How good are Y'all on American states

uch

I just found out there's a South Dakota !
Maybe I'm just dopey but i'm finding out constantly states I never heard of

clairewithani

uch wrote: »

I just found out there's a South Dakota !
Maybe I'm just dopey but i'm finding out constantly states I never heard of

When you heard of North Dakota it didn't strike you there might be a South Dakota?

Samaris

Fairly good at naming them, less good at pointing them out on the map.

uch

clairewithani wrote: »

When you heard of North Dakota it didn't strike you there might be a South Dakota?

No, mad as it sounds, maybe I should get out of the ould sod now and again

jimmycrackcorm

uch wrote:

I just found out there's a South Dakota !

Thanks. I lost it in the pub last night.

jimmycrackcorm

uch wrote:

I just found out there's a South Dakota !

Thanks. I lost it in the pub last night.

Arghus

I'm one of those rare freaks who can name all fifty no bother. I'm always hoping something US state related comes up in pub quizzes.

uch

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Thanks. I lost it in the pub last night.

Twice ? Poor you

prinzeugen

Start reading up on the names of British steam engines...

Countries or race horses, shipping lines to birds.

Queens and Kings to poets the poor..

B.A._Baracus

uch

prinzeugen wrote: »

Start reading up on the names of British steam engines...

Countries or race horses, shipping lines to birds.

Queens and Kings to poets the poor..

I think you're drunk

timthumbni

I say that you boy are from Texas. Now there's only 2 things that come from Texas.. Steers and queers..... And I don't see any horns on you boy.......

Jim Bob Scratcher

Never heard of the state Wyoming until now.

Noveight

Couldn't point them out on a map to save my life, but can usually name 45+ off the top of my head.

uch

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Never heard of the state Wyoming until now.

Grand so according to a poster above there was a train or King called Wyoming ?

Sherfin

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Never heard of the state Wyoming until now.

Wyoming Deux-points

jimmy blevins

North Dakota is greatest of all Dakotas. It's basically a communist state by US standards with a state owned bank and flour industry, fair taxation and low unemployment.

PandaPoo

I did a quiz the other day where you had to name the states, I missed two. Maryland and Wisconsin!

Kat1170

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Thanks. I lost it in the pub last night.

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Thanks. I lost it in the pub last night.

Oscar Wilde — 'To lose one state may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose it twice
looks like carelessness '

uch

PandaPoo wrote: »

I did a quiz the other day where you had to name the states, I missed two. Maryland and Wisconsin!

If I did a quiz, america would have about 28 states

The Backwards Man

I used to know all the 52 state trees off by heart.

Misspent youth.

mansize

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I used to know all the 52 state trees off by heart.

Misspent youth.

What were 51 and 52?

Jimbob1977

uch wrote: »

I just found out there's a South Dakota !
Maybe I'm just dopey but i'm finding out constantly states I never heard of

I've been to South Dakota. Very picturesque state in the Great Plains ... Mount Rushmore, Badlands, Black Hills and Crazy Horse National Monument.

Worthwhile on a road trip.

Hot in summer. Very cold in winter

A few small cities. Mainly rural.

Bordered by North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota

Jimbob1977

jimmy blevins wrote: »

North Dakota is greatest of all Dakotas. It's basically a communist state by US standards with a state owned bank and flour industry, fair taxation and low unemployment.

Isn't it Fracking Central now?

BalcombeSt4

clairewithani wrote: »

When you heard of North Dakota it didn't strike you there might be a South Dakota?

To be fair there is no Eastconsin.

BalcombeSt4

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Never heard of the state Wyoming until now.

Some people think that Wyoming is an actual country.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Sherfin wrote: »

Wyoming Deux-points

We don't take kindly to your types around here

Kat1170

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

To be fair there is no Eastconsin.

To be fair its Wisconsin not Westconsin

BalcombeSt4

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Isn't it Fracking Central now?

Even then its still like a mix of Maoist China & the first French Republic compared to Texas.

BalcombeSt4

Kat1170 wrote: »

To be fair its Wisconsin not Westconsin

You've been watching too many movies about the United States.

Kat1170

mansize wrote: »

What were 51 and 52?

East Dakota and West Dakota

Tin Foil Hat

uch wrote: »

I just found out there's a South Dakota !
Maybe I'm just dopey but i'm finding out constantly states I never heard of

Not a Fargo fan, then?

