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Can you name the U.S. states without a major sports team?
Enter a state in the box below
Correctly named states will show up in the table below
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This game was contributed by Sporcle user:
weizenugb
Note: U.S. major league sports are defined as MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL.
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Supernuke
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:01 GMT
-216 points
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island should be taken off the list because they have the Patriots.
HollywoodLeo
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:03 GMT
54 points
The Patriots play in Massachusetts. Just because they go by "New England" doesn't mean all of those states are one state.
tjconn728
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:04 GMT
10 points
Supernuke, it's about where the teams are physically located, not their fan base. In that case you forgot Connecticut (also a part of New England) and places like Kansas, for Kansas City teams, and Virginia, for DC teams.
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jawa88
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:11 GMT
-52 points
Man college teams make this so much harder! I didn't even think to include Nebraska b/c they have such a huge college football team
RedLIon
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:23 GMT
7 points
So basically the Deep south, the smaller New England states, and the Big Sky states are outta luck.
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oohindu
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT
-24 points
Basically, you just have to guess all of the states w/o major cities.
geowiz85
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT
10 points
most of these states have never even had a team in the past either, im pretty sure only two of them have had franchises post-1950 (KC-Omaha Kings (NBA) and Hartford Whalers (NHL))
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geowiz85
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:28 GMT
-7 points
@redlion, so basically no b/c 8 of the states arent part of the regions you listed
RonMexico
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:29 GMT
4 points
Almost forgot that Oklahoma City just got basketball...
RyanUR
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT
9 points
@geowiz85: The ABA would have clouded the issue way back when--Kentucky Colonels and Virignia Squires.
Isaac:
Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:31 GMT
4 points
knowing all of the states helps a lot for this quiz :)
Jordan117
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:35 GMT
30 points
It does kind of turn into a "name all the states" quiz. Maybe if there was an error counter like on the "pi" quiz that ended the game after a certain number of wrong answers. That would get people to consider their answers more instead of just trying them all.
29smitty
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:36 GMT
15 points
@RonMexico, please don't bring that up. It still stings in Seattle.
DonnyB
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:38 GMT
17 points
I almost spaced on Alaska and Hawaii. I always forget to put them on my mental map for these quizzes.
deej
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:38 GMT
17 points
I can't figure out exactly what it means to be #1 on this list. Best public awareness as being culturally void?
Tommy_C
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:51 GMT
10 points
Is someone going to get a prize for playing the 100,000,000th game on Sporcle?
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WCRoentgen
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:51 GMT
-13 points
Don't you think Las Vegas is now populous enough to support a major sports team? If you can people away from the tables and brothels, that is. Or maybe combine gambling, sports and a little extracurricular activity under one roof? Hmm...
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TheJoker
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:52 GMT
-34 points
Well Virginia should have a team because richmond is a very large city that doesn't have a team
quiztaker
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:56 GMT
8 points
@The Joker: If Virginia got a team it would either be a DC team moving to Northern Virginia (Like the Giants and Jets with Jersey) or a team relocating to Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Richmond will never have a pro sports team.
quiztaker
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Sep 17th, 2009 at 23:58 GMT
14 points
Was I the only dork to notice that first four states to vote in Presidential primaries (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada) have a combined number of zero pro sports teams?
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bmo1616
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT
-27 points
@RedLIon, nitpicking, but Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are the 3 BIGGEST of the New England states.
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Mr_Negative
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:03 GMT
-7 points
@quiztaker Yes. No one else is that lame.
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quiztaker
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:05 GMT
-25 points
@Bryant: What? Mass is the biggest New England state, Vermont is the smallest. Get your facts straight.
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GoldenBo
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:06 GMT
-12 points
C'mon, give the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas. It's got to be tough enough having MO take every other bit of respect from you.
WindSword
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:07 GMT
3 points
Kansas City Chiefs threw me off.
quiztaker
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT
6 points
@GoldenBo: That would be like giving the Jets to New York, which they don't because they sadly play about twelve feet within the state of New Jersey, mainly to dodge the infamously high NY taxes.
rockgolf
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:09 GMT
3 points
Coincidence? Wrestling is popular in all these states.
hungryj0e
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:10 GMT
12 points
too bad Connecticut is a part of this...hopefully the Whalers come back some day
reallybored10
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:11 GMT
-1 points
WTF, the royals are in KCMO? This is news to me. Poor Kansas, bad at everything :(
Guinevere
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:15 GMT
4 points
Forgot Alaska and Hawaii (hangs head in shame). And six others, but Alaska and Hawaii hurt.
bobc
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:17 GMT
3 points
@geowiz85, if you go way back, Providence had an NFL and an NBA team. Louisville had an NFL team too. Wouldn't surprise me if there were a couple of others. @jawa88, I'm a Husker fan, and even I think that's a lame comment.
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ragnarok42007
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:28 GMT
-7 points
Umm . . . quiztaker? Vermont is the smallest New England state? Aren't you kinda forgetting a couple there? You know, Rhode Island? Connecticut? As for Massachusetts being the largest . . . Does Maine count as a New England state? That one I'm really not sure about, but if it does . . . .
Reed:
Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:33 GMT
25 points
quiztaker = population; ragnarok = square mileage. Thank you.
Dirty D:
Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:45 GMT
1 point
ok reed/ragnarok- so by that logic alaska should have a team cause its the biggest state of em all..albeit the crowd would be full of polar bears and eskimos
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joeblow:
Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:47 GMT
-10 points
Next time a nonsport province quiz please
ragnarok42007
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:55 GMT
5 points
I was responding to a matter of state size, not whether they should have a team. Places with teams need to be places where people will go to see the team, which is why they tend to be in major cities. Simple as that.
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Doctor_Tom
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:56 GMT
-5 points
too much time
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Stay_Gold
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 00:56 GMT
-46 points
the "carolina" panthers, represent both north and SOUTH Carolina
betared
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT
7 points
The fact that the NHL has 5 teams in California and Florida 2 is just sad.
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Camden
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Sep 18th, 2009 at 01:02 GMT
-16 points
@jawa88 - Don't let everyone get you down by giving you the red arrow. I know what you're saying. I have to remind myself sometimes that Nebraska is a college football team and not a pro team at times. They are so good, so respected, and have dominated the college football universe for so long that... its like... they are in a league all their own. More wins than any other school since 1970! And its not even close! There's no place... like Nebraska. GO BIG RED!!!
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