MMA Question of the Day: 02/17/99

MATH: Susan is a "deckie" and she stands watch on the Bridge. She walks 375 feet from her berthing compartment to the bridge and back every day. How many nautical miles does she walk to and from watch during the cruise. The cruise is 44 days in length. A nautical mile is 6080 feet in length.

SCIENCE: What is an enormous increase (bloom) in the number of certain microscopic organisms which cause a brown or yellowish discoloration of sea water called?

GEOGRAPHY: Florida has more coastline than any other State except one. Name that State.

HISTORY: Boston, Massachusetts is home to the oldest public school in the United States. Name the school. When was it founded?

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