GeoQuiz Friday, January 20th, 2006

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: New York City Universities...
• World Geography: Singapore's Monsoon Seasons...
• Interesting Article: Google Rebuffs Feds...

FACT: Did you know that, in 1976, Rodrigo's 'Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez' was No. 1 in the UK for only three hours because of a computer error?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. The sea/ocean keeps New York City's winters moderate.

Today's question: Columbia University, a prominent university, is in the northern area of the borough Manhattan. The City University of New York, with over 400,000 students and being the largest urban , has been called "the poor man's Harvard" because of its low tution and highest record of the graduating number of Nobel Laureates of any public university in the world. Much of its student body is made of immigrants to New York City from how many countries?

• a. 29
• b. 56
• c. 145
• d. 309

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is a. About 50% of Singapore's people use the internet.

Today's question: Singapore is a tropical, hot, and humid area. Located in southeastern Asia along with Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Asian island, you couldn't expect anything else. The islands are closely related in climate and so close, that, an environmental problem for Singapore is the seasonal smoke/haze resulting from Indonesian forest fires. The two monsoon seasons for Singapore are called what?

• a. Northwestern and Southeastern
• b. Malay and Indonesian
• c. Northeastern and Southwestern
• d. Indonesian and Australian

WORD OF THE DAY: ludic - playful

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records