The "Water, water, everywhere" quiz

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Originally uploaded by trudeau

In this quiz, students perhaps learned the value of
* careful reading of each question.
* discrimination between an answer that is OK and an answer that is more accurately correct.
* need to use print-out of notes from MondoTrudeau.

1. Louisiana river that has the same name as a great river in Southern China: a) Sabine b) Red c) Pearl d) Chang.
2. The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,340 miles from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico, says Wikipedia. T / F
3. Raising Canes is a business that was founded in a) NYC b) Albany
c) Chicago d) Baton Rouge.
4. Choose the city closest to 34N, 118W: a) Boston b) Manila, Philippines c) Madrid, Spain d) Los Angeles
5. Latitude and longitude of Shreveport: a) 32N, 94E b) 32E, 94N c) 32S, 94N d) 32N, 94W.
6. The Prime Meridian runs through London and the Equator runs through Hong Kong. T / F
7. The dates of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, are based on a __ calendar. a) solar b) lunar c) Islamic d) Asian.
8. Condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff & evapotranspiration relate to the __ cycle. a) hydrologic b) life c) ocean d) atmosphere.
9. A GPS unit can be replaced by the classic instruments called the
a) sextant & chart b) sight & chronometer c) chronometer & chart
d) chronometer & sextant.
10. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment: a) indigenous
b) indigent c) independent d) indiligent.
11. According to the US Census Bureau the ethnic breakdown of the US shows a slightly higher total for African Americans, at about 14.8 %, or 44.3 million, as opposed to Hispanic Americans, who are at 13.4%, or about 40.9 million. T / F
12. The terminus (end point) of Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage is the same as the terminus of the Erie Canal: a) Buffalo b) Albany c) NYC d) New York state.

Btw, no one asked me the origin of the quote used as today's title. It is from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of the earliest beats from top 18th century rapper Samuel Coleridge. Here's the verse:

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

The very deep did rot : O Christ !
That ever this should be !
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.

About, about, in reel and rout
The death-fires danced at night ;
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt green, and blue and white.

See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge.