Friday, September 19, 2008

3rd Annual Season One Whapey Awards Announced!


Best Government (Classical): Persia


Best Government (River-Valley): Harrappa


Most Influential Society: Rome


Most Influential Person: Confucius (by the way, Confucius beat Jesus by exactly ONE VOTE)


Best Leader: Cyrus


Worst Leader: Xerxes


Best Conflict: Rome vs. Nomads


Best Social System: Persia


Most Influential Belief System: Christianity


Best Economic System: Persia


Best Invention: road systems


Worst Invention: agriculture (seriously, only in AP world)


Best Cultural Contribution: bread & circuses


Best Film Set in Season 1: Gladiator

So folks, with 6 wins, Persia pulls off another sweep of the Season One Whapeys, including winning the top award. Thanks for all the votes, this was an excellent year in terms voter turnout. So now my AP world family, get geared up for...


The Season Two Premiere


Monday, September 22nd

9 comments:

Jordyn Farrell said...

Does Confucius usually beat Jesus or the other way around? And is it usually by a large margin?

Prill said...

confucius has won every year. this was the closest vote yet though.

sally moon said...

oh dang i didnt even know what this whole thing was about.. i think i went to the bathroom or something when yall were talking about it..? well is there any other voting poll things anytime soon? over what?

Prill said...

seriously? not only have we been talking about it, it's been all over the blog. look at some of the previous posts.

Nicole Gustafson said...

so, there's not another blog post for the weekend?

Prill said...

working on one right now

Lora Persyn said...

How did Rome vs. Nomads get best conflict?
PERSIAN WARS PEOPLE!
OR EVEN ATHENS VS SPARTA!
OR CHINESE VS XIONGNU!

I DEMAND A RECOUNT!

Alina said...

i still say that the disney hercules is the best movie. do u do whapey awards for every season?

Brooke Sapp said...

woooooooo persia lol.