# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/41 "2004-12-11T01:39:32Z")
68% on the American one from a drunk Brit. ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/42 "2004-12-11T01:46:33Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > I got 100% on the US one. I had to place Missouri all by itself, too. Well then, I have to hail you as my hero. There is no damned way I could place Missouri precisely enough on an empty map on that site to avoid getting a little border of red. Good show. I’ll try this one and get back to you: [quote=Aesiron] [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. [quote] Dang, I was going to complain that there was no Australia/New Zealand map, but he covered that too. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/43 "2004-12-11T01:49:15Z")
98%, 1 miles, 311 secs My only error was I placed Nebraska slightly higher than it should have been. I lucked out because none of the really hard ones showed up until there were bordering states in place I could reference. Fun! ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/44 "2004-12-11T01:53:24Z")
Sorry about the coding. I got every single Canadian Province/Territory correct and I scored 120. I had to click late because I had to wait for the little animated jerk to drag his banner out of the way. On to Austrailia and New Zealand. I’m up to date on the Aussies, but I know nothing about the Kiwis. ---
**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, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/45 "2004-12-11T01:58:10Z")
Okay, I got all of Australia, but I can’t find New Zealand. Not that it matters. I can’t pick out Christchurck on a map of NZ with big neon arrows pointing to it. ---
**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, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/46 "2004-12-11T02:00:05Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Okay, I got all of Australia, but I can’t find New Zealand. > > Not that it matters. I can’t pick out Christchurck on a map of NZ with big neon arrows pointing to it. Christchurch, okay? I know the name of the city, but that’s about it. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/47 "2004-12-11T02:37:46Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Try this one, it’s MUCH harder (same format, just doesn’t lock in your previous states). > > [U.S.A. States - Level Three](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_oneState15s_500.html) > > On that I got: 42 perfect out of 50, 84%, 21 miles. 41/50 perfect, 84%, 28 miles, 277 seconds. I know I got TN, MD (slipped), IA, AR, and KS wrong (I forget the others), but I got WY, OK, and CO on the first try. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/48 "2004-12-11T02:50:35Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > The order in which the states are placed is everything here. I would hate to start with, say Nebraska. > > I was off by an ave. of 3 miles. I had to start with Nebraska, Goddamnit!!! :smack: 98%, 2 miles, but only because I had to put Nebraska in the middle of friggin’ nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/49 "2004-12-11T02:56:01Z")
Woohoo %100 First I got Colorado, which I know how it’s supposed to look, Then Arkansas and Iowa which were damn lucky to hit perfect. But from there every state had a state or water borded to build on. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171/50 "2004-12-11T03:46:41Z")
Another Canuck, I did okay, got 80% (64 Miles). I started with Alabama and I have to be honest, I didn’t have any idea where it was. I was off by over 1000 miles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-the-united-states/279171.md?page=2)