Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Birthday Columbus!

Many of you probably recognize today as Valentine's Day- a day full of candy and flowers! However, today is also the 200th Birthday of the city you live in!!!! Today is the City of Columbus' Bicentennial Birthday! 


So, take a few minutes and answer these 5 questions about the city we call home. If you answer them correctly, you may even earn a Birthday surprise! PLEASE answer your questions in complete sentences! Your answers will only count if they are in complete sentences! 


You can use sites such as Google and Wikipedia to help you find your answers!


GOOD LUCK! Remember COMPLETE SENTENCES! 


1. When was the capital city of Columbus founded? (Month, day and year).


2. Who is the current Mayor of the city of Columbus?


3. Name 3 of Columbus' Sister Cities. 


4. What is the name of this downtown Columbus landmark? And how tall is this building? 
File:Columbus-ohio-leveque-tower.jpg




5. What is your favorite activity to do in Columbus? 






Read more about Columbus 200 here:
http://200columbus.com/

10 comments:

  1. 1. Capital city of Columbus was founded in February 14,1812.
    2. Michael Coleman is the current mayor of Columbus Ohio.
    3.3 of Columbus' Sister Cities are Genoa, Italy Seville, Spain Dresden, Germany.
    4.The land mark in the picture is called Ohio Leveque Tower. The Leveque is 555 feet tall and 47 stories high.
    5. My favorite activity to do in Columbus Ohio is going to the movies.

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  2. Rebecca B

    1 Cloumbus became a city in February 14 1812. 2 The current Mayor of the city of Columbus Michael B. Coleman.
    3 The 3 of Columbus' Sister cities are columbus,cincinnati,and cleveland.
    4 The name of this downtown Columbus landmark LeVeque Tower and its 555 feet 6 inches.
    5 My favorite activity to do in colubus is hanging with my friends and skateboarding.

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  3. 1 The capital of columbus was founded in February 14 1812.
    2 The current mayor is Micheal B Coleman.
    3 Columbus 3 major sister are Genoa Italy, Seville Spain, and Dresden Germany.
    4 Columbus landmark are Capitol Square Short North Nationwide Arena and Santa Maria Replica.

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  4. 5 My favorite thing to do in columbus is go to the movies BY justin N

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  5. 1.Columbus was founded on February 14, 1812.
    2.The mayor Columbus is Michael Coleman.
    3.The 3 sister cities of Columbus are Odenses,Dresaen,zapopan
    4.this bulingname is leveqve and the hight is 555 feet
    5.My favorit acttivity is working with my uncles shop to hrlp out

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  6. 1. Columbus Ohio was founded on Febuary 14 1812.

    2 The mayor of columbus is Michael Coleman.

    3.Three sister cities of Columbus are Tainan , Genoa ligulra , Taipei.

    4. This bulding name is the leveque tower and its hight is 555.

    5. My farvortie acttivity in Columbus is to work at my house.

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  7. 1)The capital city of Columbus was founded on February 14,1812.
    2)The current Mayor of the city Columbus is Michael Coleman.
    3)Three sister cities of Columbus are Genoa,Italy,Seville,Spain,and Dresden,Germany.
    4)The name of the downtown Columbus landmark is the LeVeque tower. It is 555 feet tall.
    5)My favorite activity to do in Columbus is going to Tuttle mall.

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  8. Columbus was founded on 2/14/1812.

    The mayor is Mike Coleman.

    I only knew one sister city, Genoa.

    The building is the Leveque Tower and it is 555 feet high.

    My favorite activity involves being with friends or going to a hockey game.

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  9. 1.The capital city of Columbus was founded February 14,1812

    2.Michael B. Coleman is the current mayor of the city of Columbus.

    3.Three sisters of Columbus are Genoa,Italy, Seville,Spain, and Dresden,Germany.

    4.This downtown Columbus landmark is the Le'Veque Tower.It is 555 feet tall.
    5.My favorite activity to do in Columbus is to go site seeing.

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  10. 1. The capital city of Columbus was founded on February 14, 1812.
    2. Three sister cities of Columbus are Dresden, Germany, Seveille, Spain, and Tainan, Taiwan.
    3. The current mayor of Columbus is Michael B. Coleman.
    4. The downtown Columbus landmark is called LeVeque Tower and it is 555 feet tall. It is the second tallest building in Columbus.
    5. My favorite activity in Columbus is to go to the Columbus Zoo.

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