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Seas Without Water

I have seas without water

I have forests without wood

I have deserts without sand

I have houses with no brick

 

What am I?

Non-Extradition Country

Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph:

There are many standard credit cards in modern use today, for example MASTERCARD, VISA, and AMEX. I counted at least 17 different
ones on TV in a one hour period.

A Sailor’s Dilemma

In 1968, a British sailor named Robin Knox Johnston set off on an around-the-world race. He sailed from England down the Atlantic, around the coast of South Africa, past Australia, across the Pacific, round the bottom of South America, then back up the Atlantic to England.  30,000 miles in 313 days, becoming the first person [...]

Four Corners

Which four American states have been mixed together here:

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Hidden Countries

Can you find five hidden countries in the following paragraph:

Dominic had a certain way with animals, he could almost talk to them. By tickling it under the chin, a tiger would roll over and let its belly be tickled. This technique is used to good effect in gaining its trust and allows a vital yearly [...]

Psychedelic Veggies

Last summer I was driving cross country from the east coast to the west coast and I was somewhere in Kansas around noontime. For miles, I am surrounded by farms that are raising a single crop. It’s beautiful to look at but confusing to understand.

 

When I look to my right, I see fields of yellow. [...]

Arctic Thanksgiving

Paul and his family live in the United States. Paul’s birthday always falls a day or two before or after Thanksgiving. His mom Sue is planning a big Thanksgiving Day dinner but his dad Tom wants to take Paul on a six day ice fishing trip to the Arctic. They manage to make their trip [...]

Missing Land Mass

What is missing from this sequence:

Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, ==?==, Sumatra,
Honshu

Pick-A-Pocket

Not long ago, I spent some time vacationing in a well-known place. It was also well known for pickpockets and other unsavory characters. When I checked into the hotel, the folks at the desk were quick to warn me of the dangers of certain areas. They insisted that I would be much safer not leaving [...]

Technicolor Dream Map

Clare has a project in school where she has to design a map of the United States. The only stipulation to the project is that no two adjoining states can be the same color. What is the least amount of colors Clare needs to accomplish this?