<<Yeah, but how many quiz bowlers know the
name of the longest river in
Burundi because of
its symbolic or mythic significance? They know it
because at some point they looked on a
map.>>
I think that's a clear overgeneralization. Perhaps
the respondent learned the names of rivers simply by
looking at maps. I can't speak for anyone else, but by
and large, I did not. Of course, somehow I managed to
avoid taking a formal geography class.
Edmund