Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

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Johnny Carwash wrote:Florida? I know it was sparsely populated until the early-mid 20th century.
Pretty gradual growth - a max of +4.

California would be first if not for a pretty big technicality...
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Is this going from zero to statehood?
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Sort of?
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West Virginia
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Texas?
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Texas is +8. Getting there.
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Virginia after Reconstruction?
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What year?
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1980
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Not 1980. I'll put wrong guess maps in spoilers.
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Pretty close though.
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1968
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One of Eisenhower's wins.

1956?
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1920?
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Not 1968 or 1956
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Not 1920
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Democrats in blue?
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Steve of phpBB wrote:Democrats in blue?

As always.
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Steve of phpBB wrote:Democrats in blue?

As always.
As always since 2000 anyway.

I'll guess 1924. I know very little about US history for the first half of the 20th century - and this map looks like it would be from that time. Although it's always tricky trying to see who won a state based on the geographical sizes of the counties won.
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1984
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Rex wrote:Not 1920
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The green is for the socialist Eugene T. Debs, who naturally was most popular in Texas. Image
OK, that's weird. Like one county over from me....kinda wanna read up on that.
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Steve of phpBB wrote:
Rex wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:Democrats in blue?

As always.
As always since 2000 anyway.

I'll guess 1924. I know very little about US history for the first half of the 20th century - and this map looks like it would be from that time. Although it's always tricky trying to see who won a state based on the geographical sizes of the counties won.
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duff wrote:1984
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Image That's what a 49-state blowout looks like.
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1976.
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DSafetyGuy wrote:1976.
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For a close election, this was a rather broad-based win.
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Because this is a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, I'll award Pruitt a half-star for guessing the right winner but the wrong year. This was the 1952 map.

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12 years later, the map looked like this.

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1928?

There can't be that many other options left where the Democrats took all of Georgia-Alabama-Mississippi, and not much else.
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1928 is when adding a Catholic to the race confused the solid south a little bit:
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Who won the 2015 Sports Emmy for "Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst"
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Ryan wrote:Who won the 2015 Sports Emmy for "Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst"
Simmons?
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Harold Reynolds.
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Who had the highest WAR of any position player in the American League in 1995?
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Johnny Carwash wrote:Who had the highest WAR of any position player in the American League in 1995?
Cal Ripken Jr?
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I think I know this, especially since it's you asking, but I'll wait a bit
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IT WAS JOHN VALENTIN!

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What team is responsible for 5 of the 10 most recent sets of teammates with 20 HR-20 SB seasons?
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I'm going to name a year. Your job is to name as many pitchers that got a win, loss, or save on today's date in that year as you can. You may post up to 10 total names and I'll count every correct answer. Winner gets a gift certificate to the ShrimPotato Corral. Post your lists here by 3:00 PM ET.

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Tom Browning
Danny Jackson
Greg Maddux
Mike Maddux
Lee Smith
John Franco
Dwight Gooden
Mike Scott
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Orel Hershiser
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Dennis Eckersley
Nolan Ryan
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Storm Davis
Dave Stewart
Bruce Hurst
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Will try to avoid duplicates and just come up with a "Hey, remember these guys?" list:

Mark Gubicza
Steve Bedrosian
Jesse Orosco
Dave Smith
Ron Darling
Frank Viola
Bob Welch
Tim Belcher
Jeff Reardon
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Dennis Martinez
Bruce Sutter
Roger McDowell
Frank Viola
Dave Stewart
Roger Clemens
Mario Soto
Randy Myers
Rob Dibble
Norm Charlton

Figured I would list all the Nasty Boys. Gotta hit one, right?
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