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On-Line Almanac Scavenger Hunt ANSWER KEYS

On-Line Almanac Scavenger Hunt #1
1. 40 miles per hour; 2. July 20, 1969; 3. 134 degrees; 4. it lays its eggs on the ground; 5. calf; 6. Africa (or Asia); 7. Mount McKinley; 8. 1732; 9. 1945; 10. green, white, and red.

On-Line Almanac Scavenger Hunt #2
1. 1,072 species; 2. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; 3. Leif Ericsson (a Viking explorer); 4. about 555 feet tall; 5. arigato; 6. China (and Mongolia); 7. mosquito; 8. Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in at age 42; 9. rupee; 10. France (it has about 43,000 more square miles of land than Spain).

On-Line Almanac Scavenger Hunt #3
1. they were first written down around 300 B.C. (http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768722.html); 2. -1 degrees Fahrenheit; 3. donated or free; 4. different sources list the approximate length at 1,400 miles (almanac at http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0772716.html), 1,500 miles (encyclopedia at http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0821693.html), or 2,000 miles (dictionary at http://www.factmonster.com/ipd/A0463179.html); 5. a long life; 6. if you get arrested by a police officer; 7. Greenland; 8. they were beheaded; 9. The Wizard of Oz; 10. 46,380 miles.

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