The Scavenger Hunt Contest (part 2)

I will like to start by saying a big THANK YOU to everyone who submitted an entry and thoroughly flooded, and nearly crashed, my inbox for THE SCAVENGER HUNT contest!

The answers to the 2 questions are:

Question 1
Annuit Cœptis (in Anglicized Latin pronounced /ˈænjuːɪt ˈsɛptɨs/) is one of two mottos (the other being Novus Ordo Seclorum) on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Taken from the Latin words annuo (nod, approve) and cœpi (begin, undertake), is literally translated as "He (GOD) has approved (or favored) our undertakings".

Novus Ordo Seclorum can be translated as "A new order of the ages." It was proposed by Charles Thomson, the Latin expert who was involved in the design of the Great Seal of the United States, to signify "the beginning of the new American Era" as of the date of the Declaration of Independence.

(There are also other translations of these two phases that you might find interesting! You'll have to search. It's no mistake that our motto is READ BETWEEN THE LINES)

Question 2
ExxonMobil broke the record it previously had set for profits by any U.S. corporation, earning $40.6 billion last year (2007). They are also well on track to surpass their 2007 world record this year! Let that marinate in your mind for a minute!

I Hope that everyone who entered learned something new and intriguing. Now you can stump your unsuspecting friends with more useless knowledge!