> > So, this occupied me for most of the morning. I did horribly at it at first. I could barely remember anything from my high school days. And where the heck is Arkansas? Ugh. I hate that state. I can never remember where it is. Anyway, after playing for about an hour (groan) I can get all the states, and do it pretty quickly, but only if I go in alphabetical order.
> > It's pretty fun. Enjoy.
>
> I also took the test, even though I am not USAn, and have only ever been to the USA once. I did pretty badly. 8 states out of 48. I almost couldn't find New York on the map! I kept putting it in those two little states that protrude to the Atlantic ocean on the east coast. What are they called?
> I thought Ohio and Pennsylvania were somewhere in the middle but they are actually quite east.
> For the record, the states I could find are:
> California, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

On my first try I got five - Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, California and Florida. On the second, I got nine others - mostly based on approximations of what I read about the primaries. I did remember where West Virginia was because I learnt from a computer game that it didn't secede with Virginia during the Civil War. :-p The third run was improved by four. I'd say pretty impressive for an 8th Grader who's never been to America and never paid more than cursory attention to a map of the States. :-p