GeoQuiz Tuesday, December 10th, 2006

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: Lincoln's Views of Slavery...
• World Geography: Higher than the Petronas...
• Interesting Article: Muslims Ready for Hajj...

FACT: Did you know that a ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. Abraham Lincoln avoided hunting and fishing in fear of killing animals.

Today's question: Lincoln personally opposed slavery as a moral in the Civil War. However, in his role as president, his views of the Civil War were the slavery could only be stopped where it hadn't reached (the territories), while places already with slavery could not be banned to slavery. His Emancipation Proclamation supported which of these views?

• a. his personal view - opposition of slavery
• b. his federal view - opposition of slavery in territories

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is b. Petronas is Malaysia's national oil company.

Today's question: There has been much dispute over whether the Petronas Towers were the highest towers in the world before the Taipei 101. In fact, there is another tower that has higher occupied floors, a higher roof, and higher pinnacle. What is this tower (besides the Taipei 101)?

• a. Empire State Building
• b. Lao Ming Tower
• c. Sears Tower
• d. Taipei 001

WORD OF THE DAY: gauche - lacking social refinement

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_hajj