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[Kirian]

My apologies to the non-US residents; in this case, a US state is missing.  Here are fifteen, presented in alphabetical order; what do they have in common, and which single state is missing?

Note:  No statistics or demographics or, in fact, knowledge of the contents of the state, are necessary.

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South Carolina

Hint: Puerto Rico and American Samoa, which are not US states but territories, would otherwise be on the list.

[eHalcyon]

Is it Moat?

[GendoIkari]

Hint? Answer?

Does your note also include geography? Or could the location/position of the states still matter?

[DStu]

Non-US, but

Hawaii  ?


Edit: OK, it's wrong I think

[Ozle]

Is it Moat?

OI!!

[Kirian]

Hawaii is incorrect.  Geography, oddly, does not matter.

A further hint:  non-US residents are likely to have trouble because they don't know the state abbreviations.

[Ozle]

Washington

[Kirian]

Washington

No.  In fact, none of the four states starting with W are eligible even if their abbreviations were completely different.

[ConMan]

Hawaii is incorrect.  Geography, oddly, does not matter.

A further hint:  non-US residents are likely to have trouble because they don't know the state abbreviations.

Funnily enough I'd suspected this was the case, although I'd been thinking in a different direction.

[Ozle]

Yeah, i thought it was something to do with 2 letter acronyms, although Montana doesnt fit that anyway

[Kirian]

Yeah, i thought it was something to do with 2 letter acronyms, although Montana doesnt fit that anyway

If you are on the right track, then it's a hint that Montana only qualified recently, in the last ten years I believe.

[Kirian]

Hmmm... One more hint: Florida only got added to this list in the last two years or so... I don't remember if it was 2011 or 2012.

[yuma]

Necro - just found this. Took me a second, but thinking about Colorado and Alabama gave it away.


Alabama - AL - Aluminum
Arkansas - AR - Argon
California - CA - Calcium
Colorado - CO - Cobalt
Florida - FL - Flerovium
Indiana - IN - Indium
Louisiana - LA - Lanthanum
Maryland - MD - Mendelvium
Minnesota - MN - Manganese
Missouri - Mo - Molybdenum
Montana - MT - Meitnerium
Nebraska - NE - Neon
North Dakota - ND - Neodymium
Pennsylvania - PA - Protactinum
South Carolina - SC - Scandium

Hint: Puerto Rico - PR - Praseodymium and American Samoa - AS - Arscenic, which are not US states but territories, would otherwise be on the list.

GA is missing - Gallium

[Kirian]

Necro - just found this. Took me a second, but thinking about Colorado and Alabama gave it away.


Alabama - AL - Aluminum
Arkansas - AR - Argon
California - CA - Calcium
Colorado - CO - Cobalt
Florida - FL - Flerovium
Indiana - IN - Indium
Louisiana - LA - Lanthanum
Maryland - MD - Mendelvium
Minnesota - MN - Manganese
Missouri - Mo - Molybdenum
Montana - MT - Meitnerium
Nebraska - NE - Neon
North Dakota - ND - Neodymium
Pennsylvania - PA - Protactinum
South Carolina - SC - Scandium

Hint: Puerto Rico - PR - Praseodymium and American Samoa - AS - Arscenic, which are not US states but territories, would otherwise be on the list.

GA is missing - Gallium

Whoa, I'd totally forgotten about this.  You are correct!

[yuma]

Hooray!

I am pretty brilliant periodically...

[SirPeebles]

Hooray!

I am pretty brilliant periodically...

Sort of makes me wish Tables had solved this.

[Tables]

Hooray!

I am pretty brilliant periodically...

Sort of makes me wish Tables had solved this.

That's another one on the pile of 'random topics I've gotten mentioned in' I guess...