# Mystery Map **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713 "2011-03-14T23:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/1 "2011-03-14T23:05:08Z")
Guess what this map represents. The prize is glory 🙂 [http://monarch.tamu.edu/~smrs/16162627.gif](http://monarch.tamu.edu/~smrs/16162627.gif) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/2 "2011-03-14T23:45:39Z")
Does **Glory** know about this? :dubious: My guess is, states where people say “coke” vs. states where they say “soda”. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/3 "2011-03-14T23:48:02Z")
Blue=“Tastes great” Red=“Less filling” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/4 "2011-03-14T23:51:06Z")
The 48 continental US states, along with their postal abbreviations? ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/5 "2011-03-15T00:28:31Z")
States in which the predominate favorite color is Red and Blue? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/6 "2011-03-15T00:43:16Z")
A political map. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/7 "2011-03-15T02:43:17Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > States in which the predominate favorite color is Red and Blue? The tricky part is the states that prefer blue are represented by red on the map and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/8 "2011-03-15T03:06:06Z")
Red = States where most people spell Will Ferrell’s name wrong. Blue = States where most people spell Colin Farrell’s name wrong. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/9 "2011-03-15T03:13:24Z")
Group I and Group II States? ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/10 "2011-03-15T04:33:20Z")
States that are more state-shaped (red) and states that are less state-shaped (not red) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/11 "2011-03-15T04:57:10Z")
I think the blue states regard New [Shimmer](http://www.hulu.com/watch/61320/saturday-night-live-shimmer-floor-wax) as a floor wax, the red consider it a dessert topping. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/12 "2011-03-15T05:00:07Z")
But actually I think it’s more simple than that - although it’s easy to make more out of this than what the reality is. Some states are simply blue or red. There doesn’t have to be a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/13 "2011-03-15T05:01:49Z")
A topical guess: Blue states currently have functioning nuclear reactors. Red states don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/14 "2011-03-15T05:04:34Z")
I got it, the blue states have a coastline and the red ones do not. Except for AK, HI, AZ, LA, MS, MO, AL, GA, SC, IL, NV, and VT. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/15 "2011-03-15T05:07:45Z")
Texas is the wrong shade of blue. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/16 "2011-03-15T05:45:07Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > A topical guess: > > Blue states currently have functioning nuclear reactors. > Red states don’t. The folks at [Grand Gulf](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Gulf_Nuclear_Generating_Station) don’t think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/17 "2011-03-15T05:49:37Z")
States that the OP has visited? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/18 "2011-03-15T06:17:52Z")
States that are net recipients of federal money vs. states that pay out more in taxes than they receive. …I think. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/19 "2011-03-15T06:25:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > States that are net recipients of federal money vs. states that pay out more in taxes than they receive. > > …I think. I think you are[right](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/04/the_red_state_ripoff.html). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713/20 "2011-03-15T06:34:19Z")
America is to be repainted, and this is one of the possible color schemes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-map/574713.md?page=2)