Q: Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.

Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar's enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.

"Tom, no!" shouted his father.

But Tom broke and ran and that's the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.

Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar's claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.

"Knife, Tom" shouted Jeb.

The boy ran to his father's bag, while Jeb stated shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar's attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar's back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.

The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.

1. Yes.
2. Knifed in the back.
3. Thirty seconds.
4. Jeb.
5. Jeb threw himself on the cougar.
6. In mid-air.
7. They both fell.
8. His shoulder.
9. Left.
10. His fist.
11. Yes.
12. Male.
13. Tom.
14. Knife.
15. Into the mountains.
16. Yes.
17. Howled.
18. On a rock.
19. No.
20. Two.

Numbered questions:
1. Was the animal hurt?
2. How?
3. How long did it take?
4. Who was attacked?
5. why?
6. Where did they collide?
7. And then?
8. Where was Jeb wounded?
9. Which one?
10. What did he swing?
11. Does he have a child?
12. Which gender?
13. And his name?
14. What weapon was used?
15. To where did it flee?
16. Did it make any noise?
17. What kind?
18. Where was it first seen?
19. Was it raining?
20. How many people were there?

Q: Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic. In a broader meaning, Bohemia sometimes refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, especially in a historical context, such as the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by Bohemian kings.

Bohemia was a duchy of Great Moravia, later an independent principality, a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently a part of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austrian Empire. After World War I and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state, Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia. Between 1938 and 1945, border regions with sizeable German-speaking minorities of all three Czech lands were joined to Nazi Germany as the Sudetenland.

The remainder of Czech territory became the Second Czechoslovak Republic and was subsequently occupied as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, In 1969, the Czech lands (including Bohemia) were given autonomy within Czechoslovakia as the Czech Socialist Republic. In 1990, the name was changed to the Czech Republic, which become a separate state in 1993 with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Until 1948, Bohemia was an administrative unit of Czechoslovakia as one of its "lands" ("zeme"). Since then, administrative reforms have replaced self-governing lands with a modified system of "regions" ("kraje") which do not follow the borders of the historical Czech lands (or the regions from the 1960 and 2000 reforms). However, the three lands are mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution of the Czech Republic: "We, citizens of the Czech Republic in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia"

1. Bohemia
2. Great Moravia
3. an independent principality
4. Czechoslovakia
5. German
6. Yes
7. they were given autonomy within Czechoslovakia as the Czech Socialist Republic.
8. 1993
9. It underwent a dissolution
10. SInce Bohemia was an administrative unit of Czechoslovakia as one of its "lands"

Numbered questions:
1. What does the Czech Rebublic's Constitution start with?
2. Bohemia was a duchy of what?
3. And what was it after that?
4. After World War I, what did Bohemia become part of?
5. What language did the populations around the border areas speak?
6. Where they tied to Nazi Germany?
7. In 1969, what happened to the Czech lands?
8. Which eventually became a separate state, when?
9. What happened to Czechoslovakia at that time?
10. Since when has it been a self-governing land?

Q: Edward Snowden's hopes of finding asylum from U.S. prosecution on espionage charges appeared to dim Tuesday as country after country denied his request or said he would have to find a way to travel to their territory to apply.

While Bolivia and Venezuela seemed supportive, 11 of the 21 countries he's applied to, including Ecuador and Iceland, have said they can't consider his request until he shows up at one of their embassies or on their borders. Three -- Brazil, India and Poland -- have denied the request outright.

And Bolivia said Tuesday the plane carrying its president, Evo Morales, was denied permission to land for refueling in either France or Portugal because of "unfounded" rumors that Snowden was aboard. Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told Bolivian television that the jet made an emergency landing in the Austrian capital of Vienna and that Bolivia wanted an explanation from Paris and Lisbon.

"We don't know who has come up with this huge lie," Choquehuanca said, adding, "We would like to let the international community know that the rights of aerial traffic for Bolivia have been violated."

Morales had been in Russia, where he told the Russia Today news network that he would be willing to consider asylum for Snowden. And Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, also in Moscow for a tribute to his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez, said Snowden deserves protection, not prosecution.

'Unbowed' Snowden seeks new havens

Maduro said Snowden's decision to leak details of American surveillance programs were "a warning signal to the world," according to statement from the president's office.

1. Nicolas Maduro
2. Moscow
3. his late predecessor
4. Hugo Chavez
5. No
6. Three
7. Brazil, India and Poland
8. Bolivia and Venezuela
9. Evo Morales
10. Bolivia
11. France and Portugal
12. Austria
13. Vienna
14. U.S.
15. espionage
16. Ecuador
17. Iceland

Numbered questions:
1. Who was president of Venezuela and spoke about Snowden?
2. What city was he in when he spoke?
3. Who was he there to honor at that time?
4. What was the name of the predecessor?
5. Did Snowden easily fine a place to reside?
6. How many places outright denied Snowden asylum?
7. What countries were they?
8. What were two countries that did not immediately deny him asylum?
9. Who had a plane denied the right to refuel because of rumors of Snowden boing on board?
10. What country is he president of?
11. What two countries denied refueling permission?
12. What country did that jet eventually make an emergency landing in?
13. What city?
14. What country did Snowden need to find asylum from?
15. What charges was he facing there?
16. What is one country that will not consider his request until Snowden arrives on one of their borders of embassies?
17. What is another?