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Can you name the 48 Contiguous US states, with just the number of neighbors?
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Franck63
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IMPORTANT: Each state has a border with both the previous answer and the next answer. Water borders do count. 4 corners states are considered neighbors. DC does not count.
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48 Contiguous States, Follow the Trail Quiz
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Glorfino
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 12:32 GMT
-10 points
While the quiz does state that water borders count I remain displeased as ever that my home state is skipped over when one connects Michigan to Minnesota.
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AdmiralMaxtreme
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 14:00 GMT
-20 points
Yeah, Minnesota does not border Michigan. If it weren't for that, this would be a good quiz. One other thing I'd suggest is to take a more meandering path, rather than just going up and down from east to west.
Franck63
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 14:35 GMT
13 points
Michigan does border Minnesota, on lake Superior. Meandering is a good idea for a sequel.
pinkston
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 15:53 GMT
1 point
I think you should cut down the time to make this more challenging.
jml1139
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 16:23 GMT
1 point
agree with pinkston... way too much time...
BoomRShine
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 16:58 GMT
5 points
Excellent quiz.
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sunshine423
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 17:02 GMT
-15 points
I had enough time to stop after typing Illinois, check on the pizza in my oven, see that it was done, take it out of the oven, add Parmesan cheese, hot sauce, and black pepper on top of it, cut it into slices, and clean the pizza cutter. And I still had 1:18 left when I finished.
BoomRShine
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 17:14 GMT
-1 points
Regarding the Michigan bordering Minnesota debate, I was under the impression that online maps, such as Bing Maps and Google Maps, were pretty popular these days. These clearly show that Michigan borders Minnesota (and also borders Illinois, for what it is worth). Maybe I am mistaken about the popularity of Bing Maps and Google Maps? Bing:
http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/?org=aj#5003/s=w/5872/style=auto&lat=44.718766&lon=-85.926245&z=6&pid=5874
Google:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=44.512176,-85.627441&spn=10.309497,16.21582&z=6
adivineeternity
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 17:50 GMT
13 points
I'm with the creator on this one. Water borders are specified as being legitimate, so Minnesota would border Michigan. It would be interesting to see one with a more meandering path (although New England would remain the same, lol) and perhaps not counting water borders like the Great Lakes (although it'd be really ridiculous to try one that didn't count rivers, either - not sure it'd be possible).
ablackperson
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 18:14 GMT
21 points
@sunshine423: You put hot sauce and black pepper on your pizza? What the hell is wrong with you?
sobdennis
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 18:26 GMT
3 points
I think lake borders is carrying it a little too far. River borders make sense. But I wonder if people in Minnesota and Michigan really think the two states share a border.
pgrossma
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 19:40 GMT
13 points
Meandering path is definitely a must. After I got to North Carolina and realized what pattern it was taking, I no longer had to look at the number of border clues, I just started typing in the states in the order that they logically would appear
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ricestillfumbled
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 20:02 GMT
-8 points
yea...when minnesota and michigan play in football everyone considers it a border battle
SaintsfanJoe
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 20:12 GMT
7 points
The problem with a "meandering" path is that the quizmaker states that the state being guessed shares a border with the previous and following state. At least there are a couple that are not OBVIOUS.
Phizzy
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 20:23 GMT
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@sobdennis: I don't think we should be worried about what people "think". Let's just go with facts. If you polled thousands of people, I am sure there are many that would "think" that Texas is the largest state, or that Las Vegas is among the top five largest cities, or even that there are 52 states in the United States.
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cjmulrain
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 20:45 GMT
-11 points
it almost blows my mind that Colorado and New Mexico border one another. I mean, I know it's true, but having been to Denver, it just doesn't really seem physically possible - it feels like Colorado should border Canada if anything.
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conradmcmasters
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 21:55 GMT
-17 points
counting 4 corners as bordering states is dumb
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RCray7
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 21:58 GMT
-16 points
good quiz, but i think you should re order it so it goes from most to least or least to most
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purplebackpack89
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 00:04 GMT
-12 points
Minnesota and Michigan don't share a LAND border though...and I agree that the four corners don't count
Franck63
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 01:28 GMT
5 points
Well, some controversy over water borders. There should not be. La kes and rivers are natural borders all over the world, including the U.S. and all good maps will agree. As for the 4 Corners, as long as you make it clear in the rules it does not matter. Since you can literally walk from one to any of the other 3 and that this quizz is titled "follow the trail", it only makes sense to include them. I'll make a more meandering path soon, but New England cannot be anywhere else than the start or the end.
lilbrownwren
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 03:49 GMT
4 points
@Saintsfanjoe: I fail to see how that's a problem. Even with a meandering path, you go between bordering states.
pianoman
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 05:19 GMT
-2 points
So I am actually from Minnesota, and while yes there is technically a water border with Michigan via Lake Superior, nobody acknowledges it. As far as we're concerned (we being Minnesotans), we only border 4 states. So, even though this quiz is still technically correct, it goes against the grain of commonly held ideas (kind of like when music quizzes don't accept GNR for Guns n Roses or CCR for Creedence Clearwater Revival). Still a fun quiz to play, but I would recommend that in the future Franck63 choose states with more obvious borders.
