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| | [[Image:NationalMuseumofKenya_MIM.png|thumb|Luigi's photograph of the skull in the '''National Museum of Kenya'''.]] |
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| | The '''[[Wikipedia:National Museums of Kenya#National Museum, Nairobi|National Museum of Kenya]]''' is a museum in [[Nairobi]]. It appeared in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' as one of the city's three landmarks. It was closed due to a 3 million year-old '''human skull''' being stolen by [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and it was [[Luigi]]'s task to find and return it, proving its authenticity by answering questions about the museum and the skull. According to citizens of Nairobi, it was a [[Wikipedia:Homo habilis|homo habilis]] skull, discovered by Richard Leakey. Before Luigi returned it back to the National Museum (for which he was rewarded $2800, plus $3200 bonus), a tourist in the city also stated that the museum's director is "out of his head with worry over that skull's whereabouts". |
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| {{quote|Anthropologists believe Kenya to be the birthplace of all mankind. Scientists working there have dug up some of the oldest human fossils ever found. One skull found near Lake Turkana is said to be almost 3 million years old! The plains of East Africa -- Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia -- are being eagerly excavated to try and solve the mystery of where human beings first lived.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
| | ==Pamphlet Information from ''Mario is Missing!''== |
| The '''{{wp|National Museums of Kenya#Nairobi National Museum of Kenya|National Museum of Kenya}}''' (whose proper name is the '''Nairobi National Museum'''<ref>"Nairobi National Museum." ''National Museums of Kenya'', www.museums.or.ke/introduction/. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref>) is a museum in [[Nairobi]]. It appears in the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']] as one of the city's landmarks. In the game, it has been closed due to a three million year-old [[human skull]] being stolen by [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and it is [[Luigi]]'s task to find and return it, proving its authenticity by answering questions about the museum and the skull (seen below). He is rewarded 2,800 dollars for returning it, plus a 3,200 dollar bonus if he returns it first.
| | ''Anthropologists believe Kenya to be the birthplace of all mankind. Scientists working there have dug up some of the oldest human fossils ever found. One skull found near Lake Turkana is said to be almost 3 million years old! The plains of East Africa -- Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia -- are being eagerly excavated to try and solve the mystery of where human beings first lived.'' |
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| == Questions ==
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| Luigi must answer the following questions to prove the skull's authenticity:
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| *''Anthropologists think Kenya may be the birthplace of mankind. Why?''
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| **Messages written on cave walls/Writing on cave walls (NES)
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| **'''Very old human fossils'''
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| **Very old dinosaur bones
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| **Leftover birthday cake
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| *''How old is that skull you're holding?''
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| **300,000 years
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| **344,000 years
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| **'''3,000,000 years'''
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| **Way old
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| *''Who discovered that skull you're holding?''
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| **'''Richard Leaky'''
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| **Jomo Kenyatta
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| **An anonymous anthropologist/An unknown anthropologist (NES)
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| **H. Habilus
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| *''Kenya is the burial site of the oldest discovered human _____''
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| **books
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| **gorges
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| **'''fossils'''
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| **buildings
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| ==Media==
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| |description1=Live-action footage of the National Museum of Kenya in the Deluxe version of ''Mario is Missing!''
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | [[Category:Mario is Missing! Landmarks]] |
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| |Ger=Nationalmuseum von Kenia
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| |GerM=National Museum of Kenya
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| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst''|language=German|accessdate=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
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| ==Notes==
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| *In the NES version, the museum is depicted on the map as a human skull.
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| *Although the game describes the human skull as being "almost 3 million years old", this information is based on an incorrect estimation; the actual skull found by Leakey is estimated to be roughly 1.9 million years old, and furthermore assumed to have belonged to a species known as [[wikipedia:Homo rudolfensis|homo rudolfensis]], not homo habilis.
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Museums]]
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