GeoQuiz Friday, February 17th, 2006

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography:`West Virginia's High Altitudes...
• World Geography: Denmark's Highest Point...
• Interesting Article: Senegal's Religious Tolerance...

FACT: Did you know that the first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is b. West Virginia is the only state completely in the Appalachian Mountain Range.

Today's question: The highest point in the state of West Virginia is Spruce Knob in the Monongahela Forest. In fact, many of West Virginia's high altitudes are covered by boreal forests of dense spruce trees. Due to these high altitudes, West Virginia's main nickname is what?

• a. Mountain State
• b. Green Mountain State
• c. Sky High State
• d. Heavenly State

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. Denmark is slightly smaller than two times the size of Massachusetts.

Today's question: Lammefjord, the lowest point in Denmark, is at 7 m below sea level. Located on the major island of Zealand, it is acutally closer to Sweden than its only land neighbor, Germany. The highest point on Denmark, at 173 m above sea level, is what mountain?

• a. Yding Skovhoej
• b. Nitkf Dharshipn
• c. Radjfkl Taosijdh
• d. none of the above

WORD OF THE DAY: cozen - to deceive or get by deceiving

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060213/lf_nm/religion_senegal_cartoons_dc