"Where are the Galapagos Islands?"

[TZ]

I was watching a game show and a contestant was playing for a trip to the Galapagos islands but was totally clueless on where they are..Is it just me or does that strike you as incredibly ignorant? I know a lot of Americans aren't great with world geography but STILL that just seems so incredible not to know that...:shrug:

[cbayer]

1. Just follow the giant turtles.

That's what Darwin did.

[Orrex]

5. Sure, if you have that kind of time

It's not like they're in a hurry to get there, or anything.

[cbayer]

6. All I've got is time.

Might just hire me a few to pull me there. I've always wanted to go to that place, wherever it is.

[DarkTirade]

2. There aren't that many oceans out there... when in doubt, guess. :P

Indian! No, Atlantic! Pacific? :P

[Orrex]

3. If I arrive at those islands, will the turtle ensue?

Hardy har har!

[TZ]

7. Thats your revenge

for me beating you to a pun earlier..isn't it....:crazy:

[Orrex]

9. It's only the beginning!

:evilgrin:

[TZ]

12. EEK! Someone save me from the big bad Kewpie Doll...

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Is that a continent?

I think I saw a TV show on that, and it's like surrounded by water, on all sides, so it must be away from land somewhere. I don't know - maybe east? Can you have an island surrounded by water, or am I thinking of Cambodia or something?

It's gotta be east, though. Somewhere.

[TZ]

10. Well you know its cause Americans don't have maps

and all that you know Iraq and Iran and everything.....:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Oh, you mean our education such as South Africa and Iraq and such as to build up our future?

That makes sense, then.

[DS1]

8. Off the coast of Galapagos, dipshit

:eyes:





:D

[Jamastiene]

11. Scratch that.

I'm not sure, but here's the Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos

(Official name: Archipiélago de Colón; other Spanish names: Islas de Colón or Islas Galápagos, from galápago, "saddle"—after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, 525 nautical miles (972 km/604 mi) west of continental Ecuador in the Pacific OceanCoordinates: 0°40′S, 90°33′W.

The Galápagos archipelago, with a population of around 40,000, is a province of Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America, and the islands are all part of Ecuador's national park system. The principal language on the islands is Spanish.

The islands are famed for their vast number of endemic species and the studies by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle that contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

<snip>

Now, there's something I could play with all night long with word puns: Archipiélago de Colón :evilgrin:

[Ava]

14. south america is all i know for sure

around ecuador *i think* :hide:

[pokerfan]

15. Uh, the location of Darwin's finches?

Maybe s/he was a creationist?

[KamaAina]

16. What show? "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader"?

:dunce:

[TZ]

17. No...

I think it was the Price is Right...

[blondie58]

18. they are off the coast of Ecuador

if you like nature flicks, rent National Geographics special on them. It is truly a very unique place. I have to go there someday- it is high on my list. Be sure to check out the Blue Footed Boobies- they are so cool!






http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?tid=3&did=3537

[DBoon]

19. Home of lonesome George

the world's most eligible giant tortoise bachelor

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Aren't they in Lake Michigan?

:rofl:

[Lethe]

21. Ecuador

d00d

big turtles down there

[Burma Jones]

22. Where God put them so Satan could plant all that false evidence

And I thought you were a Scientist.........

[madinmaryland]

23. Ahh! You are a "Wheel" watcher..

:rofl:

[bigwillq]

24. Off the coast of South America

:)

[hobbit709]

25. In a recent survey of high school students

2 out of 5 couldn't properly place the United States on an outline map of the continents. This was done by National Geographic.