Sunday, March 27, 2005
Can You Get the States Right?
Now this is a bit more challenging than the usual geography quiz games bandied about. Via Bogie, it’s a place the states quiz that starts out blank and presents the states in random order. It gets easier as more states are in place, but I was wowing Deb by placing states like Kansas almost correctly on blank swaths.
My score was 90%, or 45 of 50 perfect, with an average error of 9 miles, completed in 640 seconds. I haven’t tried a second pass at it. My first state on that round was Pennsylvania, which I am still kicking myself for having in the right place and then moving slightly west, with the nub farther southwest against Lake Erie. My first position was almost exact.
When we homeschool, I am going to be responsible for geography. We decided that long ago. Just as Deb is going to be responsible for most math.
Update:
Second pass was 48 perfect, 96%, average error 3 miles, 389 seconds, and one of the two that was off was way off because I was distracted by Sadie being cute and dropped it prematurely. That round started with Idaho on the blank map, which I placed perfectly. Go me!