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| U.S. bests Germany, France for world geography title |
| 2003-07-18 |
| A feel-good story. And weren’t we debating this not so long ago? (plus France & Germany get beaten) Three U.S. teenagers won the gold medal Wednesday in the National Geographic World Championship, beating teams from Germany and France to successfully defend the U.S. title in a contest held every two years. The teenagers beat Germany in the finals by identifying Bahrain from a series of clues about the oil-producing nation and then naming Crete as the island where oranges, grapes and olives are grown and is associated with the worship of Zeus. It’s all about the oiiilll lol. The U.S. team said there was no formula for preparing for the contest. They studied world almanacs, Internet geography sites and newspapers to boost their knowledge of places, people and events. |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #8 Steve: Trudeau is definitely a f*cking idiot: 15% of all americans being Marines works out to roughly 36 Million plus! And we have a problem in Iraq with rotations??? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-18 2:33:39 PM |
| #7 "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Pierce Oops - misspelled name. My bad. Actually, his name is Ambrose Bierce. Other countries learn geography because they have to - the concept of local government (accountable to local residents) is foreign to them - everything is decided at the national level. Here, the mayor of a township has more impact on local living conditions that the President of the United States. This is why we don't bother with geography, and they do. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-18 12:40:07 PM |
| #6 Good for the kids. Hey, no sweat, that's what maps are for: to find |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-18 12:00:02 PM |
| #5 Zhang and Ptah, it reminds me of a Doonesbury cartoon of last year: one character is complaining that only 15% of all Americans could even find Iraq on a map. Another character replies, tartly, that "those 15% are all Marines." Americans generally can't find anything on a map. Until we have to. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-7-18 11:32:49 AM |
| #4 Zhang, that quote is not far from the truth... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-18 9:53:06 AM |
| #3 "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Pierce |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-18 9:20:51 AM |
| #2 And it sure as hell helps to know where you are, too! |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-18 2:30:07 AM |
| #1 NA NA NA NA BOO BOO ;-) WE are out for world domination! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-7-18 12:51:52 AM |