# Can you pass the third Grade? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 30, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135 "2007-03-30T17:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/1 "2007-03-30T17:21:43Z")
[Timed Geography test.](http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/2 "2007-03-30T17:29:48Z")
Yup! **phew!** ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/3 "2007-03-30T17:40:43Z")
Yes. Had a bit of a challenge getting Delaware to go, just because it was hard to click properly. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/4 "2007-03-30T17:41:18Z")
I got one out of 48…geography wasn’t nearly my best subject, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/5 "2007-03-30T17:41:34Z")
Hey! You don’t get credit for Michigan if you put it on the Upper Peninsula! Even if you put it on the mitten, the UP doesn’t light up! Pfft! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/6 "2007-03-30T17:42:55Z")
Got em all in time! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/7 "2007-03-30T17:50:51Z")
Nope. I won’t even say how low my score was. It’s funny, I could list them easily in another test with no problem and could probably pass off some trivia for each state but I suck at placement. Especially northern states. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/8 "2007-03-30T17:55:42Z")
Nope. 33. I have a rough time with all those little areas that call themselves Eastern States. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/9 "2007-03-30T18:07:54Z")
I got them all. I’ve driven a lot of places in the US, so I guess I learned a lot from all those road maps. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/10 "2007-03-30T18:18:24Z")
Heh, I tried putting Michigan in the UP, too. seems like the creators of the test weren’t sure who it belongs to. I got them all and in less than half the time allotted. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/11 "2007-03-30T18:18:45Z")
Almost done by the 50% point. One mis-drag zoing! but that was because the mouse cursor was over the edge into Maryland when I did Delaware or something. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/12 "2007-03-30T18:19:23Z")
40/50 in time, but I couldn’t place them well with this funky mouse-less keyboard… The eastern states kept bouncing around. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/13 "2007-03-30T18:23:11Z")
I got 100%. If you don’t count flyover country. 42/48. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/14 "2007-03-30T18:28:37Z")
Yes. All 48, with time to spare. When I was younger, I had trouble with the square western states, and keeping neighboring, similarly shaped pairs like Vermont/New Hampshire and Alabama/Georgia straight, but I’ve gotten over that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/15 "2007-03-30T18:29:47Z")
I struggled a little with the square Western states, but I finished the thing with plenty of time to go. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/16 "2007-03-30T18:41:09Z")
I was sure that I was going to miss several (I’m very uncertain of which of Vermont or New Hampshire is which, and which of Miss, Georga, Alabama is which), and then I actually got one wrong (switching Indiana and Illinois), and it gave me an X. I had assumed that you had to put them all in, and _then_ it would tell you what you messed up. Finished in about half the time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/17 "2007-03-30T18:41:10Z")
I got them all. I is smrt. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/18 "2007-03-30T18:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=USCDiver] Hey! You don’t get credit for Michigan if you put it on the Upper Peninsula! Even if you put it on the mitten, the UP doesn’t light up! Pfft! [/QUOTE] I noticed this also. Maybe because the UP is secretly Lower Canada, or something. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/19 "2007-03-30T18:47:42Z")
So ashamed I didn’t keep track the first time … then 46 out of 48 on the second try. After that, piece of cake. Just needed a little bit of reminding … haven’t lived in the US much since 1986 (excuses, excuses …) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/20 "2007-03-30T18:50:47Z")
[QUOTE=USCDiver] Hey! You don’t get credit for Michigan if you put it on the Upper Peninsula! Even if you put it on the mitten, the UP doesn’t light up! Pfft! [/QUOTE] Fuckers. Actually, I’m just happy that they managed to put the UP on their at all. I’ve seen a lot of maps where it just isn’t there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135.md?page=2)