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January 3, 2007 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Las Vegas Packing Round 1. Las Vegas is known by all of these nicknames except CITY OF ANGELS . 2. This hotel-casino on the Strip is known for its big volcano. THE MIRAGE 3 A black mink coat lined with 40,000 rhinestones is displayed at The LIBERACE Museum. 4. Take time out to see nearby HOOVER Dam. 5. Four blocks of this downtown area main street are covered with canopy lights. FREEMONT STREET 6. The city's two main tourist areas are the Strip and the downtown area known as GLITTER GULCH . Picture: swimming pools with columns and trees Departure Round 1. Las Vegas is famous for scrumptious low-cost buffets including the Luxor's PHAROH'S FEAST Buffet. 2. A mountain, waterfall and man-made lake are highlights of this newest hotel-casino. WYNN LAS VEGAS 3. The movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is based on a classic novel by HUNTER S. THOMPSON . 4. The mountains that surround the Las Vegas Valley include the SPRING Mountains to the west. 5. The University of Nevada Las Vegas` sports teams are known as the "Runnin`" REBELS . Picture: desert landscape On Tour 1. Mobster Bugsy Siegel built this hotel that was the anchor what the Strip later became. THE FLAMINGO 2. "Adventure Dome" is an indoor theme park in this hotel-casino. CIRCUS CIRCUS 3. The object of this card game is to bet for the side with a total card value closest to nine. BACCARAT 4. The GUGGENHEIM HERMITAGE Museum was designed by Pritzker prize- winning architect Rem Koolhaas. 5. This big production show has been playing at the Tropicana for almost 40 years. FOLLIES BERGIER 6. The man-made lake at the Bellagio was inspired by northern Italy's Lake COMO . 7. At which resort-casino can you see dolphins frolicking in a 2.5 million gallon pool? THE MIRAGE Picture: sphinx 8. The FASHION SHOW Mall, located on the Strip, is the city`s flagship mall. 9. Visitor`s to Madam Tussaud`s Wax interactic wax museum can putt with Tiger Woods or marry GEORGE CLOONEY . 10. Lance Burton, a headliner at the Monte Carlo Hotel-Casino is a/an MAGICIAN . 11. These are all championship golf courses in the Las Vegas area except DESERT PASSAGE . 12. Which of these Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil productions is an aquatic show? "O" Bonus Question One The STRATOSPHERE Tower is billed as the nation's tallest free standing observation tower. Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Nevada is Las Vegas found? Area 5 Picture: Eiffel Tower Slide Show 1. This hotel's Garden of the Gods has a circular pool, fountains and fluted columns. CAESAR'S PALACE 2. Colorful sandstone formations are the main attraction at nearby VALLEY OF FIRE State Park. 3. These are all features of the landmark Luxor Hotel except RIVER RIDE . 4. The landmark Paris Las Vegas has replicas of all of these real Paris sites except NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL . Clues for next destination: Former republics Socialist connection Newly independent |