State geography puzzle game

[Wolfpack]

In the spirit of everyone doing all these play-on-words games, I'll do one for states. Many will be easy, some won't.

1) Dry area Arizona
2) Ted Stryker's problem when trying to drink Mississippi
3) Colossal, yet isolated Rhode Island
4) Replaces a torn one New Jersey
5) Lamb owner's domain Maryland
6) Puking one's guts out because of a loud concert Illinois
7) Tapped mine Oregon
8) A six-ounce can of Coke Minnesota
9) Iced tea Louisiana
10) Advice from someone regarding farming tough earth Idaho
11) Happens in a prison laundry Washington
12) Something a bulldog says
13) Program start Maine
14) R.'s a lumberjack Arkansas
15) A boy scout in Utah in 1912 Indiana
16) Illinois town's landward boundary North Carolina
17) Wild, yet pure West Virginia
18) Paging Stewart
19) Yes, in St. Petersburg Nevada
20) Same as the republic Georgia
21) Off to work I go Iowa
22) It's in the water Florida
23) Torchbearer New York
24) Lost a pirate somewhere
25) Bishop's comment about mushrooms

[SplitPersonality1]

Here are two easy ones.

1) Dry area - Arid Zona - Arizona
15) A boy scout in Utah in 1912 - Indiana (from Indiana Jones)

[Wolfpack]

Here are two easy ones.

1) Dry area - Arid Zona - Arizona
15) A boy scout in Utah in 1912 - Indiana (from Indiana Jones)

Bingo. Two down. I was aiming for something a little more obscure than saying "Henry, the Professor" but you picked it up pretty quick.

[MJ4H]

nm

[Wolfpack]

nm

Apt description, but not correct in this instance.

[Huckleberry]

In the spirit of everyone doing all these play-on-words games, I'll do one for states. Many will be easy, some won't.

2) Ted Stryker's problem when trying to drink

Mississippi? He would miss his mouth completely with the beverage.

[TazFTW]

3) Colossal, yet isolated

Alaska?

4) Replaces a torn one


a New Jersey

[mordhiem]

21) Off to work I go


Ohio.

[Wolfpack]

Mississippi? He would miss his mouth completely with the beverage.

Right. "Mis-sip" is what I was going for.

[Wolfpack]

Alaska?



a New Jersey

No and yes.

[Wolfpack]

Ohio.

No, sorry.

[TazFTW]

17) Wild, yet pure

West Virginia


19) Yes, in St. Petersburg

Da is yes in St. Petersburg Russia, so it's one (or both) of the Dakotas

[Wolfpack]

West Virginia




Da is yes in St. Petersburg Russia, so it's one (or both) of the Dakotas

Good on the first, getting there on the second.

[TazFTW]

8) A six-ounce can of Coke

Mini Soda Minnesota

11) Happens in a prison laundry

Washington

12) Something a bulldog says

bArkansas?

[TazFTW]

dola

5) Lamb owner's domain

Mary's land Maryland

[Wolfpack]

Three out of four ain't bad. Missed on (12).

[Buzzbee]

Tapped mine

Oregon

[Buzzbee]

Advice from someone regarding farming tough earth

Idaho?

*groan*

[Raven Hawk]

R.'s a lumberjack = Arkansas

[henry296]

Yes, In St. Petersburg

Flori-DA

[Buzzbee]

Off to work I go


Iowa

Bad bumper sticker --> I owe, I owe. It's off to work I go.

[Bad-example]

3) Colossal, yet isolated

Sounds like Alaska

Nevermind, I didn't see that had been guessed already.

[Wolfpack]

Buzzbee goes three for three on Oregon, Idaho, and Iowa.

Raven Hawk is right on Arkansas.

henry and bad-example miss. (Alaska is still not the right answer.)

I admit I was scraping around a bit on Idaho. I thought of more tasteless ways to do it, but passed.

[Raven Hawk]

Puking one's guts out because of a loud concert

Illinois

(Ill-a-noise)

[Wolfpack]

Puking one's guts out because of a loud concert

Illinois

(Ill-a-noise)

Another for Raven Hawk. (but who's keeping count, right?) :p

[MJ4H]

#13 Program start

New Jersey?

EDIT - DOH

[MJ4H]

#3 Collosal, yes isoltaed

Rhode Island?

[Wolfpack]

#3 Collosal, yes isoltaed

Rhode Island?

Ding! Ding! Ding! Thank you for thinking outside the box. :)

[Wolfpack]

14 down, 11 to go. How long should I wait before dropping more hints?

[QuikSand]

20) Same as the republic

Georgia?

[Wolfpack]

20) Same as the republic

Georgia?

Yes. I had to think about this clue for a bit because I didn't want to make it overly obvious.

[pennywisesb]

9) Arizona? (iced tea)

[Passacaglia]

23) Torchbearer

New York?

[pennywisesb]

9) Arizona? (iced tea)
my bad, i guess arizona was already another #

[MJ4H]

#13 Program start

Maine?

[Passacaglia]

ooh, nice one Matt.

[TazFTW]

22) It's in the water

Florida (fluorine is in tap water)

25) Bishop's comment about mushrooms

Missouri? (misery)

[Wolfpack]

Passacaglia gets NY, MattJones gets Maine, and Taz gets Florida.

[Wolfpack]

I believe these are the ones that are left....

9) Iced tea Louisiana
12) Something a bulldog says
16) Illinois town's landward boundary North Carolina
18) Paging Stewart
19) Yes, in St. Petersburg Nevada
24) Lost a pirate somewhere
25) Bishop's comment about mushrooms

[ScottVib]

19.) South Dakota?

