Sheesh, times up already :) Seriously, since it just seems to be you, me and CW on this comment thread; I'll dare to whisper the question, "where's Michale been and is he OK?" At least his absence has resulted in MUCH shorter comment numbers lately :)

I'm hoping that Hawai'i is the answer to more than one of them. Heh.

Seriously, Kevin, if you've not been to New York City or Washington D.C. yet, then you really must add them to your list!

By the way, after I post my result and it's just you and me, you'll be the sure winner. And, we can safely assume that the rest of the gang wouldn't do any better either or they would have posted their personal bests by now. :)

"Winning" a contest where I'm the only entrant won't do my ego any good :(

I'm quite surprised about Florida. To me, most states are relatively "small" compared to the western provinces; I'm loopy enough that if I'd been close to Florida I would have just crossed its border so I could say I'd been there :) Going to Niagara Falls, N.Y. was strictly so I could add New York to my sad little list of states visited.

Still waiting for Elizabeth's quiz score...

Your last guess almost got it. This is going to shock Michale, but I've actually never been to Alaska and Florida.

:-)

-CW

Which 2 are you missing? I know I'm going to be amazed..

Seem to have scared everyone else off... guess it's just me and you...

Acutally, Canada's best quizmaster is the US' gain, every night on "Jeopardy!" here...

:-)

Maybe I like geography because I've been to a lot of these places and learned the quirky facts first-hand. I've been to 48 states, so far...

-CW

Now you've got me thinking...I spent more time in France with my girlfriend (who I met through the quiz show) than I have in the U.S....and I lived in Vancouver for over 30 years. A retroactive pat on my back, if I'd spent more than a few seconds on each question; I think I'd have eked out maybe 10 more points...I was ashamed about the 35 I originally scored :(

I'm embarrassed, but no. Even though I've driven within a few hundred miles of Detroit 3 different times, so I should know :(
The truth is, I was on a national TV quiz show back when I was in high school (Reach for the Top, Elizabeth might be old enough to remember it), and scored most of my points on the trickier questions and bonus ones...we had to know that sort of stuff if my team was going to get anywhere.
I've only been to Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and New York (!) near Niagara Falls; so a LOT of your questions I had a rough idea but no personal experience anywhere near. Good quiz, though. If I realize my Bucket List and get to drive through most of my unseen states, I'd like to think I'd approach your score :)

OK, I have to ask: did you get the final bonus question, about Detroit?

(don't include the answer as part of your comment, for those who haven't clicked to the answer sheet yet)

-CW

Hey, 35 is pretty good! When I was adding up the point scale at the end, I was wondering if anyone would get over 15 points. Especially from a Canuck, I think that's a pretty impressive score, personally...

I doubt I could name 5 provinces of Canada. I kind of lost interest when they were trying to rename one of them "Bob" but the politicians overruled the attempt, I have to admit.

:-)

Anyway, so far the gold medal mark stands at 35. Anyone else willing to post your results? As I said, if I didn't count the ones I had to look up, I would have gotten somewhere in the 75-85 range myself, and I WROTE the quiz.

My secret: I used to participate in a pub quiz group a while back, and there were all sorts of persnickety questions about state geography. I remembered some of the more notable questions from back then, that's all.

So, who can beat Kevin? Anybody?

-CW

Jeez, EVERYONE's too chicken to try it?

Give it a shot! It's fun!

:-)

-CW