Can you name the U.S. states that have the longest official names? by Dirk

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Longest State Names Quiz

by Dirk

Created Sep 27, 2009 in Geography
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	30sarah:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 11:03 GMT	10 points
	If you're asking for official names, as is the case with RI, then MA is 'Commonwealth of Massachusetts', for example. Same with Virginia and I believe Pennsylvania. I'm sure many other states have much longer official names; consistency here is key!

	Dirk:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 19:18 GMT	0 points
	Then we should call them the "State of (insert name here)", as it's the same as calling it the "Commonwealth of (insert name here)". Rhode Island is the only state that has a longer name than it's commonly known by.

	smart_mom:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 00:49 GMT	2 points
	That was kinda fun.

	RunHardTurnLeft:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 03:51 GMT	5 points
	Yes, but Dirk commonwealth or state is apart of the official names. Which you claim to use in this quiz. All of your answers are the common names, and the rhode island one is neither official or common. So you might as well edit it to the common names. Otherwise good quiz.

	micah:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT	0 points
	I find it interesting how east-coast-centric this quiz is.

	sabresfan:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 05:33 GMT	3 points
	As long as the column and title say "official names", then you HAVE to list the full, official name. If you want to leave he quiz as is, you have to change the wording of what you are asking for (and common name wouldn't do it since Rhode Island is the common name).

	Antithesys:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	1 point
	Yeah, it's back to the drawing board on this one. "Official" means putting in "State of" and "Commonwealth of".

	shakescene:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 12:06 GMT	2 points
	Seems to be right, now. Only question is do you want to include DC, Puerto Rico, CNMI (Marianas), etc., all of which have satisfyingly long names... ;-)

	Dirk:	Aug 11th, 2010 at 19:21 GMT	1 point
	Added a few territories as bonuses that would make the list if they were states.