do you remember your 6th grade geography???

[brinian]

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[borderpap]

Damn Delaware! I was so close and wasted a ton of time on that &^&& state.

[brinian]

I always get messed up along the Mississippi River, but not so much with this version where you didn't have to place the state in the right outline. OTOH, I didn't SEE Hawaii and Alaska...sat there for ages trying to find two states I hadn't filled in. Duh!

[gumbypuppy]

I suck. I couldn't get all 50 at all, I think I got 42, and I couldn't spell Mississippi. Then I tried to do state capitols, like I might know those, when I don't even know the states, and I got 20, I think half of those were by accident. (start naming cities, they have to be the capitol of SOMETHING!)

So, I tried the counties of England, and could only get 5 of 48. But they have sneaky names, I actually knew some more that I didn't know the full official name of.

[brinian]

Well that makes me feel better about not even seeing the outlines for Hawaii and Alaska... *evil grin* Will have to try state capitols but I'm not holding out much hope that I'll get those!

[gordongirls]

I've been playing similar games at:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/

I've almost got the English code words memorized, I'm pretty good at the presidents, great at the states, rusty on the capitals and have seen more Tom Hanks movies than I would have imagined. They're adding new subjects pretty rapidly -- I suspect my knowledge of the Bible books will be right down there with my knowledge of the Las Vegas hotels.

The geography quizzes will remind you how old you are: all sorts of new names in the last xx years. This ain't your 6th grade geography world any more!

[brinian]

World geography has changed, but the states haven't....at least not since *I* was in elementary school!

[gumbypuppy]

Thanks for giving me the chance to feel even stupider. I don't know anything!

[brinian]

Don't feel bad. I can't do Europe or Africa any more either!

[sclmarm]

I couldn't spell the stupid names of the states! ARG!

[brinian]

Watch out! One of your students is going to get wind of this and you're going to be in trouble :-) I had a teacher in elem and then again in Am Hist in High School who made us do state names on a blank map along with capitols. I was having trouble with spelling on couple, but I think it was more my typing!

[nosemovie]

I couldn't spell Massachusets, or Massachutes, or Massachusets...damn Massachutest.

[brinian]

When in doubt, double up on SOME letter :-) I kept misspelling Misouri...Missouri...Misssssouri....argh!