BIRD IS THE WORD
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NATIONAL PARKS
100

THESE NOCTURNAL BIRDS FLY THROUGH THE AIR WITHOUT ANY SOUND, SWALLOW UP TO 1,000 MICE PER YEAR AND SPIT THEM OUT AS "PELLETS"

OWLS

100

THESE AFRICAN EQUINES ARE KNOW FOR THEIR DISTINCT BLACK & WHITE STRIPED COATS WITH NO TWO STRIPES BEING ALIKE, HOWEVER THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER THE AFRICAN LION WHO SAYS THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME

ZEBRA
100

HOODOS (IRREGULAR COLUMNS OF ROCK) EXIST ON EVERY CONTINENT, BUT THIS NATIONAL PARK IN UTAH HOLDS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION FOUND ANYWHERE ON EARTH.  DISNEYLAND'S "BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN" REPLICATES SEVERAL OF THESE FEATURES FROM THIS NATIONAL PARK

BRYCE CANYON

200

OF THESE BIRDS LISTED:

(MALLARD, GROUSE, TEAL)

IT IS THE ONLY BIRD THAT CAN'T SWIM

GROUSE

200

STICKING WITH THE AFRICAN THEME, THIS COUNTRY HAS 6 LETTERS IN ITS NAME AND IS WIDELY KNOWN FOR ITS "WALKING SAFARI" AND BORDERS THE ZAMBEZI RIVER.... JUST REMEMBER IT HAS 6 LETTERS

ZAMBIA
200

DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT, THE NAME OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SIGHT COMES FROM ITS NATIVE AMERICAN ROOTS MEANING "PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAIN" AND VISITORS CAN EXPERIENCE A PARK RANGER GUIDED TOUR BY LANTERN INSIDE ITES DARK PASSAGES AFTER A 1.5 MILE HIKE TO GET INSIDE

TIMPANOGOS CAVE

300

THIS BIRD OF PREY CAN REACH A TOP SPEED OVER 240 MPH AND CAN BE OFTEN FOUND IN NESTS ON THE WINDOW LEDGES OF THE JOSEPH SMITH MEMORIAL BUILDING

PEREGRINE FALCON

300

THIS 2016 DISNEY ANIMATED FILM FEATURES A FULL CITY/SOCIETY OF CARTOON ANIMALS WORKING TOGETHER, FEATURING JUDY HOPPS, WHO DREAMS TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE RABBIT POLICE OFFICER

ZOOTOPIA
300

THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AS IT HAD 250,000 EMIGRANTS PASS THROUGH HEADING WEST TO FIND GOLD IN THE 1840-1860 TIMEFRAME.  IT ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THE MORMON PIONEER AND THE PONY EXPRESS TRAILS IN THE UTAH SECTION.

CALIFORNIA TRAIL
500

BRITISH LITERATURE

THIS BELOVED AUTHOR LATER REVEALED THAT "THE BFG" WAS HIS FAVORITE STORY, JAMES'S PEACH WAS ORIGINALLY A CHERRY, AND MR FOX WAS THE CLEVEREST CHARACTER OF THEM ALL

500

UTAH'S DECIDUOUS TREES

IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE ENERGY IN THE WINTER MONTHS, DECIDUOUS TREES DO THIS ACTION EACH FALL DUE TO THEIR DIMINISHING ABILITY TO MAKE CHLOROPHYLL AT THE SAME RATES AS THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER WITH HAVING LESS SUNLIGHT EACH DAY

500

CONCERNING THE NATION

WHEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE, THIS VALUE WAS A MERE $738 BILLION.  IT THEN GREW TO $5.6 TRILLION ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S LAST DAY AND TODAY IT IS A STAGGERING $33 TRILLION (GROWING BY $1,000,000 PER MINUTE)

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