2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Here's day 6, sooner than planned. Travel can be funny sometimes.

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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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ART? UH “O”

2: In 1929, this painter left New York for New Mexico, where she would create some of her most famous works over the next 20 years.

4: The monument to Jefferson Davis in Fairview, Kentucky is one of these four-sided pillars with a pyramid top.

6: This type of art, associated with Jesus Soto and M. C. Escher, is designed to play tricks on the viewer's eyes.

8: This process employs an indirect image transfer technique, first pressing the image onto a rubber roller and from there onto the final surface.

10: With his partner Calvert Vaux, this landscape architect designed Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City.

SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM

3: Access to the resort island of Sentosa from this Asian city-state is available via the Sentosa Express monorail.

6: In 2014, construction is set to begin on a 1-meter gauge system of these connecting Benin to Ivory Coast via Niger and Burkina Faso.

9: The 16-mile long King Fahd Causeway connects Bahrain to this larger country on the Asian mainland.

12: Currently, the only way to travel from this country east into Suriname is to take a ferry across the Corentyne River.

15: Airlink provides flights from Johannesburg to this country's Moshoeshoe International Airport in its capital city of Maseru.
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
ART? UH “O”

2: In 1929, this painter left New York for New Mexico, where she would create some of her most famous works over the next 20 years.

(GEORGIA) O'KEEFE

4: The monument to Jefferson Davis in Fairview, Kentucky is one of these four-sided pillars with a pyramid top.

OBELISK

6: This type of art, associated with Jesus Soto and M. C. Escher, is designed to play tricks on the viewer's eyes.

OP ART / OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

8: This process employs an indirect image transfer technique, first pressing the image onto a rubber roller and from there onto the final surface.

OFFSET

10: With his partner Calvert Vaux, this landscape architect designed Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City.

OLMSTEAD

SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM

3: Access to the resort island of Sentosa from this Asian city-state is available via the Sentosa Express monorail.

SINGAPORE

6: In 2014, construction is set to begin on a 1-meter gauge system of these connecting Benin to Ivory Coast via Niger and Burkina Faso.

TRAINS / RAILROADS

9: The 16-mile long King Fahd Causeway connects Bahrain to this larger country on the Asian mainland.

SAUDI ARABIA

12: Currently, the only way to travel from this country east into Suriname is to take a ferry across the Corentyne River.

GUYANA

15: Airlink provides flights from Johannesburg to this country's Moshoeshoe International Airport in its capital city of Maseru.

LESOTHO
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: O'Keeffe.
4: obelisk
6: Op-art
8: offset
10: O'CLAM

3: Singapore
6: railroads?
9: Saudi Arabia
12:
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Georgia O'Keefe
4: Obelisk
6: Op art
8: Offset printing?
10:

3: Singapore
6: Railroads?
9: Saudi Arabia?
12: Guyana
15:
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
ART? UH “O”
2: Georgia O'Keeffe
4: obelisk
6: optical illusion
8:
10:

SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM
3: Singapore
6: railway
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: o'keefe
4: obelisk
6: op-art
8: offset printing?
10: olmstead

3: singapore
6: rails?
9: saudi arabia
12: guyana
15: lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Georgia O'Keeffe
4: Obelisk
6: Op-art
8:
10:

3: Hong Kong
6: Railroads
9: Saudi Arabia
12: The Gambia
15: Swaziland
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Spoiler
2: Georgia O'Keeffe
4: Obelisk
6: Op art
8: oCLAMation
10: Olmsted



3: Singapore
6: Railroad??
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: OKeefe
4: obelisk
6: Op Art
8: offset printing
10: Olmstead

3: Singapore
6: railroad
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana I guess
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: (Georgia) O'Keefe
4: obelisk
6: optical illusion
8: offset type (or offset printing)
10: (Frederick Law) Olmstead


3: Singapore
6: railroads / train tracks / rail lines?
9: Saudi Arabia?
12: Venezuela?
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
ART? UH “O”
2: O'Keeffe
4: obelisk
6: op-art
8: offset
10: Olmsted

SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM
3: Singapore
6: monorail
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Trinidad and Tobago
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2:Georgia O'Keefe
4:oblisk
6:optical illusion
8:
10:

3:Hong Kong
6:canals
9:
12:
15:
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: O'Keefe
4: Obelisk
6: Optical illusion?
8:
10:

3: Singapore
6:
9: Saudi Arabia?
12: Guyana?
15:
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Georgia O'Keefe
4: Obelisk
6: Op Art
8:
10: Frederick Law Olmstead

3: Singapore
6:
9: Saudi Arabia
12:
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: O'Keeffe
4: Obelisk
6: Op Art
8: CLAM
10: Olmstead

3:Singapore
6: Railroad (or a bullet train?)
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: O'Keefe
4: Obelisk
6: clam
8: clam
10: Olmsted

3: Singapore
6: clam
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
ART? UH “O”

2: Georgia O'Keeffe
4: Obelisk
6: Op-art
8: CLAM
10: CLAM

SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL & TOURISM

3: Singapore
6: Railroads?
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: O'Keeffe
4: obelisk
6: op art
8: offset
10: Olmstead

3: Singapore
6: railroad
9: Saudi Arabia
12: Guyana
15: Lesotho
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2. O'Keefe
4. obelisk
6. OpArt
8. Offset?
10. Orlando CLAMMO

3. Singapore
6. Railroads?
9. Saudi Arabia
12. Guyana?
15. South CLAMistan
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