Show:
Reasons to not believe Greg
Reasons to believe Greg
Reasons to believe Jon
Reasons to not believe Jon
Truth questions
100
How many schools did Greg claimed to build? How many were ghost schools?
Greg Claimed to build 170 schools but 30 ended up being ghost schools. So Greg built 140 schools
100
Where did Greg get money to build the schools?
Greg got money from speeches and other organizations to build schools
100
what was Greg's close friends name that claimed Greg didn't know that Korphe existed till a year later?
Scott Darsney
100
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?
Greg may not have been completely honest about building so many schools but he did dedicate around 12 years of his life on building them.
100
How long did it take Greg to build the first school in Korphe?
It took Greg 3 years to build the school in Korphe.
200
what was the full name of the man that committed suicide? Why did he kill himself?
David Oliver Relin committed suicide at age 49 David was the co-author of the book Three Cups of Tea that led him to his death because he figured out the book was filled with lies.
200
What was Greg's intention? Did he do what he promised?
Greg's intention was to build schools and he did keep his promise on building schools.
200
What did Jon use from Greg's book to use against him?
Jon used Greg's book interview
200
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?
No because Haji Ali died in 2001 and Three Cups of Deceit was published in 2011 that was 10 years after Haji Ali died.
200
What did Haji Ali mean when he told Greg to listen to the wind?
to follow your dreams.
300
How much money did Greg have to pay back to the CAI charity foundation?
Greg had to pay $1 million dollars to the CAI charity foundation.
300
who said "were thrilled to be getting education?"
A group of girls that attended a school that Greg built.
300
How much money did Jon donate to Greg's Charity?
Jon donated $75,000 to Greg's charity fund but later canceled the transfer after he figured out about the truth of the money
300
Jon Krakauer 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?
Greg helped the sick and weak and tried his best helping those in pain by passing out his painkillers and other medicine he had.
300
Its stated in Three Cups of Tea "Education is like water." What's does this mean?
You cant live without it.
400
How many lawsuits were filed against Greg Mortenson?
There were a total of 6 lawsuits filed against Greg Mortenson and 4 were included from readers of Three Cups of Tea
400
What gave Greg the idea to build schools?
when Greg was younger his father helped build 640 bed hospital and his sister Christa with epilepsy had a difficult time in life in witch these to figures inspired Greg to build schools.
400
Was Greg really kidnapped of so what village was he kidnapped from?
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..."
400
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?
Jon never knew how much Greg spent cause Jon states in his book how Greg never showed any receipts or documentation so Jon is going against his book on stating how there was no proof and now Jon says Greg spent over $100,000 of CAI's money.
400
what was the little girls name that asked if Greg would help build a school?
The little girls name was Chocho who walked up to Greg and asked if he would help build a school for them.
500
How much did Greg get paid for speaking in front of large crowds of people?
Greg got paid $30,000 for each big crowd he spoke in front of
500
What does the Three Cups of tea mean?
1 cup of tea means stranger 2 cups of tea means honored guest and 3 cups of tea states as family.
500
During Greg's abduction what did Greg claimed to sleep on?
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.
500
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?
Yes Greg could be trying to get as much attention as he can to help raise money and start a charity.
500
In Greg's eyes he saw this man as his father figure what is his full name? What did he do?
Jean Hoerni was a father figure to Greg since his father died when he was young. Jean donated $12,000 to Greg's Charity to build his first school in Korphe.