[TazFTW]

24) Lost a pirate somewhere

Only thing I could think of was Roberto Clemente and thus Pennsylvania.

[Huckleberry]

Iced tea - Louisiana (Luzianne)

[Wolfpack]

Only Huckleberry is right of the most recent answers.

I'm contemplating additional hints. Are they warranted?

[Huckleberry]

19. Nevada?

[Raven Hawk]

18. Paging Stewart - Kansas (Can Sass?) i.e. Stewart's Character on MADTV

[cuervo72]

Only thing I could think of was Roberto Clemente and thus Pennsylvania.

"Bill's Television" would be a good clue for Pennsylvania...

[Alf]

19 - North Dakota

[Wolfpack]

Huckleberry finally relieves everyone of the burden of 19. The Neva River flows through St. Petersburg, so it's "Neva-Da". The St. Petersburg piece of the clue was crucial there, as it was more specific than Russia as a whole.

Raven Hawk misses and Alf misses by default.

[Wolfpack]

Dola...

Five to go and these seem to be the jawbreakers of the group.

[Wolfpack]

Double-dola...

I also note that no one's even taken a cut at (16).

[Wolfpack]

I've decided to release some hints:

12) Something a bulldog says (capitalize a word)
16) Illinois town's landward boundary (a city in Egypt) North Carolina
18) Paging Stewart (a hunter had done this but has stopped now)
24) Lost a pirate somewhere (pirate sounds)
25) Bishop's comment about mushrooms (clouds)

[Radii]

<i>16) Illinois town's landward boundary (a city in Egypt)</i>

Cairo, IL - Kentucky.

[Wolfpack]

You've got the town, so it's a start. :)

[sterlingice]

16) Illinois town's landward boundary (a city in Egypt)

Cairo, IL - Kentucky.
Cairo + line = Carolina, but which one?

SI

[Wolfpack]

Oh, this one's all over the flag stick, but will it stop near the hole?

[Radii]

the egyptian cairo has the medeterrian to the north, so land to the south...

south carolina?

[Abe Sargent]

Just saw this, so I'd like to take a stab:

18). Michigan?

-Anxiety

[Wolfpack]

Unfortunately, I must give away one answer here.

Radii: you are forgetting the original clue.

As for anxiety's guess, no that's not right.

[sterlingice]

Unfortunately, I must give away one answer here.

Radii: you are forgetting the original clue.

As for anxiety's guess, no that's not right. http://image.maps.yahoo.com/mapimage?MAPData=n5n4A_hyzy1y2BCl9RFFdVudPlzoNaXW4mL7jRXcwJEUpzKQDkww4SAWfVL3R976LaayLOD8183fJeejudoANbEfDT5zUoy6NXxWSx44Brgz2OZ7zeObzmvINU5O.7EV (http://image.maps.yahoo.com/mapimage?MAPData=n5n4A_hyzy1y2BCl9RFFdVudPlzoNaXW4mL7jRXcwJEUpzKQDkww4SAWfVL3R976LaayLOD8183fJeejudoANbEfDT5zUoy6NXxWSx44Brgz2OZ7zeObzmvINU5O.7EV)

I guess that would make it North Carolina.

SI

[Radii]

ohhhh. I knew the mississippi was to the west. That's why I went with kentucky. I didn't realize there was a river locking it up in 3 directions. We got there slowly on that one, but I think(hope!) that we're there now.

[sterlingice]

He hasn't said it, but if it's not South Carolina, well, that only leaves one of them ;)

So, time to start on another:

24) Lost a pirate somewhere (pirate sounds)

ARRRR?

EDIT: I'd be tempted to say this was Oregon (ARR + Gone) but that's already been used.

SI

[Wolfpack]

Yes, it is North Carolina. I threw in the landward thing to make it specific to NC. Since it is surrounded on three sides by water, riverine boundary wouldn't work, thogh I don't know that many people knew it was bounded on three sides and not just the southern side.

As for the last guess, sterling's picked up the hint and no, it's not Oregon. Now it becomes interesting to see if anyone can deduce the correct state from there.

[Wolfpack]

bumping to see if there's an more interest in finishing this...

[Wolfpack]

I guess not. So, I'll reveal the remaining ones:

12) Something a bulldog says (capitalize a word)
*Here, capitalize "bulldog", so it becomes Georgia Bulldogs. What do Bulldog fans think of Georgia Tech? "Tech sucks."-->Texas

18) Paging Stewart (a hunter had done this but has stopped now)
The hunter in question is Rachel Hunter. She is paging former husband rod. Paging can be "calling" so, here Rachel is "calling Rod."-->Colorado

24) Lost a pirate somewhere (pirate sounds)
*SI got the hint about the pirate sound ("Arr"). A state starts with the pirate sound, "Arr"-kansas. Lose the pirate and you are left with-->Kansas.

25) Bishop's comment about mushrooms (clouds)
*This was a reference to the movie "Aliens" (which coincidentally was on TNT this weekend). Obviously, if you are familiar at all with the Alien movies, you'd know of a character named Bishop, an android. Towards the end of the movie as the human station on the planet surface is about to explode, he describes the mushroom cloud's eventual size from the coming explosion. It was going to be the size of-->Nebraska.

Thanks to everyone who participated and indulged my creative efforts.

[sterlingice]

Now those were some bad puns :)

SI

[Wolfpack]

Thanks. I tried to make them as wretched as possible for your enjoyment. ;)