Geography Trivia

[stevehj197]

Why would Eric Liddell have liked Renaldo Nehemiah ?

[Guest]

Re: Geography Trivia

Eric wore a 'new jersey' at the Olympics?

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: Geography Trivia

>Eric wore a 'new jersey' at the Olympics?

nope, correct answer is more specific

[Guest]

Re: Geography Trivia

Skeets' favorite film was "Never On Sunday"??

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: Geography Trivia

>Skeets' favorite film was "Never On Sunday"??

The correct answer concerns geography.

[huh?]

Re: Geography Trivia

>Skeets' favorite film was "Never On Sunday"??<


How on earth would you or Steve or anyoone else know that?

[Guest]

Re: Geography Trivia

IF I'm right, it's because I'm psychotic, er, psychic!

[wsatch]

Re: Geography Trivia

SCOTCH PLAINS HS

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: Geography Trivia

>SCOTCH PLAINS HS

Very good Satch !!!!!

[wsatch]

renaldo

Easy ? for a SKEETSAPHILE. Also I knows my hurdlers.

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: renaldo

and for the rest of you, in case you do not "get it"...

Eric Liddell, although running for Great Britain, was from Scotland, and Nehemiah went to Scotch Plains High School in New Jersey.

[Guest]

Re: renaldo

>and for the rest of you, in case you do not "get it"...

Eric Liddell,
>although running for Great Britain, was from Scotland

Technical point...Scotland is part of Great Britain. The countries full name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Hence the multiple country name origins we use: UK, GB, Brit.

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: renaldo

>>and for the rest of you, in case you do not "get it"...

Eric
>Liddell,
>although running for Great Britain, was from Scotland

Technical
>point...Scotland is part of Great Britain. The countries full name is The
>United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Hence the multiple country
>name origins we use: UK, GB, Brit.

Funny that you are posting this ! I had actually typed in "United Kingdom" but then purposely changed it to "Great Britain" as I figured that would be more communicable.

I am a bit of a geography wonk, and I do indeed know that there is no country of "Great Britain"... that's the geographical name for the entire island. And as you said, the REAL name for the country is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

[hjsteve1.97]

Re: renaldo

and then on the island of Great Britain, are Wales, Scotland, and England. Northern Ireland becomes the other, and voila...."The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

[Guest]

Re: renaldo

And when a Scotsman wins Olympic Gold we limeys (aka marknhj) cheer him and bask in his glory as a Great Brit... if he fails miserably however, he's regarded as a useless Scotsman!