New York has, or has had, 16 of these. Massachusetts and Virginia has or has had 7 each. Pennsylvania has or has had 5. California, Delaware, D.C., and Maine: 3 each. Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio and South Carolina: 2 each.… Continue Reading
The table below depicts a ratio, sorted from lowest to highest. All data was taken from the United States Census Bureau. For each entry, the numerator is the present estimated population of each state as of July 1, 2012. The… Continue Reading
In the United States, these are found in Alabama, California, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Ohio, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. What appear to me to be the equivalents of these in Canada are found in every Province. However, there seem… Continue Reading
This week’s trivia list is comprised of: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. The order is alphabetical. These states have something – or a certain type of something – that the other states do… Continue Reading
In descending order, from within the three NAFTA jurisdictions and United States protectorates, with ties listed in parenthesis: California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts, Ontario, Florida, New Jersey, (Michigan, Ohio), Missouri, Quebec, (Colorado, D.C.*, Maryland, North Carolina, Nevada, Washington), (Georgia,… Continue Reading
South Carolina, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada, Maryland, Alaska, New Jersey, Wyoming, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Tennessee, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Kansas, Massachusetts, Vermont, Missouri, Connecticut, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Virginia, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Florida, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado,… Continue Reading
The top twenty are: France (44); Canada (40); Germany (33); Mexico (32); United Kingdom (30); Italy (28); Russia and the Holy See (tied at 19 each); Japan (18); Egypt and South Korea (tied at 16 each); Belgium (14); Brazil (13);… Continue Reading
This week’s trivia challenge is brought to you by Mike Schilling! In order: Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Baltimore. This is an exhaustive list. Tied cities are listed in alphabetical order.
I’ve arbitrarily chosen the last twenty-five years as the period depicted in the graph. I could have gone back farther in time than that, but it was going to be unreadable and so I’ve not bothered to research before 1989.… Continue Reading