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December 12, 2001 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC Passport Destination: African Safari Packing Round 1. The word "safari" comes from this language. ARABIC 2. Tanzania's Manyara Lake is famous as a habitat for these long legged pink wading birds. FLAMINGOS 3. By Kenyan rules in this sport if a ball hits a running warthog the shot cannot be replayed. GOLF 4. Today's safaris can include all of these modes of transport except 10-SPEED BIKES. 5. You're apt to see all of these animals on an African safari except GRIZZLY BEARS. 6. I can run 60 miles an hour and my back bends to allow me to take long strides. What am I? CHEETAH Picture of large valley Departure Round 1. Tusker and White Cap are local BEERS of Kenya. 2. Daniel Arap Moi is the president of this East African nation. KENYA 3. In "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" the pet detective goes to Africa in search of a rare WHITE BAT. 4. Most East African safaris include a visit to this capitol city of Kenya. NAIROBI 5. Kenya's William Tanui took the gold in this event during the 1992 Summer Olympics. 800-METER RUN Picture of gorilla On Tour Round 1. In both Tanzania and Kenya you'd need SHILLINGS in your pocket to buy local handicrafts. 2. In this Ernest Hemmingway short story Harry, a writer, dies while on African Safari. THE SNOWS OF KILAMONJARO 3. Stanley and Livingston had their famous meeting near the shores of this deep East African lake. TANGANYIKA 4. The two official languages in both Tanzania and Kenya are English and SWAHILI. 5. The culture of Tanzania's indigenous Masai tribe center on CATTLE BREEDING 6. This large antelope has hindquarters like a horse and a buffalo's humped shoulders. GNU 7. How did Namibia's Skeleton Coast get its name? MANY SHIPWRECKS Picture of skull 8. As a game hunter in Kenya, Clark Gable steamed up the jungle with Ava Gardner in MOGAMBO. 9. Black and white colobus is a kind of MONKEY. 10. Many safaris include a visit to the Kenya home of Joy Adamson, author of BORN FREE. 11. This word means "hello" in Swahili. JAMBO 12. All of these are characteristics of African elephants except SOLITARY CREATURES. Bonus question 1 Which famous waterfall is located on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border? VICTORIA Bonus question 2 Look at the following map, pick the region where Victoria Falls is located. Area 5 Picture of rhino Slide Show 1. The depression which extends across most of East Africa is called the Great RIFT Valley. 2. How does a male gorilla proclaim his dominance? DIRECT STARE 3. This anthropologist found the Zinj skull in East Africa's Olduvai Gorge. LOUIS LEAKEY 4. What makes Africa's black rhinoceros different from the Indian rhino? TWO HORNS |