# Place the states (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503 "2004-11-13T01:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/21 "2004-11-13T05:17:14Z")
49/50, with an average error of one mile. My boo-boo was Arkansas, which, while I damn sure know where it is relative to the rest of my world (“relative” being a key word) I dropped 50 miles off location with nothing else there yet to hook it on. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/22 "2004-11-13T05:37:20Z")
47/50 94% Avg Error 12 miles. I could not have done that well if I hadn’t gotten the dinky states last! 2nd time: 46/50 92% Avg Error 13 miles. Missed Colorado with a big empty hole in the middle by 353 miles! Oops! This one was much more realistic getting the dinky states and center ones first. Ouch. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/23 "2004-11-13T05:40:18Z")
Forget it…I’m doing _that_ again. Last time I took one 'o those I got somewhere in the mid-to-high 20’s. I’m fine along the coasts, and decent with the Great Lakes region, but flyover country just blends together. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/24 "2004-11-13T05:40:32Z")
100%, 0 miles, 196 seconds. I fully admit the states came in a pretty “easy” order though. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/25 "2004-11-13T05:43:45Z")
90%, average error of 50 miles. But I am innebreated 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/26 "2004-11-13T05:44:08Z")
After a second try I got 98% with a 1 mile error thing in 377 seconds while preoccupied. The only state that screwed me over was Kansas, and I was off by less then 20 miles. Damn bloody Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/27 "2004-11-13T05:46:43Z")
> [@ITR champion](#): > > Also my finger slipped and I dropped Wyoming. It’s OK. Wyoming doesnt really exist. Awell know fact on either coast. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/28 "2004-11-13T05:51:59Z")
47/50 - 14 miles I LOVE AMERICA! As if that was ever in doubt. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/29 "2004-11-13T05:53:52Z")
48/50, average error 3 miles. And I started with Oklahoma, then Iowa. Not bad for an East-coaster, man. ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/30 "2004-11-13T06:02:26Z")
Cool site. I got 44/50. Those little NE states killed me! ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/31 "2004-11-13T06:36:50Z")
48/50, average error 5 miles. Idaho and Colorado tripped me up a bit right at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/32 "2004-11-13T06:43:33Z")
Great site, thanks! 47 out of 50, 5 miles avg error. Nevada, South Dakota & Kansas were my misses - no reference points when they popped up… ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/33 "2004-11-13T06:59:07Z")
Holy crap, for an added challenge, try the Advanced mode, where you can only see the state that you’re currently placing. On Advanced, I got 38 out of 50, 23 mile avg error. Hard stuff! There are some other interesting games under ‘Web Games’ if you go to the main website. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/34 "2004-11-13T07:20:41Z")
47 out of 50, average error 10 miles. As I’m sure is the case with many here, I can get a 100% on a test involving naming the states as shown on a map, but when it considers five miles an “error” when you’re trying to place Colorado on an unmarked map, you ain’t getting a hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/35 "2004-11-13T07:29:48Z")
> [@rowe](#): > > Holy crap, for an added challenge, try the Advanced mode, where you can only see the state that you’re currently placing. > > On Advanced, I got 38 out of 50, 23 mile avg error. Hard stuff! > > There are some other interesting games under ‘Web Games’ if you go to the main website. Yup. Much. Harder. 32/50 49 miles avg error. Now I’m depressed. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/36 "2004-11-13T07:57:09Z")
&%#@%@!!! West Virginia!!!... Uh, the shape I mean… Score: 86%, Average error: 20 miles . ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/37 "2004-11-13T08:03:22Z")
On Advanced, 37/50, average error 21 miles. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/38 "2004-11-13T09:07:29Z")
To all those who are getting more than 90% (show-offs) go to [http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web\_games.htm](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm) and click on the Advanced version. I got 29/50, avg 73 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/39 "2004-11-13T09:35:29Z")
39/50 at an average of 22 miles on advanced. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503/40 "2004-11-13T09:58:34Z")
44/50 on Intermediate, average error of 21 miles. Some of the ones I missed early (Missouri and Iowa especially) were pretty damn close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-states-game/274503.md?page=3)