Oppo US Geography Quiz

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/29/2019 at 22:58 • Filed to: None

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Do you know all of your states? My middle schoolers have a states quiz next week, so we’re studying. I got 100% in about a minute-and-a-half. But I wasn’t trying very hard. How did you do?

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dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:07

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1:21 but I got Delaware and Connecticut mixed up

facw > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:12

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Took me 1:35, mainly because I was concerned about misclicking. The only thing I actually had to think about was Nebraska vs. Kansas. I knew Nebraska was on top, but I didn’t have the same sort of instant recognition for those two that I had everywhere else.

I fear I would do much worse on country versions of this, I think I could do North America (as long as I didn’t have to name who various small Caribbean islands belong to), and East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe should be ok (though the Balkans might be tricky). South America would be a bit harder (I really doubt I know which Guiana is which), and I think Africa would be a bit of a disaster (lots of easy countries, but plenty of others that I can barely remember exist let alone where they fit on the map). Central Asia probably wouldn’t be much better. Maybe I should practice.

Cash Rewards > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:19

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I’m real bad at this

smobgirl > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:20

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Fat fingers and mobile device made me slow and inaccurate, but I’ve driven most of the continental US at one point or another so I generally know how the states connect :)

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:23

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I used to be able to name all states and state capitals in 4th grade (Mexican and American) But now I can’t even tell Iowa and Ohio apart in a map.

CB > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:23

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38/50 due to dumb mistakes. Better than average, apparently. Which is cool, because I’m not even American, and most Americans probably couldn’t name our provinces and territories off by heart.

ttyymmnn > Cash Rewards 08/29/2019 at 23:25

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Practice! The quiz isn’t until Tuesday.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:26

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My time was horrible, because mobile. I'll be honest, I had to guess which one was Vermont vs. New Hampshire. I've always had trouble keeping those two straight, being right next to each other and very similarly shaped. Also, I've never been to New England at all, so it's just memorization for me.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:26

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49/50 because rushed clicking on NH for VT.

ttyymmnn > facw 08/29/2019 at 23:27

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This site has country quizzes as well. I would do better with a Cold War map, before the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

Spaceball-Two > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:31

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Those East coast small ones always get me.

Vítor > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:32

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41 of 50, the states in the South and New England always get me bungled up

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 08/29/2019 at 23:33

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I only know those two because my Mom was born in VT and I’ve visited there, and she now lives in NH. I always get CO and WY mixed up.

Cash Rewards > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:33

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Fun story time. I grew up in the northern reaches of NYC suburbs. Freshman year of college, in Louisiana, me and a kid from Boston got in an argument with a kid from Mississippi about WHERE MISSISSIPPI WAS. We all draw maps. Me and the kid from Boston draw the same wrong map. We see that we agree with each other and say “kid from Mississippi doesn’t even fucking know where Mississippi is! Damn their schools ar e  terrible." My PhD is not in geography. Mississippi kid went to Harvard law.

facw > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:38

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Just think how well you could do on a late 19th century map, really a lot fewer countries back then...

Maxima Speed > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:39

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Yikes ive forgotten a bit since I was a kid . I used to know, not only where every state was but also  its capitol city. Now im reduced 43/50 in 3:37 

Chuckles > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:42

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50/50, but my time wasn’t great since I’m in my phone. I’ll be visiting 8 or 9 states in the next week or so.

HammerheadFistpunch > CB 08/29/2019 at 23:48

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lets see, there’s sasquatchewan, Prince albert in a can, oreos, itsnotatuma, little france, im havin nunuvit, north by northwest, south Alaska, dark roasted columbian, Ifoundland ...uh...labradoodle, winterpeg?

CB > HammerheadFistpunch 08/29/2019 at 23:49

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What about the Samsquanch?

Dusty Ventures > ttyymmnn 08/29/2019 at 23:50

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50/50 in 1:17. The last few years of traveling helps a lot haha. Been to 42 of them in the last 5 years, 40 of them by car.