Your Face

This thread has left me in a state of indifference.

Donald Trump

uch wrote: »

I just found out there's a South Dakota !
Maybe I'm just dopey but i'm finding out constantly states I never heard of

States?

The whole worl's in a terrible state o' chassis.

uch

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Not a Fargo fan, then?

I've never been in America thankfully, but I was just curious about peoples knowledge, But I just didn't know the states, no more than an american person would know the european countries

BalcombeSt4

Your Face wrote: »

This thread has left me in a state of indifference.

It is hard to keep up with all the new fangled slang terms kids are using these days like...

I'm poppa large big shout out on the Wis cost.

uch

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

It is hard to keep up with all the new fangled slang terms kids are using these days like...

I'm poppa large big shout out on the Wis cost.

You need a stronger dose

Your Face

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

It is hard to keep up with all the new fangled slang terms kids are using these days like...

I'm poppa large big shout out on the Wis cost.

Quite.

Esel

Kat1170 wrote: »

East Dakota and West Dakota

Dey ain't trees, doh.

Witchie

Well there's a West Virginia but no East Virginia.

I love doing quizzes where you have to fill them in on a map. Wisconsin and Missouri often trip me up. Feckers.

Donald Trump

timthumbni wrote: »

I say that you boy are from Texas. Now there's only 2 things that come from Texas.. Steers and queers..... And I don't see any horns on you boy.......

Maybe you're just not his type?

dodzy

uch wrote: »

I've never been in America thankfully

Bit of a stupid statement really.

ceadaoin.

uch wrote: »

I've never been in America thankfully, but I was just curious about peoples knowledge, But I just didn't know the states, no more than an american person would know the european countries

Newsflash - Most Americans would know the names of European countries. Shocking I know.

Esel

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Newsflash - Most Americans would know the names of European countries. Shocking I know.

You would think...

Realt Dearg Sec

I moved from Indiana to Texas last week. Its a remarkable thing traveling through the states as you get further south, the little signs that you're entering the southern states (seeing the road kill turning from racoons to armadillos, seeing waffle houses and other "southern" chains proliferate, the churches get bigger and creepier looking). The sheer strangeness of the south too, and the heat, but especially the diversity, its failure to live up to the lazy stereotypes we have about the place.

But more on topic, we went through Arkansas. There's a state I would imagine most of us know nothing about, even as stereotypes. It is, in terms of landscape, as boring as anywhere I've ever been (and I lived in INDIANA). But I realised that other than bill Clinton i literally know nothing about the place. It seems so non descript. It's actually got one of the poorest regions in the nation, the Ozarks, which is basically a hillbilly region, but it also borders Tennessee at Memphis, and Texas at Texarkana, it has a weird in between kind of nowhere feel. I dunno if I'm doing justice to the feeling of being in a place like that, where someone from Ireland would never think to visit or even work probably, an odd alien kind of feeling. Like it's still America but an odd uncanny feeling like you're not really meant to be there at all.

That's Arkansas.

I guess we take in so much info about certain States and cities, NY, California, Washington DC and Texas because of tv and film (Alexander Payne has really put Omaha and Nebraska on the map). There is also that Irish link with Boston and of course Butte. And then other interests are gonna colour in other regions, I like the Green Bay Packers and the Civil War, so naturally would notice anything about Wisconsin and, say, Tennessee.

But then you're gonna hit lots of States like the Arkansaseseses, and it's true...apart from the Clintons it's hard to think of any other reference.

Omackeral

clairewithani wrote: »

When you heard of North Dakota it didn't strike you there might be a South Dakota?

There's a West Virginia but no East Virginia.

Omackeral

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I used to know all the 52 state trees off by heart.

Misspent youth.

I hate you, especially with your "off by heart" confidence.

Why is this misinformation so prevalent? It's 50. A nice round number. 50 stars on the flag for 50 states. Hawaii was the last to join the union making it the 50th. Ever hear of Hawaii 5-0?

The flying mouse

Omackeral wrote: »

There's a West Virginia but no East Virginia.

But it has a mountain momma.

Pawwed Rig

Just learn this song

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE

Pherekydes

I could name all 50 state capitols! Just listing off the states is passé. Plus, when listing the states I do it geographically, starting with Washington. Great man for a pub quiz team, I am. :rolleyes: