# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/21 "2007-03-30T18:56:32Z")
Aced it. But I’m something of a geography buff. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/22 "2007-03-30T18:57:06Z")
Holy crap, no. ☹ They can’t revoke your diploma for this, can they? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/23 "2007-03-30T19:03:26Z")
[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 that, too. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/24 "2007-03-30T19:03:35Z")
If it weren’t for stupid Kansas and Nebraska I would’ve gotten a perfect score. For some reason I always want to put Kansas further north. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/25 "2007-03-30T19:04:04Z")
Failed, not because I didn’t know the states, but because I couldn’t click and drag them to the states in the allotted time. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/26 "2007-03-30T19:09:17Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] I’m very uncertain of which of Vermont or New Hampshire is which [/QUOTE] > [@KayElCee](#): > > I had trouble with […] similarly shaped pairs like Vermont/New Hampshire **V** ermont is the **V** -shaped one. I passed. World geography would just about kill me, though. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/27 "2007-03-30T19:13:16Z")
Boo. :mad: well … I could pass third grade in Canada, though. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spiral\_Stairs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Spiral\_Stairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiral_Stairs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/28 "2007-03-30T19:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] **V** ermont is the **V** -shaped one. … [/QUOTE] Excellent. The New Hampshire / Vermont mash-up has always been the only weakness in my knowledge of U.S. geography. Now my plan to dominate the world of third-grade geography can proceed apace! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/29 "2007-03-30T20:02:18Z")
46/48, not bad for a Limey. I got Vermont/NH wrong. Quite pleased to get the Nebraska/Wyoming pair right, because that always makes me hesitate. I somehow imagine that Nebraska is further west than it actually is. And Missouri I can only ever get by eliminating the surrounding states. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/30 "2007-03-30T20:06:45Z")
48/48 in about a quarter of the alloted time. I’m a nut for maps. Also, it helps that I’ve driven in pretty much every corner of the continent on bizness. So I’ve had REASON to know this shit, or else I’d be lost. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/31 "2007-03-30T20:25:32Z")
Hmph, it explains why so many Americans can’t locate most of the worlds capitols! ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/32 "2007-03-30T20:35:36Z")
I passed, and with about 1/2 or a little over time left. My biggest problem was finding the names in the list because I was kind of trying to hurry and kept clicking the wrong name. It also helps that I just drove through Ohio, Ky, Tenn., Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, plus the Virginias last week. It makes it a lot easier. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/33 "2007-03-30T20:51:12Z")
I failed, because of those squirrely little New England states. Is there a reason we can’t consolidate that whole sticky-outy bit in the northeast into one unified state? Do we really _need_ Rhode Island? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/34 "2007-03-30T20:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=casdave] Hmph, it explains why so many Americans can’t locate most of the worlds capitols! [/QUOTE] Most of the world’s capitols are in the USA, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/35 "2007-03-30T21:18:45Z")
[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] Moron! You don’t learn about the UP until FOURTH grade! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/36 "2007-03-30T21:20:42Z")
It took me two tries but I got it! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/37 "2007-03-30T21:33:51Z")
[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] Yeah, boo! I got Alabama and Mississippi backwards. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/38 "2007-03-30T21:34:54Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] I failed, because of those squirrely little New England states. Is there a reason we can’t consolidate that whole sticky-outy bit in the northeast into one unified state? Do we really _need_ Rhode Island? [/QUOTE] Hee. Vermont and New Hampshire are worlds apart, and then there’s Mass. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/39 "2007-03-30T21:45:30Z")
Well, I got it on my second try, but I think the fact that I spent so much time trying to get the smaller states placed because I couldn’t get the little arrow on the right spot had more to do with poor design of the game than my lack of geographic knowledge. The states should have lit up when they were selected or something, so you could tell what you were dropping the name on. I got everything placed in about a third of the allotted time and then spent the rest of the time trying to get Delaware stuck in there. I felt like a monkey trying to shove a square peg through a round hole. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135/40 "2007-03-30T21:50:15Z")
48 of 48 in about half the time alloted. Why don’t they have a score at the end? I thought I did something wrong. BTW: I guessed lucky on Vermont. Vermont & NH are the only ones that confuse me. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-third-grade/398135.md?page=3)