I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz

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In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

Monty Hall.

Samuel de Champlain.

Grover Cleveland.

Daniel Boone.

What does Bryson say about computer energy consumption at the beginning of "The Waste Generation"? (from Hail to the Chief, Lost in Cyberland, Your Tax Form Explained, Book Tours, The Waste Generation, A Slight Inconvenience, At the Drive-In, Drowning in Red Tape, Life's Mysteries and So Sue Me)

That computer users need to be educated.

That a lot of energy is consumed by computers left on at night.

That computer manufacturers could fix the high consumption very easily.

That computer use should be restricted to a few hours a day.

What is one complaint Bryson has about the small towns around him? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

That he can't find a decent dentist.

That people are rude.

That everyone uses their car to get around.

There are no libraries.

What does Bryson find amazing about the geography of the United States? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

That so much of the country is empty of people.

That it is smaller than Canada.

That the United States has no Arctic region.

That there is very little variety.

What is Bryson satirizing in "Last Night on the Titanic"? (from At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II)

Disaster movies.

How the English stay calm, cool, and collected.

People who speak English well.

Rich people on cruise ships.