Passport Club
It's in the Name
Elements of Culture - Examples
Africa
Color Squares/Crossing the Stream
100

Just south of Canada.

What is the USA?

100

CAN

What is Canada?

100

Frog legs, birthday cake, sushi

What is FOOD?

100

The largest hot desert in the world. 

What is the Sahara?

100

What do these symbols tell you:

1G, 2P, 3B

What is, "the puzzle has 1 Green, 2 Purple and 3 Blue squares in the solution." 

200

The largest country in South America. 

What is Brazil?

200

JAM

What is Jamaica?

200

Huts, apartments, teepees

What is SHELTER?

200

The other important desert in Africa.

What is the Kalahari?

200

What is one of the most important skill learned from Colored Squares? 

Answers may vary - but definitely deductive reasoning or persistence. 

300

This country looks like Harry Potter's Sorting Hat, and it is in central Africa. 

What is Cameroon?

300

PAN

What is Panama?

300

Cricket, fencing, polo

What is ACTIVITIES?

300

The highest point in Africa.

What is Mount Kilimanjaro?

300

In Crossing the Stream, what do the clues look like? 

A series of numbers like 1,2,2

400

Gua Gua - This Central American country sounds like the sound a dog makes in Spanish Speaking countries.  

What is Guatemala?

400

HAD

What is Chad?

400

Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim

What is RELIGION?

400

The number of countries in Africa.

What is 54?

400

How many spaces must be between colored boxes in Colored Squares? 

What is one or more?

500

Named like his neighbor, but add one more word.  This country is on the west coast of Africa.  

What is Guinea Bissau?

500

KEY

What is Turkey?

500

Emperor Naruhito, President Xi Jinping, Queen Elizabeth

What is GOVERNMENT?

500

The smallest country in Africa.

What are the Seychelles?

500

Why do we practice brain busting logic problems? 

Answers may vary, but may include:

To try difficult things. 

So we know what to do when we are frustrated.

To practice persistence.

To problem solves with our peers.