I admit I've never actually seen the show but am vaguely familiar with the premise of it, so I'm appropriating it for a thread title.
Without Googling or checking any reference, can you correctly name the 13 original colonies?
Be honest when taking the poll (a thorough review of our security cameras and ISP logs will quickly discover any cheating!)
I bet people who grew up on the eastern seaboard do best at this.
The answer for all the pathetic losers who can't hack it
Check the logs: no googling here.
I did grow up on the east coast. I think I do have an advantage. That advantage, of course, being that I was a history major in undergrad.
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
I got eleven but I find that embarassingly I just kind of named the whole eastern seaboard but forgot New Jersey. I am a geography major with a history teacher for a father. I SUCK!
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10.
My ancestors would be ashamed.
11. I was too cocky I think....
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Got 'um. 1-13. Am I ready for Cash Cab?
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Thirteen? Sorry, there were only three original colonies:
Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Twelve. Sorry Georgia, I should have remembered you.
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I forgot about New Jersey and added Vermont...
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Got it. Wanted to add Maine but I didn't.
What else ya got?
I burned down the church to atone for my transgressions.
I was counting on my fingers, remembered W Virgina was not, and came up with 14. I checked the list and I must have used my fingers wrong. I checked it thinking I was wrong to include GA. Never good at finger math!Originally posted by ofos
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apparently no, I am not smarter than a fifth grader. But I'm pretty sure I am tougher than a fifth grader.
Children in the back seat can cause accidents - and vice versa.
I came up with 13, but I included ME instead of PA. D'oh!
Hey, 12's not bad.
12. Somehow I forgot Delaware, even though it's right over there next to MD and it was the first state (d'oh). Then somehow I thought Tennessee was one (though TN was the 16th state, so I wasn't so far off).
At least I knew that ME was a part of MA until 1820-something.
My advantage I guess was playing lots of Avalon Hill wargames in junior high and high school. I picture the playing board from the game 1776 as I list the statesI think I do have an advantage. That advantage, of course, being that I was a history major in undergrad.
now where did I put my +5 vorpal sword?.....
Nothing doing. I've tutored a number of friends for the citizenship exam and was a political science major.
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12 - the beast of it is that I changed my answer from Rhode Island to Vermont. Always stick with your original answer...
Occupy Your Brain!
Of course I am from the Garden State, Crossroads of the Revolution.
Reminder that the US Mint issued the state quarters by year of statehood.
http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/mint...50sqReport.pdf go to the appendix.
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
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Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
I got 9.
But that's because I'm a Californian. We left coasters have a real hard time identifying east coast states :P But I can at least distinguish Wyoming from Colorado!
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Thirteen? When I was born there were forty-eight. I think. I could name the forty-eight. I think. Nothing before that matters to me.
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