In which state of the US are 100% of the county engineers elected officials (as opposed to appointed?)
Answer the question, then pose one of your own...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ohio!
I actually found a really boring page all about the history of the office. Glad to know someone gets paid to inform us of these things.
My question my be the wrong format, but:
Name the states of the U.S. whose state bird is the Western Meadowlark.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Kansas! (now I have to go look up the rest, because there are several)
Farmgirl
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You'd think there would be enough birds to go around, but no...
Maybe Kansas can change theirs to the Jayhawk.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
So is Utah's the sea gull?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hee hee... to quote John James Audoban:
quote:Although the existence of this species (Western Meadowlark) was known to the celebrated explorers of the west, Lewis and Clark, during their memorable journey across the Rocky Mountains and to the Pacific; no one has since taken the least notice of it.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
He also said:
quote:Pas de shooting of gooses.
Okay, so that was inevitable. I'm not ashamed to be the one to post it.
I'm from Alaska. Our state bird is the mosquito. Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
PSH! YEAH RIGHT! That's Missouri's state bird! Heck, Missouri's state bird could be the gnat!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Wow, seven posts in and we're already derailed.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
That's why they call it Misery, neh?
Edit to add: Yes, Annie, Hatrack seems to have a really bad case of ADHD today. I do, anyway!
[ August 04, 2004, 06:21 PM: Message edited by: Shigosei ]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Hey, around here, folks say you have to watch your babies carefully, or else a mosquito will come along and carry them away.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
We're waiting for Farmgirl to finish answering. You can ask another question while we wait, Annie.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Exactly. The last question hasn't been completely answered yet. I don't know the answer, so I'm waiting for someone who does to come and, maybe, provide a question I might know the answer to.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Umm..... which state has the highest average elevation?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Arkansas?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Nope. try one with mountains. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oops.. 4:30... I have to go home. Guess I'll just have to leave everyone in suspense.
Carry on.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
OOOOH! They have mountains! The Ozarks!
I am avoiding Alaska on purpose and it's probably correct.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Hawaii?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Oooh! Whatever state has Death Valley in it! Or the Grand Canyon! Arizona? Is it Arizona?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
The Ozarks are hills: most of it'll be underwater when Antarctica melts. That's why Arkansans aren't accused of being mountainbillies.
[ August 04, 2004, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Farmgirl is not going to have time to finish researching answer. Farmgirl has to go home.
Which state has the lowest minimum drinking age?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
France.
(I KNEW it! Colorado!)
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
It's 21 in every state.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
That's right! Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
It's illegal in all states for people under 21 to have public possession of alcohol. However, in many states it is quite legal for younger people to drink in private. Including private clubs in some states. In over half of the states, it is legal for younger people to buy alcohol. And in over half of those states in which such purchase is legal, it is also legal for vendors to sell alcohol to those under 21.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
I've bought alcohol before, and I'm quite underage. Of course, it was lab ethanol and it probably isn't safe to drink.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Well, I know here kids can go to bars/restaurants/wherevers with their parents, who then buy their kids drinks... but I don't know the official answer to that.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
For the absurdly trivial:
New York's state insect is the ladybug. But not just any ladybug. How many spots are on New York's state insect?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
P.S. If google is not in the spirit of the game, I'm really, really sorry. Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Which state's motto uses the same latin word Stan Lee signs all his letters with?
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
New York! looking for another question.. give me a few minutes.
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Which state is oddly proud of certain round clam and has an international festival for it?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Rohde Island?
Hobbes Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Well.... =)
Yep. Lil' Rhody.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Ohh right, umm... give me a second here.
Hobbes Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hi Hobbes! How was your day?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Gee man, what's more important, keeping the trivia thread going or talking to your girlfriend! Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*Alex Voice* This state hosts both the world renounded CDC, and the headquarters of one of the largest news networks in the world.
Hobbes Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
My day was great Annie! I thought about you a lot.
How was yours? Get all that stuff done at work?
Hobbes
[ August 04, 2004, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Apparently keeping the thread going.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Good. Have a lovely night.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Didn't see you're question at first, I was searching for a state question with the reply box open.
[You too darling!]
Hobbes
[ August 04, 2004, 10:36 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Yeah, but the trivia posting didn't get any action.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*cough* I did ask a question, and a pretty easy one at that.
Hobbes Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Georgia. And, specifically, both of those things are in Atlanta.
Now I have to think of a question...
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
For the uninformed, CNN was the refrenced news network.
Hobbes Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Which state has the only active diamond mine in the US?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
South Africa.
..No, wait...
Arkansas?
Hobbes Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
*ding ding*
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
It is Arkansas.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Since Hobbes already asked a question, I'll steal his turn.
Six flags over Texas -- what are those six flags?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Texas state flag, USA, France, Mexico, Spain, and the Confederate States of America.
[ August 04, 2004, 11:49 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
What state split in two after joining the Union?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
w00t.
