--- In quizbowl_at_y..., Jeremy Steeley <jeremy2004_747_at_y...> wrote:
>
> You have to be kidding me; the Colossus at Rhodes, Statue of Zues
> at Olympia, Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Pyramids at Giza, the
> Hanging Gardens at Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and
> the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; come on, you have to know the 7
> wonders of the ancient world, and you call yourself a quiz bowl
> player.
Not only do I call myself a quiz bowl player, I actually happen to
be one. No, seriously, I was just making a joke, albeit not a funny
one.
> The wonders are 10 times as easy as eastern communist
> leaders, which is also a very simple subject.
Well, if it's the same three that always get asked, yes, I would
agree with you. There is quite a number of Eastern European leaders
that don't get asked very often at all, though, and they're not as
simple to get as the "canonical" ones.