It seems to me that there's a good chance that Michigan's population exceeds 10 million as of now (Jan 2019), since it allegedly was less than 5000 people short in July 2018 and allegedly gained over 75,000 people from July 2017 to July 2018.
Very likely, yes. I was going to say I'd wait for the numbers to be updated in Wikipedia before worrying about it, but it was an easy fix, so I went ahead and made it now.
Personally, i think the time is a little long. I had 4:37 left. I think that's plenty of time to just spam a bunch of states rather than trying to get them.
Nebraska, along with Maine, are the only two states where the electoral votes are split into two districts. Additionally, its capital is named after a US president. It's the only US state to be triply landlocked, if Canadian provinces are accounted for. Other than that, I don't think there's anything else particularly special about Nebraska.
Hmm . . . I believe the intent of this clue was to be "by population" rather than "by area," though if that is the case then the clue is poorly worded. I will take a look at this when I get a chance.
Rechecked and confirmed that the clue works as written "by population" (though not, as cpgatbyu points out, "by area"). I will adjust the wording of the clue, though I'm not sure what the policy is on editing quizzes so soon after they are put on the main page.
The idea is that the answer is the only one among states that haven't been used as answers yet. Otherwise there's a lot of states that would work for many of the questions (for example, Nebraska isn't the only state that is a state.)
New Jersey now has a population that is more than 10% Asian so the stat for Hawaii should be shifted upwards a bit since NJ comes after Hawaii in this quiz.
Twice, I selected Louisiana, not having selected it before, but it would not accept it as touching the Gulf of Mexico, nor as lying on the Mississippi River.
Update (pending approval): fixed issues with "is more than 10% Asian-American" (replaced with a different clue) and "is smaller than every state it borders" (improved ambiguous wording).
maybe i'm overthinking it but how exactly are we defining a silent letter? by my reckoning maine for example has two, as the i and e are not pronounced - leave them out and it sounds the same. or illinois - the second l and final s both seem silent to me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=RickAstley
Just copy and paste the link.
Subtle.
Personally, i think the time is a little long. I had 4:37 left. I think that's plenty of time to just spam a bunch of states rather than trying to get them.
"Is a state."
I suppose that's about the most interesting thing about it...
One suggestion though, since I had to keep scrolling up and down to look at the map and read the questions too.
Maybe it would be possible to have them side-by-side or scrolling separately (?)