Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!t2 From: t2@fluke.UUCP (Tom Thompson) Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: Re: TP error (Genus Geography) Message-ID: <2071@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 11:35:26 EST Article-I.D.: vax4.2071 Posted: Mon Jan 14 11:35:26 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:28:51 EST References: <7300005@uokvax.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 20 > Another TP error that I haven't seen mentioned here before. It > is a geography question in the Genus edition that was asked to me. > The question goes something like 'What U.S. state has the lowest > highest elevation at 60 feet?' (Their answer is Delaware.) > > I replied that this was impossible since the answer was Florida > with a max elevation around 300 feet. Since they wouldn't believe > me I went and got my trusty Almanac which proved me right. > Delaware does, however, have the lowest AVERAGE elevation at 60 > feet according to the Almanac. And they doubted someone who once > lived in the Diamond State. > > (The only reason I knew this was because I was curious to know if there > was a state with a lower higher elevation than Delaware's ~405 feet > - just Florida). > > The Delaware Dean (a.k.a uokvax!myeksie) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** this is a test