MMA Question of the Day: 01/25/99

MATH: A cadet out sailing traveled 100 nautical miles. A nautical mile equals 6080 feet. If you travel on the turnpike and cover the same distance, how many statute miles will you go?

SCIENCE: If the air surrounding the earth is called the "Atmosphere" and the part of the earth in which living things exist is called the "Biosphere", what is the free water at or near the earth's surface called?

GEOGRAPHY: Name the five islands that make up the Netherlands Antilles today?

HISTORY: When was Aruba discovered and by whom?

Answers for 01/25/99

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