Groundskeeper Willie in the News

**mudd** · 21st September 07, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

Idaho...

capital- - Des Moines,

other cities.... Dubuque, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids....

Right. And Stockholm is the capital of Switzerland.

**Hachiman** · 21st September 07, 09:48 PM

Oh, this is fun!

Ok, now - with resorting to google or the 'net in general, let's see how many of the American rabble can name:

1) Australia's capital city.

2) Australia's largest city.

3) 2 of Australia's States. (and no, I won't accept "queensland" or "Brisbane", cause they're in my profile - I want different answers!).

cheers
Hachiman

**auld argonian** · 21st September 07, 09:59 PM

1) Canberra..cause I live in a Walter Burley Griffin house and WBG was the architect of Canberra...also we entertained a few of your Canberra city planners and engineers a couple of years back when they came in to see the WBG houses and thge Frank LLoyd Wright houses here in Chicago.

2) I'm going to have to guess on this one...Sydney? Though are we talkin' square footage or population?

3) New South Wales and Victoria...I've had the advantage of reading "In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson and enjoyed every page of it. I have repeatedly recommended it to several of my friends and relatives and they blow me off...they're missing a treat.

Best

AA

**Hachiman** · 22nd September 07, 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

1) Canberra..cause I live in a Walter Burley Griffin house and WBG was the architect of Canberra...also we entertained a few of your Canberra city planners and engineers a couple of years back when they came in to see the WBG houses and thge Frank LLoyd Wright houses here in Chicago.

Nicely done! I'm pretty sure I know some Aussies who couldn't tell you who Walter Burley Griffin was!

2) I'm going to have to guess on this one...Sydney? Though are we talkin' square footage or population?

Well done again! And, although I don't have the data to back it up, I suspect Sydney is our largest city both on area and population. Sydney has approximately 4 - 5 million people living in it, and the surrounding cities/suburbs. In a country of 21 million people, it has almost 20% of our population. Bear in mind that Australia is almost the same size as the continental United States of America, so our population is quite spread out.

3) New South Wales and Victoria...I've had the advantage of reading "In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson and enjoyed every page of it. I have repeatedly recommended it to several of my friends and relatives and they blow me off...they're missing a treat.

And Auld Argonian wins the prize!! Well, he would if there was a prize, which there ain't... but yes, New South Wales and Victoria are indeed two states of Australia.

Anyone care to name them all? Come on, America - there are only six states and two territories...you've got three of them, name the rest!

Well done, AA!

cheers,

Hachiman