Pop Quiz…A city that is divided by a river of the same name was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city, which is still an important cultural center.
Don’t worry; I have no idea what it is either. But 14 year-old Caitlin Snaring of Redmond, Wash., answered it correctly to [...]
Archive for July, 2007
District Of Columbia? Isn’t That Next to Mexico?
Posted in Slide Shows on July 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
They Spell Good
Posted in Slide Shows on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What do you get when you combine a room full of hyper-intelligent children, the biggest dictionary you have ever seen and a bell purported to be haunted by the ghost of E.W. Scripps?
Yeah, you guessed it, the best damn frat kegger this side of the Mississippi!
Okay, it’s really the Scripps National Spelling Bee and I [...]
A True American Super Hero
Posted in Slide Shows on July 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
At approximately 1:01pm on July 4th Joey Chestnut, a college student from California ate his way to superstardom. Chestnut managed to down sixty-six hot dogs in twelve minutes, a new world record. By doing so he secured the most sacred eating competition title firmly back in American hands: The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International [...]
