December 2021 Armstrong kids puzzle 3
Across
- 1. glacier that was about a mile from where your mother lived when she was in high school
- 6. since Oregon is often mispronounced by Michiganders, your grandparents brought a bumper sticker with this phonetic spelling of the name of the state. You can also find this spelling online.
- 8. the name of the famous rock on Cannon Beach in Oregon
- 10. This is the cause of 128 people in Oregon dying as a result of the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska
- 15. the kind of work your gramma is employed doing
- 16. half brother of Jesus who wrote a book of the Bible that Martin Luther called "an epistle of straw"
- 18. three letter abbreviation for the real name of items commonly known as life jackets
- 19. the setting on windshield wipers that allows them to pause between swipes accross the windshield. (Jonny)
- 21. my name is a variant of an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler"
- 22. Became a state in 1859
- 23. the name of the perpetually frozen lake behind Juneau that is 3900 square kilometers and feeds nearly 40 glaciers in the U.S. and Canada is the "Juneau ______"
- 24. city of the address of your holiday home
- 26. Book of the Bible that contains the account of God Creating the earth
- 28. Mountain that dominates Portland skyline
- 29. the worlds only ____ palace is in Mitchell,S.D.
- 31. my name shares a spelling with member'd of an indigenous people of eastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand.
- 34. the great _____ is the imaginary line running through the Rock mountains where rivers to the west of this line flow to pacific ocean and to the east of his line flow into the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico
- 36. This ship sank on November 10, 1975 in Canadia waters on Lake Superior, carrying all 29 crew to the bottom with her.
- 38. the area on the lower side of the dead line in Deadwood South Dakota
- 39. the name of this city begins with the word "the" and is from the french word meaning slabs.
- 41. To listen without the speakers knowledge
- 42. the direction that western Oregon's major river flows which makes it very unusual for any river in the world. (It shares the same direction as the "river of the falls" in another clue.)
- 45. Show me state
- 49. City your mother was born in
- 51. the first word of the name of this lake got its name because Mt. Mazama (estimated to have been 3,600 meters tall) blew its top off. Over the years the lake in the crater has filled to the point that it is 1949 feet deep because there are no streams or rivers that flow out of it. This lake is so clear you can see down about 150 feet.
- 54. this native american word is the first name of the Bible College in Portland Oregon where two generations of your ancestors attended
- 55. the kind of lights visible from the back of a vehicle that warn drivers that a vehicle is slowing down (Jonny)
- 56. street that your grandparents live on
- 58. the common measurement of length used to judge how close you can safely follow the vehicle ahead of you. It is often expressed as 1 ____ length for each 10 miles per hour of speed (Jonny)
- 59. according to John 13:35 what should be the major distinuishing characteristic of Jesus disciples
- 60. On September 8, 1974, with much media fanfare, daredevil Evel Knievel tried and failed to leap the _____-wide chasm of the Snake River Canyon on his specially engineered rocket motorcycle. His drogue parachute malfunctioned and opened on take-off. Evel and his contraption floated to the bottom of the canyon, landing on the riverbank directly below his launch ramp (If he'd gone into the river, his safety harness probably would have drowned him).
- 61. which travel document is issued by the country of one's citizenship? Visa or Passport
- 62. name given to Alaska's tallest mountain by the Athabascan natives of the area meaning "high one"
- 63. Mesa Verde's State
- 64. First name of the state that has the opposite of white valleys
- 65. name of the faun in the Chronicles of Narnia who was confused about Spare Oom in War Drobe
- 66. Watercraft used for floating Michigan rivers
- 67. Moses was told to take off his shoes when he stood before a bush with this characteristic because he was standing on holy ground
- 70. Spanish eight
- 71. capable of being wounded or hurt
- 73. _____ could be litterally translated as the study of God
- 74. the city in Nebraska where Eastern Pacific Railroad began it's race toward the west while the Union Pacific began from Sacramento California in the west to head east in the attempt to get to the Salt Lake city area first and thus have the station that would control most of the railroad freight that would travel to and from the west coat.
- 76. State whose mountain errupted when your mother was about 4 months old
- 77. she laughed at what the angel said
- 79. Tall buildings along Coasts and shores of the great lakes that are used by ships for navigation and avoiding hazards that could sink their ship
- 81. your sibling whose name means "God is my Strength
- 82. the name of the longest river in North America that begins in Montana
- 83. city where Peter and Evie attend school
- 87. where large amounts of computer data are stored for rapid retrieval- often retrieval is done via Structured Query Language
- 88. a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal in Mexico
- 90. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community or geographic are
- 91. The side of the steering wheel on which the turn signal lever is found (Jonny)
- 93. one of the hebrew meanings of Sarah
- 95. woman of disrepute in Jericho who hid the spies and was in the genealogy of Jesus
- 96. This is the common abbreviation for apple computers
- 102. the city at the end of this bay in Wisconsin, shares it's name with the bay on which it sets and gets its name from the yucky color of the water trapped at the end of the bay.
- 103. the first name of the city in Michigan where President Gerald Ford was from
- 104. Someone who has an infection without ever showing symptoms
- 106. State known as the 3rd coast
- 108. the fluid that circulates through the head (top part of the cylinder) to dissipate heate caused by the burning fuel in the cyliners (Jonny)
- 110. form of your sibling's name associated with 3 books of the bible
- 111. a row boat uses 2 oars but a kayak uses one ______.
