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Archive through July 12, 2005

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Tess
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04-13-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwwww heck! I missed the Geography challenge? pfffffffft!

Jan, my cable company doesn't offer west coast feeds yet. Good idea though.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I only get east and west coast feeds on some premium channels like Showtime and HBO and it is quite helpful.

Jeremy is our local boy so I hope he manages to shine next week.

Tess.. it was just a puzzle with not all of the lower 48 states and they had to put it together as fast as possible. Miss Sarah would have probably aced it! But it was funny.. Davis was fastest by far but after he rang in he looked down and there was the South Carolina, still on the table and I think he's FROM SC.

Then Liz rang in and groaned as she saw the state she lives next to.. on the floor.

So if anyone else had been perfect they'd have won.

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Heck, I could have probably done that puzzle blindfolded with a completely blank map. Sarah definitely could have done it with her eyes open. It's killing me missing this series. I hope they do another season of it.

Btw-guess what's on right now. You go it. Severe weather reports. Welcome to summer in Minnesota.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tess, where 'bouts in MN? Still have few relatives in Twin Cities area and some further north. As a child, vacationed in Pequot Lakes -- about 25 miles north of Brainerd.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Color, we're in Bloomington, south and west of Minneapolis so no matter where in the cities your relatives are, we're not all that far away from them.

We were just up very near Pequot Lakes earlier in June because the Lodge we go to every year is on Gull Lake by Nisswa. The Grand View Lodge.

Storm just finally passed us by as 2 super cells merged into one. The tornadoes produced haven't done much damage, thank goodness, hitting a lot of farm fields and skipping houses. My specialties within my Geography degree were Meteorology and Cartography so storms and maps fascinate me. I just don't like when the storms inhibit my viewing of kids trying to complete a map!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Uhhhhh ... PLEASE don't anybody tell Tess there have been TWO geography competitions so far.

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 12:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
noooooooooooooooo! <sigh>

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 5:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pequot, Nisswa, Gull Lake, Grand View Lodge. Familiar names. I know them all. An aunt and uncle of mine owned a fishing resort, Vi-Lu, on Upper Hay Lake when I was a child. My father didn't like to travel, so vacation was two weeks in Minnesota fishing. Last time I was there was mid '80s. Memories....

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Was this on yesterday or pre-empted w/ Fourth of July programming?

Tess
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04-13-2001

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was pre-empted here in MN, Teach.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Must have been pre-empted here too. I didn't see it in the listings, or I would have watched it.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 5:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not on here in CA either

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 6:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It wasn't shown on Canadian TV which means the USA channel did not send a show (as we had no reason to preempt) so I would say it was not scheduled for this week?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ditto in Dallas.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks. :-)

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did everyone forget about The Scholar tonight? Davis was a captain again. His team won. So he was automatically up for $50M scholarship. Questions were on U.S. presidents. According to Davis (paraphrased), "I've got it." NOT. A question to him was: Name the two presidents assassinated during the 20th century. (I thought Kennedy and ?) Davis answered, "Lincoln and [I don't remember the other]." Obviously wrong. The question was 20th century -- not 19th century. Davis is out. Amari won tonight.

ETA: During the competition which was a debate, one of the judges commented that Davis is generally over confident. Ya think....

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i saw it - dont know why people rag on davis so much - like he is the scrapegoat in the house for people to criticize

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
He is so full of himself, that is why. I hate his mouth and the way he purses it, he just comes off as stuck up

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Yay Amari!!!!

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i was happy for amari too - but i would have been happy for any and all of them - probably the hardest reality game show to watch since who doesnt deserve to win a full scholarship if given the chance and jumpstart their future to a whole new level.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A judge said Davis is over confident. It shows.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Davis is a bad sport.

When talking to his parent in the end, instead of coming out and saying he screwed up and miss-heard the question…rather he tried to infer he did nothing wrong.

He certainly has a bright future in politics.

Almost the same scenario with Gone With The Wind…he was so cocky. He had the book in his hand and didn’t bother to glance at the authors name. Only this time his parent giggled that he didn’t know the answer. It was especially funny to me since he keeps claiming he has the most knowledge amongst the teams.

He’ll be on a ballot near you any day know.


Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
davis was not a bad sport and we dont know what he said to his dad on the phone at the end - its all edited so its not like we can assume things he didnt say. I feel bad for him - it happens when you DO know the answer and rush too much in listening and miss a key part of the question - i always mess up the most when i overthink things or rush to the answer instead of just relaxing and answering at the right pace - it has nothing to do with being cocky - and you could see what shock he was in when he got it wrong because he really did think it was 19th century - as stupid a mistake as it is, it happens to all of us at one time or another and i probably would have been in just as much shock and disbelief if i had gotten something like that wrong.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 4:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't know that I'd say cocky, but I can tell you in my own experience, when I'm overconfident about something I'm more likely to make the kind of mistake David did - to hear a part of a question and end up giving the wrong answer because I just wasn't listening closely enough. Rob even asked Davis if he wanted to commit to that answer, which might have been a clue that he'd answered incorrectly, but Davis' confidence did him in. This is purely my opinion, of course...taken from my own experiences and what we've seen of Davis. I did wonder how his "confessionals" were being edited. You know, when he'd say something along the lines of "None of them know more than I do about anything". I wondered if that was in response to a direct question...taken out of context...or whether he really felt he knew more than every single one of them about every single thing. If the latter is the case, he's still young and he will perhaps learn some humility as he gets older.

I was really hoping that after the challenge last night, they'd tell the people who didn't make the final 5 that they were all getting smaller scholarships. I don't think there was anyone there who I wouldn't have liked to see walk away with some money. They were all really bright kids who worked hard for it. I think one of my favorite things about this show was how, even when they were studying for their last chance to make the final challenge, they were still all studying together and helping each other. It was nice to see.


Scout
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01-20-2005

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Legal - I agree that there is some unfair editing going on regarding Davis. In the previews the week for the competition of the map puzzle, they made it look as though he was going to cheat and put the piece back in. After he lost and was seen sitting in the chair shaking his head over and over, it looked more like they were re-playing the same scene rather than he had continued to do that.

I think it is to his credit, too, that even though his study help let the other girl go on to the finals, he continued to help people this time around, also.

He is confident and that can come across as cocky, but I just don't understand why the judges dislike him so much for displaying the same traits they're criticizing Jeremy for not having.

I still think this competition would be better if it were all based on merit and not the subjective opinion of the judges. I'm hoping the final will just be a showdown and the judges will not have a part.