Geo Bowl 3/14/1992

The sun's rays are directly overhead on December 21st at the:

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

What city in the world will have the largest population by the year 2000?

• Tokyo

• Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Mexico City

• London

How many years will the Biospherians be enclosed in Biosphere II in Arizona?

• one

• two

• three

• four

The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 occurred in what country?

• Philippines

• Japan

• Indonesia

• New Zealand

The "mile high" city in the Rockies:

• Cheyenne

• Denver

• Santa Fe

• Boulder

The only country in Central America without an Atlantic Coast:

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

• Belize

• El Salvador

The largest empire in area in world history was the:

• Roman

• Mongol

• British

• Ottoman

What is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?

• Marseilles

• Montreal

• Brussels

• Nice

Only one black African country escaped colonialism on the African continent:

• Senegal

• Zaire

• Liberia

• Nigeria

Earth's prevailing winds, like its rotation are from:

• west to east

• east to west

• north to south

• south to north