Can you name the biggest Google searcher of each phrase? by Mark

Phrase	State
Potato
Seinfeld
Cod
Baseball
Wal Mart
Hunting
Sunscreen
Snowblowers
Glenn Beck
Marijuana
Tarheels
Coca Cola
Gambling
Google
Shrimp
Air conditioning
Garth Brooks
Cardinals
Donuts
Wolves
Fried chicken
Banjo
Appomattox
Hiking
Clamato

Phrase	State
Formula One
Beavers
Ford
Custer
Baptist
Peanuts
Cotton
Lobster
Windy
Starbucks
Dixie
Orioles
Chihuahua
Tea
Fireworks
Cheese
Joe Biden
Fishing
Bluegrass
Meadowlands
Corn
Quaker
Hockey
Rock and roll
Mohegan

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U.S. State by Google Search Quiz

by Mark

Created Nov 20, 2009 in Geography
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	Mark:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 02:55 GMT	4 points
	Thought this one might be interesting :) Name the U.S. state that Google searches for each phrase the most. Each state is represented once. Some are pretty obvious, some are on the difficult side, and some may surprise you.

	ForPony:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 03:14 GMT	4 points
	Very impressive. Well done.

	tobinw:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 03:59 GMT	3 points
	Fantastic.

	Kaleb:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 06:09 GMT	17 points
	I'm shocked that fried chicken wasn't kentucky!

	MistrSac:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 06:55 GMT	5 points
	The people of Utah should be ashamed. I just-- [tears] I love Utah... and I fear for it!

	Antithesys:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 07:36 GMT	4 points
	I was a bit confused by this, so just to clarify, this isn't the most popular search for each state, just whichever state is the biggest searcher for these specific phrases. That cools the stereotyping outrage a bit. Nice quiz.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 08:44 GMT	-3 points
	Wait...so marijuana ISN'T the most popular google search in Utah? Everything I know is a lie.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 08:49 GMT	-3 points
	I also love that Nebraska, a state with no baseball team...yeah...anyway, there's a point in the quiz where it's a three team stretch: Tarheels, cardinals and orioles. While individually these are good hints, I'd suggest spreading them out.

	freakshow42:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 09:24 GMT	-1 points
	The people of Nebraska have to google "baseball" because they don't know what it is.

	Mark:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 11:19 GMT	2 points
	Thanks for the feedback, I randomized the order a bit more to get rid of groups. And yes, the quiz is states where each phrase is searched the most, and these searches aren't necessarily the #1 search in that state. It's tough to word properly, but I added to the quiz question to try to eliminate confusion.

	nymous:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 11:32 GMT	2 points
	It's good work but it's very misleading also. You can read the question two ways. Essentially the quality of clues were fully at the quiz author's discretion, not given by hard data from Google as I initially thought.

	Slugma:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:02 GMT	11 points
	Well, the college world series is in Nebraska, that might explain it somewhat. Nice quiz.

	yoshiman:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 13:50 GMT	-2 points
	i thought it was too short

	Annie:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 14:43 GMT	1 point
	And to think that all these years, I thought KFC stood for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

	HarryNJ:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	Yeah nothing like a big ol' bucket of Kansas Fried Chicken!

	HarryNJ:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 15:44 GMT	1 point
	And yeah I wasted time thinking I was repeatedly typing Kentucky wrong somehow. lol

	batmann:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 17:17 GMT	1 point
	vermont - how appropriate hahah

	Octoman:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz. Shouldn't it be U.S. State by Google Search and not the other way around?

	Mark:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	2 points
	Good point, the title was kind of vague. Changed

	JezuzFingerz:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 17:55 GMT	10 points
	I believe Texas searched Tea the most because the TEA (Texas Education Agency) is a often visited website. I had to do some research because I couldn't believe Texans drink the most tea.

	sfrr44:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 18:45 GMT	3 points
	another minute or two would be really helpful

	Minkin:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 18:47 GMT	-1 points
	This is essentially a "name the state stereotype" quiz

	Mark:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 18:57 GMT	1 point
	A couple people have mentioned this so I added 2 minutes

	Tom_the_Dog:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 19:05 GMT	1 point
	Clever quiz but tough! I only got 28. Some of these are just head scratchers. How have I gone all my life not associating New Hampshire with fireworks??

	noon:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	2 points
	This quiz is completely awesome. Kudos!

	shawnoc:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 22:44 GMT	4 points
	Why do people google the word "google"?

	MeltedMan:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 00:30 GMT	1 point
	The clamato one was the biggest surprise to me.

	Chris968:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:02 GMT	2 points
	Interesting. I bet you will see different results for people in different parts of the US. I'm from the Northeast and got all of the states on the east coast but didn't know much of the central/southern states. While I bet someone from the south will know more of those states and not as much as the north.

	waterjoe:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:12 GMT	2 points
	At first, the North Dakota one did not make sense to me since it does not snow that much here, at least not compared to any state east of here. However, when I realized the list comes from searches from that state, it makes some sense. When it does snow a lot, everyone is looking for snowblowers and all the stores are out. Thus, people hit the internet looking for some.

	sbelkoski:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	0 points
	Oh, thanks for clarifying in the comments. I couldn't understand why the #1 most searched term for Virginia was Appomattox. But why do people google Google?!?!?

	cheezguyty:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 21:51 GMT	1 point
	Unfortunately, this quiz has one downfall. The difference between some of the states is minimal, and even a slight change in the number of searches can push one state in front of another. I looked up several of these, and probably 1/4 of them weren't currently #1. It is impractical to expect this quiz to be updated every day or even every week, but perhaps once a month would be best. Great idea though!

	kagomeshuko:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 03:38 GMT	1 point
	Interesting. Even though you say name the state, I'd make the question at the beginning of the quiz clearer.

	carlospicywiener:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 03:21 GMT	1 point
	Ahh, yes, the earlier comment about TEA makes sense; except it's sad because that is such a contentious subject because of curriculum manipulation in Texas...I should know, I'm a teacher in Texas! If Google did the same thing 10 years ago, surely it would've been OIL! lol

	Corms:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 03:22 GMT	1 point
	@JezuzFingerz I guessed Texas for tea because Texas tea is a euphemism for oil.

	mhorse51698:	Apr 3rd, 2010 at 21:40 GMT	1 point
	If all the ppl in Rhode island keep eating all those donuts theyll be all fat asses and no one will fit in the state anymore! lol

	bryanhickman:	May 16th, 2010 at 05:16 GMT	1 point
	Formula One isn't very popular in Indiana. IndyCar is the big thing, though I guess unless you're from here it all seems like the same thing.

	crazydrummer3:	Jun 22nd, 2010 at 23:01 GMT	1 point
	why isn't fried chicken kentucky and why is baseball nebraska? our nebraska team sucks!

	boyzfootball4:	Dec 2nd, 2010 at 15:27 GMT	2 points
	I can't believe that other than Kentucky, fried chicken isn't Alabma or Mississippi

	rockinlipe:	Dec 3rd, 2010 at 01:44 GMT	2 points
	I dont understand what baseball and nebraska have in common? I'm soo confused

	Saints09:	Apr 22nd, 2011 at 20:58 GMT	1 point
	It's okay...