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from the August 16, 2006 edition

This quiz is all wet!


Staying cool on a hot summer day isn't always easy, but maybe if you think of these things, you might cool down a bit. All use the word "water."

1. This is an amusement place whose attractions include slides, fountains, flumes, pools, and other recreational settings involving water.

Water _ _ _ _

2. This is a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal.

Water _ _ _ _

3. This means something is soaked with moisture. If something is this, it is so saturated and soggy, it is often unusable.

Water_ _ _ _ _ _

4. Niagara and Victoria, are examples, but the highest in the world is in Venezuela and is called Angel.

Water_ _ _ _ _

5. This venomous, semiaquatic snake in the southeastern US is also known as the cottonmouth.

Water _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Synchronized swimming performance or competition using dancelike movements.

Water _ _ _ _ _ _

7. A large oblong or round summer fruit with a hard green rind and sweet red or occasionally yellowish pulp. Some have seeds. Some don't. When they have seeds, it's fun to see who can spit one the furthest.

Water_ _ _ _ _


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