The Week: Junior - February 2nd 2024 Edition

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Across
  1. 2. It was a good week for this - a favorite food of sea cows
  2. 4. Gettysburg was founded after this local tavern owner
  3. 6. Another name for beavers
  4. 9. A popular route in Zion National Park where visitors walk for miles in the Virgin River
  5. 12. The Great Wall of China was built during this Dynasty
  6. 13. The snowy owl uses its great eyesight and hearing to catch prey such as this
  7. 14. This country launched the world's first routine vaccination program against malaria
  8. 18. Title of the book written by Mia Armstrong that explains what it is like to have Down Syndrome
  9. 22. A term meaning to relive the same dull experiences over and over
  10. 23. It was a bad week for the polar bear that died from this
  11. 25. The name of the winter theme park with the largest snow maze in the world
  12. 26. Name of the youngest current head coach in the NFL
  13. 27. Getting enough sleep is important because as you sleep, your body produces this type of protein
  14. 28. The Animal of the Week
Down
  1. 1. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the US was in this Alaskan town
  2. 3. The 4 fiction books featured have characters who speak out about these two things
  3. 5. The name of the world's biggest motorsports event that concluded on January 19th
  4. 7. The name of the first woman to pilot a space shuttle
  5. 8. The biggest Groundhog Day celebration in the US is still held here
  6. 10. The first winner of the Academy Award category of best animated feature
  7. 11. The name for people who make maps
  8. 15. The first Youth Olympic Summer Games were held in this city
  9. 16. Experts have re-created this traditional Scottish patterned fabric
  10. 17. This charity of the week helps support more than 740,000 learners across 27 countries
  11. 19. The word of the week
  12. 20. Mario takes on this gorilla villain in the latest classic Nintendo game to be remade for the Switch console
  13. 21. Name of the African Lion cub born at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas
  14. 24. A skull of this massive marine reptile was found by two fossil experts in the UK