Saturday, February 24, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (SMS) - Part 7 of 9


Another video, another set of Ace Detective cases.


Cumulative Cheat Sheet


Athens, Greece

  • currency is drachmas
  • Hellenic Republic
  • blue and white flag
  • Greek dictionary
  • ancient Sparta
  • Parthenon
  • Balkan Peninsula
  • Cretan art
  • Aegean Sea
  • Plato's Republic
  • leader is Prime Minister

Baghdad, Iraq

  • Tigris River
  • oil well
  • red, white and black flag
  • Sumerian writing
  • Mesopotamian pot shards
  • leader is the Ruling Council
  • Arabian gazelles
  • oil rig
  • Syrian desert
  • Arabic dictionary
  • Euphrates
  • dates
  • currency is dinars
  • petrochemical plant

Bamako, Mali

  • desert horned viper
  • guide to Timbuktu
  • peanuts
  • Niger River
  • green, yellow and red flag
  • Sahara desert
  • currency is francs
  • ancient Timbuktu
  • leader is the President
  • Tuareg people

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Buddhism
  • teak forests
  • black market bahts
  • Chao Phraya River
  • red, white and blue flag
  • Siamese art
  • currency is bahts
  • pepper
  • King Cobra
  • Siamese wats
  • Siamese Summer Palace
  • Chulalongkorn
  • King Mongkut
  • leader is the King

Budapest, Hungary

  • currency is forints
  • Croatian wedding customs
  • leader is the Party Secretary
  • Alfold plain
  • Stephen the First
  • Magyar artifacts
  • Gypsy dialects
  • grapes
  • red, white and green flag
  • Danube
  • one of Austria's neighbors

Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • currency is australs
  • sun flag
  • soybeans
  • Spanish colonial history
  • gauchos
  • Mount Aconcagua
  • Parana River
  • Patagonian Express
  • Tierra del Fuego

Cairo, Egypt

  • Nile River
  • Sinai Desert
  • riddle of the Sphinx
  • red, white and black flag
  • Bedouin
  • Arabic phrasebook
  • Nubian baskets
  • cockroaches from a pharaoh's tomb
  • cotton

Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • ancient Veddah village
  • ancient Serendip culture
  • golden lion flag
  • Indian Ocean
  • currency is rupees
  • ancient Taprobane
  • Tamil dictionary
  • Sinhalese and Tamils
  • Gulf of Mannar

Istanbul, Turkey

  • Byzantine Empire
  • crescent and star flag
  • currency is lira
  • figgy pudding
  • Black Sea
  • oil rig
  • petrochemical plant
  • Turkish dictionary

Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Hindu meditations
  • Asian kingdom
  • hides
  • double triangle flag
  • one of India's neighbors
  • Himalayas
  • Hindu religion

Kigali, Rwanda

  • Mount Karisimbi
  • red, yellow and green flag
  • Tutsi wood carvings
  • Pygmy tribe
  • Pygmy creation myths
  • Hutu economics
  • volcanic activity
  • genetic research on extremely tall people
  • Kagera River

Lima, Peru

  • map/geology of the Andes
  • red and white flag
  • Spanish conquistador
  • lost Incan city
  • currency is sols
  • Mount Huascaran
  • Francisco Pizzaro
  • Mount Solimana
  • llama backpacking trip
  • Incan agricultural practices
  • leader is President
  • Aymara art

London, England

  • currency is pounds
  • red, white and blue flag
  • Welsh pronunciation
  • punting on the Thames
  • Saxon manuscripts
  • House of Windsor
  • Orkney Islands
  • tweed market

Mexico City, Mexico

  • Popocatepetl
  • Mayan calendar
  • gila monsters
  • red, green and white flag
  • currency is pesos
  • leader is the President
  • Aztec ruins
  • lost Aztec city
  • silver

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • French dictionary
  • maple leaf flag
  • second-largest country in land size
  • French colonial history
  • Northwest Territories
  • currency is dollars
  • red and white flag
  • Jacques Cartier
  • whooping crane
  • Sir Alexander Mackenzie
  • potash company
  • Montmorency Falls
  • Laurentian Uplands
  • Gaspe Peninsula
  • Yukon
  • Montgomery Falls

