Dear All,
As a moderator, I'd like to take the opportunity to remind everyone
about appropriate material for the CGF.
The list provides a forum for the discussion of critical and radical
perspectives in geography. Discussions should focus on the
organisational and disciplinary framework of geographical research and
teaching and on critical interpretations of geographical issues. This
can extend to activist issues that are of a geographic and/or academic
nature, but should not extend to jokes, quizzes and other distractions.
Many of us are on a number of different lists and it often takes
valuable time to sift through everything that we receive in our
inboxes. As a matter of courtesy it would therefore be great if people
could stick to the established parameters and not add to the already
considerable workload of many on the list.
Many thanks,
Kate
>
>
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:43:42 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Bored in the long wet summer?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ...Then try this quiz. Most of the questions are geographical,
> sort-of.
> I'll bet no-one gets all 11 correct.....
>
>
> 1) 2 + 2 can never make 5 but how can 2 + 2 make 10?
>
> 2) What is special, in British geography, about the word
> QIDXY¹?
>
> 3) A bear hunter leaves his tent in the morning, travels one mile due
> south, then one mile due east. He
> then shoots a bear. He drags the
> carcass one mile due north and arrives back at his tent. Where did he
> shoot the bear?
>
> 4) A ship is in the Atlantic Ocean.
> A day later it has sailed into the Pacific Ocean, and is east of where
> it was the day
> before. What route did it
> take?
>
> 5) A man threw a missile which travelled through four different states
> then returned to him. What did he
> throw and where did he throw it?
>
> 6) Which sovereign independent world state always has the world¹s lowest
> per capita birth rate?
>
> 7) You are given an empty balloon, 2 candles, a bag of flour, some
> matches, and a ball of string. How
> do you make a big bang indoors in exactly 30 minutes time?
>
> 8) My grandson is step-father to my uncle. How can that happen
> (assume no special
> scientific procedures like frozen eggs)?
>
> 9) Under what circumstances was it possible for a Londoner to take a
> London Underground train to go and watch a public execution?
>
> 10) A seafarer drove a speedboat northwards for several hundred miles at
> nearly 90 feet below sea level. The
> boat was not a submarine, there was no special breathing apparatus
> involved. How did he do
> this?
>
> 11) Name Europe¹s shortest-lived nation-state, also when was it born¹
> and when did it die¹? (CLUE it existed in Eastern Europe in the
> 1930s)
>
> Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire
> _________________________________________________________________
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>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
> Thanks Hillary, I really enjoying reading the questions...but where are the
> answers?
> Abel
>
>
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:43:42 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Bored in the long wet summer?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> ...Then try this quiz. Most of the questions are geographical, sort-of.
> I'll bet no-one gets all 11 correct.....
> 1) 2 + 2 can never make 5 but how can 2 + 2 make 10?
>
> 2) What is special, in British geography, about the word QIDXY¹?
>
> 3) A bear hunter leaves his tent in the morning, travels one mile due south,
> then one mile due east. He then shoots a bear. He drags the
> carcass one mile
> due north and arrives back at his tent. Where did he shoot the bear?
>
> 4) A ship is in the Atlantic Ocean. A day later it has sailed into the
> Pacific Ocean, and is east of where it was the day before. What route did it
> take?
>
> 5) A man threw a missile which travelled through four different states then
> returned to him. What did he throw and where did he throw it?
>
> 6) Which sovereign independent world state always has the world¹s lowest per
> capita birth rate?
>
> 7) You are given an empty balloon, 2 candles, a bag of flour, some matches,
> and a ball of string. How do you make a big bang indoors in exactly 30
> minutes time?
>
> 8) My grandson is step-father to my uncle. How can that happen (assume no
> special scientific procedures like frozen eggs)?
>
> 9) Under what circumstances was it possible for a Londoner to take a London
> Underground train to go and watch a public execution?
>
> 10) A seafarer drove a speedboat northwards for several hundred miles at
> nearly 90 feet below sea level. The boat was not a submarine, there was no
> special breathing apparatus involved. How did he do this?
>
> 11) Name Europe¹s shortest-lived nation-state, also when was it born¹ and
> when did it die¹? (CLUE it existed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s)
>
> Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire
>
>
> Windows Live: Keep your life in sync. Check it out!
> <http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009>
--
Lawrence D. Berg, D.Phil.
Co-Director, The Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice
http://www.chrdi.org/CSSEJ/cssejsite/Welcome.html
Graduate Coordinator, Human Geography
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7
Voice: +1 250.807.9392, Fax: +1 250.807.8001
Email: [log in to unmask]
WEB: http://www.chrdi.org/ldb/index.html
Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
http://www.acme-journal.org
Co-Leader: BC Disabilities Health Research Network
http://www.dhrn.ca
----- End forwarded message -----
Kate,
I¹d be quite happy to have you send another message to the list about
appropriate posts. I¹ve done it a few times in the case of Hilary Shaw, so
it would be good for someone else to do so.
