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Lets See Your Skills...(part two)
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:00 amby Levi
alright, i saw this and had to post it.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/stateshigh ... nts_us.php
I'm betting a lot of people get all 50.
Re: Lets See Your Skills...(part two)
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:29 pmby moonspots
Hmmm, mountainous dummass here. Only got 9.
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:43 pmby Autoxfil
14, but I rocked the NE and missed big names like CO's HP.
I also couldn't remember my home state's, which is lame. Although, so is the hill.
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:48 amby I like it on top
No 50 for me, I only got 35.
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:47 pmby WingLady
Several years ago, I could name them in my sleep.
Now, I'm afraid of embarrassing myself if I go blank on a name while taking a timed test!
I can, however, recall what every highpoint (except the BIG one -- "We're the 49ers - Just say NO to Denali")
looks like. Does that count?
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:38 pmby jdzaharia
Who got New Jersey on the first try?
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:56 pmby Andinistaloco
28. Kicked butt on the ones out west, and then... uh... uh...
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:49 pmby chicagotransplant
I got 39, missed a smattering of peaks throughout the eastern 1/2 of the country, but got all the western states.
Don't feel bad for missing a bunch, if you click on the "most missed" to see the results you will find that 95% people who take the quiz get less than 10 correct!
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:11 pmby Ammon Hatch
16. Got all the ones I have climbed or want to climb + Kansas and Florida cause they're funny.
Well, I guess I got a few others I don't care to climb, like Nevada.
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Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:23 amby gobriango
jdzaharia wrote:Who got New Jersey on the first try?
Me !!! but Im sure m0ost other NJ residents dont know it.
31 of 50
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Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:28 pmby Paul Burkholder
31 - But it was really more of a spelling test for me. I spent a lot time trying to spell about seven or so that I never could get right. The most frustrating was Arizona (Humphries, Humphry, Humph . . .).
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Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:50 pmby Day Hiker
I was going to scream if the legitimate name for Alaska's high point did not register as correct. It was satisfying to type it and have it work.
The highest one I missed was Tennessee. And I still don't know it (or care much), even though I read it just 5 minutes ago!
Of the points lower than 6684, I got NH, NE, KS, MI, and FL. I know NH because it's obvious. I know NE, KS, and FL because of their comical value. The only reason I know MI is because I grew up in that state. But I never bothered to drive 800 miles round-trip to bag its high point which is 150 feet lower than where my house in NV is now, even though I'm still at a pretty low elevation out here.
That's still only 21 out of 51, though.
But maybe I deserve 21.5. I was trying to remember the name of that lump in OK, so I started typing, and the high point for KY popped up before I could finish!
Re: 31 of 50
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Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:10 pmby Matt Worster
Paul Burkholder wrote:31 - But it was really more of a spelling test for me. I spent a lot time trying to spell about seven or so that I never could get right. The most frustrating was Arizona (Humphries, Humphry, Humph . . .).
HA! Precisely the same for me. I got the same number right and must have tried every variation for Arizona.
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:22 pmby norco17
I got six
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Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:38 amby Scott
47.
Couldn't spell Alabama's or Missouri's (even though I lived there). Didn't know DC or Delaware.
Everyone should know the state highpoints so you have a partial list of places
not to visit (thought many state highpoints are well worth doing). Know thy enemy. Indiana's Highpoint was simply the worst waste of a day I've ever had. Although I've tried to block it out, I still remember the name of it.
Flat states bite.