Geography quiz
US states that start with a vowel
No names on the map: you have to know where each state is and how it is spelled. Click all 12 states whose name starts with a vowel; three wrong clicks end the round.
- Format
- Map quiz
- Items
- 12 on the map
- Limit
- 1:30
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.04
The rules as listed below.
- To find
- 12
- Out of
- 50 on the map
- Time limit
- 1:30
- Wrong clicks
- 3 end the round
- Click every place that fits the rule, in any order.
- Switch to Rule out (or press M) to hatch a place you have decided against. A ruled out place cannot be clicked by accident.
- A click counts for the place under it, so zoom in (pinch, or the zoom buttons) before picking a small one.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click every state whose name starts with a vowel.
RuleClick every state whose name starts with A, E, I, O or U.
Drawing the map
About this quiz
A spelling quiz on a blank map. 12 states fit the rule and 38 do not. You can mark a state as ruled out, and every state is listed with its verdict when the round ends.
- Alaska and Hawaii count, in their boxes at the lower left.
- A click counts for the state under it.
Sources
- [1]US Census Bureau. ANSI codes for states.
- [2]US Census Bureau. Cartographic Boundary Files.
Note on the data. The answers are computed from the spelling of each name on Ribbia's shared list; nothing was typed. The 50 states are those on the Census Bureau's state code list, leaving out the District of Columbia and the territories. The map is drawn from the Census Bureau's public domain cartographic boundary files, with Alaska and Hawaii moved and rescaled into the lower left corner.
Last checked October 4, 2026
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