[Liberty4eva]

I am impressed that most Brits seem to know quite a few states. It seems like you could say "I'm from Arizona" without clarifying that it's Arizona, USA. Whereas in the US you'll often run across people who have no idea where Wales is and if asked may say swimming in the ocean.

Do you ever study the geography of the US in school or do you pick it up elsewhere (news, movies, television, etc.)? And feel free to answer the question in the title (give a rough number).

[Legend killer]

I watch the NBA and American football so i know quite a few , i think english sports should follow the American's in bringing in Cheerleaders during half time etc

[Omah]

All of 'em :

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

[Stu]

I've learned them all off from wrestling ring announcers.

America's so cool, dude. We need more American members signing up to do seemingly nothing but talk about where they are from.

[Boothy]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/states.php

I'll post my results in a minute.

EDIT:

Just finished. And no, I didn't cheat.



We played that game off Friends a few years ago at school where you had to try and name all the states in 6 minutes. For some reason they stuck with me and that, coupled with the fact I watch a lot of American sport/TV etc., means I can name them all pretty easily.

[Shasown]

I wonder how many of the counties of England Wales Scotland or Ireland people could name.

[Niall]

-Florida
-New York
-New Jersey
-Rhode Island
-Mississippi
-Texas
-Kentucky
-Washington
-California
-Nevada
-Oregan
-Utah
-Colorado
-Michigan
-Louisiana
-Vermont
-Massachusetts
-Hawaii
-Alaska
-Connecticut
-Kansas
-Arkansas
-Arizona

Thats all I can think of atm.

['Conor]

id no 90% of them

[Boothy]

Originally Posted by Shasown

I wonder how many of the counties of England Wales Scotland or Ireland people could name.

http://quizzes-online.com/map/counties.html


In 10 minutes i managed to name:

Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Worcestershire,

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Shasown

I wonder how many of the counties of England Wales Scotland or Ireland people could name.

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Borders
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Central
Cheshire
Cleveland
Clwyd
Cornwall
County Antrim
County Armagh
County Down
County Fermanagh
County Londonderry
County Tyrone
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Dumfries and Galloway
Durham
Dyfed
East Sussex
Essex
Fife
Gloucestershire
Grampian
Greater Manchester
Gwent
Gwynedd County
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Highlands and Islands
Humberside
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Lothian
Merseyside
Mid Glamorgan
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Powys
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Glamorgan
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Strathclyde
Suffolk
Surrey
Tayside
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Glamorgan
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire

[DDRickyDD]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/states.php

I got 26

[Shaun]

all of them. On that game I usually get 48/49 because I forget an irrelevant one like Indiana.

[Stacey.]

Bristol, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Suffolk, Worcestershire,

I'm actually proud of that

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Stacey.

Isle of Wight

[Stacey.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

[Shaun]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/englandgeocounties.php

-tries-

[Shaun]

I got 28/48 counties...since when was Avon not one? <_<

[GiRTh]

I got 30/48

East riding of yorkshire?\WTF is that? I thought it was still humberside

[GypsyGoth]

8 out of 48 counties. And I got 17 of the american states.

I think I was just born smart.

[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

8 out of 48 counties. And I got 17 of the american states.

I think I was just born smart.

You're from the UK but got a higher proportion of States right than UK counties.

Oh well, 8 out of 48 is more than I got. I got 1 out of 48 and I'm almost certain the one I got right was by accident.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

You're from the UK but got a higher proportion of States right than UK counties.

Oh well, 8 out of 48 is more than I got. I got 1 out of 48 and I'm almost certain the one I got right was by accident.

Unless the words are familiar to me I have difficulty spelling them. Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

[MTVN]

I'll try this later I know all the States I think but I always forget a couple of them

[Angus]

All of them, it's not rocket science just basic geography which I assume is still being taught in schools these days!

[Stephanie]

In total, you named 33 counties.
Good work, you've named the vast majority of the counties!

The remaining counties are: City of London, County Durham, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire,

There might be some surprises here, but the list really is accurate! See the Wikipedia article for full details.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by ukturtle

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Borders
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Central
Cheshire
Cleveland
Clwyd
Cornwall
County Antrim
County Armagh
County Down
County Fermanagh
County Londonderry
County Tyrone
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Dumfries and Galloway
Durham
Dyfed
East Sussex
Essex
Fife
Gloucestershire
Grampian
Greater Manchester
Gwent
Gwynedd County
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Highlands and Islands
Humberside
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Lothian
Merseyside
Mid Glamorgan
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Powys
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Glamorgan
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Strathclyde
Suffolk
Surrey
Tayside
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Glamorgan
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire

That just of the top of your head Ben, huh?