Week 2 Trivia Contest - The Journey
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3/26/20 - From home I've traveled some 450 miles north to a land almost like heaven.  Nestled within my boundaries my country roads takes me to a land where scouting adventures include skateboarding, zip lining, rock climbing, water sports, and shooting sports to name a few and people from around the world has recently visit me.  where am I (place name not state)?
3/27/20 - I jump on a private jet (social distancing) and head to the land of fire and ice.  It was made from volcanos and glaciers and was first discovered by the vikings.    I am one of only 2 places where you can see 2 earth tectonic plates meeting above the earth surface.  My people harness hydro and geothermic energy to power 80% of my needs.  If you're hungry for a big mac, you are out of luck.  no McDonalds exist within my boundaries. I'm one of the best places to experience both the Northern Lights and the midnight sun. Crime is very low, I do not have a standing army and my police force does not carry guns.  where am I?
3/28/20 - I board a boat and set sail on a multi day trip to 0 latitude, through 2 mighty oceans and through the panama cannel.  I lay both in the northern and southern hemisphere.  A place once again formed by volcanos and was first discovered in 1535 by chance.  I was later visited by a well know person on his voyage upon the HMS Beagle.  He came to study my diversity of wildlife, both land and sea and later wrote a well known theory.  I have very little human population on my shores but am visited by many every year.  I have established camping grounds where you can come stay for up to 3 nights but will need a small boat to fully discover my many lands.  Where am I and who wrote the theory?
3/29/20 - I take a boat to the mainland and then board a plane to my next destination.  It's a place where its wildlife is found nowhere else on earth. Among its extinct mammals were giant flightless birds and dwarf hippos. There are about 103 species of Lemurs and they are often revered and protected by cultural taboo.  First settled by the Asians and later a popular resting ground for European pirates.  There are several plant species that can be used as herbal remedies. For example, Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia, and other cancers.  It is among the world’s main suppliers of vanilla, cloves, and ylang-ylang, and also a major supplier of coffee, lychees and shrimp.  Where am I?
3/30/20 - I board a plane for my next destination.  It is known as the city of temples.  A well known rock singer in the middle 70's wrote a song with the title that matches my name.  I am the royal capital and largest metropolitan area of my country.  I am a gateway to the Himalayas.  Tourism is a major source of income for most of the people in the city, with several hundred thousand visitors annually. Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims from all over the world visit its religious sites including Pashupatinath, Swayambhunath, Boudhanath and Budhanikantha.  Where am I?
3/31/20 - I pack up my gear in a backpack and put on my boots for one of my most adventurous sections of my journey.  I head north through the Himalayas past their highest peak known as what?  On the other side my destination is to one of the great wonders of the world.  A 5,500 mile structure of rock, stone, rivers, motes, and trenches stretching for miles through cities and mountains.  Part constructed as far back as early BCE, the most well-known sections built by the Ming dynasty.  Along my path are towers used to signal adjacent towers to warn of danger approaching.  I was used both in defensive and as a transportation corridor.  What am I walking?
4/1/20 - I board a train for the last leg of my journey before heading home.  My path will take me through a number of countries on my way to my destination.  My destination is a country where my fjords, mountains and northern lights are well known around the world.  Here you will find the worlds largest road tunnel in the world.  Every 6km there is a cave to separate sections of road. The lighting varies throughout the tunnel and caves to break routine and provide a varied view.  It host the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony every year.  They introduced salmon sushi to Japan and is one of Japans most popular dishes.  Modern and ancient skiing was invented here and they are the worlds most successful winter olympics winers. They have Europes biggest herd of reindeer and during WWI they stayed neutral.  The colonel-in-chief of the Kings Guards is a penguin.  Where am I?
4/1/20 part B - what places have I visited before, if any?
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