As of 2000, California had the most, with 131. New York was second with 83. New Jersey is third with 52. After that: Florida, Texas, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington, and Georgia had over ten but fewer than… Continue Reading
I suspect this will be an easy one this week. Ron Brown1, Stephen Colbert2, Vernon Davis3, Duke Ellington4, Al Gore, Jr.5, Gilbert Grosvenor6, Alyson Hannigan7, Samuel L. Jackson7, Byron Leftwich3, Justin Theroux7. 1 The deceased former Secretary of Commerce. 2… Continue Reading
Of the signers of the United States’ Declaration of Independence, ten bear a particular distinction. In order, they are: Button Gwinnett, John Morton, Philip Livingston, John Hart, George Ross, Thomas Lynch Jr., Joseph Hewes, George Taylor, and Richard Stockton. What… Continue Reading
The color spectrum goes gray-orange-navy-royal-green, based on quintiles. The delineations are congressional districts (from last decade), though there is no reason it had to be mapped that particular way. Click on it for a larger image. UPDATE: Tuesday Hint: Statistics… Continue Reading
New Mexico has the lowest number of this per-capita. Followed by: West Virginia, Connecticut, Idaho, South Carolina, New York, California, New Jersey, Arkansas, Maryland, Illinois, Georgia, Utah, Hawaii, North Carolina, Nevada, Washington, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Colorado,… Continue Reading
This was a surprisingly difficult question to research. Very few movies seem to fit the criteria for this week’s puzzle; I thought for sure there would be many more. But I found a few. Here is a representative sample of… Continue Reading
[Redacted A], New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Louisiana, [Redacted B], Kentucky, Maine, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, [Redacted C], Delaware, Washington, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Missouri, New York, [Redacted E], Idaho, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana,… Continue Reading
States depicted in white should be considered ungrouped, and should not be considered grouped together. Color selection for the various groups is arbitrary. A little hard to tell with this resolution: Massachusetts and North Dakota form a group unto themselves (I didn’t want… Continue Reading
Florida has the most with five. Texas has four. California and Michigan have three. Arizona, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Utah have two. Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin all have one. The data… Continue Reading
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Syria, Tonga, Tuvalu, the… Continue Reading