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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 01:23 AM
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50 states map game? That's for wimps... Try the 45 counties map game!
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/gamespages/EnglandGame.htm

My current record is 191 for the HARD setting. I expect y'all to do MUCH better.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 01:36 AM
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1. 152
:D
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:11 PM
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4. 144
:D
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 01:39 AM
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2. Or...
I could just bang my head against the wall until I pass out. Maps and math are evil!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 08:59 AM
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3. ha
Edited on Sat Oct-04-08 08:59 AM by realisticphish
"quick! identify the identical, amorphous blobs!"
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:46 PM
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5. What a stoopid test.
First off, neither the Worcestershire nor the Avon looked like the bottles. Second, I know how Essex, Norfolk, and Rutland counties are shaped and those were all wrong on that map. For example, this is Essex County:


Jeepers.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 04:54 PM
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6. 744
Now, do it for Kansas

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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 05:43 PM
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7. 162, but I just got back from being foot dry in 11 counties in 8 days.
I think I have the map of England burned on my retina.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 06:51 PM
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8. 299
I'm shamed. That was after playing the easy setting for a few rounds too.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 09:36 PM
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9. Ya - amateurs! 123 seconds. nt
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 09:40 PM
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10. Is there a California counties one someplace? I could do that.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:31 AM
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11. I wish there was
and I could totally beat you into the ground on it, just so you know.

I am a county birder, and I will take all comers.
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