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Question 1: Georgia Governor ________ said that the Corps had created a "manmade drought", because most of the state is already experiencing dry conditions.
Rick PerryEd RendellJohn Lynch (New Hampshire)Sonny Perdue

Question 2: The Atlanta Regional Commission chairman noted that if enforced, cutting drinking water to 75% of the region would require disaster aid from the ________ (FEMA).
United States Coast GuardFederal Protective Service (United States)Federal Emergency Management AgencyUnited States Secret Service

Question 3: In July 2009, a federal judge from ________ (chosen as an arbiter from a neutral location) ruled that Congress never authorized Lake Lanier to be used as a source of the water supply for metro Atlanta.
MinnesotaSaint Paul, MinnesotaNorth DakotaMinneapolis – Saint Paul

Question 4: It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the ________ in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River.
AtlantaGeorgia State CapitolChattahoochee RiverStone Mountain

Question 5: The lake is extremely popular with boaters, houseboats, jetskiers and others, particularly around the summer ________.
EasterHolidayChristmasChristmas controversy

Question 6: Other local counties have imposed further restrictions or even total bans, based on each ________'s conditions.
Water supply networkWater purificationTap waterWater resources

Question 7: This came at a time when outdoor water-use restrictions were already being put in place by local governments, because of enormous water use on the many lawns which have replaced the ________ in newer suburban areas.
Old-growth forestTemperate broadleaf and mixed forestsForestTree

Question 8: There have only been two major ________ events on the downstream section since the construction of Buford Dam.
Hurricane KatrinaNetherlandsFloodFlood control

Question 9: One of the main purposes of the lake is ________ downstream of the lake, mainly protecting metro Atlanta.
Dam1997 Red River FloodWinnipegFlood control

Question 10: Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the ________ of Georgia.
ConnecticutColoradoMassachusettsU.S. state
















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