He found the Mapman.Danny Summers of Gulfview Middle School in Naples, Florida Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, USA. As of 1 July 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,804.[3] Naples is the County seat of Collier County, and is a Principal City of the Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical , is the grand-prize winner of the 2005 Mapman Contest. Congratulations go to Danny and to his school, which has now won two years in a row! Like football's Super Bowl champions <onlyinclude>This is a list of Super Bowl champions, that is, all the franchises that have won the championship game of the National Football League. Super Bowls are held in an American city that is chosen years in advance. , the New England Patriots  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. , the Gulfview students form an impressive team--five of the runners-up are also from Gulfview Middle School. In our February 7 issue, we challenged you to locate all the places that Mapman--a.k.a. Jim McMahon--visited on a recent trip. To win, you had to complete two tasks: Answer all eight questions correctly, and draw a map of the final destination. This year, we received nearly 8,000 entries from 47 states. About half of you got all eight answers right. Danny won a $500 U.S. Savings Bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. for his entry (pictured here)--a right hand, perhaps his own, pointing toward an elevation map of Sweden. He--and each of the 25 runners-up --will also receive a Mapman T-shirt and a Franklin Electronic Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. JS Talks With Mapman JS: Where did you go, Mapman? Mapman: I went to Goteborg, Sweden. JS: Tell us about it. Mapman: Goteborg is a port city that is located on Sweden's west coast. When I arrived there on a Friday night in late June, it was still daylight. My taxi driver taxi driver n → taxista m/f taxi driver taxi n → chauffeur m de taxi taxi driver taxi n → told me that Goteborg was Scandinavia's busiest port city. When I asked why the cards and streets seemed so deserted, he shrugged and said, "Everyone is at the AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. concert." He then turned on the radio and began to sing along to one of the band's songs as we passed fountains, statues, and museums. JS: Tell us about the student entries. Mapman: Some entries focused on the products that Sweden manufactures, while others portrayed Sweden's cultural life. Swedish fish Swedish Fish are a type of quasi-gummi chewy candies shaped like fish. Originally colored red with a flavor unique to the candy, they are now also available in orange, yellow and green; the flavor varies with color. The fish come in two different sizes. , candy, and meatballs were popular themes on many maps. A couple of maps even featured Swedish reindeer, an animal whose meat many Swedes enjoy. At a Goteborg smorgasbord, a buffet of various foods and dishes, I skipped the Swedish delicacy. I want to thank all the students and teachers for making this year's contest a memorable one. The 25 runners-up are Mohammed Ahmed, O. A. Thorp Academy, Chicago, Ill.; Kate Allison, Nathan Hale (character) Nathan Hale - An asterisk ("*", see also splat, ASCII). Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!" ("life to give" -> "ass to risk" -> "asterisk"), a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just before he was hanged. School, Schaumburg, Ill.; Carissa Boire, Stafford Middle School (MS), Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Casey Burdette, Ceredo-Kenova MS, Kenova, W. Va.; Christian Courtemanche, First Lutheran School Lutheran schools and education were a priority for Lutherans who emigrated to the United States and Australia from Germany and Scandinavia. One of the first things they did was to create schools for their children. , Venice, Calif.; Curtis DeKoning, Saylesville School, Rubicon, Wis.; Dan Ehrenberg, Saylesville School, Rubicon, Wis.; Carolyn Flewelling, Gulfview MS, Naples, Fla.; Nancy Flewelling, Gulfview MS, Naples, Fla.; Lyda Harris, Doolen MS, Tucson, Ariz.; Allie Healy, Doolen MS, Tucson, Ariz.; Teller Kwan, Fernwood MS, Portland, Ore.; Hannah Lewis, Gulfview MS, Naples, Fla.; Alycia Moore, Homeschooled, Danville, Vt.; Logan Partlow, Aledo Junior High School, Aledo, Ill.; Josh Patton, Gulfview MS, Naples, Fla.; Margarita Popova, Percy Julian MS, Oak Park, Ill.; Bethania Pulido, Sacred Heart School Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools: In the United States
Here are the correct answers. 1. NORTHERN IRELAND 2. DENMARK 3. REYKJAVIK 4. NORWEGIAN SEA 5. PENINSULA 6. HELSINKI 7. SOUTHWEST 8. GOTEBORG, SWEDEN |
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