# Place the United States **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171 "2004-12-10T18:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/21 "2004-12-10T22:51:27Z")
48/50 96% 5 Miles It’s those damn midwestern states in a big blank space that get you. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/22 "2004-12-10T23:04:32Z")
I got stuck on Texas and gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/23 "2004-12-10T23:26:36Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Man, I did the European one. Talk about tough! They make you put the itty-bitty countries like Andorra on there. > > I got one wrong for an average of 8 miles off. Stupid Monaco. I guess I need to be more of a jet-setter. Order’s everything. While I know where Lichenstein is, do you have any idea how hard it is to place it without Switzerland, Germany, Italy, or Austria on the map to give you an idea of scale? I got 41/44 on it. Average of 16 miles off. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/24 "2004-12-10T23:34:47Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Order’s everything. While I know where Lichenstein is, do you have any idea how hard it is to place it without Switzerland, Germany, Italy, or Austria on the map to give you an idea of scale? > > I got 41/44 on it. Average of 16 miles off. 39/44. Kind of hard to start off with Moldova and Austria. Got those wrong along with Malta, Andorra and Liechenstein. 82 miles off. When I was wrong, I was really wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/25 "2004-12-10T23:43:48Z")
Did you try the European one where you have to _rotate_ the countries before you put them into place? 86%! 😃 [sub]woulda done better if I hadn’t lost Slovenia… :: grumble complain :: [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/26 "2004-12-10T23:45:47Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Order’s everything. While I know where Lichenstein is, do you have any idea how hard it is to place it without Switzerland, Germany, Italy, or Austria on the map to give you an idea of scale? That’s exactly the problem I had with the US map. The first state I got was Arkansas. I know where it is, but having Texas or Kansas on the board first would have helped a little bit. I got it mostly in the correct footprint, but there was this big glaring chunk of red and I was 30 miles off. Nitpicking map Nazis. I’m going to have to go try the Europe map. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/27 "2004-12-10T23:46:58Z")
i played this game a little while back, and i got perfect score – 100%, 0 miles off, and i’m canadian. now wheres that screenshot… [i guess posting images is a no-no, here’s the linky](http://www.iownjoo.com/freeimghost/topherscompy/hunnertpercent.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/28 "2004-12-10T23:49:24Z")
> [@smoke](#): > > I was doing pretty well- then I accidentally dropped Delaware and couldn’t find it again to put it in the right spot and proceed. > > I actually _lost_ Delaware! Don’t worry, I don’t think anyone will miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/29 "2004-12-10T23:50:59Z")
Huh! I did the Europe one. Well, I’m not done it yet. I had to go look at the CIA World Factbook. I had NO idea there was a country called San Marino. Never heard of it. EVER! Whaddya know…a little bit of ignorance was fought and beaten today. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/30 "2004-12-10T23:59:33Z")
Just knocked off the Asia one, 44 out of 47. Got Bhutan, Azerbaijan and Bahrain wrong. Off by 43 miles average. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/31 "2004-12-11T00:02:04Z")
Ugh 82% 41 miles. /back to school ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/32 "2004-12-11T00:18:02Z")
How in hell am I supposed to do this when I get Lichtenstein right out of the box? Then I get the Czech Republic and Switzerland which is a pain in the ass because I have to try to triangulate things (Well… Poland is roughly here, and Germany is about here…). Then I get … ANDORRA!? Shit, I’m screwed. I did much better with Asia and Central and South America, although I was shocked about how far off I was with Bangladesh. I’ll freely admit that Africa kicked my ass all hollow. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/33 "2004-12-11T00:38:41Z")
86%. Those North-Eastern states are a bugger! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/34 "2004-12-11T00:42:29Z")
Oy. I only got 90% avg error 21 miles. Like everything else wrong with this country: I blame Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/35 "2004-12-11T00:46:50Z")
I got 100% on the US one. I had to place Missouri all by itself, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/36 "2004-12-11T00:47:26Z")
47/50, avg 21 miles error, another Canuck I got Colorado and Arkansas before I had any reference points, and had them both off by about their own sizes. And then had to guess with Iowa, but was only off by a bit. The European one is evil. (40/44, avg 29 miles) It gave me all the tiny little ones first. And I had to google FYROM - once I knew what it stood for, I knew pretty much where it was, but talk about your opaque acronyms. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/37 "2004-12-11T00:56:06Z")
Damn. I only missed one on Asia but it was a doozy. For some reason, I couldn’t think and thought Bahrain was a Southeast Asian country instead of Middle Eastern and I tried putting it where Singapore is. And I hate Bolivia. Goddamned landlocked countries with no coastline to help me out. It’s the only one I missed on South America. I’m not even going to attempt Africa. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/38 "2004-12-11T01:08:40Z")
Another Canadian: 74%, average error 84 miles, 306 sec. I totally suck! :mutters sulkily: we should make one for Canada, see how well those Americans do… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/39 "2004-12-11T01:29:46Z")
> [@EmeraldGrue](#): > > :mutters sulkily: we should make one for Canada, see how well those Americans do… [http://www.games2go.co.uk/game/geography-game-canada](http://www.games2go.co.uk/game/geography-game-canada) It’s rather childish but it’s the best I could find. 115/120. Saskatchewan was my only miss. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/40 "2004-12-11T01:33:46Z")
That site also has an Australia map. 65/70 although I admit that was mostly out of blind luck… the only ones I knew for sure were Tasmania and the obviously named Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171.md?page=3)