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Jan 15, 2010 - 8:06pm |
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melissab wrote: If there was a day called Abbadabbaday after Tuesday you could spell TWAT!
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melissab
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Jan 15, 2010 - 8:02pm |
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BillJ wrote: North Carolina is above South Carolina. I'm in New York. But just barely. There's Maine. Sounds like Main. Are you getting it?
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Manbird
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Jan 15, 2010 - 8:01pm |
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BillJ wrote: North Carolina is above South Carolina. I'm in New York. But just barely. There's Maine. Sounds like Main. Are you getting it? You know what's weird, though, is North Dakota isn't above South Dakota! It's messed up, Jackson! And all those tiny little states... man, just put them all together and make one normal state!
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BillJ
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Jan 15, 2010 - 7:20pm |
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Manbird wrote:94 out of 150 - I don't know where any of the east coast states are. Because they mostly suck.
North Carolina is above South Carolina. I'm in New York. But just barely. There's Maine. Sounds like Main. Are you getting it?
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Manbird
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Jan 15, 2010 - 7:08pm |
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94 out of 150 - I don't know where any of the east coast states are. Because they mostly suck.
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islander
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Jan 15, 2010 - 6:38pm |
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Welly wrote: 93 out of 150 and I don't even live there. I wonder how well the 'mericans here would score on a map of Canuckistan? Easy, Canada is the big state up above the US. I can even find it by sea. Edit: 35/39. Darn Eastern bits.
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Welly
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Jan 15, 2010 - 6:08pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote: 93 out of 150 and I don't even live there. I wonder how well the 'mericans here would score on a map of Canuckistan?
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William
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Jan 15, 2010 - 4:59pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Very cool. I could waste some serious time on that one...
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hobiejoe
Location: Still in the tunnel, looking for the light. Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 4:22pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:
I love the Gambia/Senegal combination. It's just so bizarre. Nigeria is the biggish one on the West coast and you should recognise Liberia- I then sort of fill in from there. I think I have a good spatial memory so I mostly just can figure out the ones I'm not sure on by sorting through the nearby ones- but I sometimes get Mozambique and Angola the wrong way round - both former Portuguese colonies but the opposite coast to one another. It's weird how the mind works.
I'm particularly keen on the influence that the Portugese brought to their colonies in SW India. Vindaloo to be precise, and a channa massala and a couple of rotis on the side. Despite the cheap curry connotations, a vindaloo has it's roots in Portugese cooking, blending Indian spicing with Portugese wine (vin) and garlic (aloo) Yum. *edit* She's right beside me now, so this is all a bit odd. Not got any curry though.
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Proclivities
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Jan 15, 2010 - 4:20pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:
I love the Gambia/Senegal combination. It's just so bizarre. Nigeria is the biggish one on the West coast and you should recognise Liberia- I then sort of fill in from there. I think I have a good spatial memory so I mostly just can figure out the ones I'm not sure on by sorting through the nearby ones- but I sometimes get Mozambique and Angola the wrong way round - both former Portuguese colonies but the opposite coast to one another. It's weird how the mind works.
Liberia, Nigeria and Ivory Coast I tend to remember, as well as the northern coast from its historical relevance in wars and all, (ie Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). The Portuguese and Dutch colonies always melded together for me. I was awful at the Caribbean quiz - I forgot about all those tiny islands.
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MrsHobieJoe
Location: somewhere in Europe Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 4:10pm |
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Proclivities wrote: I did pretty well on the former British colonies; I remember having an encyclopedia that showed Northern and Southern Rhodesia. It was the recently renamed and redistributed ones that I was completely lost on. The West Coast is quite confusing too.
I love the Gambia/Senegal combination. It's just so bizarre. Nigeria is the biggish one on the West coast and you should recognise Liberia- I then sort of fill in from there. I think I have a good spatial memory so I mostly just can figure out the ones I'm not sure on by sorting through the nearby ones- but I sometimes get Mozambique and Angola the wrong way round - both former Portuguese colonies but the opposite coast to one another. It's weird how the mind works.
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 4:02pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:
Cheer up- you're going to win the quiz today unless Dio comes up trumps!
I score pretty well on Africa- must be colonial overtones.
I did pretty well on the former British colonies; I remember having an encyclopedia that showed Northern and Southern Rhodesia. It was the recently renamed and redistributed ones that I was completely lost on. The West Coast is quite confusing too.
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islander
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:56pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:Ha. Try the Pacific. Seriously difficult unless you know your islands. I don't. 50/60 in the Caribbean and I thought I knew my islands...
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MrsHobieJoe
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:53pm |
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Proclivities wrote:Man, I only got 70 out of a possible score of 162 for Africa. Kind of humbling after getting all 50 states.
Cheer up- you're going to win the quiz today unless Dio comes up trumps! I score pretty well on Africa- must be colonial overtones.
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hobiejoe
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:50pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:Ha. Try the Pacific. Seriously difficult unless you know your islands. I don't.
Not yet. And don't worry, the yacht will have space for bike stowage.
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:47pm |
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Man, I only got 70 out of a possible score of 162 for Africa. Kind of humbling after getting all 50 states.
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MrsHobieJoe
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:36pm |
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islander wrote: Trick question, there are only 50 states. < /sarcasm >.
Ha. Try the Pacific. Seriously difficult unless you know your islands. I don't.
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:32pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:A little quiz on the US states originally from noenz. There are others too on Central America, Africa etc. Choose your poison.
I got 124/150 on the US states. Just locating them on a map. Trick question, there are only 50 states. < /sarcasm >.
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MrsHobieJoe
Location: somewhere in Europe Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:27pm |
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Welly wrote: URL is 404
Sorry Trying again.
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Welly
Location: Lotusland Gender:
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Jan 15, 2010 - 3:23pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:A little quiz on the US states originally from noenz. There are others too on Central America, Africa etc. Choose your poison.
I got 124/150 on the US states. Just locating them on a map. 3 points if you get it in one go, 1 point for 3 goes. Actually participating on RP has helped my understanding of American geography a lot. I'm now beyond "left is California, right is New England, middle is a blur" and I now navigate by - Wyoming for Scott and Justine and Emmie in Missisipi etc!
URL is 404
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