It's time to play GUESS THE ELECTION.

[elperromagico]

Here is a map from a Presidential election. Guess the year.

Please, no cheating. :D

[rwenos]

1. 1896

McKinley beats William Jennings Bryan, who carries only rural New England and most of the Midwest.

Only Arizona wasn't admitted yet, just a territory.

[elperromagico]

2. I'm sorry, but that's incorrect.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Sometime before 1959

Alaska and Hawaii aren't here. Hmm...

[elperromagico]

5. Yes, but which?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. It's not 1936

Alf Landon won only Maine and Vermont.

[elperromagico]

6. No, you're right about that.

[JVS]

7. 1940

[elperromagico]

8. I'm sorry, but that's incorrect.

[rwenos]

9. Second Guess: 1956

Eisenhower beats Stevenson a second time.

[elperromagico]

11. I'm sorry, but that's also incorrect.

[Liberal In Texas]

10. 1952? Eisenhower?

[elperromagico]

12. No, that's incorrect.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

15. I admit I peeked

So I disqualify myself from further guessing. Let's just say my late sister was born that year.

[Mabus]

13. DEWEY WINS! I believe the headline said.

but it was wrong. 1944

on edit: being from Kansas you remember the blue years.

on second edit: oops. 1948 was the headline but I stick with 1944 because I know it was Dewey. I think Landon's run was in 1940 and Dewey had two bites after that.

[elperromagico]

17. Wrong year for the headline. Right year for the election.

Congratulations. 1944 is the correct answer. :D

[JVS]

14. 1912

[elperromagico]

18. That's incorrect.

[JVS]

16. 1948 Truman defeats Dewey

[elperromagico]

19. Close. Mabus guessed correctly. Roosevelt defeats Dewey.

The year was 1944.

[Mabus]

20. the joys of being a history major

:hi:

[Mabus]

22. and a wannabe for Jeopardy!

:cry:

[Liberal In Texas]

21. I want to cheat so bad....Good quiz!

Taft?

[elperromagico]

24. Mabus got it. It was 1944: FDR vs. Dewey.

Try the next map if you like, under the subject like "Here, have another." :D

[elperromagico]

23. Here, have another.

Guess this one. :D

[BurtWorm]

25. 1920s?

Coolidge? 1924? Wisconsin, I'm guessing wildly, went for LaFollette?

[elperromagico]

26. Very good! You got that one quickly.

I guess Wisconsin is a giveaway, innit?

[BurtWorm]

27. I guess!

I shock myself! :o

[tjwmason]

28. As the picture was loading

the bar at the bottom of I.E. gave the filename as ending "electionmap-1944.gif" which I found a tad of a give-away.