How well do you know your states? - Page 2

Happy Times · 01-28-09, 08:01 PM

My knowledge came from looking election results at CNN website and playing a strategy game about American civil war.

I tought the East coast was easy.

Letum · 01-28-09, 09:01 PM

My knowledge came from...errrr....dammed if I know!
I could only place 6 or 7 counties in the UK...

*edit* Can only name 10 with he correct location, but I bet there isn't an American who can beat me.

sunvalleyslim · 01-28-09, 09:47 PM

88% 28 mile average

UnderseaLcpl · 01-28-09, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

My knowledge came from...errrr....dammed if I know!
I could only place 6 or 7 counties in the UK...

*edit* Can only name 10 with he correct location, but I bet there isn't an American who can beat me.

Let's see, I can identify Cornwall (southwest penninsula) where my family's oldest known ancestor is buried), West and East sussex in the southeast region there. London is north of those upon the Thames and Kent lies southeast of that. Essex, Soufolk and Norfolk lie north of Kent in that order upon the coast of the North Sea. Cambridgeshire is North of London and is home to the Imperial War museum at Duxford, I believe that it is the region directly west of Norfolk and Suffolk there.
Hmm.... other than that I only know the location of Northumberland for sure, and it is on Scotland's southeastern border there.
I don't know any Welsh counties other than Cardiff, and that it is located somehwere around the mouth of that river/gulf thing. I think it is called the Severen or something.
Scotland appears to be fused into one entity on this map, but I could easily locate Abedeen, Glasgow, the Isle of Skye, and Edinburgh (which I believe is in the county of Midlothian)
and the City of Elgin, northwest of Aberdeen, where I spent a few weeks with a nice Scottish girl and her family, although I have no idea what county it is in.

That gives me ten definites and a handful of maybes and almosts.

Who says video games can't teach you geography? Thank you, "Battle of Britain".

I remember visiting Somerset, but I can't place it for the life of me. I think it's somewhere in the southwestern region, with a coast. And I think that there is a Dorset or Dorsetshire or something in the middlish area, but I have no idea where.

Letum · 01-28-09, 10:29 PM

I have a disadvantage living in the biggest county. I have no neighbors to remember for miles around.

UnderseaLcpl · 01-28-09, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

I have a disadvantage living in the biggest county. I have no neighbors to remember for miles around.

And no maps, either? I'm tempted to post the Miss Teen South Carolina link

Letum · 01-29-09, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

I have a disadvantage living in the biggest county. I have no neighbors to remember for miles around.

And no maps, either? I'm tempted to post the Miss Teen South Carolina link

Does it not follow that if you live in a smaller county nearer the border of several other
counties then you are more likely to be well acquainted with then than if you live in the
center of the biggest county?

If you live in Staffordshire you are likely to visit Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire,
Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire very often, but living in the middle
of Yorkshire, it has been many, many years since I have travled the 30+ miles to the
closest county, let alone those on the southern side. Consequentially, the location of
Chesire is far from indelibly marked in my mind.

*edit*
It's not like I'm mistaking countries like Miss S.Carolina. You didn't read "county" as "country" did you?

A Very Super Market · 01-29-09, 12:30 AM

Oh, you crazy Breets and 'Muhricans. Makes me proud to to second largest nation in the world... and have a total of 13 provinces and territories.

First one to name them all get's an imaginary high-five!

Or a fist-bump for OCD sufferers

Fr8monkey · 01-29-09, 12:34 AM

Take that suckas!! First try. Took me so long becaust I had to feed the cat!

Torplexed · 01-29-09, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

First one to name them all get's an imaginary high-five!

Or a fist-bump for OCD sufferers

Ummm. Bob?....Doug?....Mackenzie?

AngusJS · 01-29-09, 12:58 AM

Score Avg. Error Time

98% 3 miles 297 secs

Here's a European version.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html

Letum · 01-29-09, 01:37 AM

39/46.
Europe was harder. The mini-states threw me. Will try again when sober.

Tchocky · 01-29-09, 03:12 AM

Europe - 44/46, 96%, Average Error 8 miles.

Was chatting to a Slovak guy I work with while doing this, he saw me getting Slovakia very, very wrong.

The US of States to follow...

Tchocky · 01-29-09, 03:30 AM

92%, Avg Error 17 miles, 404 seconds.

01-29-09, 03:44 AM

I threw Alabama off the map and the game ended.

01-28-09, 09:01 PM	#17
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	My knowledge came from...errrr....dammed if I know! I could only place 6 or 7 counties in the UK... edit Can only name 10 with he correct location, but I bet there isn't an American who can beat me. __________________

01-28-09, 09:47 PM	#18
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	88% 28 mile average __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

01-28-09, 10:29 PM	#20
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I have a disadvantage living in the biggest county. I have no neighbors to remember for miles around. __________________

01-29-09, 12:30 AM	#23
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh, you crazy Breets and 'Muhricans. Makes me proud to to second largest nation in the world... and have a total of 13 provinces and territories. First one to name them all get's an imaginary high-five! Or a fist-bump for OCD sufferers __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-29-09, 12:34 AM	#24
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Take that suckas!! First try. Took me so long becaust I had to feed the cat! __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

01-28-09, 08:01 PM	#16
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	My knowledge came from looking election results at CNN website and playing a strategy game about American civil war. I tought the East coast was easy.

01-29-09, 12:58 AM	#26
AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Score Avg. Error Time 98% 3 miles 297 secs Here's a European version. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html

01-29-09, 01:37 AM	#27
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	39/46. Europe was harder. The mini-states threw me. Will try again when sober. __________________

01-29-09, 03:12 AM	#28
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Europe - 44/46, 96%, Average Error 8 miles. Was chatting to a Slovak guy I work with while doing this, he saw me getting Slovakia very, very wrong. The US of States to follow... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

01-29-09, 03:30 AM	#29
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	92%, Avg Error 17 miles, 404 seconds. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

01-29-09, 03:44 AM	#30
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I threw Alabama off the map and the game ended.

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