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Can you pick the landlocked US States?
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RobPro
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Note: A landlocked state is defined as a state that does not border a major body of water, such as an ocean, sea, gulf or major lake, regardless of whether the state borders a major river.
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Landlocked US States (Clickable) Quiz
by
RobPro
Created Apr 1, 2012 in
Geography
Featured Jan 15, 2013
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thunderroad
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Apr 1st, 2012 at 05:05 GMT
1 point
It would be easier to play if they were in alphabetical order.
mykl
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Apr 1st, 2012 at 12:14 GMT
19 points
So you're counting states by the Great Lakes as having a coastline?
RobPro
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Apr 1st, 2012 at 19:16 GMT
-3 points
'A landlocked state is defined as a state that does not border a major body of water, such as an ocean, sea, gulf or major lake, regardless of whether the state borders a major river.' I should have made that clearer, sorry
caramba
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Jan 14th, 2013 at 16:52 GMT
-2 points
I think this would have worked just as well as a good old fashioned "type in the answers" quiz.
Game published: Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:00 GMT
William
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:06 GMT
46 points
There must be a mistake. George Strait told me that he has oceanfront property in Arizona.
Snigglie
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:20 GMT
118 points
Why did you change the definition of 'landlocked' for this quiz? Is Kazakhstan no longer the largest landlocked country in the world? The Great Lake states don't even border the lakes; the area of those lakes is included in the states and the borders are drawn through the lakes.
rct
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:23 GMT
46 points
SWEET IT'S NOT A MINEFIELD
csl
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:33 GMT
25 points
I wonder if anyone picked Hawaii.
Booger
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:47 GMT
20 points
@Sniggli - We had this exact same debate 3 1/2 years ago with this quiz: http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/landlocked_usstates. I guess Sporcle history does repeat itself.
ronnymexico
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:49 GMT
99 points
Yep, and I continue to side with the "Great Lakes states are landlocked" side of the debate.
tdrury88
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 15:50 GMT
51 points
Me too. And rarely do I say this, but I really can't see the rationale for the other side. It's just flat inconsistent both with dictionary definitions and with everything else on this site.
okeydoke
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:09 GMT
35 points
So the next most recent Geography quiz (http://www.sporcle.com/games/kirbymario/populous-cities-in-inland-states) has 4 of the top 5 cities in landlocked states that aren't landlocked according to this quiz. Nice work all around.
bschr03
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:15 GMT
16 points
Hmm looks like I forgot about the existence of the entire nation of Mexico
juanmoorebeer
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:19 GMT
13 points
I could see either side of the landlocked debate. I think of them as land locked, but I can also hop in a boat from most if not all states and get to an ocean. As long as it's in the directions, I will still like the quiz.
cuatrodosocho
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:21 GMT
45 points
Being an Illinoisan, I sure as heck feel landlocked.
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bcd103
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:45 GMT
-16 points
"a landlocked state is defined as a state that does not border a major body of water...such as a major lake", I know its small compared to the Great Lakes, but Lake Champlain is still pretty major.
ClintT13
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 16:58 GMT
18 points
@juanmoorebeer: The idea that you can hop in a boat in the Great Lakes states and reach an ocean doesn't make them not landlocked. If it did, then any state that has a river would not be considered landlocked. For example, my brother loads barges along the Mississippi River in Missouri and ships them to China via the river/ocean. Does that mean Missouri isn't landlocked, since you can hop on a boat there and float to China?
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leviper
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:06 GMT
-13 points
In this quiz: states from the Midwest.
antoniobroto
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:16 GMT
31 points
I don't agree with the definition for landloked... African countries near major lakes (i.e. Malawi, Uganda...) are still considered landlocked in Sporcle standards. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, etc, should be landlocked as well. Moreover, who defines how big is a major lake? Too subjective.
Dirk
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:22 GMT
15 points
If a state bordering a Great Lake isn't considered landlocked, then neither is any state that borders the Mississippi River or any other waterway that empties into the ocean.