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TerryM
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 05:25 GMT
-6 points
BoomRShine: I think you're mistaken about whether other Sporcle players consult reference guides during the game. Some of us think that's cheating (and don't see the point regardless).
TheLuggage
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 06:08 GMT
7 points
This quiz doesn't cross the four corners. It goes from Colorado, south to New Mexico, west to Arizona the through two states to get to Utah. Where does this cross the four corners?
Franck63
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 07:52 GMT
7 points
No it does not cross the 4 corners, but in the number of neighbors they are taken into account. As for water borders, when you can walk or swim in fresh water directly from one state into the other without entering another state or another country then they are neighbors. But, as fellow gopher myself, I'll keep your advice for the sequel and see if people complain when I exclude lake borders.
BoomRShine
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 12:04 GMT
9 points
@TerryM: I didn't suggest people consult reference guides
while taking
Sporcle quizzes. I was suggesting that, perhaps, people should verify facts before spouting off with
"Yeah, Minnesota does not border Michigan. If it weren't for that, this would be a good quiz."
GeoFan1
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 12:14 GMT
6 points
Here is what I don't understand about the water border controversy: It seems that most that opposed to including borders that run through lakes don't have an issue with including borders that run through rivers. What is the difference? People seem to have a problem saying that Illinois shares a border with Michigan, but not that Illinois shares a border with Iowa? Why? They are both water borders.
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theboeyinks2
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 13:04 GMT
-5 points
At first I was against the naysayers who claim that lake borders don't count. However upon reflection it does make one wonder. Even though you can get from Minnesota to Louisiana via the Mississippi river without entering into another state, one would never consider them "bordering" each other. Likewise with ocean states like Maine and Florida. It seems the size of the water matters - if it is too small, or too large it isn't considered. I think the best policy is to say that bodies of water larger than rivers don't constitute borders.
Q_Pheevr
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 15:08 GMT
12 points
@theboeyinks2: You can get from Minnesota to Louisiana without setting foot on
land
in another state, but I don't think you can do it without
entering
another state. At the very least, there is a time in between when you are neither in Minnesota nor in Louisiana. Similarly, if you sail from Maine to Florida, there is a time in between when you are neither in Maine nor in Florida. But you can go directly from a part of Lake Superior that is part of Michigan to a part of Lake Superior that is part of Minnesota without entering either Wisconsin or Canadian waters.
Regardless of whether you think the distinction is legitimate, I think it's clear that it's based on somethiing more categorical than just the size of the body of water involved. (As far as I'm concerned, water borders could legitimately be included or excluded, as long as the quiz-maker is explicit and consistent about it.)
TheBigE1980
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Sep 24th, 2010 at 23:29 GMT
3 points
Just once I'd like to see one of these types of quizzes go from west to east. After all, most everyone reads from left to right.
Franck63
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Sep 25th, 2010 at 00:08 GMT
7 points
It starts from the East just because I wanted to make the start easy and there is only one state with 1 neighbor only. Rivers ALWAYS belong to a state, as much as land, so when you go down a river, depending on which side you are, you are ALWAYS in a State.
zifyoip
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Sep 25th, 2010 at 05:25 GMT
8 points
Rhode Island shares a water border with New York, off the eastern tip of Long Island. (Check Google Maps, for example.) Surely if you're going to count Minnesota and Michigan as neighbors you should count New York and Rhode Island, or explain some reason for the inconsistency.
Franck63
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Sep 25th, 2010 at 05:27 GMT
2 points
Try the sequel http://www.sporcle.com/games/Franck63/cross_the_US_follow_the_trail_2 which is a more challenging version without the controversy on water borders and 4 corners
Franck63
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Sep 25th, 2010 at 09:43 GMT
4 points
Zifyoip you're right. Among more than 2000 quiz takers you are the only who has found this mistake. Congratulations. It's fixed.
theboeyinks2
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Sep 25th, 2010 at 13:13 GMT
4 points
@Q_Pheevr: I think you're right.
legend930
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Sep 26th, 2010 at 02:48 GMT
4 points
Great quiz, don't listen to the sporcle dorks
KansasJayhawk
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Sep 27th, 2010 at 02:44 GMT
4 points
I enjoyed taking this quiz.
GreatWalrus
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Sep 27th, 2010 at 08:59 GMT
3 points
I probably shouldn't stir the pot, but one difference between river borders and lake borders that may account for our psychological tendency to accept the one more than the other is that river borders almost universally have bridges crossing them. You can drive from Illinois to Iowa without entering another state, but not from Illinois to Michigan. I'm not saying that determines whether it should be considered an official border, just that it makes states that share a river border feel more "connected" than states that share a lake border. For what it's worth, I've lived in Michigan for most of my life and never thought of us bordering Minnesota.
Hugh
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Sep 27th, 2010 at 16:39 GMT
3 points
I really enjoyed the challenge of this quiz as a non-US sporcler, there is definite replay value too as it's certainly one of the tougher name-the-state quizzes.
TJL
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Sep 29th, 2010 at 18:00 GMT
3 points
I really love quizzes that use the New York/Rhode Island border. They're surprisingly close (less than 10 miles from land to land), but the border is almost never recognized
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