2. Hazards. Which kills the largest number of people each year in the United States?
    a. Tornadoes.    b. Lightning (400 deaths per year).   
    c. Hurricanes.    d. Blizzards.

3. Computer Science.  A megabyte is a million bytes. What's half a million bytes?
    a. A nybble.    b. A bit.    c. A hemibyte.    d. A crick.

4. Environment I. If you burned one day's worth of junk mail received by Americans, how many homes could you heat?
    a. 2,500.    b. 25,000.    c. 250,000.    d. 2,500,000.

5. Meteorology. Which city gets the most snow annually?
    a. Salt Lake City.    b. Santa Fe.    c. Fairbanks.    d. New Haven.

6. Environment II. How many acres of trees are used to print the Sunday New York Times?
    a. 100.    b. 300 (63,000 trees).    c. 600.    d. 1200.

7. Words. What does "brontide" mean?
    a. Extremely low tide.    b. A prehistoric measure of time.
    c. Dinosaur species.    d. Distant rumble of thunder.

8. Transportation. Which city had the first subway train?
    a. Paris.    b. London (in 1863).     c. Munich.    d. New York.

9. Material Science. A ball made of which of the following will bounce highest?
    a. Steel.    b. Glass (if it doesn't break!).    c. Rubber.     d. Wood.

10. History. When did the first slaves from Africa arrive in the British colonies?
    a. 1619.    b. 1669.    c. 1719.    d. 1769.

11. Stumper (2 points). How much greater is the average height of Japanese born after World Ward II, compared to the height of the pre-war population? (1 cm = 0.4 inches)
    a. 0 cm.    b. 2.5 cm.    c. 5 cm.     d. 7.5 cm.