1. The Game… The Stone Chasers… Romancing the “Stone” The object is to find the location of the lost “Stone” named the ‘Hope Emerald’.

2. Romancing the Stone…  Your object is to locate the exact place in South America where the missing Stone is. The Stone is no ordinary stone, but rather the largest Emerald in the world, the Hope Emerald, and is considered priceless. In order to locate it, you must piece together the clues from spies in various South American locations.

3. How it is played…  You and a partner will work to decipher which places on the list you may receive a clue from.  After you have identified the correct city for each set of information, you will receive a clue from the spy in each city.  This clue will point you in a direction and combined with all of the clues, will lead to the final destination of the “Hope Emerald”.

4. Rules…  I will reveal a clue to the cities about every 2-3 minutes.  If you don’t initially figure out where it is, you may work on the next one.  You may also work on them in any order.  The first pair to find out where the lost “Hope Emerald” is located will receive bonus points and is done.

5. More rules…  It is important that you do not share your discoveries with other students in the class. Since you want to be the first group done, giving away your clues will hinder that and cause the game to not work as well  Just finishing the game is worth all 40 points. Quitting will not give you all the points.

6. You will receive this list to be used like a checklist. “The Places in South America where the Spies with the clues are hiding…”  Bogota, Colombia  Manaus, Brazil  Tierra del Fuego, Argentina  Falkland Islands, UK  Montevideo, Uruguay  Mt. Chimborazo, Ecuador  Cayenne, French Guiana  Atacama Desert, Chile  Cerro Aconcagua, Argentina  Ascuncion, Paraguay  Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela  Sao Francisco River, Brazil  Country of Bolivia  Patagonia, Argentina

7. ANY QUESTIONS…? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START… NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK….

8. List of Cities with Clues Place 1: Towering over 6000 meters, I am just south of Quito. Place 2: Perhaps one of the driest places on earth with less than 1 inch of rain per year. Place 3: Founder of this country was named Simon and is likened unto the ‘George Washington’ of South America. Place 4: I have a Portuguese name for an order of monks in the Catholic church or a Californian city. Place 5: I was the setting for a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

9. Place 1: Towering over 6000 meters, I am just south of Quito Place 2: Perhaps one of the driest places on earth with less than 1 inch of rain per year Place 3: Founder of this country was named Simon and is likened unto the ‘George Washington’ of South America Place 4: I have a Portuguese name for an order of monks in the Catholic church or a Californian city. Place 5: I was the setting for a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Place 6: The highest point in South America. Place 7: A brand name of clothes or a region near the Strait of Magellan. Place 8: I lie on the Rio de la Plata and am a capital of a smaller country. Place 9: I am at the edge of the Amazon frontier. Place 10: I am a rich source of oil and grant my country much of her wealth.... from oil.

10. Place 1: Towering over 6000 meters, I am just south of Quito Place 2: Perhaps one of the driest places on earth with less than 1 inch of rain per year Place 3: Founder of this country was named Simon and is likened unto the ‘George Washington’ of South America Place 4: I have a Portuguese name for an order of monks in the Catholic church or a Californian city. Place 5: I was the setting for a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Place 6: The highest point in South America Place 7: A brand name of clothes or a region near the Strait of Magellan Place 8: I lie on the Rio de la Plata and am a capital of a smaller country Place 9: I am at the edge of the Amazon frontier. Place 10: I am a rich source of oil and grant my country much of her wealth.... from oil. Place 11: A fiery spice used in Cajun cooking and I are the same in name. Place 12: High altitude capital that is also home of some of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. Place 13: ‘Earth of Fire’, I am a treacherous passage for careless sailors from the Scotia Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Place 14: A lowland capital of a landlocked country.

11. Now that you have all of the potential clues, piece them together to reveal the location of the missing Stone! 1. Place 1: Towering over 6000 meters, I am just south of Quito. 2. Place 2: Perhaps one of the driest places on earth with less than 1 inch of rain per year. 3. Place 3: Founder of this country was named Simon and is likened unto the ‘George Washington’ of South America. 4. Place 4: I have a Portuguese name for an order of monks in the Catholic church or a Californian city. 5. Place 5: I was the setting for a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. 6. Place 6: The highest point in South America. 7. Place 7: A brand name of clothes or a region near the Strait of Magellan. 8. Place 8: I lie on the Rio de la Plata and am a capital of a smaller country. 9. Place 9: I am at the edge of the Amazon frontier. 10. Place 10: I am a rich source of oil and grant my country much of her wealth.... from oil. 11. Place 11: A fiery spice used in Cajun cooking and I are the same in name. 12. Place 12: High altitude capital that is also home of some of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. 13. Place 13: ‘Earth of Fire’, I am a treacherous passage for careless sailors from the Scotia Sea to the Pacific Ocean. 14. Place 14: A lowland capital of a landlocked country.