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Earlier this week, 25,000 residents near Jasper National Park had to evacuate due to wildfires. Jasper National Park is located in the province of Alberta, which is part of this country.
What is Canada?
This word starts with an A.
This fruit, with a thin, red/green/yellow skin and crisp flesh, comes from the rose family of plants.
What is the apple?
True or false: flowers have male and female parts.
Male: stamen
Female: pistil
The central nervous systems is made of the spinal cord and this organ.
What is the brain?
J.K. Rowling wrote this series of books featuring a school of wizardry and the defeat of sinister forces.
What is Harry Potter?
An airplane crashed and killed 18 people in the Asian country of Nepal; the crash site was about 100 miles from this mountain in the Himalayas, the tallest in the world.
What is Mt. Everest?
This word starts with an A.
This phrase refers to something that is satisfactory or acceptable.
What is alright?
What is the orange blossom?
Osteoblasts are cells that builds this white-colored organ system, comprised of 206 individual components in the adult body.
What is the skeletal system (bone)?
This English author, who was born in British India, wrote the novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" and died in London at age 46.
Who is George Orwell?
The International Olympic Committee announced that the 2034 Winter Olympics will be held in Salt Lake City, the capital of this western state.
What is Utah?
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This word starts with an A.
To greatly fill with astonishment or surprise.
What is amaze?
Several centuries ago, these large, colorful flowers were more valuable than gold in the Netherlands/Holland.
What are tulips?
Some baseball pitchers undergo Tommy John Surgery to reconstruct their ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). The UCL is located in this joint between the humerus, ulna and radius.
What is the elbow?
This Czech Jewish author wrote books featuring strange situations, such as when a man transformed into an insect in "The Metamorphosis," and died at the age of 40 due to tuberculosis.
Who is Franz Kafka?
The 2024 Summer Olympics started two days ago in this Western European city on the Seine River, home to the Eiffel Tower.
What is Paris?
This word starts with an A.
A distinctive form of pronunciation that is specific to a location, country or social class. Examples include American, British, Australian.
What is an accent?
The Wars of the _____ (name of a type of flower) occurred from 1455-1487 in medieval England between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. This flower is commonly gifted between partners.
What are roses?
Electrical impulses originate from the sinoatrial (SA) node, located in this thoracic organ.
What is the heart?
This author, the "King of Horror," wrote "The Shining" and "'Salem's Lot" in addition to 200 short stories, including the basis for the film "The Shawshank Redemption."
Who is Stephen King?
Offshore gambling centers, which allowed foreigners to place bets, were recently banned in this Southeast Asian island country whose capital is Manila.
What are the Philippines?
This word starts with an A.
For something that is originally hostile to become less severe or reduce in intensity.
What is abate?
The oldest flower was discovered in a fossil and is thought to have blossomed 174 million years ago near the Yangtze River in this Asian country.
What is China?
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These two tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
This Quebec-American pioneer of the Beat Generation wrote "On the Road" in 1957 and "Desolation Angels" in 1965, and died at the age of 47 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Who is Jack Kerouac?