# Game of the States **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793 "2005-10-18T19:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/41 "2005-10-19T19:03:12Z")
86%, average distance of error 19 miles. I screwed up CN badly-very badly-as the second state. that’s what I get for not travelling east of ohio. (south, rockies, west coast, but not the east coast yet) ---
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/42 "2005-10-19T19:10:01Z")
> [@Try As I Might...](#): > > CN :smack: CT. Apparently I don’t mail the east coast much either. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/43 "2005-10-19T19:53:12Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > EVERYONE is doing better than me! Blast! 😃 Just so you don’t feel bad, I went ahead and posted a 0%, 2899 mi. avg. error. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/44 "2005-10-19T19:56:30Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I would love a game like this for another part of the world, preferabbly at the placing countries in continents level. Take a look [here](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/45 "2005-10-20T00:24:34Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I managed to get Alaska wrong by being too impatient and just winging it over to the space for it. I mean, come on. ROFL, me too, 98% avg. error, 1 mile, time 133 seconds. Alaska was my only miss, ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/46 "2005-10-20T01:17:47Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > EVERYONE is doing better than me! Blast! 😃 > At the risk of highjacking my own thread, I think you may be the one to ask. I heard awhile back about a series of memory tricks to remember all the State capitals. One was “Juno the capital of Alaska?” Have you heard of this? We had several, some were dumb, but they all worked. You had to remember that Ken(tucky) and Frank(fort) were friends, Mari(land) and Anna(polis) were friends, Bismark Pierred Lincoln with Tapioca Pudding. Then they get more obscure, like New Hampshire was a new version of Hampshire in England and you could take the Concord to England…and VerMontPelier and August is windy in Maine ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/47 "2005-10-20T02:48:42Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Just so you don’t feel bad, I went ahead and posted a 0%, 2899 mi. avg. error. WhoooWhoooo! Not the absolute worst and that has always been _good enough for me_!! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/48 "2005-10-20T02:57:50Z")
> [@xbuckeye](#): > > We had several, some were dumb, but they all worked. You had to remember that Ken(tucky) and Frank(fort) were friends, Mari(land) and Anna(polis) were friends, Bismark Pierred Lincoln with Tapioca Pudding. Then they get more obscure, like New Hampshire was a new version of Hampshire in England and you could take the Concord to England…and VerMontPelier and August is windy in Maine Thanks. These are great! I am a bit lost on the > [@](#): > > Bismark Pierred Lincoln with Tapioca Pudding referance. I get the Lincoln, Neb. and Bismark, N. Dakota but what’s the rest? Thanks again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/49 "2005-10-20T04:20:15Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > Thanks. These are great! I am a bit lost on the > referance. I get the Lincoln, Neb. and Bismark, N. Dakota but what’s the rest? > Thanks again 🙂 Bismark, Pierre, Lincoln, Topeka. Start with N. Dakota and head south. ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/50 "2005-10-20T09:23:30Z")
70%, which I was actually happy with. Now strangely, if they did it with UK counties I’d be screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793/51 "2005-10-20T12:39:54Z")
> [@Random](#): > > Bismark, Pierre, Lincoln, Topeka. Start with N. Dakota and head south. :smack: Jeezz! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-the-states/326793.md?page=2)