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November 27, 2002 By: Betty Ramsey Passport Destination: Famous Zoos Packing Round 1. This zoo is located in Chicago. LINCOLN PARK 2. You would go to a zoo's aviary to see the BIRDS . 3. Zoo's containing invertebrates, fishes and marine mammals are usually called AQUARIUMS . 4. Visitors can drive through some zoos that are also called SAFARI parks. 5. What is the most unique feature at the San Diego wild animal park in Escondido, California? ANIMALS ROAM FREELY Picture of seven or eight sided building Departure Round 1. All of these animals are matched with their favorite food except KOALA - FRUIT . 2. After being born at the San Diego zoo, panda Hua Mei was returned to this country at age three. CHINA 3. A zoo is an important setting in this classic fantasy film of the 1940's. CAT PEOPLE 4. If you went to visit Rock Creek Park, you would find yourself at the zoo in this city. WASHINTON, DC. 5. A popular sport used by zoos as fund raisers is FUN RUNS . Picture of window into an aquarium On Tour Round 1. This animal ambassador is linked with the Columbus, OH zoo. JACK HANNAH 2. "Willie B.," remembered as an animal patriarch at the Grant Park Zoo in Atlanta, was a GORILLA . 3. The earliest known examples of zoo management date back to the ancient EGYPTIANS . 4. Which of these animals now breeds mainly in captivity at zoos? PANDAS 5. London's Regent's Park Zoo was founded by this empire builder STAMFORD RAFFLES 6. This New York City zoo features "Congo gorilla forest," and African rainforest habitat. BRONX 7. If you could time-travel back to 1000 B.C. you could see the animals of this royal zookeeper. KING SOLOMON Picture of fountain with statuary of gazelles (?) 8. This game bird became nearly extinct before being saved by international zoos. HAWIIAN GOOSE 9. London's Whipsnape Park, founded in 1932, is the prototype of the OPEN RANGE zoo. 10. Which explorer-conqueror discovered a magnificent zoo so large it required 300 keepers. CORTEZ 11. You can visit the "Bear Mountain" exhibit at this U.S. zoo. DENVER 12. Australia's oldest zoo is located in this city. MELBOURNE Bonus question 1 This city's biodome absorbed its zoo and aquarium when it opened in 1992. MONTREAL Bonus question 2 Where on the map of Quebec is Montreal found? Section 3 Picture of body of water with wood Slide Show 1. Modern zoo keeping dates from the founding of the Imperial Menagerie in this capital. VIENNA 2. Located in ALBUQUERQUE, this biopark has a shark tank and exhibits on Rio Grande marine life. 3. The oldest zoo in the United States is located in PHILADELPHIA . 4. Ituri forest, tiger river and gorilla tropics are highlights of this zoo. SAN DIEGO |