Hurricane Geography Quiz

[Guest Edgy DC]

Five US states have not yet had the honor of having a Met born on their soil. Which states are these?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Alaska?

[Guest Edgy DC]

First Met Born in Alaska? Dave Williams (Anchorage)

Greatest Met Born in Alaska? Dave Williams (Anchorage)

Others? None

Standings:
LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr: -1

[duan]

North Dakota and Oregon.

[Met Hunter]

North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana

Not sure anyone famous from those states.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I knew MetHunter would come in big on this one. He's been huntin'. New rule: One guess per post.

North Dakota
Very good. Two points.

Greatest Player from North Dakota? Travis Hafner or Darin Erstad
Almost Mets from North Dakota? Chris F. Coste
Biggest Big Shot from North Dakota? Warren Christopher

Standings
MetHunter: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1

[metirish]

Rhode Island

[Guest Edgy DC]

Now I break for dinner. Cheat not.

[dgwphotography]

Vermont

[Chad ochoseis]

metirish wrote: Rhode Island

I have vague Boys Of Summer-fueled memories of Clem Labine being from there.

I'll guess Nevada.

[duan]

Well surely I get credit for north Dakota?

[metirish]

New Hampshire

[Willets Point]

New Mexico.

[Guest Edgy DC]

irish goes to New England with...
Rhode Island

First Met Born in Rhode Island? Clem Labine (Woonsocket)

Greatest Met Born in Rhode Island? Dan Wheeler (Providence)

Greatest Met Bigwig from Rhode Island? Lou Gorman (South Providence)

Greatest Player Born in Rhode Island? Nap LaJoie (Woonsocket)

Biggest Big Shot Born in Rhode Island? I'm caught between Irving Levine and Ambrose Burnside.

Standings
MetHunter: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
metirish: -1

[smg58]

Utah?

[Guest Edgy DC]

dgwphotography stays in New England with...
Vermont
Correct!

Greatest Player Born in Vermont? Carlton Fisk (Bellows Falls)

Biggest Big Shot Born in Vermont? Stephen Douglas? Robert Frost?

Standings
MetHunter: 2
dgwphotography: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
metirish: -1

[metirish]

I suck at this

[metsmarathon]

wyoming

[DocTee]

South Dakota

[Fman99]

Idaho

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chad 85 goes back out west with...
Nevada
Our third state barren of Metly Origins!

Greatest Player Born in Nevada? Marty Cordova? (Las Vegas). This is the bar you must exceed, Bryce F. Harper..

Biggest Big Shot Born in Nevada? Harry Reid or Pat Nixon

Standings
Chad Ochoseis: 2
MetHunter: 2
dgwphotography: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
metirish: -1

[Ceetar]

Oregon

[Guest Edgy DC]

smg58 sticks to the desert with...
Utah
NOPE!

First Met Born in Utah? George "The Stork" Theodore (Salt Lake City).

Greatest Met Born in Utah? The Stork again. He's also the only.

Greatest Player Born in Nevada? Bruce Hurst (St. George).

Biggest Big Shot Born in Nevada? Karl Rove

Standings
Chad Ochoseis: 2
duan: 2
dgwphotography: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
metirish: -1
smg58: -1

[Guest Edgy DC]

Giving duan the credit for North Dakota, we return to MetHunter's second guess.

South Dakota

NOPE!

First Met Born in South Dakota? Bob Rauch (Brookings).

Greatest Met Born in South Dakota? Tom Hausman (Mobridge).

Also? John Strohmayer, Kelvin Torve.

Greatest Player Born in South Dakota? Probably Dave Collins (Rapid City), but also notable for Sparky Anderson (Bridgewater).

Biggest Big Shot Born in South Dakota? Crazy Horse

Standings
Chad Ochoseis: 2
duan: 2
dgwphotography: 2
Met Hunter: -1
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
metirish: -1
smg58: -1



[crossout]Alaska
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah[/crossout]

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'll go Delaware.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sticking with New England, we have:

New Hampshire

Close!

First Met Born in New Hampshire? Don Florence (Manchester).

Greatest Met Born in New Hampshire? Don Florence (Manchester).

Also? Nobody!

Greatest Player Born in New Hampshire? Lets hear it for the late Mike Flanagan (Manchester).

Biggest Big Shot Born in New Hampshire? A ton of politicians and authors. I'll go with Alan Shepherd or Mary Baker Eddy.

Standings
Chad Ochoseis: 2
duan: 2
dgwphotography: 2
Met Hunter: -1
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
smg58: -1
metirish: -2



[crossout]Alaska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah[/crossout]

[metirish]

Wyoming

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sticking with New's, we have:

New Mexico

C'rect! With a footnote (as you'll see below).

Greatest Player Born in New Mexico? Ralph. McPherran. Kiner. (Santa Rita).

Biggest Big Shot Born in New Mexico? Most big shot New Mexicans weren't actually born there. Janet Napolitano? Bill Richardson? Georgia O'Keefe? Minka Kelly? Poseurs, all. I'll go with physicist Ed Condon.

Standings
Chad Ochoseis: 2
dgwphotography: 2
duan: 2
Willets Point: 2
LeiterWagnerFaster: -1
Met Hunter: -1
smg58: -1
metirish: -2



[crossout]Alaska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah[/crossout]

One more remaineth.

[Fman99]

You didn't rule on my guess of Idaho.

[Willets Point]

Fman99 wrote: You didn't rule on my guess of Idaho.

You-da-ho!