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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:19 PM
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Poll question: Can you pass the 3rd grade? Take this test and tell us.
I saw this on DailyKos and liked it. Take the test here:
http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf
and then tell us:
Can you pass the 3rd Grade?
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:26 PM
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1. In terms of state capitals, yes.
In terms of manual dexterity, no. (Dragging and dropping Delaware proved nearly impossible.)
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:39 PM
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3. Mine was also the drop and click.
I had all the states right but the drop and click didn't always work.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:48 PM
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8. Delaware's a Pain in the Arse
Too skinny.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:49 PM
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9. It was.
I just had a hard time fitting it in there.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:52 PM
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10. There's Also the Matter of Page Placement
All those little tiny states whose names were on the other side of the page ...
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:25 PM
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13. Yes, Delaware really slowed me down
:-)

But I got 48/48. I started playing with "state" puzzles before I entered school.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:52 PM
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22. I answered before
I read other answers. Yes--Delaware was a particularly nasty bugger.
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qazplm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:33 PM
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2. I got them all
the only states I ever have trouble with are NH and VT since they are almost reverse mirror images of each other.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:40 PM
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4. (Vermont is kind of shaped like a "V". . )
That should help.
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nasher Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:44 PM
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6. That was my problem too.
Other than that, sliding the names was the hardest part.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:26 PM
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14. Here's the mnemonic I learned in 5th grade.
New Hampshire looks like it is pointing up, like a person with their finger pointing up, saying "I have NEW idea!" (NEW Hampshire, get it?)
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:28 PM
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16. Easiest way to remember (for me at least), NH has a seacoast!
;-)
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 01:48 AM
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31. Well duh
How could I have not put that together all these 48 years. I never know which is which and it's so obvious, Portsmouth, duh. :silly:
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:42 PM
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5. I suck at geography. AND, believe it or not, I was never tested on it.
Note to my sweetheart, if she's lurking: It only took me 3 tries to get Nebraska! :woohoo::blush:
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:46 PM
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7. I only got 18/48
Being English obviously don't help ? Wanna try it with English counties ? :rofl:
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:54 PM
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23. Sure--bring it on!
:rofl:

Maybe they should try us on the provinces of Canada.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 05:15 AM
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32. I manage 48/48 - with seconds to spare
There are tests for African, European and Asian countries I've seen linked to before.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:57 PM
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11. I got it -- the second time around
So I guess I was a "hold-over.":dunce:

--IMM
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:20 PM
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12. I coudn't drop Michigan correctly first time because it was in two pieces
so it marked me wrong.

Curses. I know where the hell Michigan is! :mad:
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:28 PM
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17. Yeah, they gave the upper peninsula back to Canada!
--IMM
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:00 PM
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24. Yeah, I noticed that
I kept wondering why it didn't color it in even though it was in the right place.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:26 PM
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15. Duh. I can identify every state from the shape except for Wyoming and
Colorado (the only 2 that are virtually identical)...sheesh
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CanSocDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:34 PM
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18. No...but it is culturally biased. (eom)
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jab105 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:39 PM
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19. I got it, we were drilled this in 4th grade...and my husband and I
drove around the country in 1998, that really helped too:)
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:40 PM
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20. No, I flunked.
Edited on Fri Sep-08-06 08:41 PM by cat_girl25
But I was offended somewhat when it said the short bus is coming to pick me up. I have a nephew that ride one of those short buses. :(
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:51 PM
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21. Dragging and dropping
was a royal PITA. It took me three tries before I could do with with some precision. Delaware was a particularly nasty state to drop properly.

I knew them all, but hated the interface.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:05 PM
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25. Yes
I had a real fascination with maps for most of grade school. I can identify all the United States States states, Canadian provinces, Australian States, and most of the countries of the world as a result.
Despite all of this, I have a hard time translating road maps into getting somewhere.
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cushla_machree Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:10 PM
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26. where the heck is nebraska
And who really cares anyway?
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:28 PM
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27. I got them all right
but they messed up the shapes of the states. Like Conn cuts into NY and stuff.
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:49 PM
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28. It won't even give me any results..n/t
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laundry_queen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 11:53 PM
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29. The first time it took me a few seconds
to figure out how to work it. lol. So I got 38/48 (ran out of time). The second time obviously I had no problems finishing in the recommended time. I only had problems with some of the smaller east coast states. The rest I'm pretty familiar with. I'd like to see one of those tests with Canadian provinces. :D At least there would be no manual dexterity problems (Well except for maybe PEI :P )
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 01:33 AM
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30. Scarist thing...THIS guy would most likely fail....
Edited on Sat Sep-09-06 01:52 AM by rainbow4321
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GUp_IO6qM


But this same idiot-in-chief can probably fill out a map listing every oil field location in the Middle East.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht1rcEcOCnE
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 10:59 AM
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35. Gawd, that's painful and funny to watch...both at the same time.
:eyes:
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 06:51 AM
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33. I'm a gittin' on the short bus. Sigh. nt.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 06:59 AM
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34. Yes, BUT
Edited on Sat Sep-09-06 07:00 AM by W_HAMILTON
I can get confused with "like" states, ie Alabama/Mississippi and New Hampshire/Vermont. I get confused on which is which. Even though with Katrina, and knowing it affected mainly Louisiana and Mississippi, that helps me to remember that Mississippi is the one closest to Louisiana (an easily recognized state).

Also, I had no clue that Wyoming was a "rectangle" state. That was probably the one I got most wrong. I was getting it confused with Wisconsin, and the Minnesota, for some reason. Oh well, I guess that officially makes Wyoming my least known about state :)

Outside of that though, it was pretty easy.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 09:36 PM
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36. Kick n/t
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 09:40 PM
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37. I passed!
That was too easy! I really thought it was going to be harder before I saw what you had to do.
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 09:47 PM
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38. I got 48/48 but for some reason it said I failed...
Have a little trouble with those teeny ones in NE, but process of elimination helped a bunch after I did the big states.
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windbreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 11:24 PM
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39. Delaware....they musta moved Delaware...
LOL....48/48...but it said I failed....??? I think we should send the short bus for them...
wb...
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 11:30 PM
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40. It said I got 44 out of 48, but I wasn't done yet.
Edited on Sat Sep-09-06 11:31 PM by Blue_In_AK
I get really confused with those New England states because I've never been up there. I left them for last.

And yet again Alaska and Hawaii get left out. :(
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 11:52 PM
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41. I have a screwey mouse. You know those bullshit mice these days.
Mickey fucking mouse freak.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 11:55 PM
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42. Thanks - This Is A Great Stress Reliever! (nt)
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wildflowergardener Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 12:23 AM
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43. Yes - sort of
It took me about 8 tries but I finally passed. I got all of the states but the ones on the east coast without help, then I decided - well surely in third grade I'd at least get a chance to study - that is look of a map of the united states at least once before taking the test - so I looked at a map once and closed it then I got all the states.

I'm better at the states I've travelled to - in general horrible at geography. (live and went to school in the midwest, and have never been to the east coast)

Meg
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