I recently took a trip with my mother. She won a major award for outstanding skills & work initiative through her company, so we accompanied 60 middle aged folk on an extravagant vacation. The first day the sponsors of the event decided to spice things up & play a few games, one of them was an American Airlines version of 'Jeopardy.' We were all a part of a team with everyone else at our table & one of the questions posed to my team went something like this: 'How many countries is American Airlines currently located in?' The answer choices were:
A. 129 countries on 6 continents
B. Every state but Georgia
C. 151 countries on 9 continents
D. Europe & the United States
Being at a table with nine travel industry professionals, I would have assumed they'd have a good handle on global geography. False. They wanted to answer C. The only problem with C is that there are only seven continents on Earth...we can't just make up two! Oh. My. Goodness. I'm going to blame it on the mimosas for breakfast.
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