1. Top Nine Reasons to Learn World Geography

2. #1 Shaquille O'Neal (in answer to a question whether he visited the Parthenon while in Greece): "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

3. The Parthenon...

4. #2 Former Vice-President Dan Quayle: "I love California. I grew up in Phoenix."

5. Phoenix

6. #3 Britney Spears: "I get to go overseas to places, like Canada!"

7. Overseas: a place across an ocean…Overseas: a place across an ocean… UNITED STATES ofAMERICA C A N A D A O C E A N ? ? ? O C E A N

8. #4 Charlize Theron: "I liked visiting Turkey and its capital, Budapest."

9. Budapest TURKEY Budapest Hungary Budapest is the capital of Hungary... Ankara Turkey Ankara is the capital of Turkey…

10. #5 Christina Aguilera: "So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"

11. U.S.A. Cannes, France

12. The "Palais des Festivals" in which the Cannes Film festival takes place… EVERY YEAR…

13. #6 Jessica Simpson: "I'm not anorexic. I'm from Texas! Are there people from Texas who are anorexic?"

15. #7 Tara Reid: "If you want to be mean to each other, just buy a country together and blow each other up. Then we'd have no terrorists left."

17. #8 Former Vice-President Dan Quayle : "I was recently on a tour of Latin America and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."

19. The main Language of Latin America is SPANISH. LATIN has been a “dead” language for over 1,000 years…LATIN was the main language spoken in the Roman Empire, but it has been a “dead” language for over 1,000 years…

20. #9 Britney Spears: "I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't really like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa."

21. JAPAN A F R I C A The country of Japan is NOT on the continent of Africa…

22. The #1 Reason to teach World Geography… Linda Evangelista: "It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher”…