What state in the us do you live in?

Good point... I meant Maine. I was focusing too much on the other georgraphy and confused myself :(

EDIT: Also dappled, I thought you were dirtybirdy for a while there. This colour changing has gone toooooo far :P

NYC is a city. NY is the state. It's a bit like Dubai which is both a state and a city.

What are the first three provinces in canada you first think of.
what are the last three.

I used to know the national flag and capital of every country in the world. My family used to play a highly competitive, flashcard-based game which involved learning all that information and me, my brother and my dad spent an obsessive amount of time trying to beat each other on school holidays. We knew them all, even the little obscure ones like Vanuatu (capital: Port Vila; flag is red, green, and black with a yellow horn symbol) and Tuvalu (capital: Funafuti; flag is a light blue base with the Union Jack in the top left corner and a group of yellow stars on the right-hand side). Whenever I hear a new country has been formed, like South Sudan was a year or two ago, my first thought is "what is the flag? What is the capital?".

And come to think of it, I have no idea what the answer is.

Show off. :P

Sometimes I test my state geography skills just for fun. My dad always liked maps and I picked that up from him. Although I don't think I could name all the state capitals. But I could probably name at least one major city in all of them as well as some of the major highways and their scenic alternatives. And I know the Canadian provinces much better than the Mexican states.

My sister had to memorize all the state nicknames and flowers when she was in school and still has many of them in her memory. I live in the Beaver State. And our flower isn't exactly a flower, but a grape.

Sadly I did not retain much of my France geography knowledge but now I feel like pulling out my atlas.

Heh! I had a friend who was from Kentucky and she was really proud of her state so she used to show me loads of pictures of the lakes and forests. To be fair to her, it's kind of beautiful and different from the preconception I had.

I wasn't trying to be disrespectful. I was just typing the states as I went along and Kentucky was the last one I came up with.

:O She never told me about the lanterns, despite acting out the scene regularly (usually in the bedroom for some reason). Nothing sexier than being called a jackbooted limey oppressor and then being tackled to the ground by the oppressed (and thankfully, cute).

Nice place.