Moroni, The Comoros

  • currency is francs
  • island nation
  • green and white flag
  • Anjouan scops owl
  • perfume industry
  • vanilla beans
  • French phrase book
  • Mount Karthala
  • volcanoes
  • Comoran dictionary
  • leader is the President

Moscow, Russia

  • currency is rubles
  • Tsarist genealogy
  • red flag
  • Communism Peak
  • Ural Mountains
  • Kremlin
  • sugar beets
  • Ukranian Easter Eggs
  • Slavic cookbook
  • Ivan The Terrible's love letters
  • black market rubles
  • Lake Ladoga
  • largest country in the world
  • antimony
  • Slavic traditions

New Delhi, India

  • wild yaks
  • leader is Prime Minister
  • currency is rupees
  • red, white and green flag
  • copra
  • Ganges
  • Hindi dictionary
  • Red Fort
  • Sikh philosophy
  • Sikh turban
  • a use for cobra venom
  • yak-skinned coat
  • Nanda Devi
  • Sikh wedding customs

New York, New York

  • United Nations tour guide
  • red, white and blue flag
  • leader is the President
  • history of skyscrapers
  • modern art
  • Hudson River
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Grant's Tomb
  • major subway system
  • copperheads
  • World Trade Center

Oslo, Norway

  • currency is kroner
  • fjords
  • red and blue cross flag
  • Nordic skiing
  • Norwegian dictionary
  • bibliography of Ibsen's plays
  • pyrite
  • Harald the Fairheaded
  • Barents Sea
  • leader is the King

Paris, France

  • currency is francs
  • textiles and fashion design
  • leader is the President
  • ancient Franks
  • French pronunciation
  • Eiffel tower
  • Mount Blanc

Peking, China

  • currency is yuans
  • red flag
  • Yellow Sea
  • Shang Dynasty art
  • giant pandas
  • Forbidden City
  • Yuan Dynasty art
  • Minya Konka

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

  • taipans
  • red, yellow and black flag
  • coconuts
  • currency is kinas
  • Mount Karkar
  • jungle wildlife
  • tribal culture
  • Mount Manam
  • Coral Sea
  • New Ireland
  • headhunter artifacts
  • Melanesian Pidgin dictionary

Reykjavik, Iceland

  • volcanoes of the world
  • Danish colony
  • Viking artifacts
  • red and blue flag
  • boil eggs in a hot spring
  • bathe in a hot spring
  • turnips
  • currency is kronur

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • currency is cruzeiros
  • green, blue and yellow flag
  • headwaters of the Amazon
  • Amazon Basin
  • professional bushmasters at work and at play
  • Brasilia
  • golden parakeets

Rome, Italy

  • Mount Etna
  • European volcanoes
  • leader is the President
  • Apennines
  • green, white and red flag
  • volcanic eruption
  • marble quarrying
  • shoe company
  • Italian gestures
  • Tyrrhennian Sea
  • currency is lira
  • Renaissance art
  • textiles
  • the Forum
  • Po River

San Marino, San Marino

  • currency is lira
  • blue and white flag
  • country run by Regents
  • oldest republic in Europe
  • ceramics factory
  • postage stamps
  • Mount Titano
  • republic founded in the 4th century
  • Italian dictionary

Singapore, Singapore

  • one of the world's largest ports
  • red and white flag
  • currency is dollars
  • stonefish
  • island in Southeast Asia
  • British colonial rule
  • republic founded in the 4th century
  • Malayan art
  • Chinese restaurant
  • English dictionary
  • rubber plantations
  • Straits of Malacca

Sydney, Australia

  • island continent
  • red, white and blue flag
  • leader is Prime Minister
  • aboriginal dreams
  • wallabies
  • English dictionary
  • the outback
  • Great Sandy Desert
  • tiger snakes
  • Tasmanian devils
  • currency is dollars

Tokyo, Japan

  • money is yen
  • Emperor Jimmu
  • Shinto rituals
  • shoguns
  • leader is the Emperor
  • Japanese characters
  • archipelago
  • Imperial Palace
  • Commodore Perry
  • electronics

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