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MANY INVETEBRATES COMPRISING THIS 1,400-MILE STRUCTURE OFF AUSTRAILIA DIED IN 2016
WHAT IS THE GREAT BARRIER REEF?
BY THE 17TH CENTURY, KEEPERS OF THESE HAD DEVELOPED A SCREEN VEIL AND HAD LEARNED THE VALUE OF SMOKE IN CONTROLLING THEM
WHAT ARE BEES?
WHICH ISLAND COUNTRY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE 'ISLAND OF SPICE'
WHAT IS GRANADA?
650 MILES OFF THE U.S., IT WAS THE SITE OF A 1609 SHIPWRECK OF COLONISTS BOUND FOR JAMESTOWN THAT MAY HAVE INSPIRED THE TEMPEST
WHAT IS BERMUDA?
HE CREATED WHO-VILLE
WHO IS DR. SEUSS?
(ACCEPTABLE: THEODOR GEISEL)
PESTICIDES CALLED NEONICOTINOIDS ARE UNDER AN E.U. BAN, PRIMARILY TO SAVE THESE INSECTS
WHAT ARE BEES?
OR
WHAT ARE HONEY BEES?
SMOKE JUMPERS ARE A SPECIALIZED GROUP OF THESE EMERGENCY WORKERS WHO PARACHUTE INTO ACTION
WHAT ARE (FOREST) FIREFIGHTERS?
THE 750,000 PEOPLE OF BHUTAN LIVE IN THESE MOUNTAINS, WHICH INCLUDE THE 24,800-FOOT GANGKAR PUENSUM
WHAT ARE THE HIMALAYAS?
THIS LITTLE LADY THAT SAILED WITH COLUMBUS WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED THE SANTA CLARA
WHAT IS THE NINA?
J.M. BARRIE IMAGINED THIS WORLD WHERE PETER PAN WOULD NEVER GROW UP.
WHAT IS NEVER-NEVERLAND?
CURTAINS MADE OF CARBON FIBER RODS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP BUILDINGS WITHSTAND THESE
WHAT ARE EARTHQUAKES?
(ALSO ACCEPTABLE: TREMORS)
SMOKE IS PAIRED WITH THESE TO MAKE A PHRASE USED WHEN REALITY IS BEING DELIBERATELY OBSCURED
WHAT ARE MIRRORS?
WINTER SPORTS AND DUTY-FREE SHOPPING LURE 8 MILLION TOURISTS A YEAR TO THIS 76,000-STRONG NATION OF THE PYRENEES
WHAT IS ANDORRA?
THE 1915 SINKING OF THIS OCEAN LINER HEIGHTENED TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GERMANY
WHAT IS THE RMS LUSITANIA?
THE SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDY WHERE HARRY POTTER ATTENDS
WHAT IS HOGWARTS?
WORD DESCRIBING , FOR EXAMPLE
E=MC2
THAT USES ALL 5 VOWELS
WHAT IS AN EQUATION?
SMOKE IS PAIRED WITH THIS WORD TO DESCRIBE AN ACTION OR STATEMENT USED TO CONCEAL ACTUAL PLANS OR INTENTIONS
WHAT IS A SMOKE SCREEN?
THE COUNTRY WOULD YOU FIND THE CURRENCY 'BAHT'
WHAT IS THAILAND?
IT'S SAID TO HAVE GOTTEN ITS FAMOUS NICKNAME AFTER BRITISH SHOT BOUNCED OFF ITS WOODEN HULL IN 1812
WHAT IS THE USS CONSTITUTION?
(ACCEPTABLE: OLD IRONSIDES)
THE ISLAND THAT IS HOME TO JURASSIC PARK
WHAT IS ISLA NUBLAR?
NEON LIGHTING WAS INTRODUCED IN FRANCE IN 1910 AND TRUE NEON SIGNS ARE ONLY OF THIS COLOR
WHAT IS RED?
(ACCEPTABLE: ORANGE-RED)
ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF LONG-DISTANCE COMMUNICATION. USED TO TRANSMIT NEWS OR SIGNAL DANGER
WHAT IS A SMOKE SIGNAL?
EUROPE'S MOST MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY
WHAT IS SWITZERLAND?
THE NAME OF THE FLAG USED BY JOHN PAUL JONES. ALSO KNOWN AS THE 'FRANKLIN FLAG' DUE TO THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY AMBASSADOR FRANKLIN.
WHAT IS THE SERAPIS FLAG?
THE COUNTRY THAT IS HOME TO 13 DISTRICTS AND KATNISS EVERDEEN
WHAT IS PANEM?