Can you name the U.S. State or territory by its postal abbreviation?

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State by Postal Abbreviation Quiz

by goon_chan

Created Jan 12, 2010 in Geography
Featured Nov 26, 2012
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	RangersRangers:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 15:09 GMT		13 points
	Good quiz. I almost feel like you should add in Canadian provinces/territories, just to make it a little trickier.

	steel03:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 15:25 GMT		7 points
	Can't believe this wasn't a published quiz yet!

	bryan3thomas:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 15:26 GMT		23 points
	I feel like "Northern Marianas" should be accepted for "Northern Mariana Islands". That's the only one I missed, other than that it's a good quiz.

	adhair:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 15:53 GMT		1 point
	Yes, MP knocked about 20 seconds off my time.

	Wren25:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 15:55 GMT		13 points
	This is a great idea but unless you're an American with high typing speed I don't see how it can be done! When I saw WA (even though I'm from the UK) my first thought was Western Australia :-)

	LisaSimpsonOH:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 16:55 GMT		13 points
	Needs more time for those of us with bad eyesight and no degree in typing.

	fakeinanehiker:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 17:32 GMT		8 points
	pretty much quiz to see if you can type fast enough to get them in 3 minutes.

	BossMonster:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 17:39 GMT		9 points
	Why is there a P in the abbreviation for the Northern Mariana Islands?

	cuendillar:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 17:59 GMT		5 points
	@BossMonster: Possibly just the principle of exclusion. It has the MP code internationally too, so P and B were the only second letters not used by either a country or US state.

	Chimakwa:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 18:02 GMT		12 points
	Mariana.. Trench? Mariana..s? Marian.. oh hell, I'll just take 97%.

	dancastro:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 18:29 GMT		5 points
	@BossMonster: I think MP stands for Mariana Protectorate. Probably the word "protectorate" is somehow outdated today, but think that the postal abbreviations originated together with ZIP codes, in 1963 if I remember well.

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	babs:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 18:43 GMT		1 point
	Not enough time.It's not a typing quiz!

	mccabebabe:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 19:11 GMT		1 point
	i managed all but 2 in the time allotted.....and giving me an infinite amount of time wouldn't have helped. Never in a million years would I have gotten American Samoa or Marianas whatever........

	djfoams:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 19:21 GMT		1 point
	After all these years, I still can't spell Minnesota.

	ghankstewart:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 19:58 GMT		0 points
	I hate typing tests.

	Pogues:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 20:05 GMT		4 points
	3 minutes...enough time. Just wish I had known about North Mariana Islands being a territory!

	sharkcutie:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 20:17 GMT		9 points
	the abbreviation "MP" stands for Marianas Protectorate. The postal code was given when the Northern Mariana Islands were a UN trust territory under the trusteeship of the United States.

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	adamargall:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:11 GMT		2 points
	AFTER ALL THESE QUIZZES YOU THINK I'D BE ABLE TO SPELL MASSACHUSETTS GAHHHHH

	schak1971:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:34 GMT		3 points
	Love the stats on this one....It makes me feel better that I missed Northern Mariana Islands

	jmatt22397:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 23:09 GMT		2 points
	Missing MP and NE at the end. Thought both were territories I hadn't heard of. One was, the other... d'oh!

	witz1960:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 00:11 GMT		-1 points
	hmm. no comments that it was too UScentric?........ now, let's add another 30 seconds to the clock for normally skilled keyboardists

	BamaDan:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 02:11 GMT		2 points
	I missed MP, and several others because I'm not Superman and can't type that fast. I only got 28 out of 56 but I'm gonna try again and see if my typing skills get better.

	randmperson2:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 02:45 GMT		3 points
	"Psh, this quiz should be easy." Three minutes later: "...dammit...".

	BamaDan:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 13:12 GMT		2 points
	I think I'm giving up. I've played 10 times and my best is 46 out of 56. I know them all, but northern mariana islands and district of columbia take too long to type.

	Floripes:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 16:58 GMT		1 point
	I give up as well. I cannot type that fast.

	BamaDan:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 19:05 GMT		1 point
	OK, now I'm giving up. I got 53 out of 56. That's 94.6% with 16 plays. I skipped Northern Mariana Islands and District of Columbia, and then Ohio was the last one that I couldn't get to. No way I can type any faster than that.

	randomquizzes:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 20:33 GMT		0 points
	All of these complaints about not enough time make me feel like some weird psycho outcast---I got all 56. What is wrong with me?

	LICA:	Nov 28th, 2012 at 03:56 GMT		1 point
	lol anyone else type Los Angeles for LA?

	mrmanheim:	Nov 28th, 2012 at 11:59 GMT		-1 points
	Boo!!! Another "typing quiz"...easy answers. would be a breeze to click on the abbreviation for each with full name shown

	HER:	Nov 28th, 2012 at 12:33 GMT		4 points
	I did try "NY" for "NY". Oops. Well, it would have made the quiz faster, I guess...but not very helpful.

	HectorVortac:	Nov 28th, 2012 at 21:48 GMT		0 points
	Wow, exactly the right amount of time. At least for what I got right.

	BamaDan:	Nov 29th, 2012 at 04:14 GMT		1 point
	YES!! YES!! YES!! I finally did it! 34 plays and I finally got all 56 and I even had 5 seconds left on the clock! No idea how, but I'll take it. I think my brain finally figured out that AS was American Samoa instead of Alaska and VI was Virgin Islands instead of Virginia. You don't have time to go back and fix a spelling error or a wrong answer.

	BamaDan:	Dec 1st, 2012 at 20:39 GMT		1 point
	I got hooked on this game and couldn't stop playing game after game after game. I figured out something that might help others get a better time. The main thing is try not to watch the clock. It takes a second here and there off your time by doing that, and it always made me nervous and I started making mistakes. You don't have time for mistakes. I have to stop playing now because my nerves are shot from playing this so much. 58 plays and I got a time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I got all of them and still had 30 seconds left on the clock. Don't look at the clock or what's coming up next while you're playing. Just type like a maniac and see what your time is after it's done.