Reasons to not believe Greg
Reasons to believe Greg
Reasons to believe Jon
Reasons to not believe Jon
Miscellaneous Questions
100
Greg Claimed to build 170 schools but 30 ended up being ghost schools. So Greg built 140 schools
How many schools did Greg claimed to build? How many were ghost schools?
100
Where did Greg get money to build the schools? Greg got money from speeches and other organization
Greg got money from speeches and other organization
100
Scott Darsney
what was Greg's close friends name that claimed Greg didn't know that Korphe existed till a year later?
100
Greg may not have been completely honest about building so many schools but he did dedicate around 12 years of his life to building schools.
Jon states that all the appearances that Greg did to interviews and public speeches about building schools were myths why did Jon think its a myth?
100
It took Greg 3 years to build the school in Korphe.
How long did it take Greg to build the school in Korphe?
200
David Oliver Relin commited suicide at age 49 David was the co-author of the book Three Cups of Tea that led him death.
what was the full name to the man that committed suicide? Why did he kill himself?
200
Greg's intention was to build schools and he did keep his promise on building schools.
What was Greg's intention? Did he do what he promised?
200
Jon used Greg's book interview
What did Jon use from Greg's book to use against him?
200
No because Haji Ali died in 2001 and Three Cups of Deceit was published in 2011 that was 10 years after Haji Ali died.
In the book Three Cups of Deceit Jon states that Greg Mortenson never put his hand on Haji Ali's shoulder and promised to build a school. Did Jon ever meet Haji Ali to ask him about Greg Mortenson?
200
to follow your dreams.
What did Haji Ali mean when he told Greg to listen to the wind?
300
Greg had to pay $1 million dollars to the charity
How much money did Greg have to pay back to the charity?
300
“If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.”
why did Greg emphasis girls getting more education?
300
Jon donated $75,000 to Greg's charity fund
How much money did Jon donate to Greg's Charity?
300
Greg helped the sick and weak and tried his best helping those in pain by passing out his painkillers and other medicine he had.
Jon Krakuer claims that Greg didn't actually help Korphe and claims he didn't actually give his backpacking bag away and he didn't help with the sick and weak. Did Jon ever interview why the Korphe people call Greg Dr. Greg?
300
You cant live without it
Its stated in Three Cups of Tea "Education is like water." What's does this mean?
400
There were a total of 6 lawsuits filed against Greg Mortenson and 4 were included from readers of Three Cups of Tea
How many lawsuits were filed against Greg Mortenson?
400
when Greg was younger his father helped build 640 bed hospital and his sister Christa who had epilepsy had a difficult time in life in witch these to figures inspired Greg to build schools.
What gave Greg the idea to build schools?
400
Greg was never kidnapped by the Taliban's and wasn't held against his will for a week as it states in the book ..."he was a honored guest..."
Was Greg really kidnapped if so what was the name of the village he was kidnapped from?
400
Through countless donations and other fundraisers to build schools Greg was popular which motivated other investors to support the cause of education.
Jon states that Greg spent over $100,000 of CAI's money and said that Greg never provided any receipts or documentation of his spending and it also says most of the spending was cash. If there was no receipts provided or documentation than how did Jon know how much money Greg really spent?
400
The little girls name was Chocho who walked up to Greg and asked if he would help build a school for them
what was the little girls name that asked if Greg would help build a school?
500
Greg got paid $30,000 for each big crowd he spoke in front of
How much did Greg get paid for speaking in front of large crowds of people?
500
1 cup of tea means stranger 2 cups of tea means honored guest and 3 cups of tea states as family
What does the Three Cups of tea mean?
500
Greg said he slept on the dirt ground with a dusty blanket but in the picture Greg was sitting on the generals Western Style bed with a mattress and clean linens
During Greg's abduction what did Greg claimed to sleep on?
500
Yes Greg could be trying to get as much attention as he can to help raise money and start a charity.
The first sentence in Jon's book states that "Greg doesn't hide his light under a bushel." could there be a good reason why Greg doesn't hide his light under a bushel?
500
Jean Hoerni was a father figure to Greg since his father died when he was young. Jean donated $12,000 to Greg's Charity of his first school.
In Greg's eyes he saw this man as his father figure what is his full name? What did he do?
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