2007年9月4日星期二

Are We Ignorant or Too Many Things Going On?

I've been trying to find some clips on a Chinese mummy, miraculously preserved after 3,000 years. So I tried YouTube and come across a bunch of "stupid americans" clips. Let's see how stupid we are (there may be some English terms that EFL people may not be familiar with but that doesn't mean you don't know the answer. So don't be too upset if you don't have everything right.):

1. Name a country that begins with U.
2. Who is the coalition of the willing?
3. What's the religion of Israel?
4. What religion are Budhist monks?
5. Who won the Vietnam war?
6. Who is Fidel Castro?
7. How many sides does a triangle have?
8. What is the currency used in the United Kingdom?
9. Kofi Anan is a drink, true or false?
10. Who is Tony Blair?
11. Which countries are in the axis of evil?
12. Who was the first man on the moon?
13. What is a mosque?
14. How many kidneys does a person have?
15. What is a collateral damage?
16. How many World Wars have there been?
17. Which state does KFC come from?
18. Stars War is based on a true story. True or false?
19. What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki famous for?
20. How many Eiffel Towers are there in Paris?
21. What is Al Qaeda?
22. Where was the Berlin Wall?
23. The language they speak in Latin-America is Latin. True or false?


Allow me to add one question: 24. How many stomach does a cow have? (If you don't know this one, you should be upset.)
And then there's a test of countries in a world map (atlas). The American were pointing everywhere but the right place. Some can't even find their own country. Maybe they just can't read map. Trust me, even the grade 10 kid whom I'm teaching doesn't know some of them. Pathetic!
Then watch "20/20 Stupid America". (Reminds me of the knowledge contest between Al Gore and Bush.) The teacher union set up a system that even a pervert can't be fired. These people fiercely defend themselves with, of course, stupidity. I'm really curious where [school] these people send their kids to. Afterall, Hong Kong stupid education system isn't so bad. ...Mm...

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