State a fact about your state/province/et cetera

[elperromagico]

without naming the state. Let's see if we can guess the states based on that single fact.

I'll start by replying to this post with a fact about my state.

[elperromagico]

1. Only state with a diamond mine.

[Jara sang]

5. Arkansas

[elperromagico]

7. Good job.

[Jara sang]

20. It's on the quarter.

;)

[Abies]

71. No longer the only state...

In 1996 a diamond mine opened on the Colorado-Wyoming border (in Colorado).

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/north.html

[TransitJohn]

116. I was gonna pint that out!

Darnit.

[Debbi801]

2. The Preakness has been held here since 1873.

[elperromagico]

4. Maryland.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

3. it's a banana republic

[elperromagico]

6. Your screenname gives it away. Florida.

:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. We have voluntary clean elections (public funding) that helped put

a Green in our State legislature.

[XNASA]

9. We have the highest number of......

...........personalized license plates, of any other state.

[XNASA]

74. Hint #2...World's Largest Cookie Factory, also here.

[Guy Fawkes]

75. Illinois!

[XNASA]

78. Damn straight.

Now excuse me while I fill out this personalized license plate form while eating an entire package of Oreos.

[barb162]

94. gee, where did you pick up that factoid

[XNASA]

121. On the Official State of Illinois Trivia site.

It exists. Oddly.

[barb162]

122. how did you even think of googling that? wow!

(I have lived in the Chicago area my entire life, never heard of it)

[Emops]

10. Our Republican governor's approval rating

is about 15% lower than Bush's.

(No peeking at my avatar.)

[elperromagico]

11. As soon as I read "approval rating," I thought of ol' Bob Taft

in Ohio. :D

[BOSSHOG]

12. State with the largest number of reported lynchings

[Shell Beau]

14. You live in my state don't you?

[BOSSHOG]

49. I think so

The state whose name is fun to spell??

[Shell Beau]

51. Yep. With a humpback humpback in it?

[Shell Beau]

13. Number one industry is agriculture.....

[LincolnMcGrath]

18. Iowa?

[Shell Beau]

23. Nope, not even close.

[Shell Beau]

64. We have a very large river named after this state!!

[Stillwater]

45. California?

[Shell Beau]

54. Waaaay off!

Agriculture think farm land!!!!

[NoSheep]

New Jersey? I know that sounds crazy but I heard there's more

than the turnpike there.

[Shell Beau]

88. Mississippi!!!

Cotton, soy, pine trees, etc.

[NoSheep]

89. I'll bet it's hottern' hell down there. We're boiling in the 90's in NC

today:nuke:

[Shell Beau]

90. Hottern' hell doesn't even begin to describe it!! Whew!!

[NoSheep]

91. I've been feeling guilty for staying in all day-but I have no A/C in

the car and the sun is sooo bright and hot. Not too nice for a walk.

[Shell Beau]

97. The time I did go out, it was almost unbearable.

My poor hubby landscapes, so he has no choice but to be in the heat all day!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. The state and its capital city have the same name (nt)

[elperromagico]

21. Oklahoma?

[kick-ass-bob]

24. No silly! New York!

:crazy:

:P

[Shell Beau]

28. Albany is the capital, isn't it?

[kick-ass-bob]

30. yes - I was being silly.

:P

[Shell Beau]

Okay, my sarcasm and silly gauge must be turned off today!

:crazy:

[trackfan]

16. We're named after a fictional queen from an obscure novel

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

33. Virginia? (nt)

[trackfan]

48. Nope.

[Ikonoklast]

60. Kah-lee-fornia!

[trackfan]

67. Bingo - you are correct

[MisterP]

17. executive nipple fixation. That's three words.

[kick-ass-bob]

19. We have had one republican governor in the past 40 years

yet consistently vote for the republican candidate for President.

[WeRQ4U]

52. self delete

[kick-ass-bob]

62. No one?

[Guy Fawkes]

80. North Carolina....

I think?

[kick-ass-bob]

142. Correct!

(I thought I would kick this thread back up...)

[tjwmason]

22. One of the few English counties

Where there is a town of derived name, but where this town is the not county-town (possibly the only one, I'm not sure).

Formerly the town sharing a name with the county was the county-town, but we got a new county-town which dates back merely to the reign of Henry VIII who changed it in 1529.

[Jara sang]

26. Leicestershire?

[tjwmason]

31. No

Last time I looked Leicester was the county-town of Leicestershire.

[Jara sang]

38. Is it a county borough?

[tjwmason]

73. Not a borough, just a county.

To give you an extra clue it is one of the shire counties.

[BOSSHOG]

25. Home of the Junior College National Football Champions

[BOSSHOG]

72. PEARL RIVER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

IN MISSISSIPPI

[Shell Beau]

104. I guess people don't know too much about MS!!

[meti57b]

27. shake 'n' bake

[mcscajun]

66. Sounds like California to me...

...home of earthquakes and heat waves. :)

[dean_dem]

29. Every city in this state is an independent municipality...

Separate from the counties.

[NoPasaran]

35. Virginia?

[dean_dem]

39. Yep.

[Jara sang]

42. Not every city.

Only some are independent.

[dean_dem]

47. As far as I know, every one is independent.

Which ones are you thinking of?

[Jara sang]

58. I stand corrected indeed everything incorporated as a city is independent

I was thinking of some of the towns

Under the laws in effect in Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as cities are independent of any county

Some other municipalities incorporated as towns, which are not independent of a county

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia#Geography

[Magrittes Pipe]

32. I currently reside here.

I won't for long.

[markus]

34. Brrrrrrrr

North Dakota

[Omphaloskepsis]

36. The Phillips-head screwdriver was invented in....

my state...

[NoPasaran]

37. The National Laboratory for Bad Government

[micrometer_50]

40. Two members of the US Supreme Court are from here n/t

[Stillwater]

50. Arizona

[LincolnMcGrath]

41. City and County named after still living former prez.

Anyone?

[BOSSHOG]

43. This state doesn't have any counties (I don't live there)

[LincolnMcGrath]

44. Louisiana

[NoPasaran]

46. Louisiana

It has parishes

[BOSSHOG]

53. You guys are awesome

Driving around the state, my mother in law who is from Kansas saw a couple of Parish line signs and remarked that the Catholics sure owned a lot of property in Louisiana.

[BOSSHOG]

55. Residents of Arkansas say, thank God for _________!

[Shell Beau]

61. Nope, I hear that a lot where we live about Arkansas!

[indy_azcat]

63. Mississippi? n/t

[Shell Beau]

70. Great guess and you are correct!

[WeRQ4U]

56. Theodore Roosevelt lived and ranched here after his wife and mother died

on the same day.

[Felix Mala]

82. We're second in providing the nation with Vice Presidents - 5

[WeRQ4U]

111. You didn't answer my question.

I know the answer to your's though. It's rhymes with Spin De Fana.

[TheMightyFavog]

57. This state is home to the World's Largest Radio Trivia Contest

End of Line.

[Guy Fawkes]

81. ^^ I'd be cheating...

Not only do I live there, I listen to that show a lot!

[indy_azcat]

59. Home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd.

moo!

[indy_azcat]

87. *sigh* how about: more shoreline than any other state except Alaska?

meh

[Blue_In_AK]

96. Michigan?

Hell, I don't know.

[indy_azcat]

98. yea! that only took 2 hours!

:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[Blue_In_AK]

99. What do I win?

This is my first trip into the Lounge this morning -- afternoon, I mean -- or I would have given this guess sooner.

[indy_azcat]

101. You win: trivial Alaskan knowledge

http://www.50states.com/facts/alaska.htm

to quiz friends and family with :D

[Blue_In_AK]

120. Why, thank you very much....

Some interesting facts there, but I had to laugh at #25. Benny Benson, the designer of the Alaskan state flag, was born in Chignik, not Cognac.

[mcscajun]

65. There's a fight about whether the Tomato is a fruit or a vegetable

going on in our legislature, so we can make it one of our state's emblems.

[indy_azcat]

68. New Jersey

the stinky...errr... Garden State!

please don't cut me off :scared:

[mcscajun]

69. Ding, ding, ding, ding!

We have a winner.

