Where in the World is Matt Lauer?

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Where in the World is Matt Lauer?
Format	Segment
Starring	Matt Lauer
Opening theme	"Where in the World is Matt Lauer?"
Country of origin	United States
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original airing	April 27, 1998
External links
Official website

Where in the World is Matt Lauer? is a segment on NBC's Today show, which features co-host Matt Lauer traveling the world to various locations within one week. The title is similar to the children's computer game and PBS game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and the segment's opening theme for a time was a take on Rockapella's theme song for the game show. The current theme is by 615 Music.

1 Matt's Travel Locations
2 External links

[edit] Matt's Travel Locations

[edit] Season 1 (1998)

April 27 - May 1

Day 1: April 27, 1998 Cairo, Egypt

Day 2: April 28, 1998 Venice, Italy

Day 3: April 29, 1998 Athens, Greece

Day 4: April 30, 1998 Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India (Taj Mahal)

Day 5: May 1, 1998 Sydney, Australia

[edit] Season 2 (1999)

May 10 - May 14

Day 1: May 10, 1999 Mt. Everest, Nepal

Day 2: May 11, 1999 Cancelled due to bad weather and travel delays.

Day 3: May 12, 1999 USS Theodore Roosevelt, Ionian Sea

Day 4: May 13, 1999 Rome, Italy

Day 5: May 14, 1999 Badaling, China (Great Wall of China)

[edit] Season 3 (2000)

May 1 - May 5

Day 1: May 1, 2000 Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA

Day 2: May 2, 2000 Bilbao, Spain

Day 3: May 3, 2000 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Day 4: May 4, 2000 Pisa, Italy

Day 5: May 5, 2000 Reykjavík, Iceland

[edit] Season 4 (2001)

May 7 - May 11

Day 1: May 7, 2001 Machu Picchu, Peru

Day 2: May 8, 2001 North Sea (Britannia oil platform)

Day 3: May 9, 2001 Paris, France

Day 4: May 10, 2001 Bangkok, Thailand

Day 5: May 11, 2001 Mykonos, Greece

[edit] Season 5 (2002)

May 13 - May 17

Day 1: May 13, 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Day 2: May 14, 2002 Marrakech, Morocco

Day 3: May 15, 2002 St Andrews and Dornoch, Scotland

Day 4: May 16, 2002 Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Day 5: May 17, 2002 Monte Carlo, Monaco and Nice, France

[edit] Season 6 (2004)

February 9 - February 13

Day 1: February 9, 2004 Mombo Camp, Botswana Clue: "It's free to get in, but it will cost a dollar or two to get out."

Day 2: February 10, 2004 Zermatt, Switzerland (The Matterhorn) Clue: "Automatically, the people there are two stops from the park."

Day 3: February 11, 2004 Hong Kong, China Clue: "We'll be on central time, a long way from home."

Day 4: February 12, 2004 Moscow, Russia (Red Square) Clue: "Four more sides and we would have to stop."

Day 5: February 13, 2004 Necker Island, British Virgin Islands Clue: "If Jack Sparrow comes calling, there are no neighbors to run to."

[edit] Season 7 (2005)

November 7 - November 11

Day 1: November 7, 2005 Easter Island, Chile Clue: "The Shuttle could land here in a pinch without turning heads."

Day 2: November 8, 2005 Panama Canal and Colón, Panama Clue: "People are still asking me about the one I got in 2002, which was almost 90 years after this most famous one was built."

Day 3: November 9, 2005 Innsbruck, Austria Clue: "The gold flowed here for a second time after a bust in the Rocky Mountains."

Day 4: November 10, 2005 Shanghai, China Clue: "This river city is known for its shopping, but the surprise is there is no Eiffel Tower."

Day 5: November 11, 2005 Dubrovnik, Croatia (Dalmatian Coast) Clue: "We've jumbled Cruella's evil plan."

[edit] Season 8 (2007)

April 30 - May 4

Day 1: April 30, 2007 Everett, Washington, USA (Boeing Everett Factory) Clue: "This is the second time we've stopped in this country, but our last four trips all began here."

Day 2: May 1, 2007 County Clare (Cliffs of Moher) and Galway, Ireland Clue: "Clare speaks the language. But if you need translation, you'll find Ann holding it down when some of us hit the road."

Day 3: May 2, 2007 Paro, Bhutan Clue: "As the son also rises, power is money here, with billions on the horizon."

Day 4: May 3, 2007 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Clue: "Although we can't top the Himalayas, we will sail to new heights in a place that will soon host the world."

Day 5: May 4, 2007 Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town, South Africa Clue: "To the West, it is 10 degrees colder. To the East, there is warmth in the air. To the North, there's a seat at the table. To the South, there's a formal affair."

[edit] Season 9 (2008)

April 28 - May 2

Day 1: April 28, 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clue: "We'll travel great distances in almost no time and let a fair wind take us to a place where the people look in their prime...but the prime rate won't bust the bank."

Day 2: April 29, 2008 Schermerhorn and Amsterdam, Netherlands Clue: "The people in our second destination are accustomed to being looked down upon...we'll let the winds lead us to them...and we should get there on time...unless we stop for the lights."

Day 3: April 30, 2008 Vientiane, Laos Clue: "The country is an anagram of a synonym of a homophone of an even prime number." (prime number= two; homophone= too; synonym= also, anagram= Laos)

Day 4: May 1, 2008 Istanbul, Turkey Clue: "The prime rate you guessed, the red lights you saw through. The anagram even proved easy to chew. In this place you can rock and there's one heck of a mall, with a turn of the head, different continents call."