SJAROX99
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:29 GMT
35 points
Can we just classify landlocked as a place that has no borders with the sea?
gritterr
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:49 GMT
-1 points
So obviously we're not going to reach a consensus on the great lake states, but what about Pennsylvania? The inland cities quiz has it as landlocked, but I click it here and now I'm stuck with a red Wyoming blemish. Can we settle that one?
bchovanec
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 17:59 GMT
17 points
gritterr, Pennsylvania borders lake Erie, so it is in the same boat ('boat' haha) as the other states being discussed, which I believe are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
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trivial
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:08 GMT
-5 points
I can see the consistency argument for what "landlocked" means but if you are standing--for example--on the beach in Chicago looking out over Lake Michigan with nothing but water as far as the eye can see, you'd laugh out loud if someone told you Illinois is a landlocked state!
socraticmethod
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:09 GMT
6 points
So the Great Lakes count as bodies of water, but Great Salt Lake doesn't? The standards here are very silly. I understand Great Salt Lake is smaller, but you can't just arbitrarily decide which lakes count as "major."
frasty
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:22 GMT
-3 points
i should just start a chat with someone on these comments
trivial
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:26 GMT
7 points
socraticmethod: Utah doesn't border the Great Salt Lake, though, so kind of a spurious argument.
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bedfordfalls
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:33 GMT
-15 points
Boy wouldn't it be great if Texas seceded? I honestly can't see any down side to that.
david6k
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:36 GMT
0 points
I think the distinction used here is defensible, but it's not very well defined. I think the criterion used is "does the state have a seaport which ocean-going vessels routinely visit?" If so, it's not landlocked. No one in Philadelphia would think of the city as landlocked -- it, New York, Boston, and Baltimore were the four most important seaports in the country throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. And by that definition, the Great Lakes states are not landlocked (10 percent of ships visiting Duluth are "salties" according to the Port of Duluth website).
hpc1989
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:42 GMT
0 points
19 on my first go - not bad for a non-American.
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POKEMONlover13
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:44 GMT
-5 points
Oh My god!!!!! GREAT LAKE STATES ARE LANDLOCKED!!!!! you only count OCEANS as landlocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gritterr
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:46 GMT
0 points
bchovanec, haha touche! A well-executed pun always makes the medicine go down a bit easier!
johncaw
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 18:48 GMT
0 points
Looks like this has been covered but bordering a great lake does not make a state non-landlocked. A state must border the ocean in order to be considered non-landlocked.
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juviejay
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 19:08 GMT
-14 points
Landlocked, not landocked, I don't care. One thing is for sure, though, this quiz is too US centric.
Peileii
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 19:51 GMT
4 points
I may be alone here, but the directions seem pretty clear to me. Sure, Utah may have the Great Salt Lake, but where are you going to navigate to? You can navigate to the sea on any of the 5 lakes considered the "Great Lakes". Also, the directions imply: "not including major rivers". People get their panties in a twist over "recognized" definitions, but the quiz answers follow the directions of the creator of the quiz.
King_of_Macomb
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 19:53 GMT
4 points
If Illinois is not landlocked, then neither is Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, or Tennessee - they all border a body of water that hosts enormous ships that flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
RollTribeAC
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 20:47 GMT
7 points
He specifies "Ocean, sea, gulf, or major lake" Illinois borders Lake Michigan. none of those states border a major lake
c3pojones
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 20:58 GMT
-1 points
I'll be sure to let my parents in Minnesota know that they aren't landlocked...even though the nearest ocean is 1500 miles away.
coolg
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 21:03 GMT
10 points
Perhaps directions should specifically state "doesn"t border an ocean, gulf, or one of the 5 Great Lakes. In the larger sense though, using Sporcle standards should come first.
churchgeek
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Jan 15th, 2013 at 21:56 GMT
5 points
I concede that "landlocked" is defined in terms of oceans. But it does seem counter-intuitive to say that my home state is "landlocked" when it has the nation's second-longest shoreline, second only to Alaska - and when its land borders are pretty miniscule by comparison!
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