# Trivia event last night - how would you answer this final question? PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS FIRST **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069 "2011-02-21T01:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/1 "2011-02-21T01:07:25Z")
The trivia team I was on last night was in first place going into the final question (which is like final Jeopardy - you can risk any portion of your points). We had quite the animated discussion as the clock was ticking. Half the team wanted to go one way, the other half disagreed, and there was a bit of tension as we finally submitted our answer. So, please answer the question without cheating. I’m curious to see the results. The question: **Of the 48 contiguous states, which state has the most northern point?** MMM ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/2 "2011-02-21T01:11:01Z")
Well, I answered, but I was wrong. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/3 "2011-02-21T01:11:41Z")
Hmm, since I answered the same - oops 🙂 At least I’m Canadian though! ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/4 "2011-02-21T01:12:07Z")
I only know because my friends and I play a bunch of trivia games regularly, so I’m just full of useless facts :D. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/5 "2011-02-21T01:12:36Z")
Since currently, all three voters (including me) went with the same answer, it’s obvious I was wrong too. I was kind of torn, because it SEEMS obvious and there’s a lot of reasons why it could be reasonably wrong, but I decided to go with it anyway, since I didn’t have a strong #2. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/6 "2011-02-21T01:14:24Z")
Well, I was wrong, but in good company, at least! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/7 "2011-02-21T01:25:05Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Hmm, since I answered the same - oops 🙂 > > At least I’m Canadian though! Which is why you should have gotten it right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/8 "2011-02-21T01:25:44Z")
The northern angle, or whatever it’s called, trumps all… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/9 "2011-02-21T01:30:38Z")
So? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/10 "2011-02-21T01:42:17Z")
Since we’re still early in the thread, I’ll put the answer in a spoiler: Minnesota Anyway, I was in the group that was correct, though I was not 100% sure. The other half strongly insisted it was: Maine, which I thought would be too obvious One of the wrong-guessers got semi-pissy because he was so certain he was correct - he even left the table for a moment to ‘cool off’. It was pretty amusing when he turned out to be wrong. 😃 mmm ---
**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:** [February 21, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/11 "2011-02-21T01:49:51Z")
Benmark. (It’s a sub-level of Denmark.) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/12 "2011-02-21T01:58:42Z")
Blame the mapmakers. I’m looking at two U.S. maps right now. In one of them, that one state looks like it goes up higher, but the other map makes it clear it’s that there other state that’s further north. One map shows latitude better. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/13 "2011-02-21T02:15:47Z")
Yeah, it’s maps like [this one](http://www.hookandbobber.com/images/usMap.gif)that led me astray. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/14 "2011-02-21T02:28:42Z")
The northern tip of Maine is actually only about half-way up Washington State (It is south of Seattle which isn’t even close to the border.) One of the “fun” facts you see is that the Southern most point of Canada is South of parts of half of the U.S. States and 14 states in their entirety- or something very close to this. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/15 "2011-02-21T02:51:15Z")
Hey, you can head south from Detroit to get to Canada. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/16 "2011-02-21T03:53:27Z")
I did guess right, but it’s probably from the years I spent living there. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/17 "2011-02-21T04:16:15Z")
I answered Maine confident that I was wrong. But my second choice was Wisconsin, for the double wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/18 "2011-02-21T05:36:18Z")
I thought this was an old trivia question. It seems a lot of us (me included) remember the old answer to this question to be Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/19 "2011-02-21T10:00:08Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I thought this was an old trivia question. It seems a lot of us (me included) remember the old answer to this question to be Maine. Maybe they moved Maine at some point? Or else it’s sagging. mmm ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069/20 "2011-02-21T10:05:31Z")
I used to live in Maine, and for some reason I knew that wasn’t it. And I figured Washington, but that seemed too easy. But skipping across those middle states…yeah…I pulled Wisconsin out of nowhere. Damn! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-event-last-night-how-would-you-answer-this-final-question-please-read-instructions-first/572069.md?page=2)