I'll smack him/her later. :)

[Swede]

76. It's a perfect rectangle in shape.

nt

[Turn CO Blue]

128. I thought perhaps Colorado...but I think you mean Saskatchewan

I cheated and Googled it.

[Swede]

140. Yep.

But Colorado or Wyoming would have been acceptable answers.

[enigmatic]

77. The Premier got pie'd!

Ol' Ralphie boy...

[Canadian Socialist]

124. Alberta!

[Guy Fawkes]

79. Coffee lauger and beer brats.

[indy_azcat]

83. what? no pasties?

n/t

[mcscajun]

84. Wisconsin?

:)

[Guy Fawkes]

92. Yup. If it's cooked in beer...

it probably comes from Wisconsin. (Note: BEER, not wine or some other fancy pants stuff).

We also have Beer Doughnuts, Beer Pancakes, Beer bread, alcoholic chocolates... the list goes on and on.

[mcscajun]

115. Beer Doughnuts? Hmmmm...

Should make Homer Very Happy.

:)

[Felix Mala]

85. We've provided the US with more Vice Presidents than any other

state (5), except for New York.

(Did mean to post this up above.)

[sakabatou]

86. Most famous garage in electronics

[trof]

93. In our largest city is the largest cast iron statue in the world.

And second largest statue of any material in the U.S.

[Strawman]

95. You are never more than 6 miles away from water n/t

[Dan-W]

100. This state has the shortest coastline (approx 100 miles). n/t

[Felix Mala]

102. Do Bushes vacation there?

[Dan-W]

105. Nope. Close but no cigar. n/t

[trof]

108. Numpsha

[Dan-W]

109. Give that man a prize from the top shelf!

[trof]

112. Thenkew. Lived in Merruh-mack fo-ah 16 yee-ahs.

[Dan-W]

113. My son and daughter own a house

on the island on Horseshoe Pond.

[trof]

119. Get out! I taught myself to sail (kinda) there.

Small world.

[1gobluedem]

103. Most miles of coastline/shoreline

In the 48 contiguous states.

[indy_azcat]

110. shhhh...

↑ we already did that one ;)

[luvLLB]

106. My state has a beach, mountains, desert, plains, and the piney woods.

[xmas74]

107. We have a city second only to Rome in the amount

of fountains.

[swag]

114. Oregon is known as "The Beaver State"

[elfrangel]

117. My home state

contains six national park sites, two-and-a half million acres of national forests, seven national scenic byways, three state scenic byways, and 50 state parks.

[Maraya1969]

118. Has the most lightning strikes in the country

[Canadian Socialist]

123. It's our centennial this year!

also named after a former Prince of the realm.

[ironflange]

125. Alberta

But we're named after a princess, not a prince.

[Hardrada]

126. Computer invented at one of our state universities

by Atanasoff

[elshiva]

127. "The Old Line State"

[mermaid]

132. Maryland??

Just a guess. Think I heard that somewhere once...or maybe it's on your State Quarters??

[elshiva]

135. YOU GOT IT! We are the Old Line State because of the Mason-Dixon!

[Turn CO Blue]

129. Boasts the highest suspension bridge in the world...

[izzybeans]

137. Is CO blue yet?

;-)

[Turn CO Blue]

138. Well, we have a pretty important Gov race coming up in 2006! nt

[izzybeans]

139. Keep fighting the good fight.

:toast:

[mermaid]

130. OK - We Are The Only State With A Town Named "Intercourse!!"

can ya guess??

[nuxvomica]

133. Must be Pennsylvania

Cuz Pennsylvania Dutch country has some bawdy names for some reason.

[mermaid]

134. We Have A Weeeeenar!!! DING DING DING DING!!!

Correctamundo. Pennsylvania it is!

[nuxvomica]

131. Third most wine producing

[izzybeans]

136. Right now at this moment. It smells badly outside for reasons requiring

superfunds.

[Ouabache]

141. John Dillinger's grave is 6 miles from my house

I'll take any DUer visiting for a free guided tour.