US States with Coastal Borders - Neatorama

I love a good geography quiz! The United States has 23 states that border the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico. In this quiz from mental_floss, you are challenged to name all 23 in three minutes. I did it with a half-minute to spare! And I would have done it faster if I could type as well as I read a mental map. Link

Oops, don't forget about Alaska and Hawaii!

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What about the Great Lakes States? They have all have a coast to some degree?

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I forgot about Connecticut.

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I missed three, but most of the time I spent trying to type "Massachusetts", "Connecticut" and other. Now, if they used the USPS two letter codes, I would have gotten them all!

Anyways, fun quiz. Thought I was worse at geography then I apparently am.

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In front of this reporter, Felix wept tears of joy unashamedly: "I did it, got 'em all". A true American hero!

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Got 'em all. 1:03 left.

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Yeah, I think 2 minutes is too much time.

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Got them in ~1 minute (1:59 left). Got most of them with 2:10 left, then spent 10 seconds figuring out I forgot Louisiana.

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I guess I just blocked out all of those childhoods at the Jersey shore because for the life me of I could NOT think of New Jersey.

Got the rest, though.

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That 23rd one is always the hardest. I wasted a lot of time before I came up with New Hampshire.

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All 23 in 1:39. Of course, I lost some time trying to make sure I spelled Pennsylvania correctly...

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1:53 remaining!

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I forgot Massachusetts and spent a good 1:30 trying to spell Connecticut (kept forgetting the second "c") - otherwise I got them all!

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Took me 55 seconds. Would have been faster if I could type faster. Helps that I've lived on both coasts. But really, should this be a problem for any American?

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I forgot about New Jersey (even though I'm currently living in New York City...lol)
I agree that it is too much time. It shouldn't be that difficult to name them. Maybe in a minute. Then, you wouldn't really have time to think.

On a side note, I had difficulty spelling some of those states. ha ha. Geography--I'm not bad; Spelling--forget about it.

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17 seconds remaining. Couldn't remember how to spell Massachusetts...

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Forgot about New Hampshire and its 6 miles of coastline. :(

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