Harder than you’d think March 5, 2007
Posted by composmentis in Travel.trackback
At least for an idiot like me. Took me two consecutive tries and I only had 46 tics left on my second go.
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Damn I forgot Minnesota and Nebraska. Oh well nothing good comes from there anyway.
I got everything but 4 in five minutes. Then I cheated. Conn., Delaware, Arkansas, Indiana. I actually saw Al Franken do something I thought was pretty cool once. On Letterman’s show, he had a poster and marker and drew a map of the U.S. with all the state boundaries in 60 seconds. Looked like kind of a cool trick to learn.
Got em all w 2:02 to spare.
Here’s a fun one. There are four states whose capital cities begin with the same letter as the state.
Can you name them?
Indianapolis, Indiana
Honolulu, Hawaii
Anchorage, Alaska
Titties, Texas
Juneau is the capital of Alaska.
But you got Texas right.
Wait a minute, there’s a New Mexico?
OKC, Oklahoma
Yes sir.
That leaves one I believe. In my anecdotal experience, it’s the one people seem to have the hardest time remembering.
Dover, Delaware
Got em all with 3:34 on the clock. I believe that makes you all my bitches.
49 in 4 minutes then couldn’t remember #50. Grrrr. It was New Jersey of all places.
That’s the one that slowed me down, too.
Is there a site where I can just say the names?
I don’t type so fast.
Brew, I missed NJ too. I had to sit there for 3 minutes constantly asking myself “What am I missing?” until the time ran out. ugh.
massachusits
massichusits
massatwoshits
*BZZZZZZZZ*
Damn! Delaware, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. The irritating thing is, I was thinking of the shapes of both Delaware and Minnesota, but went totally blank trying to remember their names.
When I was in elementary school, I used to be able to recite them all in alphabetical order along with capitals. Those were the days.
Dang, I forgot: Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
Not bad for an Old Dude.
Hope I didn’t diss any IB regulars.
Wow! I sucked more than anybody. I missed 12. I totally blanked on a large, middle section of the flyover country, and a few of the New England states.
I did much worse, cuz I spell like a tourets syndrome savant, who thinks about the way a someone walks rather than how to spell a state.
Though, even with bad spelling, I always find myself with only 48 or so.
Amen pupster, I tend to work geographicaly, not alphabeticaly.
Crap, I didn’t get Oklahoma and Ohio.
Ohio I can understand. It’s only 45 minutes away and the hated Buckeyes are from there. I’m PROUD I forgot Ohio.
I just took for granted that they don’t really count.
Or not. That is kinda funny, but only Michael will appreciate it.
Oh, and I been drinkin’. That should have been a gimmee for Oklahoma.
Wiffed on Indiana.
but only Michael will appreciate it.
I do. I missed 5 states, including Maryland where I used to live, but I got Ohio. I’m not proud of that.
How in hell can you guys forget Indiana?? We have the Indianapolis 500, one of the greatest men’s college basketball programs of all time at I.U., and the Colts just won the Super Bowl for eff’s sake.
It’s not like we have nothin’ to offer, like Idaho, fer cryin’ out loud.
It’s not like we have nothin’ to offer, like Idaho, fer cryin’ out loud.
*lower lip trembles slightly*
Oh yeah… what would you put your gravy on at Thanksgiving Dinner…
Mashed Broccoli?
I was thinking of the shapes of both Delaware and Minnesota,
In which Mrs. Peel once again demonstrates her Nerd Cred.
Shapes?
I usually remember them by their Atomic Weight.
Geezer, don’t let him give you any crap. Just ask him what a ‘hoosier’ is. (hint: nobody knows! lol!)
Eat me Brew. lol.
It’s true. No one knows what in hell it really means or where it actually came from. Hoosier daddy? There is no definitive answer.
Buncha hilljacks.
Out of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, my brain only has room for two. Indiana drew the short straw this time. Nothing personal.
The two I had to struggle to recall were Minnesota and Massachusetts.
No idear why. I try to start with Maine and work my way south, and then west, but I always get crazy when I do NC and SC and then I GOTTA pick ND and SD and then all the “News” and my plan is just shot to hell.
No idear why. I try to start with Maine and work my way south, and then west, but I always get crazy when I do NC and SC and then I GOTTA pick ND and SD and then all the “News” and my plan is just shot to hell.
lol! my plan exactly and I got sidetracked at the exact same place. I’m thinking South Carolina *oh crap, I better do South Dakota now or I’ll forget it later* and then I was doomed.
Here’s another bad plan: An Ann Coulter post.
*lower lip trembles slightly*
Oh yeah… what would you put your gravy on at Thanksgiving Dinner…
Mashed Broccoli?
gave me a good guffaw.
I start west and work east.
And if we can get mashed broccoli to catch on, Idaho will complete its slide into utter irrelevance and we can finally give it back to the British.
We don’t want it!
*looking at map of Idaho*
Awww bloody ‘ell.
That’s a lot o’ portage.
we can finally give it back to the British.
Think of all the anti-gun laws they’d put in place Geez. No more shootin’ varmints while hot tubbing!
Yeah, take it back.
We ain’t worried about a bunch of Crumpet chewing Nancy-Boys.
I missed three: Minnesota, Massachusetts and Missouri.
Fuckin’ “M” states.
Dave has a link to a one where you type in all the countries (192 of ‘em) in ten minutes. I’m certain it’s physically impossible, but I got 135. Anyone want to try to beat that?
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In case anyone is wondering, here’s the list of countries I missed (don’t read this if you’re planning on taking the challenge):
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Dominica, East Timor, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia,
Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, Kiribati, Kuwait,
Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Montenegro,
Mozambique, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone,
Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, The Bahamas, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Vanuatu, Venezuela
At some point in elementary school we had to learn a song with all the states in alphabetical order. Somehow it’s always stayed with me. End result: I finished, 7:30 left on the clock.
End result: I finished, 7:30 left on the clock.
Yeah, well, um, I bet you don’t have a three-legged crime fighting dog!
Frickin’ lurkers.
Argh. I missed 12. A full dozen.
I’ve even got relatives in one of the ones I missed. Stupid time limit.
Argh. I missed 12. A full dozen.
Ha! You’re on the IB Short Bus with me. We need to be re-edjumacated.
6:15 on the clock
geographical order, starting with maine, down to florida, up, east of the mississippi to wisconsin, down to texas, up to montana, then all the big ones out west.
it doesn’t care if you use all lower case.
Frickin’ atheist!
I can do the books of the Bible in ten minutes! Where’s that website?
Yeah, well, um, I bet you don’t have a three-legged crime fighting dog!
No, mine’s more on the supply side of crime.
And I could only get 106 on the countries.
Books of the Bible?
Bring it on, Michael!
[...] Hat tip: Innocent Bystanders, for the 50 state version. [...]
Just finished again with 7:43 on the clock. Not too shabby.
I just got 153 on the world game. The ones I missed:
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Fiji, Ghana,
Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iceland, Jamaica,
Kiribati, Maldives, Micronesia, Montenegro, Mozambique,
Nauru, Palau, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
The Bahamas, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates.
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I would have gotten Guinea-Bissau but I left out the hyphen.
I just got 153 on the world game.
Uh, I know all the Beatles… (first names anyway).
3:17 on the books of the Bible. But I had to just time myself, and there’s a bit of an ambiguity if you have to spell out, for example, “first thessalonians” or if you can abbreviate to “1 thessalonians.”
Anti-Catholic pikers!! Window lickers!!
where’s the link to the Bible challenge?
No link, I just opened Notepad and used a stopwatch.