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Scavenger Hunt 2012 Game #2

Archaeological sites often appear in movies. Here are 10 sites from 10 fairly popular movies. For each image we asked you to name the site, the country in which it is located, and the name of the movie in which it appears. See the answers below.


Image 1

1. Seen in a popular science fiction movie series
2. Father-son issues force limb-severing confrontations.

 Tikal
 Guatemala
 Star Wars Episodes IV & V


Image 2

1. This building appears in the final scenes of the movie.
2. The actor who played the fedora-wearing, whip-wielding star of this movie also appeared in the movie featured in Image 1.

 Petra
 Jordan
 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


Image 3

1. Father-son issues (again!) at the start of this Ridley Scott directed movie led to to a final showdown in this building.
2. The brother of one of this movie’s stars appears briefly in the movie associated with Image 2.

 Gladiator


Image 4

1. A forbidden romance ended by accident?
2. The orchestra played on, or so they say!

 Titanic


Image 5

1. Famous comic actor destroys this site by backing his car into it
2. A movie from the 1980s—does not feature a restful break

 UK
 National Lampoon’s European Vacation


Image 6

1. Robots transform this site into a battleground, far cry from its original purpose
2. Star of this movie worked with the star of movies in Images 1 and 2 in the series connected to Image 2

 Great Pyramid at Giza
 Egypt
 Transformers: Revenger of the Fallen


Image 7

1. This famous army comes to life in the movie—third in a series.
2. Mother issues?

 Terracotta Warriors
 China
 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor


Image 8

1. Road-trip, buddy movie
2. Start of a revolution

 Machu Picchu
 Peru
 The Motorcycle Diaries


Image 9

1. Legendary king, charged with defending the empire at this linear feature that was named for a Roman emperor
2. Bend it like a Woad?

 Hadrian’s Wall
 UK
 King Arthur


Image 10

1. From popular video game to big-screen action-adventure
2. The building is part of a larger archaeological site

 Angkor Wat
 Cambodia

 


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