GeoQuiz Saturday, January 21st, 2006

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: New York City's Nicknames...
• World Geography: Singapore's Land and How It's Used...
• Interesting Article: Medicaid Over Education Spending...

FACT: Did you know that Harmon Killebrew is the silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. The City University of New York plays host to students from 145 different countries.

Today's question: New York City, sometimes called "The City That Never Sleeps," is awake 24 hours a day. Residents of the metropolitan area generally refer to New York City (or sometimes just Manhattan) as simply "The City," or "NYC" instead of "NY" to avoid confusing it with New York. Other nicknames given to New York City include "the Big Apple," "Gotham," "the Naked City," "the Capital of the World," and introduced in 2005 by Mayor Bloomberg in an effort to win a bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, "the World's _?_ Home."

• a. Western Olympic
• b. Second
• c. Welcome
• d. Fan

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. The two monsoon seasons in Singapore are referred to as the Northeastern monsoon and the Southwestern mosoon.

Today's question: Recall yesterday's question. The mosoon seasons bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to Singapore. However, with such plentiful water and resources, Singapore has only a small amount of arable land. While Singapore has about 98% of its land used for manufacturing, building, living, etc., what percent of its land is arable and used for crops?

• a. 0.5%
• b. 1%
• c. 1.5%
• d. 2%

WORD OF THE DAY: agon - struggle; conflict

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_he_me/medicaid_states