |
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400 |
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Start: 6.21.2010 End: 6.21.2010 |
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CONGRATULATIONS TREASURE HUNTERS! |
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10,000 |
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