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This holiday is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of Novemer.

What is Thanksgiving?

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This person is responsible for writing at least 13 books in the New Testament.

Who is Paul?

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Tolkien's book The Hobbit is set in this fictional continent.

What is Middle Earth?

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Odd-numbered interstate highways in the United States travel in these two directions.

What is North and South?

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While Veteran's Day celebrates those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, this holiday honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

What is Memorial Day?

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This apostle wrote two books of the New Testament, after denying Jesus before His crucifixion and cutting off a soldier's ear.

Who is Peter?

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This book series by Suzanne Collins takes place in the fictional country of Panem, which makes teenagers fight to the death once per year.

What is the Hunger Games?

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This trail is the longest marked footpath in America, and approximately 500 complete it each year.

What is the Appalachian Trail?

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President's Day recognizes all former U.S. presidents and is set near the birthday of this first president.

Who is George Washington?

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This disciple betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver and his name is now synonymous with someone who betrays.

Who is Judas?

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Elizabeth Glaskell's Victorian-era book North and South took place in this country.

Where is England?

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Starting in the 1840s this trail was dangerous for the unprepared or unskilled. Dysentery was one of the main killers on this trail.

What is the Oregon Trail?

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These two holidays (one in February and the other in March) are named after saints, but their celebrations have little to do with them.

Who are Valentine and Patrick?

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A woman from this town had a conversation with Jesus at the local well, which was a significant factor in the town learning about and following Jesus.

What is Samaria?

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King Lear, The Tempest, and Much Ado About Nothing are only some of this author's works.

Who is William Shakespear?

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This is the primary source of power for sailboats and early explorers.

What is wind?

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This Christian holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon following the first day of spring.

What is Easter?

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This married couple traveled with Paul to Ephesus and also played a significant role in teaching Apollos, who helped develop the church in Ephesus.

Who are Priscilla and Aquilla?

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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—//I took the one less traveled by,//And that has made all the difference" are the final words in The Road Not Taken by this poet.

Who is Robert Frost?

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These two rivers are the longest in the United States, one being only 1 mile longer than the other.

What are the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers?