Can you name the Top 10 most powerful US states? by british

Hint		Extra info on why it is
western US ?
?		third largest population
due to agriculture and oil?
tourism, strong economy ?		fourth largest population
contains third largest populated city ?		Chicago
?		Atlanta, powerful economic centre
automobile industry ?		auto industry
?
?		Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing, etc.
liberty bell ?

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Top 10 most powerful US states Quiz

by british

Created Apr 25, 2011 in Geography
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	gowhere:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 17:50 GMT	19 points
	Needs a source and a basis other than the extra info.

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	sammyhain:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 18:28 GMT	34 points
	Are you serious about your source? Just somebody's posting on a message board. Seriously?

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	wolfmantony:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 19:31 GMT	39 points
	Just a tip british, your credibility will always suffer on Sporcle if you don't link a reliable source, no matter how defensive or sarcastic you may get. This tip will save you much anxiety in the future.

	MickCannon:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 19:39 GMT	18 points
	First and foremost, what does it even mean to be a "powerful state"??? Second, there's no way this should be more than a minute long considering the clues that more or less give away the answers. Third, your "source" is incorrect if you believe Boeing is based in Washington.

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	wolfmantony:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT	19 points
	You're right british, Boeing was founded in Washington. Corporate headquarters moved to Chicago about 10 years ago. So I guess it depends on if you think the power comes from the executives, or from the actual manufacture of the aircraft.

	Geo_Crazy:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 20:20 GMT	8 points
	Also, Microsoft is in Redmond, a suburb east of Seattle.

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	myb555:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 23:59 GMT	11 points
	Can you explain to me why there is an unnecessary capitalization of an "I" in "MIchigan", well?

	Frozenleaf:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 00:08 GMT	23 points
	Yes, "powerful" is extremely subjective. Not a very good quiz.

	Riko:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 01:17 GMT	25 points
	Before you make another quiz, go play some of the published ones or the highly-rated (not the most-played) unpublished quizzes to get a better idea of what makes a good quiz in terms of theme, content, source and format. Because this just does not cut it. I mean, wikipedia is often discredited as not reliable enough for many quizzes, so a forum post may as well be graffiti on a public bathroom wall.

Hint		Extra info on why it is
western US ?
?		third largest population
due to agriculture and oil?
tourism, strong economy ?		fourth largest population
contains third largest populated city ?		Chicago
?		Atlanta, powerful economic centre
automobile industry ?		auto industry
?
?		Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing, etc.
liberty bell ?

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	fowlro:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 05:24 GMT	20 points
	Let me get this straight, you based a quiz on the ten most powerful states and your source spelled Massachusetts wrong? The state most likely to default on it's debt is number 1? And the only state to lose population this past decade made it?

	Pelmert:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 07:50 GMT	20 points
	Why does everyone vote british' comments down? Now I have to click "Comment below threshold" all the time when I want to be entertained

Damo:

Apr 26th, 2011 at 10:48 GMT

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Florida's economy is crap!

	Bowmana:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 12:50 GMT	14 points
	To echo what everyone else has said, "powerful" is very subjective. Do you mean which states have the most influence over politics? Do you mean which states have the best likelihood of being militantly successful? Do you mean which states have the most superheroes? I have no idea and your sources doesn't give any indication. When I saw this as one of the most played quizzes today, I thought it would be better than this. Also, if you want to prove a point, you should probably not be overtly rude, since it doesn't solve anything and kind of just makes you look like a jerk.

	jmatt22397:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 14:41 GMT	5 points
	Clicked on it thinking it was states with the most US Representatives... and I got this.

	rockgolf:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 14:43 GMT	10 points
	From an interested outsider's viewpoint, the list is probably pretty accurate. But from a Style purview, this quiz is pretty bad. Go to the Style page and split the columns 30%/15%/55%, so that a 10 question quiz doesn't roll off the bottom of the page.

	rsplenda477:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 15:29 GMT	7 points
	I don't see Michigan being very powerful right now with the automobile industry.

	BamaGuy:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT	7 points
	very poorly executed quiz. I would say that the list is relatively accurate (once again depending on your definition of "power"), but I would argue on a couple of them. putting Michigan on there because of the auto industry would have been true 20 or 30 years ago, but now their economy sucks and most of the new plants being built these days are going to states with much less union influence (such as Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, etc). I would also question the inclusion of Georgia and Washington. I'd probably make an argument for Ohio over one of these others.

	actwentysix:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 16:17 GMT	6 points
	To make this quiz as least subjective as possible, may I suggest you base your list off Electoral College Votes/House Representatives. While those numbers don't encompass the whole of what it means to be powerful, they do represent which states have the most pull for choosing our president, and which states have the most representation when a bill/law is going through legislation. Most the answers would be the same, but would be based on solid numbers and not subjective reasoning.

	TJohn:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 17:53 GMT	10 points
	BURN HIM!

	cms479:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 20:16 GMT	11 points
	It makes me sad that this quiz got 3000+ plays...

	poiu:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 20:38 GMT	10 points
	Awful quiz. So subjective, terrible source, very unclear what "power" is.....

	bmo1616:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 21:09 GMT	12 points
	This guy is a moron, pathetic quiz

	jmatt22397:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 22:01 GMT	7 points
	By the way, who on earth rated this higher than a one aside from the quizmaker. Its rating is currently 1.27 and dropping (hopefully).

	ad808:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 22:32 GMT	-1 points
	Say what you want about the source of this quiz, but I'll take a random City Data post as a source over a Bleacher Report list any day of the week.

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	chriskotx:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 00:46 GMT	11 points
	What this quiz proves to me is: you dont have to produce a quality quiz or get a high rating to get more plays than I ever did on any of my quizzes.

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	pjkiesner:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 03:46 GMT	3 points
	yeah...Michigan is really powerful these days.....

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	mikepmeyers:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 04:27 GMT	10 points
	British, are you really still trying to defend this quiz? Just stop while you're ahe...err just stop.

	LucasEwalt:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT	5 points
	Wouldn't the most powerful states just be the ones with the highest number of congressmen in the House of Representatives, therefore giving them the most influence in Congress, therefore giving them the most power? That seems like a more objective measure of "power" rather than what corporations are based there or how well a state's economy is doing. Even if a state's economy is doing awesome, that doesn't give it any extra "power" in relation to other states. It's not like Washington can start shoving Idaho around telling it what to do...

	cheesepoof:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 06:13 GMT	4 points
	hahahaha. hey british i got an idea for your next quiz: name the worst quizes on sporcle. hint- pretty lame extra info on why it is- makes up sources.