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Can you name the US state capitals in order of distance from the geographic center of the USA (closest to farthest)?
created by
DJC83
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Distance (Miles)
Capital
State
173
South Dakota
192
North Dakota
270
Wyoming
366
Colorado
413
Montana
459
Nebraska
503
Utah
520
Minnesota
560
Iowa
581
Kansas
621
Idaho
651
New Mexico
724
Wisconsin
733
Oklahoma
741
Missouri
803
Illinois
910
Arizona
911
Nevada
926
Washington
930
Arkansas
939
Oregon
965
Indiana
967
Michigan
1011
California
1066
Texas
Distance (Miles)
Capital
State
1075
Tennessee
1078
Kentucky
1109
Ohio
1138
Mississippi
1213
Louisiana
1225
West Virginia
1277
Alabama
1287
Georgia
1397
Pennsylvania
1421
South Carolina
1450
Virginia
1452
Maryland
1455
Florida
1458
North Carolina
1494
Delaware
1495
New York
1503
New Jersey
1524
Vermont
1566
Connecticut
1582
Alaska
1592
New Hampshire
1627
Rhode Island
1632
Massachusetts
1658
Maine
3449
Hawaii
1428
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State Capitals: Distance from US Center Quiz
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DJC83
Created Mar 1, 2011 in
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zzyzx501
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 04:29 GMT
7 points
Took me a second to remember that I've BEEN to that geographic center in forlorn NW South Dakota. It's a flag in the middle of a field and you have to hop over a fence into private property to take a picture with it. I think the geographic center of the lower 48 is in Kansas...Alaska has quite a pull! Fantastic quiz,definitely stood from what's been a rather uninspiring selection this past week.
tahitiwahini
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 13:34 GMT
4 points
Excellent quiz! The first column was much harder than the second for me, since once you finish off the west (with two exceptions) you're not really jumping around as much.
Gravey
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 19:23 GMT
3 points
Fun. Five stars. Would be fun to do another quiz for the contiguous states as well.
giveupyet
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Mar 1st, 2011 at 19:45 GMT
5 points
Wow, I thought it would be a gimme that Honolulu and Juneau would be the last two . . . but Juneau isn't. Awesome quiz!
purplebackpack89
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Mar 2nd, 2011 at 04:33 GMT
4 points
i agree it'd be easier and just as interesting to it with the center of the 48 contiguous...but this is still a four-or-five globe quiz
mattbufford
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Mar 4th, 2011 at 19:53 GMT
2 points
haha, i totally misread this at first and thought it was the state capitals in order of their distance from the center of THEIR states. needless to say, I wasted several minutes before I figured out what the instructions actually said. really really good quiz though!
DJC83
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Mar 5th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT
2 points
As requested, I made a version for the geographic center of the contiguous 48 here (http://www.sporcle.com/games/DJC83/scdtl48c/). -- @mattbufford: Oy! I could make one like that, but it would be one hell of a difficult quiz.
LawTiger30
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Mar 7th, 2011 at 21:06 GMT
2 points
Again, like the contiguous 48 quiz, great quiz. But, again, in my opinion, not near enough time. Fun quiz though.
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