Around the World in 80 Daysby Joules VerneMysterious Bookworm SocietyMarch 22, 2012

Oh!, the places we will go….

Phileas Fogg planned to go to the following places

From Travel Time To

London, England 7 Suez, Egypt

Suez, Egypt 13 Bombay, India

Bombay, India 3 Calcutta, India

Calcutta, India 13 Hong Kong

Hong Kong 6 Yokohama, Japan

80!

Yokohama, Japan 22 San Francisco, USA

San Francisco, USA 7 New York, USA

New York, USA 9 London, England

That is a total of 80 Days!

What kinds of Transportation did Phileas

use in his trip?

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Around the World in 80 Days!Why Didn’t Phileas Just Take a Plane?!!!!

Our Book was set in 1872, Planes did not exist yet!!

Orville and Wilbur Wright developed the first powered AircraftTheir first flight was December 17, 1903

It took place in Kitty Hawk , North CarolinaNorth Carolina’s uses the slogan “First in Flight” on its license plates

Around the World in 80 Days!Why Didn’t Phileas Just Take a Car?!!!

Karl Benz created the 3 Wheel MotorWagen in 1883

It is widely recognized as the first automobileKarl Benz as in “Mercedes-Benz”

Frank Duryea created the 4 Wheel car in 1893

Cars did not exist yet either!!

Did you Read the Book?

Are you a Certified Super Genius?? Then let’s do

a Crossword

puzzle! You Better

Bring it!!

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1. What Disney Character does Passepartout's nose resemble (pg 138)4 5

2. In what Nation was Joules Verne born?6

3. In what type of religious temple did Passepartout forget to remove his shoes?7

5. What is the first helping verb?8

8. What is the last helping verb?9

11. What was the last City Detective Fix could arrest Phileas before London?10

14. What type of animal slowed down the train from San Francisco?11

16. What is the Capital of Ireland?12 16

17. The largest animal used as transportation in the story

ACROSS

4. What legal document was Detective Fix always waiting on?17

6. What utility did Passepartout leave on in his room for 80 days?13 14

7. Which "X men" character does Passepartout most resemble (pg 218)18

8. How do you win on Ebay?

9. What type of vehicle did Phileas use to get to Omaha?

10. What was Phileas' favorite card game?

11. What type of religion did the Priests in India practice?

12. In what city did Phileas' adventure begin?15

13. What type of criminal did Detective Fix think Phileas was?

15. From what tribe were the Indians who attacked the train?

18. How would you describe Colonel Proctor?

Around the World in 80 Days!

Let’s retrace the trip made by Phileas Fogg on the Map on the Wall.

Please only use the Dry Erase markers

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