Teaser!

[eoinh]

No googling please!

WHAT ARE THE MOST SOUTHERLY, WESTERLY, NORTHERLY and EASTERLY STATES OF THE USA, IN THAT ORDER

[Roo69]

No googling please!

WHAT ARE THE MOST SOUTHERLY, WESTERLY, NORTHERLY and EASTERLY STATES OF THE USA, IN THAT ORDER

Texas ? Hawiai ? Alaksa ? Massichustich (Sp ?) ?

[tiktok]

S: Hawaii
W: Oregon (unless Alaska is N and W)
E: Florida
N: Alaska

???

[pineapple stu]

S has to be Hawaii, so it's probably not. A bit of Florida might sneak down below.

W has to be Alaska - the international date line runs only a few miles from the westernmost Aleutian Islands.

E - Maine?

N - Alaska obviously.

BTW - no googling - can I use a map? :p

[eoinh]

S: hawaii correct
N: alaska correct
w: alaska correct


one more to go

[Peadar]

W: Oregon (unless Alaska is N and W)

???

I going with Alaska for both N and W
E - Maine
S - Hawaii

[Peadar]

one more to go

I hope you're not going to say Guyana (Sp?) or something?

[eoinh]

Pineapple stu has got one of his facts wrong but if he reconsiders he actually has the answer.

[gustavo]

north alaska
south florida
east rhode island
west hawaii
??

[joeSoap]

South: Hawaii
North:Alaska
East: Maine
West: Alaska

These ARE correct, cos I got them right in a table quiz a few weeks ago... :p

[Aberdonian Stu]

Is Rhode Island not the furthest East?

[dublinred]

Is the most eastern state the UK now that Tony reports into Dubya.

[eoinh]

The answer i have is
South: Hawaii
North: Alaska
West: Alaska
and
East: Alaska


The reason being that the date line goes through one of the Aleutian Islands.

Heard it on the radio friday night about the problem of setting quizs in the age of google when most information can be discovered in a few clicks. The person who gave the above questions was a professional quiz master.

[tiktok]

The reason being that the date line goes through one of the Aleutian Islands

Don't buy that ;) , the International date line doesn't cross any land mass because they didn't want to have two different days in any populated (or potentially populated) area. It's all over the ocean AFAIK :)

[joeSoap]

The most easterly point in the U.S., West Quoddy Head, Maine.

[Peadar]

Don't buy that :)

I googled the International Date Line for you Tiktok. ;)
Look here. (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/international_date.html)

[eoinh]

Don't buy that ;) , the International date line doesn't cross any land mass because they didn't want to have two different days in any populated (or potentially populated) area. It's all over the ocean AFAIK :)


Agreed but the east/west cordinates dont change when the date line changes. The date line just changes to ensure all of Alsaka is in the same time zone, the actual coordinates woudnt change




Just click on the attchment and follow the 180 meridian up the map.

[tiktok]

Agreed but the east/west cordinates dont change when the date line changes.

Alright, I must be completely thick because I'm lost :D

Didn't you use the date line running through the Aleutian islands to prove it was furthest East :confused:

[eoinh]

Didn't you use the date line running through the Aleutian islands to prove it was furthest East :confused:

Sorry, i did yes, but 180 meridian divides the world in two. On one side youre in the western hemisphere on the other side youre in the eastern hemisphere.

The date line theoritically follows this line but its moved to avoid putting some communities into different time zones.

I bet you in the the cold war the russians were really angry that the Tsar had sold Alaska to the Americans. :)

[tiktok]

Sorry, i did yes, but 180 meridian divides the world in two. On one side youre in the western hemisphere on the other side youre in the eastern hemisphere.Cheers, I'm up to speed now


I bet you in the the cold war the russians were really angry that the Tsar had sold Alaska to the Americans.I think some of them expressed their anger long before that :D