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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:03 PM
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How's your US geography??
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 02:07 PM by 1monster
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:16 PM
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1. not bad for someone who
has only lived here less than 5 years ..

I got 66% :(

that Eastern Seaboard gets me every time.

thanks for the fun game.
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:18 PM
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3. You're welcome!
My problem isn't the eastern seaboard. It's getting a state like Kentucky or Colorado or one of the interior states to start off... I'm usually 50 to 100 miles off when that happens.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:18 PM
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2. Score 92% Average error 6 miles Time 413 sec.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:32 PM
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7. Got a 98% error 1 mile in 309 sec. on second try. fun.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:50 PM
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22. My best score 100% in 158 seconds. But it took me a lot of Tries.
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:19 PM
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4. Nine miles
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 02:20 PM by Wilber_Stool
479 seconds. Got Colorado way off. It was 3rd or 4th.
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:23 PM
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5. Tenneessee started me off wrong.
Then, West Virginia. Accidentally dropped Missouri. Did get a 94 percent though.

Thanks, this was fun! =)
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:27 PM
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6. 96%, 4 miles, 56 seconds
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:50 PM
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8. 56 Seconds? That's a second per state? Hard to believe.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:58 PM
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10. it helps when you start with florida
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 02:59 PM by pres2032
i've done that game before. the first time i did it today, i started with kentucky and missed it by a bit. This last time, Kentucky was third and i knew now exactly where to put it.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:55 PM
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9. 82%, 50 mile error, in 529 seconds
I had to sneeze twice, which took some time away. :-)

Not bad for a Canuck, eh?
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:12 PM
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11. 90%, 35 miles avg error, 317 seconds
I would've done better but I have a new mouse and I clicked accidentally about 4 times.
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onecent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:18 PM
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12. Great game to teach pre-teens a "fun" way to learn more about the USA.
I sent this on to 3 of my grandchildren.
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inslee08 Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:20 PM
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13. 94%, 8 mile average, 250 seconds
I'll take it.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:20 PM
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14. Its not fiar to start off with Missouri, Nebraska or West Virginia!
Damn landlocked states!
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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:30 PM
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15. 100%, 175 seconds - started with Wyoming. :P
Fun stuff.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 04:05 PM
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16. great score
:kick:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:10 PM
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17. geez all these good scores
now I feel bad :(
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:29 PM
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20. The people getting bad scores probably are not posting
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:35 PM
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21. perhaps , It's just that ...
I just figured I didn't do too badly since I was relatively new to the USA. As a Canadian, I think I know more about Geography and Politics in the USA than a lot of Americans do about Canadian Geography and politics. It seems that 'Canada' isn't taught in American schools, USA is taught in Canadian schools. A lot of American people can't even name past Prime Ministers (or current) of Canada.

yikes.. I didn't mean to rant :)

:hi:
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:13 PM
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18. 100%, 182 seconds, 6 mile margin of error
Thank you, Sister Angelica, for all your help all those years ago!

:)
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:20 PM
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19. 173 seconds, average error 0 MILES.
:)
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victim Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 06:13 PM
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23. hmmm
90% 27 miles 208 sec

does that count as a *bad* score? it seems like it compared to some posting :)
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