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The first (5) correct answers were submitted by: Adeline Wiens, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
(She wins $500)
 QUESTION #1
Once just a simple fishing village, it's way more than that today. Interestingly, its name is reportedly related to the colorful results produced by periodic flooding. (Dahab, or Dhahab, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt) (It's a very popular scuba diving and windsurfing destination. As for the name, Dahab is Arabic for gold, and local historical reports indicate that in the distant past, severe seasonal storms in the mountains caused a great rush of water to surge down to the sea, dragging with it great amounts of sand. During the flood, the bay that fronts the Gulf of Suez is stirred up and the sands turn it a golden-yellow color, thus the name.) QUESTION #2
This capital city was named for a legendary explorer, a man renowned for discovering bodies of water, and much more. (Livingstone, Zambia) (Named to honor David Livingstone, the first European to view Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall, which he renamed Victoria Falls. In addition, Mr. Livingstone discovered many lakes and rivers in southern Africa) QUESTION #3
A relatively small place, it has obvious charms and many claims to fame. Those include (in part) the ruins of a large family mansion, stunning forests, and an historic place of worship that staged a 1990's A-List social event. (Cumberland Island, Georgia) NPS Island web site
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(The Carnegie’s Dungeness mansion burned down in 1959. The First African Baptist Church was established in 1893 on the island and it was the site of the September 1996 wedding of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette) QUESTION #4
This major transportation center has over one million residents, and it stands at the center of a familiar country's industrial power, and yet, it's little known by most of us. (Rosario, Argentina) (It's located at the heart of the most important industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major railroad terminal and the shipping center for northeastern Argentina. Ocean-going vessels reach the city via the Parana River) QUESTION #5
This sheltered landform was first named for the prodigious amounts of sea creatures within its confines. Somewhat later, on numerous cartographic references, it was frequently referred to in an emotional sort of way. (Gulf of Paria) (It was originally named Golfo de la Ballen (the Gulf of the Whale) by Christopher Columbus. This whale mecca was later decimated by greed. In the 18th Century, on maps, is was labeled as the Golfo Triste, or Sad Gulf) The next 5 submissions with the most correct answers were submitted by: 
James Yeager, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania USA (4 correct)
Holly Zwierzynski, Waxhaw, North Carolina USA (4 correct)
Allen McClure, Oxford, England, UK (4 correct)
Lauren McCrea, Sacramento, California USA (4 correct)
Marlene Mitchell, Champaign, Illinois USA (4 correct)
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