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by: Basil Jet - Sat, 10 Jul 2021 11:10 UTC

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by: David Williams - Sat, 10 Jul 2021 12:35 UTC

Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> writes:

> The last word or two after the ticking clock is the state name.
> I got 89%, pretty pleased with that.

Did you mean this one?

<https://www.sporcle.com/games/mhershfield/usa-in-greek>

Second hit in my web search was a blog explaining what Greeks
actually say. I was conflicted, between learning (and hence
cheating) or just going for the quiz.

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by: Basil Jet - Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:16 UTC

On 10/07/2021 13:35, David Williams wrote:
> Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> writes:
>
>> The last word or two after the ticking clock is the state name.
>> I got 89%, pretty pleased with that.
>
> Did you mean this one?
>
> <https://www.sporcle.com/games/mhershfield/usa-in-greek>

No, I meant https://online.seterra.com/el/vgp/3003 , but yours works.

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Subject	Author
OT - Guess the American states in Greek!	Basil Jet
OT - Guess the American states in Greek!	David Williams
OT - Guess the American states in Greek!	Basil Jet