National Parks
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, the nation's newest national park, is located in this Appalachian state that broke off from Virginia to join the Union during the Civil War.
What is West Virginia?
This word starts with G.
To proceed.
What is go?
This oceanic, soft-bodied mollusk has eight tentacles and no skeleton, unlike squids.
What is the octopus?
Antonyms are opposite words.
Which words are antonyms?
Malicious, benevolent, absorbent
What are malicious and benevolent?
These two countries participated in the mid-20th century's Space Race.
What are the United States and Soviet Union?
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Gateway Arch National Park is the nation's smallest and is located in this city, the second-most populous of Missouri.
What is St. Louis?
This word starts with G.
To wager money or something valuable in a risky action, in hope of gaining something more valuable.
What is gamble?
This canine, native to Eurasia and North America, is the ancestor of the domesticated dog and likely came into existence during the Pleistocene Epoch.
What is the wolf?
Antonyms are opposite words.
Which words are antonyms?
Scalding, incandescent, freezing
What are scalding and freezing?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
At over 8.3 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is the nation's largest and is located in this state, which borders Canada but does not border any other U.S. states.
What is Alaska?
This word starts with G.
A small mechanical or electronic device.
What is a gadget?
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This striped, four-legged animal is a close relative of the horse and is native to the African savannahs, including Serengeti National Park.
What is the zebra?
Antonyms are opposite words.
Which words are antonyms?
Selfish, altruistic, accurate
What are selfish and altruistic?
This Russian man was the first person in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Name the oldest national park in the U.S. and world, established in 1872 by former President Theodore Roosevelt.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This word starts with G.
To stare openly and stupidly.
What is gawk?
This great ape, with the scientific name Pan troglodytes, is native to sub-Saharan Africa and is one of humans' closest genetic relatives.
What is the chimpanzee?
Antonyms are opposite words.
Which words are antonyms?
Utilitarian, dysplasia, impracticable
What are utilitarian and impracticable?
This act, signed into law by President Eisenhower in 1958, provided Federal funding to most postsecondary educational institutions.
What is the National Defense Education Act?
Wind Cave National Park is located in this landlocked Midwestern state that is also home to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore.
What is South Dakota?
This word starts with G.
The third letter of the Greek alphabet (after alpha and beta), it also refers to high-frequency waves that can potentially damage human cells.
What is gamma?
This pink shorebird is found in every continent except Australia and Antarctica, and usually stands with one leg tucked in its body while standing in water, to trick fish into swimming closer.
What is the flamingo?
Antonyms are opposite words.
Which words are antonyms?
Inauspicious, propitious, remarkable
What are inauspicious and propitious?
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This is the number of days it took for Apollo 11 to reach the Moon after taking off from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.
What is four days?