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2010 in Review: National Park Brain Teasers

This was one of the Mystery Plants. Bob Janiskee photo.

During 2010 our Wednesday brain teasers included 13 quizzes, 12 mystery photos, 13 mystery spots, and 11 mystery plants. They're listed here with handy links.

NATIONAL PARK QUIZZES

Quiz #77 Both

Quiz #78 Harbors

Quiz #79 Wind

Quiz #80 Water

Quiz #81 Vertigo

Quiz #82 Flowers

Quiz #83 Reproduction

Quiz #84 Ringer II

Quiz #85 Trees

Quiz #86 Ringer III

Quiz #87 Red

Quiz #88 Potpourri V

Quiz #89 National Recreation Areas


NATIONAL PARK MYSTERY PHOTOS

Mystery Photo 18: What's One More Monument/Statue/Memorial in the National Park System?

Mystery Photo 19: My, What Nice Stripes You Have!

Mystery Photo 20: What Curious Thing Is This?

Mystery Photo 21: Trying To Avoid the War Zone

Mystery Photo 22: Where Do You Need To Travel For This Shot?

Mystery Photo 23: Who Slept Here?

Mystery Photo 24: Kinda Spindly, Ain't It?

Mystery Photo 25: No Carpenter Nearby

Mystery Photo 26: Water on the Run

Mystery Photo 27: Hard to Figure

Mystery Photo 28: Shelter from the Elements

Mystery Photo 29: Pretty Fancy Headwear, No?


NATIONAL PARK MYSTERY SPOTS

Mystery Spot #7: It's Not Hard To See

Mystery Spot #8: Higher! Higher!

Mystery Spot #9: It Helps to Know the Capital of Louisiana

Mystery Spot #10: Three, Two, One

Mystery Spot #11: Nearly 900 Miles From the First Gap Store

Mystery Spot #12: It Desperately Needs More Paint

Mystery Spot #13: Flickering Forever

Mystery Spot #14: An Outdoorsy Four-Letter Word that You Have Often Heard

Mystery Spot #15: After Half a Roman Century

Mystery Spot #16: Shuck Your Clothes

Mystery Spot #17: Isn't That a Clue?

Mystery Spot #18: Snowflakes, Clint Eastwood and Superman

Mystery Spot #19: Up and Down They Go

NATIONAL PARK MYSTERY PLANTS

Mystery Plant #5: Admire the Flowers, But For Goodness Sake, Don't Eat the berries!

Mystery Plant #6: If You Know Your Ice Cream Flavors, You're Half Way to the Answer

* Fungus 1 was substituted for Mystery Plant #7 (A fungus is not a plant.) The Deadliest Thing in the Woods Doesn't Have Teeth or Claws

Mystery Plant #8: The Ferrule is dented and the handle is Cracked

Mystery Plant #9: Can You Put Them Together?

Mystery Plant #10: Heaven for the Climate, Hell for Society

Mystery Plant #11: My Cup Runneth Over

Mystery Plant #12: A Middle Sea Key

Mystery Plant #13: Big Screen, Little Screen

Mystery Plant #14: Satan Takes a Hike

Mystery Plant #15: Count One, Two, Three, and Stop

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