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Can you name the foursomes pertaining to the United States?
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puckett86
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United States Foursomes Quiz
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Masternachos
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 04:14 GMT
12 points
Didn't Sacagawea replace Susan Anthony on the dollar coin?
DirtStripHero
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 04:32 GMT
4 points
West Florida was also Independent. I'm not sure if you really want to count that or not though
alphadog
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 05:07 GMT
-1 points
Maybe a bit too much time, but other than that it was an excellent quiz.
getahaircut91
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 05:15 GMT
7 points
good quiz, if you are going to take new year's for new year's day (and christmas for christmas day) then veterans and independence should also be accepted. also big 4 is more in reference to the leagues, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL as opposed to the sports themselves
Jordanhaedtler
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 05:23 GMT
30 points
GREAT quiz! I would accept "Sacajawea" for Sacagawea.
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bondquizace
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 06:48 GMT
-74 points
Her name isn't spelled with a J. And last I checked Halloween always falls on the same day.
shakescene
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 07:16 GMT
2 points
California was an independent republic for less than a month, so I think West Florida might count if Vermont does. Of course that kind of kills the idea of a quartet for this category.
Fidelio
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 07:58 GMT
15 points
The name Sacagawea is often spelled with a j. It's an extremely common alternate spelling, and should be included as an alternate answer.
redsxfenway
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 08:11 GMT
22 points
Halloween is not a federal holiday. I can't imagine anyone would be too happy if federal employees didn't work on a holiday for kids.
y2jdilemma
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 10:57 GMT
20 points
Not to be nit-picky, but there are a few other non-presidents on the state quarters (Hellen Keller for example). Perhaps a little more specific wording?
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foyherald
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 10:59 GMT
-33 points
As a non US Citizen I have to ask, doesn' Thanksgiving always fall on a Thursday? Therefore isn't it the only holiday that falls on the same day as opposed to date?
bmo1616
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 11:19 GMT
11 points
No foyherald, Labor Day is always Monday, Good Friday is always a Friday, Easter is always a Sunday, Memorial Day is always a Monday, and yes, good job, Thanksgiving is always a Thursday.
zachisnotfunny
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 12:27 GMT
1 point
I'm embarrassed to have got all of the cities in "God Bless the USA", maybe you should replace that faux patriotism with a better song, maybe places mantioned in "This Land Is Your Land" (California, New York Islands... etc), or pretty much anything that better than God Bless the USA.
puckett86
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 12:40 GMT
7 points
@Masternachos Sacagawea didn't exactly replace Anthony. They are both in circulation. @DirtStripHero & shakescene West Florida is not currently a state. Florida is the state. @Jordanhaedtler I accept the spelling with a 'J' now. Thanks! @y2jdilemma I've specified front of currency in the game notes. @zachisnotfunny That was the point :)
y2jdilemma
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 13:15 GMT
2 points
Mustve missed that, puckett. Sorry.
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midwesterndiva
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 13:22 GMT
-55 points
Florida was once independent. Also, just because easterners think pushing around a puck is a good sport doesn't mean that everybody else does. We in the Midwest have one other sport: INDY CAR RACING!
puckett86
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 13:43 GMT
6 points
Ok let's settle this: Florida was NEVER independent. West Florida was independent. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Florida
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mathteacher
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 14:39 GMT
-26 points
I think you should change "currency" in your clue to "money." I was thinking "currency" is paper money, not coins.
triviahappy
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 15:10 GMT
3 points
Great quiz. Loved it.
waterjoe
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 15:28 GMT
9 points
In the Dakota's, her name is spelled "Sakakawea." Every student around here is taught to spell it that way. For what it is worth, Wikipedia says that Sakakawea is the "next most widely adopted spelling, and the most often accepted among specialists."
puckett86
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 16:03 GMT
2 points
Thanks waterjoe. You're right. All 3 spellings are now accepted.
joewicht
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 17:25 GMT
3 points
Yeah, I kept trying to use the 'k' in Sacajawea and it was driving me crazy ... Great quiz, though.
leepyswetr
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 19:48 GMT
1 point
Lewis & Clark and their men are on one of the nickel designs.
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jetfan66
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 20:29 GMT
-52 points
The City of New York (aka New York City) doesn't count? Also, what about the 1980 Olympics? I believe they were held in Lake Placid, New York
Emperor_Ziggy
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 20:49 GMT
12 points
@jetfan: New York (city) is not the capital of New York (state). Even if it was, the city's official name is New York (no "city" in the title). And the '80 Olympics were held in Moscow.
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steved
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 20:53 GMT
-19 points
well i hate to complain cos this is a great quiz. but most of oklahoma was independently run by indians up until i think within the last hundred years or so. also i dont know if you should count south carolina too because they technically seceeded from the union first, so they kinda were independent too.
jujuju
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 20:57 GMT
11 points
@Emperor_Ziggy: The 1980 Olympics were also held in Lake Placid, jetfan just got mixed up between the summer and winter games.
puckett86
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 21:32 GMT
2 points
This is from the Hawaii Wikipedia page: "Hawaii is one of four states that were independent prior to becoming part of the United States, along with the Vermont Republic (1791), the Republic of Texas (1845), and the California Republic (1846), and one of two (Texas was the other) with formal diplomatic recognition internationally.[30]"
adeutsch107
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 21:37 GMT
2 points
great quiz
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cocky
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 22:19 GMT
-16 points
While the anthony coin is still in circulation, it is no longer being produced. Also, the dolar coins now have a rotating series of presidents on them. And Sacajawea's son also appears on the coin. and what's wrong with God Bless the USA? Maybe you don't like country music, but is it any worse than the hippie anthem, This Land is Your Land?
Illini13
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 23:03 GMT
-3 points
if you know anything about the American Revolution and ensuing Articles of Confederation, you SHOULD know that all of the 13 colonies were at one point independent, but these State 'United' together under the banner of the US Constitution
knightni
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 23:59 GMT
6 points
If you're counting Susan B. Anthony, you should count Salmon P. Chase.
puckett86
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 00:25 GMT
9 points
@Illini13 I understand your point, but I think that is too technical. I know that the 13 colonies didn't all become states on July 4, 1776, but together they declared their independence from Great Britain to form what would become known as the United States. So they wouldn't really be considered independent republics, as the instructions of the quiz state. @knightni The 10,000 dollar bill was legally taken out of circulation in 1969 by Nixon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency
knightni
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 01:14 GMT
0 points
@pucket86 Yeah, and the SBA dollar hasn't been printed since 1999.
deuce
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 01:45 GMT
1 point
Salmon P Chase
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Tex17
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT
-28 points
Big Four sports is really now just a big three. Hockey and soccer share a second tier, with other team sports trailing those.
Anne13
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 04:03 GMT
2 points
Very enjoyable quiz.
WCRoentgen
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 22:36 GMT
9 points
@cocky: Woody Guthrie was a hippie?
ack
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Apr 14th, 2010 at 04:02 GMT
1 point
I don't think you can consider the 10K bill "taken out of circulation". It's still valid currency, although nobody would ever spend one, as it's much more valuable as a collector's item.
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