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Location: big island | this is kinda entertaining and nerve-wracking too:
http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html
it begins counting down as soon as you click the link so be ready if you are interested.
oh, and your spelling has to be accurate which can present a problem. i mean, how many people can spell massawhosits? |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I got all 50 with 54 seconds left... whew! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Tupp - sorry but Arizona was the last one I came up with |
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Location: big island | you're good, mike. do you collect stamps or sumpthin'?
sheesh! i thought i did good at 47 with 1:36 left.
don't start naming states or the hints will be rampant. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i managed to get all but 15 whilst eating 5 tacos....not too bad...i new a bunch more but my spelling bites the big one..lol jason |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I have to admit I would have been stuck at 49 but Sportscenter had hilights of the Phoenix Suns game... :D |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I got 34 which is not bad for an Aussie without a background in geography. The ones I knew all seemed to come from songs I've heard or from too much television. After watching the Wizard of Oz with my daughter only a couple of nights ago I really should've got Kansas |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Got 'em all with 2:16 left... struggled a long time with one midwest state and the state Jason's from. thanks for sharing, that was fun. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by ozwatto:
I got 34 which is not bad for an Aussie without a background in geography. The ones I knew all seemed to come from songs I've heard or from too much television. After watching the Wizard of Oz with my daughter only a couple of nights ago I really should've got Kansas especially since "oz" is the beginning of your screen name!
i missed that one too as well as cliff's state and my mom's state. :rolleyes: |
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Location: boulder | confusion, anger, denial, elation, disbelief, ...I go thru these states every day..what's the deal. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | It's much easier in this part of the world...it's a big place but we have only six states and two territories. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i got new jersey cuz ive got a hangover from AC lastnight..lol jason |
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Location: Up North | 35 out of 50 that's 70%, not bad for a canuck. |
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Location: Up North | sorry, I had posted the ones I had missed, then realized that would ruin it for anyone following me, edited just in time. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I got forty-nine!
The one I missed was Massachusetts!
And I am originally from there!
It was Lanaki's comment that made me take the test.
And at about 4 minutes, I looking... Which one did I forget?
And when it popped-up...
Well, I felt dumb! |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by dvd:
Got 'em all with 2:16 left... struggled a long time with one midwest state and the state Jason's from. thanks for sharing, that was fun. dvd, you "struggled a long time" with two states and still got 'em all with 2:16 left. you're my new hero. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Arrrrgggghhh I got 47 with 6 minutes left, then finally figured out how to spell Louisiana.. whew... then 4 minutes left... 3.....2.....1.... beeep..
At the two minute mark, I even looked at a map and still couldn't remember DELAWARE and NEW JERSEY!!!!
sorry Al... :( |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Randy, for me it went pretty much exactly like Miles described. Got most of them very quickly. I'm more the spacial type so I just worked my way around the map with some occasional jumping around. But I missed the one in the dead center of the map, and for the life of me I couldn't get past Washington DC.. I knew District of Columbia wasn't a state but I had a mental block on what state "surrounds" it. |
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Location: big island | yup, me too. got 46 very quickly, 2 minutes left, then massawhosits hit me with 1:36 left and all i could do was watch the timer ticking away on the edge of my seat. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im gonna have to try this again....lol jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | got all but 4 with 4:27 left on the clock...i was tempted to look at my state quarters map but i didnt..lol jason |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | DVD - that's how I did it as well.. spacially. The big square ones in the middle kept screwing me up though! |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I learned that I can't spell Massachusetts. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by dvd:
I'm more the spacial type Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
that's how I did it as well.. spacially. And you both have reserved seats on the spacial short bus. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 49, with just a hair over 2:03 remaining....
Fu@kin', "Kansas" |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Got them all in 6:23, with 48 in the first four minutes. I stalled at Mississippi and Oklahoma. But this wasn't really fair. I took a motorcycle trip once where we hit all 48 states, so I simply listed Alaska and Hawaii first, then retraced the trip. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | I got 31:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Washington,
Wisconsin
Not too bad for a german, what do you think?
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Location: Munich, Germany | Originally posted by Omaha:
I learned that I can't spell Massachusetts. Yep, that would have been my number 32 - but didn't know how to write it, too. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by Koenig Kurt:
Not too bad for a german, what do you think? Ok, so...
"Bavaria"...
I'm stuck. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I got all 49 states.
Except minnisotta. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I got all 49 states.
Except minnisotta. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Originally posted by Omaha:
Originally posted by Koenig Kurt:
Not too bad for a german, what do you think? Ok, so...
"Bavaria"...
I'm stuck.
Kurt |
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Location: big island | there's a little town in bavaria called dehlingen (sp?) and that is where i have traced my paternal dellinger ancestors to. i've gotta visit there some day. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Sorry Lanaki, never heard of it. That doesn't mean anything - but me always thinking 'overseas'.
And I think, I could name 10 or 15 capitals of the US States that I knew... :D
Do I know 10 or 15 cities in bavaria? Wow, that would be hard... ;)
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Location: Indiana | Got them all with 1:48 left.With no help, bad typing skills and kwestunabul spellun scillz. Had 3 to go with 3 minutes left.I forgot Alaska an Hawaii. Sorry. Then went nuts till I finally remembered Maryland. I wasn't sure if Texas and Kentucky are still considered states or other countries.
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OT: how many states can you name in 10 minutes?