- 114. in what book will you find the account of the walls of Jericho falling
- 115. this famous general and his troups were massacered at "The Little Bighorn" partly because he disobeyed his orders in an attempt to gain more glory for himself.
- 117. a large collection of stores in one location. The first of these was created in Portland Oregon and is called the _____ center
- 118. State in which most of Yellowstone park exists
- 119. a rare kind of hot spring that is under pressure and erupts, sending jets of water and steam into the air
Down
- 2. these manmade items associated with the Columbia River produce (on average in a year) 8,664 megawatts of electricity, or enough power for approximately 4,938,480 average homes (at 570 homes per megawatt) or nearly eight cities the size of Seattle.
- 3. There are ______ cups in a quart and _____ quarts in a gallon
- 4. the direction you press the turn signal to indicate you are turning left (Jonny)
- 5. Home state of the Hamblins
- 7. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- 9. a former governor of oregon inspired this line of greeting cards. The text of one of the cards read "Oregon Loves You ... If You’ll Just Go Some Other Place"
- 11. the first name of the city where the Mormon religion has set up it's headquarters
- 12. This town in Missouri was the beginning of the Oregon trail
- 13. the name paired with "mounds" when referring to a depression or hole left by melting ice of a retreating glacier
- 14. what is the most common operating system for personal computers
- 16. in what book will you find the words "for God so loved the world..."
- 17. this berry is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry developed in this Oregon county whose county seat is Salem Oregon
- 19. Book that contains the words "In the year that King Uziah died ..."
- 20. this river begins near Yellowsotne park and eventually empties into the Columbia river
- 25. name given to a river that stays frozen year around
- 27. A man "after God's own heart" who had great victories and great failures
- 30. Inflatable watercraft used for floating whitewater river in Oregon
- 32. This state, while largest in the continental United States would still be the second largest state in the Union of Alaska was cut in half.
- 33. the portion of California within Mexico where your great uncle David is serving as a missionary
- 35. river in oregon derived from french "rivière" followed by to additional french words meaning that were combined into the english name of the river that runs north paralell to the cascade mountains on the east. The whole french name means "river of the falls"
- 37. the system on a vehicle that can be engaged to keep it at a constant speed without the need for the driver to hold his/her feet on the gas pedal is called ______ control. (Jonny)
- 40. at minus 40 celsius the temperature is ___ to/than minus for farenheight
- 43. the name of the president whose face is on Mount Rushmore and who set the cornerstone for the arch at the north entrance of Yellowstone park
- 44. The center of the "graveyard of the pacific" is this feature of the Columbia river.
- 45. Big Sky State
- 46. This park on the southern shores of Lake Superior on the Northern side of the Upper Peninsula is known as ____ rocks and is a place that your grandparents hope to kayak near in the next year or two
- 47. there are 3 _______s in a tablespoon
- 48. Gem State
- 50. the word for a disk drive that has 2^40 bytes of storage
- 52. another name for Satan or the Devil is "The _______"
- 53. Eastern neighboring state to Pike's Peak
- 54. four letters used to abbreviate the type of injections commonly called Covid vacine
- 57. The metal which was found in the Black Hills that caused the U.S. to reneg on its treaty with the native Americans giving them this area of the country.
- 62. part of state's name shared by Dodge Mid-size pickup model name
- 64. City we lived in on your last Furlough
- 68. 1st name of the bay where your great grandfather pastored a church
- 69. an antibody type of treatment that has been very successful for Covid 19
- 72. another half brother of Jesus who wrote the shortest book of the new testament
- 74. the lubricant in the engine block that keeps the cylinders moving with a minimum of friction (Jonny)
- 75. this word found many places in the Bible means "set apart"
- 78. This territory became the 49th state, the same year that Oregon celebrated its 100th year as a state
- 80. French garden
- 84. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
- 85. the name of the gang that operated out of a house in Meade Kansas where they had dug an escape tunnel, and also at least one member of the gang operated out of Skagway Alaska preying on men head to the Klondike gold rush.
- 86. State containing "area 51"
- 89. name of book that contains gramma and grandpa's life verse "Oh maginify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together"
- 92. True or false: there are houses built higher in Juneau Alaska than the highest point in the state of Florida
- 94. This was president Lincoln's home state
- 97. name of your first cousin whose name is associated with 2 books of the Bible
- 98. name of the university of Oregon mascot
- 99. name of largest native american tribe in Southeast Alaska
- 100. the part of Michigan where the people known as Yoopers are from is the upper ______.
- 101. adjective that describes (and is part of the name) of the most famous gash in the earth in North America
- 105. The book of the Bible containing the Beattitudes
- 107. name of the syndrome that causes your auntKaren to have one hand smaller than the other (also the name of the country to the Northeast of Germany)
- 109. my name means beautiful one
- 112. this puzzle contains a lot of trivia, which may defined by some as a collection of _______ facts
- 113. There are 16 ______ in a pound
- 116. name of your first cousin whose name (or a version of it) first appears in the Bible.