Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

So, for the first Quiz of the 2008, here is the first clue:


Clue #1:

I appear in only one place in the world.

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Stairway to Heaven, Broome, Western Australia

Mohawkite

Tanzanite

Tanzanite is the blue/purple variety of the mineral zoisite discovered in the Meralani Hills of northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha.

The Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon also known as Japanese Crested Ibis or Toki

At one time, the Crested Ibis was widespread in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and Russia. It is now disappeared from most of its former range. The last wild Japanese Crested Ibis died in October 2003, while the remaining world population can be found only in Shaanxi province of China. This isn't the first time this has happened though. They were thought to be extinct through the 1960s and 1970s, until 1981 when seven ibises were found in Shaanxi, China.

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Kangaroo, endemic to the continent of Australia

The Coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica), the sole member of the genus Lodoicea, is a palm endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles.

eastern end of the Caprivi Strip

The big dragon. (the big lizard). Length more than 3 meters.
Lives in Indonesia.

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WOW. I have to say that I am very impressed with all of these answers, however, none are correct.
Information about this has changed and I've found this now appears in 2 places in the world in similar form.
In addition - here is the next clue.

CLUE #2:

I am a phenomenal feat of engineering.

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Two airports on an artificial islands:
Kansai International Airport
and
Chūbu Centrair International Airport

P.S.
Sorry, but there are two more airports on artificial islands:
New Kitakyushu Airport - It opened on March 16, 2006. It is designated a second class airport.
and
Kobe Airport - It opened on February 16, 2006. It is designated a third class airport.

artificial virus ;-)

tour-guide robot

1. It is a 1.5-metre tall robot in Italian, the Agrigento archaeological museum in Sicily.
2.TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) has developed a tour guide robot that will escort visitors around the various displays of Toyota Kaikan Exhibition Hall in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from August 27, 2007.

Band of Holes, Pisco Valley, Peru

Thousands of man-sized holes are carved into the barren rock near Pisco Valley, Peru on a plain called Cajamarquilla

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Panama Canal and Suez Canal

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I thought I had already posted - must have forgotten to click 'post'.

Machu Picchu.

All good answers but sorry, none are correct.

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The shone rabbit received by a method of genic engineering

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Mining in Cornwall