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Questions

The peacock is the national bird of ---------?

The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands in the ----------------?

The planner of the city of ------------------ was French architect Pierre L'Enfant. In 1791, it was known as Federal City.?

--------------- is the first and last city in the world to operate cable cars. Almost 100 other cities around the world have had cable cars, but all have discontinued use. The cable cars began operation on August 2, 1873. Designed by London born engineer Andrew Hallidie, the cable cars are controlled by a subterranean loop that travels at a constant 9.5 miles per hour.?

The ------------- got its name from the occasionally extensive blooms of algae that, upon dying, turn the sea's normally intense blue-green waters to red.?