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1. One particular giant sequoia in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park in California is the largest (by volume) living single-stem tree known to mankind. Naturalist James Wolverton, who had served in the 9th Indiana Cavalry during the American Civil War, gave the tree its own individual name in 1879. What is its name?
2. A significant music album was released in March of 1987. It won the 1988 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was eventually selected by the Library of Congress in 2014 for preservation in the National Recording Registry. What is the name of this album titled in honor of a native Southwestern United States tree that was named for an Old Testament figure because it appeared to be lifting arms upward in prayer?
3. According to the book of Luke, Jesus enters the city of Jericho, and throngs of people gather to see this man about whom they'd heard. One particular wealthy publican named Zacchaeus becomes the focus of this story. He is a very short man and decides that he must be higher than the rest of the crowd if he is to see this Jesus. What kind of tree does the King James Version of the Bible say that Zacchaeus climbs?
4. In a desert area of the island kingdom of Bahrain is a tree of the mesquite family that is nearly ten meters or 32 feet tall. It is considered by many to be a miracle of life because it appears to be the only visible green organism in the immediate area and has survived from 400 to 450 years in the dry sand. What is the name of this tree visited by nearly 50,000 tourists a year?
5. A folk song comparing love to a tree was written in the 1950s by Will Holt and recorded by the groups Peter, Paul and Mary, The Seekers, The Kingston Trio, Chad & Jeremy, and many others. What sort of tree was "very pretty" and grew a flower that "is sweet" but produced a fruit that "is impossible to eat"?
6. A large tree near Derby, Australia, has a gap just large enough for a person to slide into the spacious hollow trunk. Many believe that the tree was used to hold indigenous Australians who were being taken to Derby by law enforcement for sentencing. What is this tree's name?
7. Many nations have established specific trees as their national trees. Many of these trees are not surprising. For example, the United Kingdom's national tree is the royal oak, and Brazil's is the Brazilwood. Which of the following represents a country NOT correctly paired with its national tree?
8. At the corner of South Finley Street and Dearing Street in the city of Athens, Georgia, grows The Tree That Owns Itself. According to legend, a man, who considered the tree to be an integral part of his childhood, deeded the tree to itself in an attempt to ensure its security from anyone who might harm it or cut it down. What kind of tree is The Tree That Owns Itself, the same species of tree shown on the reverse side of the 1999 quarter commemorating the state of Connecticut?
9. The year 1999 saw the release of a film whose plot revolves around a Japanese American's mysterious death that occurs within the anti-Japanese society of the Puget Sound following World War II. Robert Richardson was highly praised for the film's cinematography. What is the title of this film as well as the novel, which was written by David Guterson?
10. During the time that Anne Frank lived hidden in The Annexe, she was able to look out upon the world through one attic window that was not covered or blacked out. Much of what she was able to observe in nature she began to associate with freedom, and one particular object was a tree that eventually came to be known as The Anne Frank Tree. Despite a support structure built around the tree, it fell in 2010. What kind of tree, which usually produces a nut encased in a spiny burr, was the Anne Frank Tree?
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