Umm, let's see here...
James Bowie was born in this state.
[EDIT: Or I could just get distracted by my Dad watching a taped stage from le Tour and leave the box open then go to all the trouble of finding a question only to see my turn stollen. ]
Hobbes
[ August 04, 2004, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm going to have to correct you on that answer, katharina. The six flags are the six national flags that have flown over Texas. It's the Texas National flag. It just happens to look identical to the current Texas state flag.
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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: What state split in two after joining the Union?
Virginia/ W. Virginia
quote: James Bowie was born in this state.
Kentucky
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
But when you fly it now, it's the Texas state flag. I'm looking at it right now - it's the state flag.
Don't be petty.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Am I supposed to wait to be told if I'm right? Or do I just post a new trivia question?
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
I'm pretty sure the VA one is right without checking. Go ahead and post a question
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
'k.
What state song is adaptable to any place with a two or three syllable name?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Louis Louis - whoah, ohhh, oh we gotta go . . .
yah, yah, yah, yah . . .
oh sorry - that's right - it never really did become a state song . . . Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Don't be petty.
Well, if I have to. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
You're rigt with Kentucky too Rivka.
Hobbes Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Oh Christmas Tree.
At least I think that is the song. And you hear it as "Oh Iowa, Oh Iowa" and a couple of other states have the same tune.
Farmgirl (my kids used to have a CD with all the state songs/facts on it)
(or, if you are a girl scout, you hear the tune as "Oh Tommy Toad, oh Tommy Toad, why did you hop onto the road?")
[ August 05, 2004, 08:52 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Is it New York?
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Speaking of Louie, Louie... which state officially had that as their state song for a short time????
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
It must be Tennessee. They've had about a hundred state songs. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Washington State!
Where can you find Craters of the Moon?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
On the moon!
Or in Idaho, if you're low on cash.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Which was the first state to elect a woman to congress?
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Utah?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
nope nope!
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Well Wyoming was the first state to give women the vote so I'll just guess that. Wyoming?
Hobbes Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Montana was first
FG Gotta come up with a question
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Good work FG. I am so sly. You gotta love Montana's pacifist Jeanette Rankin - the only congress member to vote against entering WWII.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Which states form the "militia corridor"? (Three states that have the largest active militia groups)
There has yet to be a correct answer to my question. Or at least, not that I know of . . . I have no idea what the state song of Iowa is, or what it sounds like.
[ August 05, 2004, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
(I want to change my screen name to what Hobbes is caling me now -- but I can't.)
(oh crap! I went over my 3,000 post count I was saving!)
I didn't even know we had one until I googled it.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Iowa and Michigan use the same tune. I think there was one other - three -- total that use that tune. That is why it was my guess initially rivka.
Farmgirl
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Not Georgia! Theirs is "Georgia on my Mind". Only because it's a cool enough state that people write songs about it. States like Iowa have to use "Tannenbaum" because, well, it's IOWA.
Actually, this reminds me of a funny thing. My friend Michelle recently studied in Italy and met a nice young man there who was a nut about the U.S. She was visiting his house and his bedroom was plastered with American paraphenalia, including a giant map of, of all places, the state of Iowa. In halting English he pointed to it and asked Michelle, "You...you like Iowa?"
She said, "I guess...but, I mean, why Iowa?"
He looked confused until she said, "If you're going to pick a favorite state, let me tell you that you shouldn't bother with the ones in the middle. The good ones are all along the borders."
[ August 05, 2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
And a very Merry Christmas to you, as well.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Just so you know, Dana, I was kidding. My husband's family lived in Iowa for a long time and he was born there. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, New Jersey claims it's their state song that fits the bill. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
FG, I'm going to guess Montana, Idaho, and... um... Wyoming.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
If that's not right, then maybe they're the "Aryan nations corridor."
Funny story on that note:
I was in charge of the Montana booth in the "Parade of States" at National FFA Convention in 1999. (Don't laugh! 50,000 hicks is no laughing matter!)
A couple members and their advisor from Mississippi (the great thing about FFA events is that everyone has their location written across the back of their jacket and their name on the front) came up and were asking me about Montana. I had all kinds of info on our crops and ag economy, but then the advisor asked, "Do y'all got them Aryan nation groups up there?"
"Um, yeah, a few," I answered, embarrassed.
"This guy here," he indicated one of his students, "plans to join 'em."
Indeed. He had the confederate belt buckle and everything. I toyed briefly with the idea of sending them over to my friend Seth, the Idaho state president down the aisle, but them I decided it wasn't appropriate to laugh it off.
"Well, that's too bad," I said. "That type of mentality goes against everything this organization we represent stands for."
They left without saying much else.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Heh. While all the rest of the states only have one song, Tennessee has FIVE. Beat that.
edit: okay, so montana has two and west virginia has three. still.
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