I Always Feel A Certain Sense Of

Knowing Lots Of Answers But Being A Millisecond Slow On The Buzzer Is Indeed Very Frustrating.

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, A Professor Of Political Science At Rutgers University, Has Argued That Geography Seems Less Relevant Than Ever In A World Where Nonstate Actors -- Malleable Entities Like Ethnicities, For Example -- Are As Powerful And Important As The Ones With Governments And Borders. Where On A Map Can You Point To Al-qaeda? Or Google, Or Wal-mart? Everywhere And Nowhere.

I Would Stare At Maps Of Delaware For Hours.

Eratosthenes, The Mapmaker Who Was The First Man To Accurately Measure The Size Of The Earth, Was A Librarian.

Being A Nerd Really Pays Off Sometimes.