# Oh My! I failed 3rd grade! (USA) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181 "2004-05-20T14:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/1 "2004-05-20T14:20:43Z")
A friend just sent me [this](http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf). I tried, I got 35 of 48. It seems I don’t have such a good grasp of the Northeast. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/2 "2004-05-20T14:26:32Z")
48 out of 48. Actually I accidentally dropped one on a state I already had right. I guess this is the benifit of being a military brat. Since all my siblings were born in different states it helps you learn where they are. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/3 "2004-05-20T14:27:51Z")
39/48. I’m blaming it on my mouse – the state wouldn’t click in properly, and I’d have to drag and click again. It totally effed up my time. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/4 "2004-05-20T14:28:05Z")
I got 48/48 with time to spare! ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/5 "2004-05-20T14:35:37Z")
Got all of them with time to spare. And I thought I’d mess up Vermont and New Hampshire, because I always had difficulty with those two. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/6 "2004-05-20T15:02:53Z")
48 out of 48 with plenty of time to spare. 1/4 of the bar left actually. I probably could have done it quicker, but I sat there a few minutes not quite sure what to do. LOL. I also had trouble with the smaller states. Conneticut kept trying to fall into Rhode island for some reason. I have to admit that I am a geography nerd. There are probably only a few places in the world I cannot name. Or name the capitol. The US is easy. They should have made it harder and made you match up the capitols of the states. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/7 "2004-05-20T15:08:22Z")
48/48, with plenty of time to spare. I guess I pass the third grade, at least the geography part. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/8 "2004-05-20T15:14:55Z")
I just realized that after getting them all right a screen popped up saying “48 out of 48 You failed Third Grade! The short bus is coming to pick you up!” WTH??!? ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/9 "2004-05-20T15:20:24Z")
Zebra: I got that too. I just kind of ignored it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/10 "2004-05-20T15:29:58Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Got all of them with time to spare. > > And I thought I’d mess up Vermont and New Hampshire, because I always had difficulty with those two. Got 'em all here, too, with plenty of time to spare. I used to get Vermont and New Hampshire mixed up. The easy way to remember which is which is that Vermont is roughly in the shape of a V. This has helped me to distinguish them more easily. In school we had a test for identifying the 50 states (Alaska and Hawaii included, of course) on a Commodore 64 (showing my age), but each state was drawn by itself and not on a contiguous map. This worked for most states, but it was virtually impossible to distinguish Colorado from Wyoming. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/11 "2004-05-20T15:35:17Z")
Anyone notice that it doesn’t regard the upper peninsula of Michigan as being Michigan? “X”/boing. 48 of 48 with room to spare. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/12 "2004-05-20T15:38:08Z")
I got 48 out of 48, but if there had been less time available, I would not have. I had to trial and error some of the New England states, and a couple of the “square states” out in the West. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/13 "2004-05-20T15:49:01Z")
Got 'em all. Wonder how folks would do on the provinces and territories. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/14 "2004-05-20T15:58:01Z")
Got 48/48, with time to spare, although New England was tricky because if you don’t get the arrow right on the state, it _Boings_ on you. I’ll take that challenge, Matt. I had to learn _all_ about Canada because virtually everyone I worked with in Seoul was from your nation. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/15 "2004-05-20T16:10:33Z")
48/48 with time… But I also always have trouble with New Hampshire/Vermont, Alabama/Mississippi, and Colorado/Wyoming. They look alike to me. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/16 "2004-05-20T16:12:38Z")
It’s multiple choice, not a clickable map, but: [Capitals & Provinces](http://www.canadainfolink.ca/quiz2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/17 "2004-05-20T16:55:37Z")
Second time through the OP’s link I was FLAWLESS. And I had over HALF of the time bar remaining. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/18 "2004-05-20T17:05:49Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Second time through the OP’s link I was FLAWLESS. And I had over HALF of the time bar remaining. 🆒 I found dragging the mouse harder than getting the states themsleves. 48/48. More than half the bar remaining. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/19 "2004-05-20T17:06:01Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > It’s multiple choice, not a clickable map, but: > [Capitals & Provinces](http://www.canadainfolink.ca/quiz2.htm) On this one, I got 87%. When I went back to the quiz page and took the “Provinces and Capitals” quiz, I got 100%, but I doubt that I would have if I had not taken the other one first. Hmm…now I get to go see what other quizzes they have on that site. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181/20 "2004-05-20T17:17:29Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > It’s multiple choice, not a clickable map, but: > [Capitals & Provinces](http://www.canadainfolink.ca/quiz2.htm) 14/14 Since when is Newfoundland called Newfoundland Labrador? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-i-failed-3rd-grade-usa/246181.md?page=2)