HammerheadFistpunch > CB 08/29/2019 at 23:51

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I always forget that one.

ttyymmnn > Cash Rewards 08/29/2019 at 23:52

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When I was in grad school in Houston, I played a Christmas  gig at some big rich house near the university. Our brass group was on the front lawn in an open tent with a gas heater, and there were valet parking guys taking care of the guests. We only had to play while the people got out of their cars and walked into the house. When there was a lull in the action, the valet guys would come over to our tent to get warm, and talk turned to where we were from. I said that I was from Virginia, and one of the valet guys said, “Is that anywhere near West Virginia?” I said, “Yeah, it’s a little to the east of it.”

ttyymmnn > Maxima Speed 08/29/2019 at 23:53

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I used to know all the capitals, but that was a long time ago. I’d have a lot of trouble with it now.

ttyymmnn > Chuckles 08/29/2019 at 23:56

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That looks like a great drive. 

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 00:00

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That was harder than I thought. D idn’t get 100% until my third try. Made enough mistakes (some of them mis-clicks) the first couple rounds to identify my weak spots (mainly, Vermont/NH, and for some reason I thought Arkansas bordered Kansas ) .

Svend > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 00:01

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29/50. Not bad for a Brit. 

Cash Rewards > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 00:03

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Fantastic!

ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro 08/30/2019 at 00:03

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Now, the next challenge. Take a piece of paper and write down all 50 states. You’d be surprised how hard it can be. 

ttyymmnn > Svend 08/30/2019 at 00:03

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That’s probably a passing grade in some American schools. 

MrDakka > Urambo Tauro 08/30/2019 at 00:22

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Arkansas has Kansas in its name so it's got be next to each other right?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 00:22

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All those little states in the East the size of a small county in Montana confuse me.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 01:57

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42/50, I fucked up bad on the Northeast and Gulf Coast

DutchieDC2R > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 03:07

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I got 42 out of 50. I always forget Oklahoma, Wyoming and a bunch of other ones.

Boxer_4 > shop-teacher 08/30/2019 at 04:14

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I’ll be honest, the only way I remember which state is Vermont vs New Hampshire is that Vermont looks like a “V” in the correct orientation, while New Hampshire is upside-down.  

AestheticsInMotion > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 04:21

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Pretty poorly. Can you tell that I've never been to the Eastern half of the states...? 

TrickJos > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 06:02

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100% Woo! Slow time because I’m on mobile though. 

shop-teacher > Boxer_4 08/30/2019 at 06:50

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Oh, good call! Maybe I'll be able to remember it now!

ST80MND > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 08:39

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38/50. I guess my canadian education has failed me. What a shock.

punkgoose17 > CB 08/30/2019 at 08:51

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I should try a Canada one and a world one when I have time.

Urambo Tauro > MrDakka 08/30/2019 at 09:24

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Exactly!

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:16

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42% but I was within 1 or 2 states of my guesses, so I was regionally pretty accurate :D

I’d say not bad for a foreigner... except I did do a lot of my early schooling here and am naturalized now :D

I’ve done similar tests where I was allowed to label them and done much better, i.e. after ruling out all the ones I knew I was able to then reason my way into identifying the remaining. But this naming them randomly was harder.

Fun though :D

For similar fun, can you label the 6 States and 2  Territories of Australia

The directional ones oughta be a dead giveaway, I’ll set the bar high and call a passing grade 5/8. 

MonkeePuzzle > Svend 08/30/2019 at 10:16

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bet most of us can’t even name any of Britain’ s states :D

MonkeePuzzle > Urambo Tauro 08/30/2019 at 10:17

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lol yes mis-clicks! I knew Rhode Island, but it was hard to get hit

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:17

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ahh! but I was taught a song!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:17

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Dammit. Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware...

Guess I need to spend some time in the colonies.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Urambo Tauro 08/30/2019 at 10:18

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Missouri borders 8 states.

