Do You Know Your Geography?

Old Mar 15th, 2005, 11:29 AM
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Do You Know Your Geography?

Here you go, US travelers. Test your geography skills.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/stat...te15s_500.html
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 11:47 AM
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I love US geography...yet i made one really silly mistake but here are my results:

90%
Average error: 20 miles
Time: 242 seconds
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 11:48 AM
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On average I was 18 miles off. I suspect the order the states come up influences the final score.

For bonus points they should make you put the right capital in each state.

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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 11:52 AM
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Yes, Ryan, the order of the states definitely has an impact. I got Kansas for my 1st state -- whew! A square-ish state in the middle of the country -- tough.
Capitals would be hard. Would you have to name them AND place them?
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:02 PM
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This link was posted on a thread a couple months ago. I did much better this time around; 98% and average error of 1 mile.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:02 PM
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Fun Marilyn. I only got an 88% but it became more like a jigsaw puzzle This reminded me of my nightmare 9th grade geography test. We were given a blank map of the US and had to fill in the states AND the capitals.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:03 PM
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Sorry, beachbum. I didn't see it then.
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Wow... I almost missed Hawaii. I thought it was further out.
I did too bad to post...
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:10 PM
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No need to apologize, Marilyn. I love this stuff. Just thought I should qualify my score.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:14 PM
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84%
Iowa, Illinois and Indiana always have confused me.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:16 PM
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92% - Avg Error 10 miles

Placing Rhode Island early did me in
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 12:25 PM
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94%
Average error: 10 miles
379 seconds

Most of the seconds and error came on my second state--Wyoming! Without anything else in place (except Delaware) it was tricky to place. The rest of my placements were right on, so I spent my time working my way down from Wyoming's bad location.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 02:31 PM
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96% 8 miles average error but it took me 400 seconds because my 13 year old was telling me to get off the computer because she needed to go to an eye appt.

Actually I am a geography teacher so I really should have done better. Kansa early on threw me.
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Old Mar 15th, 2005, 11:07 PM
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96%
3 miles
285 sec.

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Old Mar 16th, 2005, 04:42 AM
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Fun game Marilyn. Thanks. I cheated, I looked at a map!
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96%
10 miles
243 seconds
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Old Mar 16th, 2005, 07:20 AM
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96%
5 miles
331 seconds
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Old Mar 16th, 2005, 08:37 AM
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first time, i got lucky with which states came up first--mostly perimeter, so...

100%
268 sec

the second time about 94%.
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