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Let's not get ridiculous here. Tom Send a noteboard - 08/07/2011 11:04:14 PM
Geography is something that people are generally expected to know, unless it's local geography (i.e., that hill is called Cannibal Hill because they found half-eaten human remains there).

VIRTUALLY EVERYONE knows Tolstoy. War and Peace is called "internationally acclaimed" for a reason. Some appear to call him "Leon" but the last name is ubiquitous.

As for Lech Walesa, he made international headlines as part of the Solidarity movement that challenged communism.

However, rugby is something that easily 3/4 of the population of the planet does not care about. I could actually see soccer (association football) questions since most of the planet plays the game, but rugby is definitely geared to the Commonwealth, even if some Languedoc Frenchies play it too.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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General knowledge! nossy - 08/07/2011 02:04:51 PM 870 Views
Re: General knowledge! nossy - 08/07/2011 02:08:13 PM 606 Views
I prefer pot luck snoopcester - 08/07/2011 02:25:22 PM 431 Views
I'm docking you for spelling! nossy - 08/07/2011 02:34:25 PM 685 Views
Bad joke, very bad joke! snoopcester - 08/07/2011 02:36:09 PM 431 Views
Ugh nossy - 08/07/2011 02:42:11 PM 454 Views
You dropped the ball there snoopcester - 08/07/2011 02:51:59 PM 565 Views
Re: Ugh Zeeb - 08/07/2011 03:06:03 PM 613 Views
I was referring to me! nossy - 08/07/2011 03:23:38 PM 606 Views
He also misspelled Walesa. *NM* Tom - 08/07/2011 03:14:10 PM 323 Views
He misspelled everything, hence the entire conversation. *NM* nossy - 08/07/2011 03:19:11 PM 313 Views
I missed Question 4. I think that's hardly general knowledge. Tom - 08/07/2011 03:13:22 PM 581 Views
I knew it. nossy - 08/07/2011 03:18:20 PM 608 Views
I agree with Nossy Two Wongs - 08/07/2011 03:43:09 PM 575 Views
Let's not get ridiculous here. Tom - 08/07/2011 11:04:14 PM 480 Views
Me? Get ridiculous? nossy - 08/07/2011 11:43:16 PM 631 Views
Intelligent people. Tom - 09/07/2011 03:12:58 AM 742 Views
Heh nossy - 09/07/2011 04:52:27 AM 459 Views
Yes, but the way certain Kiwis around here gush over them we should all know the All Blacks. Joel - 08/07/2011 04:56:21 PM 668 Views
Or it's 94 of the world's countries. Rebekah - 08/07/2011 05:52:54 PM 567 Views
I don't know about Italy, but it's interesting in France... Legolas - 08/07/2011 07:07:16 PM 557 Views
not exactly snoopcester - 08/07/2011 07:20:58 PM 628 Views
Oh. Oh well, close enough. *NM* Legolas - 08/07/2011 07:51:47 PM 290 Views
Don't make me laugh at your silly sport even more. Tom - 08/07/2011 11:11:55 PM 548 Views
Your choice of words, not mine. Rebekah - 08/07/2011 11:33:42 PM 543 Views
Casuistry. Sheer casuistry. Tom - 09/07/2011 03:05:48 AM 462 Views
Not quite snoopcester - 08/07/2011 11:45:08 PM 603 Views
I've never heard of Russia's professional league. Tom - 09/07/2011 03:07:07 AM 436 Views
I imagine most people haven't snoopcester - 09/07/2011 03:18:11 PM 687 Views
You're wrong about Georgia, at least. Legolas - 08/07/2011 11:46:13 PM 617 Views
That will change when Russia re-invades. Tom - 09/07/2011 03:23:13 AM 551 Views
Or asking Americans about the metric system *NM* Praziquantel - 08/07/2011 10:28:59 PM 317 Views
Dude, it's the All Blacks. Tim - 08/07/2011 11:59:21 PM 770 Views
The all whats? The what blacks? The what what? *NM* Tom - 09/07/2011 03:21:48 AM 287 Views
Asking a non-Rugby fan about the All Blacks ... Nate - 09/07/2011 12:15:24 AM 482 Views
Bad analogy. Tom - 09/07/2011 03:21:23 AM 700 Views
Actually, it's a pretty good analogy... Legolas - 09/07/2011 09:44:50 AM 570 Views
So you're saying NZ culture is as relentlessly projected as American? Tom - 09/07/2011 03:00:33 PM 667 Views
Obviously not, but then American culture is projected in so many ways. Legolas - 09/07/2011 04:37:27 PM 680 Views
Missed 4 and 7 *NM* wheelwright - 08/07/2011 03:39:32 PM 241 Views
9 and 2/5 Stephen - 08/07/2011 03:54:34 PM 560 Views
I missed two, so you can only have Colonel Knowledge of me. Joel - 08/07/2011 04:45:49 PM 548 Views
7/10, missed 2, 3 and 4. Number 6 was a lucky guess and I've no idea how I knew Motown *NM* kHz1000 - 08/07/2011 04:56:14 PM 281 Views
All of them. Although Motown was a guess and I tossed a coin for souvlaki. *NM* Rebekah - 08/07/2011 05:54:30 PM 286 Views
10, although I didn't actually expect my guess for #2 to be correct... *NM* Legolas - 08/07/2011 07:52:27 PM 239 Views
8/10 – answers typed before looking. Tim - 08/07/2011 11:57:17 PM 521 Views
Only missed Number 6 *NM* ironclad - 09/07/2011 09:50:59 AM 382 Views
Missed 4 and 7 *NM* Danu - 09/07/2011 08:54:07 PM 320 Views
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