GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:44 pm

1. Which is the largest US state?
ALASKA
2. Of which US state is Albany the state capital?
NEW YORK
3. Which US state has the longest land border with Mexico?
TEXAS
4. In which US state is the majority of the Yellowstone National Park?
WYOMING
5. In which US state is the Palomar Observatory, site of the Hale Telescope?
CALIFORNIA
6. Which is the smallest US state?
RHODE ISLAND
7. In which US state was Elvis Presley born in January 1935?
MISSISSIPPI
8. How many US states are prefixed by the word New?
4 - YORK - JERSEY- HAMPSHIRE - MEXICO
9. In which US state would you find the painted desert?
ARIZONA
10. What is the most easterly of the US states?
MAINE
11. In 1983 the USA launched its first woman astronaut what was her name?
SALLY RIDE
12. What were the names of the two explorers and surveyors who in 1763-67 surveyed a boundary which formed the division between the slave-owning states and the free states of America?
MASON AND DIXON
13. What in New York city is known as the lungs of the city?
CENTRAL PARK
14. Before it was bought by America to which country did Alaska belong?
RUSSIA
15. In which cemetery just outside of Washington dc have soldiers been buried since the civil war?
ARLINGTON
16. Texas, Idaho and Oklahoma all have panhandles but what is a panhandle?
STRIPS OF NARROW LAND SPREADING INTO LARGER LAND
17. Name either of the two US states that is rectangular?
COLORADO OR WYOMING
18. Which valley in California is world famous for its wine making?
NAPA VALLEY
19. Which famous university is located in Cambridge Massachusetts?
HARVARD
20. Out of the 20 highest mountains in America, 17 are in which state?
ALASKA
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby fish » Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:26 pm

3 - New Mexico
13 - Central Park
14 - Russia
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby godoubleblues » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:13 pm

Q20 - alaska
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Hazbeen » Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:51 pm

1. Texas
6. Rhode Island
8. 3
15. Arlington
18. Nappa
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Postby The Ash Man » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:00 pm

1. Alaska
2. New York
7. Mississippi
9. Arizona
19. Harvard
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:10 pm

fish wrote:3 - New Mexico [-(
13 - Central Park
14 - Russia

OTHERS CORRECT FISH
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:11 pm

Hazbeen wrote:1. Texas [-(
6. Rhode Island
8. 3 [-(
15. Arlington
18. Nappa

OTHERS CORRECT HB
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:11 pm

The Ash Man wrote:1. Alaska
2. New York
7. Mississippi
9. Arizona
19. Harvard

:-bd TAM
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:11 pm

godoubleblues wrote:Q20 - alaska

:-bd
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Media Park » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:55 pm

8. 5
Direct quote:
Wedgie wrote:I wear skin tight arseless leather pants, wtf do you wear?
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:10 pm

Media Park wrote:8. 5

[-(
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Baron Greenback » Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:56 pm

3. Texas
8. 4
10. Maine
17. Colorado
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Media Park » Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:58 pm

16- potatoes
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:26 pm

Media Park wrote:16- potatoes

[-( mp
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby grant j » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:13 pm

4. Wyoming
12. Mason Dixon
16. Along narrow stretch of land that connects to a larger piece of land (if you know what i mean)
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:05 pm

grant j wrote:4. Wyoming
12. Mason Dixon
16. Along narrow stretch of land that connects to a larger piece of land (if you know what i mean)

:-bd gj
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Baron Greenback » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:16 pm

Baron Greenback wrote:3. Texas
8. 4
10. Maine
17. Colorado


What am I M80? Chopped liver? :lol:
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:18 pm

Baron Greenback wrote:
Baron Greenback wrote:3. Texas
8. 4
10. Maine
17. Colorado


What am I M80? Chopped liver? :lol:

HAHA well you maybe. I see i put your answers up the top ;)
just didnt acknowledge chopper liver :lol:
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby Kahuna » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:29 pm

11/ Sally Ride?
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.84 USA

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:42 pm

Kahuna wrote:11/ Sally Ride?

:-bd
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