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USA beats Old Europe in Geography
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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.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/07....ap/index.html
And Eurocoms always complain about USAers not knowing the world outside our own borders.
Das ist nicht sehr gut Deutschland. 
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July 18, 2003, 03:24
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July 18, 2003, 03:26
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Bwarrr! USA! USA!!!
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July 18, 2003, 03:26
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USA #1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! USA #1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! USA#1! 
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July 18, 2003, 03:26
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Man, if I ever had doubts who is the superpower on Earth, now I know 
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July 18, 2003, 03:27
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BTW, Ted, do you use an umbrella?
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July 18, 2003, 03:29
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July 18, 2003, 03:44
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This thread reminds me of Sava's "W eats a cake, that means he's a MORON!" -threads.
I can't believe that waste your time watching these 'news', yet alone making a thread from them. OTOH, This is another clear prove that CNN sucks.
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July 18, 2003, 03:45
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A lot of this competition is luck. I lost at the middle school level to someone far less qualified. We had a round where they went around the room asking questions to about 40 people, eliminating on first wrong answer. On the test that was given to see who would qualify for the school-level competition, I'd gotten the highest in the school. Naturally, though I knew the answer to about 98% of those, on the second or third pass I got a question I didn't know the answer to. I had to sit through a final round between two contestants, where neither could answer any of the questions, thinking god... this is so obvious.
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July 18, 2003, 03:46
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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
This thread reminds me of Sava's "W eats a cake, that means he's a MORON!" -threads.
I can't believe that waste your time watching these 'news', yet alone making a thread from them. OTOH, This is another clear prove that CNN sucks.
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what is wrong with CNN? Is that too conservative for you?
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July 18, 2003, 03:59
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July 18, 2003, 04:06
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Originally posted by Dissident
what is wrong with CNN? Is that too conservative for you?
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In addition to it's generally poor coverage, yes. CNN is too conservative.
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July 18, 2003, 04:08
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Cnn is not conservative.
Fox news is conservative.
I find CNN to be fairly balanced. Though I do agree their coverage has been declining in quality the past 5 years or so.
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July 18, 2003, 04:26
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CNN is really conservative from a European viewpoint.
 @ the geography team thing. Clear proof that the US is the greatest country in the world.
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July 18, 2003, 04:29
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3 US teens being able to read a map? 
USA! 
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July 18, 2003, 05:05
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Now lets look at why they won
Where on the map is: Wisconsin? Alabama? New York? Texas? Idaho? North Dakota? Utah? Wyoming? Los Alamos? Pittsburgh? Atlanta? New Orleans? Delaware?
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whats the capital of Tennesse?
After all thats the world, isnt it
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July 18, 2003, 05:47
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To be fair:
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Wednesday's questions, created by a team of National Geographic writers and teachers, were heavily based on the geography of Africa, southeast Asia and Pacific island nations. The competition specifically excluded questions about the finalists' home countries.
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On the other hand, I used to subscribe to the National Geographic magazine and recall that every year they did a survey of schoolkid's geographical knowledge. It seems that it's now done internationally, here's the story about the latest one:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...perSurvey.html
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July 18, 2003, 05:54
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July 18, 2003, 06:30
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I guess its easier for most european people to travel abroad, since that is most of the time almost next to the door.
I admit I only traveled around in europe so far. So if the eurozone would become one big country, I would have not gone abroad too.
That said its kind of unfair to take into account how often someone has been "abroad".
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July 18, 2003, 06:44
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The thread title should say: three US teenagers beat the european counterparts in Geography... 
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July 18, 2003, 06:57
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I guess its easier for most european people to travel abroad, since that is most of the time almost next to the door.
I admit I only traveled around in europe so far. So if the eurozone would become one big country, I would have not gone abroad too.
That said its kind of unfair to take into account how often someone has been "abroad".
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I disagree. Australia and NewZealand are in the middle of no where in world terms (up **** creek to be more precise) but we are everywhere. You can go anywhere in the world and their will be some aussie already there.
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July 18, 2003, 08:36
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Why are so many non-Americans using this article as a claim to America's status as a superpower? Why are they all so upset that anyone even mentioned it? Could it be that their many jokes about the American education are false? Have they lost their last bastion to overcome an inferiority complex? Will this lead to war?
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July 18, 2003, 08:41
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I disagree. Australia and NewZealand are in the middle of no where in world terms (up **** creek to be more precise) but we are everywhere. You can go anywhere in the world and their will be some aussie already there.
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Pulling pints usually
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July 18, 2003, 08:54
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I disagree. Australia and NewZealand are in the middle of no where in world terms (up **** creek to be more precise) but we are everywhere. You can go anywhere in the world and their will be some aussie already there.
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And if there is an Aussie already its not abroad anymore? 
Would you say Australians touching anything will become part of Australia 
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July 18, 2003, 20:48
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Originally posted by Makeo
I disagree. Australia and NewZealand are in the middle of no where in world terms (up **** creek to be more precise) but we are everywhere. You can go anywhere in the world and their will be some aussie already there.
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That is because since they know they are in the middle of nowhere, they want to go to "where". Umm plus they are part of the sun-never-setting pink empire.
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July 18, 2003, 21:41
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I think the reason Euros are beter at geography than americans is that the Euros travel between countries alot. Most working class americans never leave The US unless they live near the Canadian or Mexican borders. Also I think our schools concentrate to much on North American geography rather than world geography. 
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July 18, 2003, 22:00
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Originally posted by Makeo
I disagree. Australia and NewZealand are in the middle of no where in world terms (up **** creek to be more precise) but we are everywhere. You can go anywhere in the world and their will be some aussie already there.
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I pulled pints. 
This is crap anyway. So what if the US team won. US citizens as a whole know less about the world than African tribesmen.
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I think the reason Euros are beter at geography than americans is that the Euros travel between countries alot. Most working class americans never leave The US unless they live near the Canadian or Mexican borders. Also I think our schools concentrate to much on North American geography rather than world geography.
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It's not traveling much....I've only been to a few countries, but I know more geography than the averege American. It's partly because I need to know and partly because I want to know. Most americans have neither of those. Therefore, they dont know.
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July 18, 2003, 22:44
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July 18, 2003, 22:58
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Drake, has Ted S taken over your login?
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