Family roads trips to Florida, Washington state,

What parts, if I may ask??

Wanna know if we might have "chewed some of the same dirt"...

"Well, we sure as hell chewed some of the same dirt, sir."
-Gunny Highway, HEARTBREAK RIDGE

:D

Michale.....

Even better news for you, if we are deducting the number of States one has been to then, since I've been to 13, my new score is -9!

That would be CAPE Flattery... :D

Ironically enough, the WESTERN most part of the Lower 48, Cape Alva, is only FIVE SECONDS longitude ...

(a mere 360 feet!! (depending on the tide))

from the NORTHWESTERN most part of the lower 48, Cape Flattery..

Weird, eh? :D

Michale

Kewl...

San Juan Island, WA is where the famous "PIG WAR" almost re-ignited the war between the British and the US.. OK, that may be overly dramatic, but it was a tense time..

For anyone who wants to "visit" the San Juan Island group (Orca Island, Cone Islands, Shaw, Lopez, etc etc) you can watch any of the FREE WILLY movies, as they were filmed in the San Juans...

Michale.....

That would have been April of 2001.. My bust....

Michale.....

Unfortunately, I never got to experience the Point Bob night life.. I think by the time I was up there, Breakers had closed down..

Point Bob epitomized the saying, "A quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem"... :D

Late in the 90s, drinking wasn't condoned as much around Point Bob as in the early years.. Canadian and US Border cops had a field day with drunk drivers.

Speaking of Washington,

I love geographic oddities... what can I say?

Here's another for you...

Up until 1991, Long Island NY was the largest Island in the Continental United States..

In 1991, Congress declared that Long Island was not an island, but was a peninsula..

At that point, the largest island in the Continental United States became....

{{{drum rollll}}}

Whidbey Island, WA

:D

As a historical/personal footnote, the P3 that was captured by China in April of 1991 over Hainan Island was based out of Whidbey Island and it's crew was from Kadena AB..

I lived on Whidbey for several years and was stationed on Kadena where I met the lovely future Mrs. Worley... I busted her and her friends at a barracks party on the night of 4 Sep 1981 at 2330 hrs.. :D

Anyways, there's your geographical oddity with a little personal history thrown in for good measure...

Michale.....

Has anyone been to the northwesternmost point of land in the 48? Forget what it's called, Point Something-or-another. Spectacular!

For geography buffs, I've been to two of the extreme points in the 48 (Northeasternmost in Maine, Northwesternmost in WA), and also two of the ordinal ones for the entire country (Easternmost, at least on land -- there's an island even further east I didn't get to -- is the same spot in Maine as the Northeasternmost previously mentioned) and Southernmost, South Point on the big island of Hawai'i.

:-)

I love geographic oddities... what can I say?

-CW

I have officially updated the answer sheet. Point Roberts does indeed count.

[I'm just assuming anyone who reads this far in the comments has already taken the quiz, so there is officially no need from this point on to worry about "spoilers".]

Michigan was the one I thought would be easy (it's essentially just two peninsulas). Not many know about VA (unless you're in the Navy, in which case you probably know the area quite well). The one in MN is tiny, too -- that little bump at the top of the map that makes MN the northernmost state of the 48.

Anyway, thanks for the update -- WA's "Point Bob" does indeed count!

-CW

Did you ever go to the Breakers?

I'd say I'm gaining on you; but now that I've answered all the questions, even if CW awards me the extra four points you still beat me. I expected nothing less :) Glad (!!!) you're back.

I know Point Bob well.. :D

And you do indeed have to enter Canada from WA state before you can get to Point Roberts...

#32 didn't make any specifications about the size of the peninsula, so WA State would indeed be a correct answer...

Michale...

Well, there you go. You're still ahead of michty6!

michty6 -

I'm impressed, that one is a tough one unless you know the area personally.

:-)

-CW

It's on the western edge of North Dakota.

:-)

-CW

Ya got me... It wasn't in COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES :D

I'm impressed -- I didn't expect ANYone to get that one right! I had to look up exactly where "the Pig War" took place (I knew the state, but not the place name), myself.

It's only because I have been there MANY times. The exact spot where the war almost happened, as a matter of fact... "British Camp" still flies the Union Jack to this day... :D

Michale.....

I have to admit, the last bonus (the Detroit one) was taken from one of the first versions of Trivial Pursuit. I still remember that question, because I didn't believe the answer and went and looked it up on a map.

-CW

32) the "separate peninsula" one.

33) the "circle part of the border" one -- I kind of knew this one, but never really knew it was the only instance until recently, while researching something completely separate.

37) the diamond mine

???

Do tell!

-CW

Heh.

Maybe I should "handicap" the scores. How about: take your final score, and then subtract how many US states you have ever visited.

I forget what my exact score was, it was close to HawkOwl's (but then again, I created the quiz). Subtracting 48 would give me a score very close to Kevin's.

Michale -

OK, here's a bonus-bonus: what state is the geographical center of the ENTIRE United States (AK and HI included). The answer might surprise you, since it isn't a whole lot further west than the Kansas one. Hint: it's not in Kansas. I've been there, or as close as you can get on a main road (about 10 miles from the actual spot).

HawkOwl -

I learned the shortest river one while being part of a "Pub Quiz" team. Each week, a different state would be part of the quiz.

Michale -

I'm impressed -- I didn't expect ANYone to get that one right! I had to look up exactly where "the Pig War" took place (I knew the state, but not the place name), myself.

Kevin -

Well, at least we got some more folks to finish it!

:-)

-CW

Had some family matters that took me away from things for a bit...

Michale

Glad to see you're alive and kicking, Michale,
I'd wondered where you'd been on the previous thread of this contest.

42. In what state did a war almost break out between the US and Britain over the shooting of a pig?

You will likely not find more beautiful country in the United States than ..... the location that is the answer to that question... (Whew!! Almost gave the answer away!! :D) ..

Some of THE best SCUBA diving I have ever seen and I have dove Okinawa to Bahamas...

Michale

Plus I think I deserve Extra Credit for #24...

Lebanon, Kansas...

You can thank Disney's THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES for that little gem.. :D

Michale.....

Where's HawkOwl... I have a suspicion he would do well on this... where's Stan, for that matter?

-CW