MonkeePuzzle > smobgirl 08/30/2019 at 10:19

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I had to know which ones bordered with another country for my citizenship quiz, so I did really well on those. And then of course I knew the bordering and general direction of states that were near Colorado and Georgia where I’ve lived.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher 08/30/2019 at 10:19

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Vermont looks like a V!

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 08/30/2019 at 10:20

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didn’t even mention the great province of Timbits!?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:20

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Gotta drive ALL THE WAY through Kansas to get to Colorado.

shop-teacher > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/30/2019 at 10:20

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You’re the second person now to tell me that trick! Now I’ll be able to remember! :)

MonkeePuzzle > Spaceball-Two 08/30/2019 at 10:20

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there’s too many, and they’re too small! not like the clear straight lined large states of the midwest

MonkeePuzzle > ST80MND 08/30/2019 at 10:21

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you will appologize to each of your Canadian teachers right now!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 10:21

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Okay, that’s... sad. =)

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2019 at 10:22

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A Western Australia

B Northern Territory

C Victoria

D Queensland

E

F

G NSW

H Tasmania

I’m sure I’ve mucked it all up. 

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2019 at 10:23

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There’s a song for that?

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/30/2019 at 10:23

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Don’t worry, the British were confused too.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:25

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LOL

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/30/2019 at 10:26

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Unless you’re driving north...

Summer of 18 we drove from Austin up to ND , than back through WY, CO and NM. I have, however, crossed TN longwise  in both directions. I love that part of the country, but it does get tedious after a while. Still, it’s not as bad as driving diagonally across AL.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher 08/30/2019 at 10:26

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Yeah, noticed Boxer’s comment right after I wrote mine.

Now I just need a trick for all the little New England states...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:30

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Wyoming, in my mind, is clearly a western state in the north to me. grouped with Montana, Idaho & the Dakotas. Colorado stands alone for some reason.

Haven’t spent much time in TN, but as a kid we went to Kentucky Lake every other summer.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:30

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oof! a quick tour of youtube to find the one I recall from childhood was painful!
this is close those,

just the states in alphabetical order with a rhythm .

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:31

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not too shabby

you scored 4/8

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2019 at 10:52

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ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2019 at 10:55

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I knew Melbourne and Adelaide were on the South Coast , but wasn’t sure exactly where. Should have guessed the Capital Territory.  I do watch a fair amount of Rugby Union and Aussie Rules, and I actually read (most) of a book about the the history of Australia titled The Tyranny of Distance .

ateamfan42 > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 10:55

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The quiz doesn’t highlight the peninsula of Virginia.

Svend > MonkeePuzzle 08/30/2019 at 11:22

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Only county you need to know is Cumbria.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 11:50

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I accidentally clicked on Virginia while trying to click on NC. Utah on the other hand is irrelevant along with Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. So I’m not sorry I missed that one. I’ll collectively consider them “deserts full of crazy people”.

Also, fuck Oklahoma.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Svend 08/30/2019 at 11:52

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So you got Texas, NY, California, Florida, and somehow 25 other states?

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 08/30/2019 at 12:42

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My kids challenged me last week to name all of the states without even looking at a map. 6 3 seconds, but I had to close my eyes and go through them contiguously. But I’m a total nerd for geography stuff.

That’s a lot easier than trying to name the 15-odd countries that border China. That’s a serious challenge. I think I got half of them.

Svend > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/30/2019 at 12:56

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If I remember the quiz correctly I remembered the western seaboard, southern states, most of the eastern seaboard from Maine down to Florida and the great lakes area.

It was mostly central and northern America I didn’t get.

Some I know from people on here, some I know from historical connections to my home city here in the U.K. 

ttyymmnn > ateamfan42 08/30/2019 at 15:14

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I hadn’t noticed. Then again, most Virginians don’t know about the Eastern Shore.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/30/2019 at 15:17

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You were saying?

I think it’s spelled Okla Homa.