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Preserve in 1993. Name it.
(Hint: Read our feature
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(^2) On which Caribbean
island might you sip a
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produced the hand-painted
tiles that give Istanbul’s
Blue Mosque its color?
(^7) Kulintang music
ensembles are a tradition
on Mindanao in what Asian
island country?
(^8) In October 2008,
asteroid fragments from
a protoplanet containing
diamonds scattered across
the Nubian Desert in which
African country?
(^9) In 1969, the U.S. put
the first man on the moon.
Which nation was the first
to land a spacecraft on it?
(^10) Catatumbo lightning, an
atmospheric phenomenon,
occurs in which South
American nation?
(^3) What European airport
features a library, oxygen
bar, and paintings from the
Rijksmuseum collection?
(^4) A three-day event
of music and peace,
this iconic festival in the
Catskills celebrates its
50th anniversary this
year in August. Name it.
(^5) Ouagadougou is
the capital of what
small, landlocked West
African nation?
1 Sagarmatha, which means “forehead in
the sky,” is the local name of Mount Everest
in what language?
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Mountaineers
Tenzing Norgay
(right) and Edmund
Hillary (left) pre-
pare to summit
Mount Everest on
May 29, 1953.