[ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework

[Lightner, Jeff]

I've driven to all but 4 states so it was fairly easy for me.  If only I
hadn't let my attention lapse on the very last one.   It probably would
have been harder to identify the square states if one had to do it by
shape rather than position on the map (other than the non-contiguous
ones).  I take annual road trips to different destinations and am
running out of states.   Interestingly last November I set my car's
fancy in-dash GPS to "San Diego" and it took me to San Diego ... County!
It was interesting to be up in the mountains in the middle of nowhere
and have my car tell me:  "You have reached your destination."  I begged
to differ.   Turns out it had an entry for San Diego County and one for
the city and I hadn't realized it gave me two options when I told it San
Diego.  

 

I'm still trying to work out how to drive to Hawaii at some point...

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Harold Bieber
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:59 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework

 

149 out of 150, mixed nebraska and kansas 

 

 

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Tom Freeman
<tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:

On 03/28/2011 10:24 PM, John Temple wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Sorry this couldn't be any further off topic if I tried.
>
> I have to do a project for my statistics class where I have been asked
> to get a bunch of people to take a quiz where you identify the states.
> Can you PLEASE take this quiz and let me know what your score was. I
> played guinea pig and got a 144.
>
> http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
>
> P.S. I would hate for this message to become a long drawn out thread
> so please just email me your score, my email address is just below in
> my signature.
>
> Thank You!
> --
> John Temple
> cjtemple at gmail.com <mailto:cjtemple at gmail.com>
>
>
>
Hmm. Botched up Utah, which I should basically know. Scored 148.

I'll whine and moan that that really isn't much of a challenge. Can you
remember the capital cities? (Plus DC of course). Can you remember any
of the Canadian provinces/teritories and their capitals? How about
Mexican states & cities? (I fail miserably at that point).

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