GeoQuiz Monday, January 16th, 2006 (Martin Luther King's Day!)

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: New York City: A Battleground...
• World Geography: Singapore's Languages...
• Interesting Article: N.J. Casinos With New Smoking Ban...

FACT: Did you know that mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is b. New York City would have the 17th highest GDP in the world if it was a country on its own.

Today's question: New York City was the site of major fighting. Established as New Amsterdam by the Dutch in 1613, it was then conquered by the British and renamed as New York, only to be conquered again by the Dutch in August 1673. The Dutch ceded it to the British in 1674. Next, New York City was a site of battles and under whose occupation until 1783?

• a. 13 Colonies
• b. Dutch
• c. British
• d. French

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question b. Singapore is only a little more than 3.5 times Washington, D.C.

Today's question: Singapore is between many different cultures and countries, squished between Malaysia and Indonesia, and a center of southeast Asia. Of all of these, 35% of the people of Singapore speak which language, dominant in Singapore?

• a. Mandarin
• b. Cantonese
• c. English
• d. Malay

WORD OF THE DAY: mordant - criticizing; sarcastic

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060115/ap_on_re_us/smoking_ban