[Magdalen] trivia

[ME Michaud]

I keep reading articles about people's poor knowledge of geography.

And I remember we were drilled on this in grammar school (and the relatives
and friends who kept maps posted at home so they could follow the reports
from World War II). I remember nautical charts hung in bathrooms so people
could study currents and hazards. I remember copying maps of Europe
and South America (homework). Half of the countries I worked so hard to
memorize are gone now or reconfigured.

Now that Rupert Murdoch has purchased The National Geographic ... mercy me.
-M

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I play trivia on Monday nights with a group of people from my
> congregation.  We have a good time and don't win often.  We have a few
> narrow areas of expertise and often miss pop culture questions.  I was
> shocked to find some limitations in my friends' stores of knowledge.  First
> of all I had to convince them that I was correct and that British Columbia
> was not one of the maritime Provinces.  "But it's on the ocean" said one of
> my friends.
>
> The other question was about the location of Mecca.  I had to be really
> pushy to get my answer, Saudi Arabia, submitted.
>
> And these are smart and degreed people.
>
>