2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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My sincerest apologies for the delay. I usually try to get two rounds up on Friday, but this week I just didn't make it.

Here we go.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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CARIBBEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM

2: Sprinters Ben Johnson and Usain Bolt are natives of Falmouth, a port city on the north side of this island.

4: This most densely populated island in the Caribbean is home to Bridgetown, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

6: This island off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is world famous as a destination for scuba divers.

8: One of the two islands that make up the island country known as “A&B.”

10: Basseterre is the capital and largest port on this leeward island whose French name translates as Saint Christopher.

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3: July 4 – Rather than destroying the world, this device at CERN was used by scientists to find evidence for the Higgs boson.

6: November 29 – This region of the Middle East was granted the status of “non-member observer state.”

9: June 24 – It was the end of the world for the Pinta Island Tortoise when Lonesome George, the last known individual, died in this Ecuadorian national park.

12: February 21 – In the wake of Arab Spring protests, Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned as President of this country he had led since its 1990 unification.

15: April 26 – Charles Taylor, former president of this African country, was sentenced to fifty years in prison for “crimes against humanity” committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cozumel
8: Antigua
10:St. Kitts

3:
6:
9: Galapagos
12:
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2: Jamaica
4:
6: Cozumel
8: Barbuda
10: St Kitts

3: Large Hadron Collider
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12:
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2 jamaica
4 barbados
6 cozumel
8 antigua and barbuda
10-----------------
3 large hadron collider (keep sean connery away from this one)
6 palestine
9 gallopagos islands
12 --------
15 liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cozumel
8: Antigua (and Barbuda)
10: St. Kitts

3: Large Hadron Collider
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12: Yemen
15: Liberia

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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cancun?
8: Antigua
10: Saint Kitts and Nevis

3: Particle Accelerator?
6: Palestine?
9: Galapagos Islands?
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Well, pretty much anything is better than yesterday, Round 5 (I guess that's still today haha).
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6:
8: Antigua
10: St Croix

3: LHC
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12: Yemen
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Hispaniola
4: Barbados
6: Mazatlan
8: Antigua
10: St. Kitts


3: supercollider
6: Palestinian Territory
9: Galapagos
12: United Arab Emirates?
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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2. Jamaica
4. Barbados
6. Cabo San Lucas?
8. Barbuda
10. St. Kitts and Nevis

3. particle accelerator
6. Palestine
9. Galapagos
12. Yemen
15.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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CARIBBEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM

2: What is Jamaica?

4: What is Barbados?

6: What is CLAM?

8: What is Antigua?

10: What is St. Kitts?

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3: What is a particle accelerator?

6: What is Palestine?

9: What is the Galapagos?

12: What is Yemen?

15: What is Liberia?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6:
8: Antigua or Barbuda
10: St Kitts

3: accelerator
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12: Yemen
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Throwing caution to the wind:
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2. Jaimaca
4. CLAM
6. Cozumel
8. Antigua
10. St. Kitt and Nevis

3. super collider
6. Palestine
9. Galapagos
12. Tunisia
15. CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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After yesterday's total clam, this was a good one:
Spoiler
2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cozumel
8: Antigua (& Barbuda)
10: St Kitts

3: LHC
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos Islands
12: Yemen
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Spoiler
2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6:
8: Antigua
10: St Kitts

3: cyclotron
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12:
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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CARIBBEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM

2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cozumel
8: Antigua
10: St. Kitts

2012: COUNTDOWN TO MAYAN RAGNAROK

3: Supercollider
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos Islands
12: Yemen
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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Spoiler
2:
4:Barbados
6:
8:
10:

3:particle accelerator
6:West Bank
9:Galapagos
12:Yemen
15:Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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CARIBBEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM
2: Jamaica
4: Barbados
6: Cancun
8: Antigua
10: St Kitts

2012: COUNTDOWN TO MAYAN RAGNAROK
3: Super collider
6: Palestine
9: Galapagos
12: Yemen
15: Liberia
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6

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CARIBBEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM

2: Jamaica

4: Barbados

6: CLAM

8: Antigua

10: St. Kitts?

2012: COUNTDOWN TO MAYAN RAGNAROK

3: Superconducting Supercollider

6: Palestine

9: Galapagos

12: Yemen

15: Liberia
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