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3rd Grade quiz- can you pass?

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Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.madblast.com/funflash/swf/map_test.swf


Boy, this sure makes me feel pretty darn clueless. I scored a 38 on my first try.

Let's see how the TVCHers do on this one. I hope better than me!


Edited to add- this is a 3rd grade quiz not #rd grade! Its my bedtime.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i got only 32. i lost some time trying to get the tiny states in. if you didn't get the pointer on rhode island or delaware exactly, it put them back on the list and didn't give you credit. i knew where i wanted most of the states to be, but i ran out of time! i know all but a few in the southeast that i probably would have confused. i have never been in the southeast and don't know some of where they go. fun, but in california the states are studied in 5th grade. so we are doing 5th grade level work, if it makes you feel any better :-)

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 1:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 41, I saved the northeast states until last and ran out of time. :-(

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Got em all with a little less than 1/2 the time left but my degree is Geography so I'd better get them all. ack!

Tabby, I wonder what would happen if you tried doing them a second time. I was very precise with my arrow thanks you your warning.

edit to add: I went back and experimented by trying to put Tennessee in Kentucky and you do get a second chance. It eats a little of your time but you do get to try again if you miss your spot.

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 1:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I tried again and finished with time to spare. This time I did it alphabetically so it was quicker than scanning the names for states in a region.

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 1:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie, I went alphabetically also. I think that's the way to go.

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ack!, I didn't read the whole thread before I started the test and didn't realize it was timed.
I got 47.
I'm blaming it on my mouse! I kept having to drop the name a few times on the smaller states.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 46/48 before I ran out of time and they considered that a failing grade.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'll have to try it alphabetically! i know new england inside out and also anything along highway 80 or all the western states. for me, other than georgia and florida, it's the southeastern states that gets me mixed up! (not on the coast, the 'innies' LOL)

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
aaargh, i had 40 states and about 12 seconds and dh called to remind me to water his new plantings. sheesh! doesn't he realize what an important job he interrupted :-)

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I stink! The bus is on it's way to pick me up! I'm too ashamed to tell you my score, but put it this way... I only knew the states I've visited...LOL! And I haven't been to very many!

Meli456
Member

05-01-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That was fun!

I did the same thing as Secretsmile and did the test before I read the whole thread. I didn't know it was timed and the first time I tried I only got 28. That time I was going west to east and scanning the list. The second time I did the test I got 48/48 with time to spare, going alphabetically! But I have a learning disability, so apparently for me going to west to east was an incredibly bad idea. Storing that away for future reference (but I'm sure I'll forget)!

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
meli, i remember going west to east was bad for me, too...



that's why i left boston and came back to california LOLOLOL

Meli456
Member

05-01-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did the exact same thing, Tabby!!! LOL

And I am back in California too :-)

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
39 out of 48...phew....good thing i'm not in 3rd grade anymore!

Neko
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
19/48
Woooo, go me!!

I barely know my own provinces/territories let alone your guy's states!! :P

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went back and tried again and got 42. I just can't move fast enough! How the heck do you all get those little states in so fast?!

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I went back and did it west to east and it takes a lot more time that way. I finished them all but just squeeked by with a few seconds to spare. It's so much faster going alphabetically.

Silly, with the little states you have to be so precise with the tip of the arrow. Soooo precise. Delaware is a pain!

Neko, 19 is pretty darn good considering you don't live here. I wouldn't be able to get all the provinces in France or Germany anymore though I could when I was still in school. I got everything in Canada in the right place but again, that's the geography degree. The continent that throws me is Africa with the changing country names. Many of the countries don't have the same names today as they did when I was in college. pfffft!

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did pretty well on the northeast, which is why I scored 14. Dang, I need to travel more.

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
To be fair to Neko, here's a Canadian Province Quiz.
I got 38 out of 39 points because I guessed Manitoba wrong. Had it asked for Alberta first, then I may have gotten Manitoba right.

I got all of the states and it didn't seem to matter if I went East to West, West to East, Alphabetically or just randomly grabbed one. I guess having spent the last 18 years driving cross-country and into Canada on vacations has helped in learning US and Canada geography.

Outside of North America, I would be lost.


Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, I got 42 out of 147 on the Africa quiz and half of that was some lucky clicking. I think I got 8-10 of the 49 coutries right on the first click, and a couple of those were because they tell you the name of that country when you get it wrong. I'm afraid to try Europe, since I think I should know it better than I probable do.

Starfire
Member

02-12-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Didn't do too bad. I got a 44. Those eastern states were harder.

Capecodkathy
Member

01-23-2004

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmm... is there a 1st grade level???

Jefe
Member

09-11-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 38 on the U.S. and 38 on the canadian quiz.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So where are Utah and Wyoming anyway?

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Utah is above Arizona, beside Colorado..and Wyoming is right under Montana, Maris!!

not bad for a Canuck, EH!!

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am geographically challenged, but I didn't do too bad - I got 45 right

Frankly...how the heck do you guys tell the difference from one state to the next in the New England area??? Geez!


Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hee,hee...I only got 44/48...but it was the western section I had trouble with. Eastern seaboard, midwest, no sweat. West coast...no sweat. Those middles ones like Nevada, Utah, Nebraska, etc...ACK! In my defense...I teach English, haven't had a geography class since 8th grade, AND I've never traveled further West than Texas. (ok...I suck...just say it! LOL)

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can get them all with time to spare. I always mess up VT and NH but I'm getting better at getting them on the first try. Good to see that Geography degree finally paying off. Mom will be proud. LOL

Faerygdds
Member

08-29-2000

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got them all with time to spare... my biggest problem was getting that BIG arrow to go on RI and DE! I was like... not the thing next to it... the little tiny thing! LOL