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- cantdance, on 05/22/2009, -1/+18Final Question: Where is the clitoris?
- transcranial, on 05/22/2009, -3/+20final 2 in the picture, an indian kid and a chinese kid...not surprising.
- CrimsonBlur, on 05/22/2009, -4/+20Wonderkid? LOL, the word you are looking for is "Wunderkind".
- camaroz06, on 05/22/2009, -2/+18Ah, Asian Texans the states only hope.
- nathanwalker, on 05/22/2009, -4/+17That's right. Texas. Now STFU and leave us alone about being stupid.
/from Austin. - Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -0/+11"[The prizes include]... a trip to the Galápagos Islands with Jeopardy! host and Bee moderator Alex Trebek"
Hmm, slightly creepy, but okay. - inigomntoya, on 05/22/2009, -0/+11*Hits red button
"What is the part of the female anatomy that I will have to pay to see?!" - jumbosal, on 05/22/2009, -1/+11get adblock
- bmhumdal, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7hmm maybe the fact that his last name is Yang? I don't think its off base to assume he is Chinese. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. What makes you think he is not? Your ignorance?
- awtripp, on 05/22/2009, -0/+6True, but not in terms of nationality. It's not like if there was a white kid in that picture someone would have said "a European kid" they would have just said "American kid" if anything (since it was in Texas).
- skshow289, on 05/22/2009, -0/+6Mute button, top left corner of the ad. Annoying, but not impossible to silence.
- MaxxusFlamus, on 05/22/2009, -6/+11There's pockets of genius in Texas- no doubt. But they unfortunately do not outweigh the ball and chain that is the bunch of inbreeding down syndrome folk that make up 95% of Texas.
- gmiley, on 05/22/2009, -0/+5"*Hits red button"
- awtripp, on 05/22/2009, -0/+5Well, it was a geography bee not a spelling bee -- so he gets points for at least putting the title in the correct place.
- Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -1/+5Also on the Digg front page: "Oh, Texas, this guy runs your school board?"
http://digg.com/d1rnTp
Come on, Texas, this kid's one step forward but that dude's like a million backwards. - vofuse, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4They should let him host Jeopardy instead of Alex Trebek.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4Yang is most likely a Chinese name.
- irreverend, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4It is anglicized: we don't pronounce it like the Germans do.
- texanatthedoor, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Are you people that ignorant that you'd judge every person in a state by the generalities you've accepted as truth because you are too lazy to actually learn about it?
- themadrammer, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3What is "Above Uranus"?
- m3arvk, on 05/22/2009, -3/+6How do high-profile idiots get into power? They get elected.
What kind of person elects an idiot into a high-profile position? An idiot.
Therefore there must be a pretty high percentage of idiots in Texas.
QED MaxxusFlamus' statement. - lewzer, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3As long as Sean Connery doesn't crash the party. . .
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Connery: Hes your new step daddy Trebek!
- inigomntoya, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3its stuff like this that gives me hope that our country just MIGHT have a chance...
- awtripp, on 05/22/2009, -1/+4Just pointing out the misnomer; I understand that you're retarded and that's OK.
- awtripp, on 05/22/2009, -3/+5Actually the article says he's American.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Damn, Galapagos. That is sweet. Its a dream to go there.
- Onion575, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Is that a Canadian Province or something?
- 11familyguy11, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2...the word bee has historically been used to describe a get-together where a specific action is being carried out, like a husking bee, a quilting bee, or an apple bee. Its etymology is unclear but possibly derived from the Old English word bēn for prayer.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_bee#Etymolog ... - Sp0rAdiC, on 05/22/2009, -1/+3Did you know: All the answers to each year's National Geographic Geography Bee are in the previous 12 issues of the magazine. (11th place in my state in 6th grade... 7th grade I couldn't even get my name right.)
- JimSartor, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Translation of the last question: "Name a random country that the Danube river runs through."
- Oryan, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2@3rdPlace: You might want to invest in some shorter pants.
- Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Good stuff. It's inspiring to see some kids excel at more than just Guitar Hero highscores. :)
- firebhaal, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1India and China are the two countries we need to watch out for surpassing us someday even if both contestants are American :)
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Why is a test, or maybe a contest called a "bee"
- vvvladut, on 05/22/2009, -1/+2He is from Texas, so that certifies him as a genius.
- oninbonin, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Thank you :-) <---- Austin
- BabyFirefly, on 05/22/2009, -1/+225k scholarship? HAH! Like that's going to be enough for the Ivy League this kid will go to.
- IamNOTmrT, on 05/22/2009, -1/+2So you need to be a geography 'wonderkid' to name the coastal country between Brazil and Argentina?
- Mutt76, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1"hahaha look at this country, U-r-gay"
- lorddazzer, on 05/22/2009, -1/+2Being American doesn't make him any less chinese, ethnically.
- Wrangler76, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1He was saying that rote-learning and strict discipline from parents = lack of innovation from asians. I was just correcting his statement.
- Tenareth, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1(The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News.) Wow, I would have never guessed...
(I know, full disclosure statement) - IneedLaxatives, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1@Kentucky Boy: How can you say that? Innovation is not their strong point.... You are using a few individuals to generalize an entire race. Why are Japanese car companies remain on top? Is it because of innovation or just a bunch of individuals memorizing junk? The Asian familes who come to America to live are those from poorer economic social class from their own countries (mainly the poorer Asian countries). Why would they immigrate here if they were already well off? It would be understandable then why their parents would drill their children to do well in school and in their jobs since the parents knew how crappy life was back in their home country.
- Wrangler76, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Oh, and to me, bringing up an insulting rant on asians just because the article was about a geography competition who's winner happened to be asian, has racist undertones. Either way, you're obviously wrong on the issue. You seem to only think that a few technologies like the first computer, steam power, etc is considered "innovation", yet some of the most advanced technologies that are pioneered by South Korea and Japan today are not new inventions (and thus not innovations) just because they are a type of computer or whatnot- despite, for example, all the new techniques that were used to fabricate a new computer chip for example. Hell, that means nearly all "Western" countries have not been innovative for decades because they haven't invented something brand new like a computer.
- oninbonin, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Try 13.5 Billion
- inigomntoya, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Trebek: Can you please be more specific?
Sean Connery: What is above Ur-MOTHER'S-anus! - Wrangler76, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Haha! So you're saying that South Korea and Japan have better lawyers, which is why they're INVENTING so much more? Please clarify. I knew you would come up with some pathetic excuse of explanation, because people like you always do. I bring facts, and you bring your own unfounded, defensive explanations. Seriously though, I thought you could do better. It's just because they have better lawyers? PROVE IT. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut because you're just embarrassing yourself.
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