Thanks for bringing this up,
Lawrence
On 18/05/09 12:28 PM, "Kate Hardy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> I don't know if you remember, but I'm the other moderator on the
> Critical Geographies list.
>
> I think we need to pull Hillary up on circulating things of this
> nature. What do you think and should I privately email or send out a
> public notice about what is and isn't appropriate?
>
> I just wanted to check with you before I took any action.
>
> Kate
>
>
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:43:42 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Bored in the long wet summer?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ...Then try this quiz. Most of the questions are geographical,
> sort-of.
> I'll bet no-one gets all 11 correct.....
>
>
> 1) 2 + 2 can never make 5 but how can 2 + 2 make 10?
>
> 2) What is special, in British geography, about the word
> QIDXY¹?
>
> 3) A bear hunter leaves his tent in the morning, travels one mile due
> south, then one mile due east. He
> then shoots a bear. He drags the
> carcass one mile due north and arrives back at his tent. Where did he
> shoot the bear?
>
> 4) A ship is in the Atlantic Ocean.
> A day later it has sailed into the Pacific Ocean, and is east of where
> it was the day
> before. What route did it
> take?
>
> 5) A man threw a missile which travelled through four different states
> then returned to him. What did he
> throw and where did he throw it?
>
> 6) Which sovereign independent world state always has the world¹s lowest
> per capita birth rate?
>
> 7) You are given an empty balloon, 2 candles, a bag of flour, some
> matches, and a ball of string. How
> do you make a big bang indoors in exactly 30 minutes time?
>
> 8) My grandson is step-father to my uncle. How can that happen
> (assume no special
> scientific procedures like frozen eggs)?
>
> 9) Under what circumstances was it possible for a Londoner to take a
> London Underground train to go and watch a public execution?
>
> 10) A seafarer drove a speedboat northwards for several hundred miles at
> nearly 90 feet below sea level. The
> boat was not a submarine, there was no special breathing apparatus
> involved. How did he do
> this?
>
> 11) Name Europe¹s shortest-lived nation-state, also when was it born¹
> and when did it die¹? (CLUE it existed in Eastern Europe in the
> 1930s)
>
> Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire
> _________________________________________________________________
> Windows Live: Keep your life in sync. Check it out!
> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
> Thanks Hillary, I really enjoying reading the questions...but where are the
> answers?
> Abel
>
>
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:43:42 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Bored in the long wet summer?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> ...Then try this quiz. Most of the questions are geographical, sort-of.
> I'll bet no-one gets all 11 correct.....
>
> 1) 2 + 2 can never make 5 but how can 2 + 2 make 10?
>
>
>
> 2) What is special, in British geography, about the word QIDXY¹?
>
>
>
> 3) A bear hunter leaves his tent in the morning, travels one mile due south,
> then one mile due east. He then shoots a bear. He drags the carcass one mile
> due north and arrives back at his tent. Where did he shoot the bear?
>
>
>
> 4) A ship is in the Atlantic Ocean. A day later it has sailed into the
> Pacific Ocean, and is east of where it was the day before. What route did it
> take?
>
>
>
> 5) A man threw a missile which travelled through four different states then
> returned to him. What did he throw and where did he throw it?
>
>
>
> 6) Which sovereign independent world state always has the world¹s lowest per
> capita birth rate?
>
>
>
> 7) You are given an empty balloon, 2 candles, a bag of flour, some matches,
> and a ball of string. How do you make a big bang indoors in exactly 30
> minutes time?
>
>
>
> 8) My grandson is step-father to my uncle. How can that happen (assume no
> special scientific procedures like frozen eggs)?
>
>
>
> 9) Under what circumstances was it possible for a Londoner to take a London
> Underground train to go and watch a public execution?
>
>
>
> 10) A seafarer drove a speedboat northwards for several hundred miles at
> nearly 90 feet below sea level. The boat was not a submarine, there was no
> special breathing apparatus involved. How did he do this?
>
>
>
> 11) Name Europe¹s shortest-lived nation-state, also when was it born¹ and
> when did it die¹? (CLUE it existed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s)
>
>
>
> Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire
>
>
> Windows Live: Keep your life in sync. Check it out!
> <http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009>
--
Lawrence D. Berg, D.Phil.
Co-Director, The Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice
http://www.chrdi.org/CSSEJ/cssejsite/Welcome.html
Graduate Coordinator, Human Geography
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7
Voice: +1 250.807.9392, Fax: +1 250.807.8001
Email: [log in to unmask]
WEB: http://www.chrdi.org/ldb/index.html
Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
http://www.acme-journal.org
Co-Leader: BC Disabilities Health Research Network
http://www.dhrn.ca
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