WONDER #500: What Is a Smokejumper?
Question 1 of 3
Wilderness firefighters who jump out of airplanes and parachute into remote areas to fight wildfires are called what?
- smokejumpers
- parafighters
- planefires
- flysmokers
Question 2 of 3
Which of the following countries does NOT use smokejumpers?
- United States
- Canada
- Mongolia
- Nigeria
Question 3 of 3
The idea of smokejumping was first proposed in which year?
- 1865
- 1900
- 1934
- 1999
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