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Old 09-30-2004, 09:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Test your Geography!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/stat...te15s_500.html

I got 46 out of 50 right. Only one did I get obviously wrong, others were off by 50 miles or so. My average error was 13 miles for a score of 92% in 335 seconds. Only because a co-worker had something for me to do. Bastard wrecking my score

Only got 48 wrong that time! Stupid Kansas. Stupid Nevada... Oh I'll beat this game!
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Old 09-30-2004, 10:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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44 purfect
88%,
42 mile average error
382 seconds

Not bad for a Canadian
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Old 09-30-2004, 10:38 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Luck plays a big part too.... It helps to get those border states first

And that's not bad at all... for a Canadian
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Old 09-30-2004, 10:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
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49/50
98%
Average error: 6 miles
246 Seconds

It really helps if the states are presented in an order to help guide the next one. ie: Connecticut before Rhode Island. My only error was on the first state - Colorado. It's hard to place it without any near-by states to help zero it in.
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Old 09-30-2004, 10:45 AM   #5 (permalink)
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It's really hard when you get a middle state first... Like Kansas. It's impossible to get that right with nothing near it!
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Old 09-30-2004, 11:01 AM   #6 (permalink)
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This really isnt as easy as it looks...specially when you're starting out with a blank map and you have to place CT as your first state

I got Score 82%
Ave Error 39 miles
Time 304 seconds (I got intereupted twice)
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Old 09-30-2004, 11:08 AM   #7 (permalink)
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The mid-west states get me (when I have nothing to border them to). I can get pretty much everything on the east coast pretty easily.
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Old 09-30-2004, 11:18 AM   #8 (permalink)
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this was fun. got 44. I thought I knew where Maryland is located.
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Old 09-30-2004, 11:46 AM   #9 (permalink)
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45 out of 50, but.... i accidentally dropped a couple before i had them in place.

so it should've been 47 out of 50 technically.
some of those middle western states snagged me though. quickly found out that <i>close</i> ain't good enough.
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Old 09-30-2004, 03:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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50/50

not bad for an AUSSIE!

now, lets do some other countries. i don't a know a lot about mexican and canadian states/provinces.
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Old 09-30-2004, 04:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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ok, so to prove to myself 50/50 wasn't a fluke, i tried again... but this time the first state to drop in was that strange and somehow rectangular state, Wyoming...

ended up with 48/50 this time.
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Old 09-30-2004, 04:27 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 09-30-2004, 06:24 PM   #13 (permalink)
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well since I'm aussie I had to cheat. I got 50/50
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Old 09-30-2004, 07:14 PM   #14 (permalink)
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yes it help to get some of the out states first. i had a real hard time with Michigan and Texas. jk
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Old 09-30-2004, 08:15 PM   #15 (permalink)
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96% 48/50
Avg error 4 miles
268 sec

It gave me Colorado early so I had to guess where to plop it down on the map. And I also missed Deleware. But c'mon, is Deleware really a state?
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Old 09-30-2004, 08:50 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Cool-90% avg error-14 miles and done in 249 sec.
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Old 10-01-2004, 01:12 AM   #17 (permalink)
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45 out of 50, but.... i accidentally dropped a couple before i had them in place.
'course you did Bern, I believe you.

I got 86% (43/50)
Avg Error 104miles.

I knew all the 'wimpy, puny states' were in the North-East somewhere. The rest just fell into place.
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Old 10-01-2004, 01:15 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Ok, everybody take note!
From now on, Virginia and Kentucky have switched places.

That is all.
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Old 10-01-2004, 02:05 AM   #19 (permalink)
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94% 14 miles 360 seconds -- i didn't know I was being timed! One wrong, sorry colorado.
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Old 10-01-2004, 03:43 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Great find Averett. I'm now hooked on geography quizzes.

There's a few European and rest of the world quizzes on the same site.

Europe, advanced beginner level.

(I got 100% in 150 seconds)

Europe, Intermediate level.

(I got 64% in 360 seconds)

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Old 10-01-2004, 04:07 AM   #21 (permalink)
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43. My first three states were Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. I was screwed badly from the start.
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Old 10-01-2004, 04:12 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Oh man... I'll suck ass on the Europe one. But grrr.. I actually have work to do today. It'll have to wait.
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Old 10-01-2004, 04:26 AM   #23 (permalink)
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72%...........thanx Av that was fun
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Old 10-01-2004, 04:57 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Damn... That European one kicked my ass. 34/44 152 miles margin of error and 77% accuracy.

There were some countries I didn't even know

Here's the whole website: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

They have an advanced US version, where only one state is visible at a time. Hard!
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Old 10-01-2004, 05:12 AM   #25 (permalink)
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46/50, 92% 15 miles margin of error, 236 seconds. had to lead off with Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, did well after that. Fun times!

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Old 10-01-2004, 05:20 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Did pretty well in Europe too, 39/44, 89%, 41 miles margin of error, 277 seconds. The biggest country I got wrong was Moldova. But DAMN ALL THOSE LITTLE DOT COUNTRIES!

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Old 10-02-2004, 12:51 AM   #27 (permalink)
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well, I Texas and Cali and Alaska right... I am dumb.
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Old 10-02-2004, 10:35 PM   #28 (permalink)
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US: 94% 13 miles 283 seconds
Europe: 38/44 Avg. error 56 miles pct correct 86% 300 seconds Never heard of FYROM.
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Old 10-03-2004, 07:58 AM   #29 (permalink)
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50 perfect, 232 seconds.

OWNED.
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Old 10-03-2004, 03:42 PM   #30 (permalink)
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50 perfect, 232 seconds.

OWNED.

Europe: 44/44 - 110secs
Asia: 47/47 - 121secs
Africa: 53/53 - 130secs
S+C America: 24/24 - 59secs
(geographer level7)

OWNED
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Old 10-04-2004, 08:51 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Got a 92% with avg 10 mile error on the US one, 340 seconds. I did better than I thought I would on the east coast states - it doesn't help that I've never been that far northeast. I was lucky to get Hawaii, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin in the first states.
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Old 10-04-2004, 10:29 AM   #32 (permalink)
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90%
29 miles
232 seconds

Not bad for a Canadian who for the most part sucks at geography...
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Old 10-04-2004, 10:43 AM   #33 (permalink)
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92%
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Old 10-04-2004, 07:14 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Old 10-04-2004, 08:50 PM   #35 (permalink)
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49 of 50, < 1 mile error. I forgot that Nebraska has that little strip of boder with Missouri to the southeast, so I was off by 50 miles there. False confidence from getting Ohio, Montana and Utah as the first three.
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Old 10-04-2004, 09:14 PM   #36 (permalink)
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90%
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Dropped 1 by mistake
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Old 10-04-2004, 11:09 PM   #37 (permalink)
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43 out of 50 perfect avarage error 30 miles
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