Just how "American" are you? Play this game and see.

Discussion in 'Press Start' started by Starguard, Jul 4, 2007.

  1. Starguard

    Starguard Fresh Meat

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    This is a game to test how many presidents you can name in under 10 minutes. Believe me, unless you've been brushing up on your american history, its harder than it looks [​IMG]

    http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php
  2. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    Time remaining: 8:14 :)
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  3. Lethesoda

    Lethesoda Quixiotic

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    I got 22 before my mind blanked. At 4 minutes.
  4. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    All with 8:21 remaining (and it took me a while to get the rhythm)
  5. NeonMosfet

    NeonMosfet Probably a Dual

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    I got 37. ould have gotten more if I could spell better.
  6. Beck

    Beck Monarchist, Far-Right Nationalist

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    35. It would have been 36 if I had remembered that Van Buren is not vanburen all one word.
  7. Quincunx

    Quincunx anti-anti Staff Member Administrator

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    I got them all but one in less than 2 minutes and waited a while before I gave up. I could just NOT remember who came between Polk and Fillmore.

    Never again shall I forget the name of Zachary Taylor. :mad:
  8. Cervantes

    Cervantes Fighting windmills

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    38.

    Missed Polk, McKinley, Pierce, and Cleveland.

    Edit: And that was with 4:47 left on the clock. Thought I'd add that.
  9. Talkahuano

    Talkahuano Second Flame Lieutenant

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    8:35 remaining.

    I got slowed down on a few typos. :garamet:

    But I remember all of them because my 6th grade teacher made us sing them in order to the tune of the 10 little indians.
    It's the kind of thing that sticks to your brain like super glue.
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  10. Cervantes

    Cervantes Fighting windmills

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    So you remember their names, but not what they did ;)

    I went into it thinking "Ok, who did what when? Lincoln was shot, then Johnson was impeached, and Grant made a mess of things..."
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  11. Storm

    Storm Plausibly Undeniable

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    Got them all but it took me damn near six minutes, plus two arguing with the thing that yes, in my mind, Jefferson Davis was too a goddamn American president.

    :mad:
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  12. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    Missed several before I gave up, but then my wife had Elmo blasting in the background so I consider this an unfair test of my abilities. :)

    Oh, and it says United States Presidents Storm.
  13. Chris

    Chris Cosmic Horror

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    In that he was an American and a president...