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Save Americans by Guessing U.S. States

Aliens have escaped from Area 51 and they want to kill everyone in United States! Fortunately, they've given you 45 seconds to save as many as you can. All you have to do is name a state to save everyone in it.
Each "answer" correct corresponds to 1 million people saved
States with fewer than 1 million people are rounded up
2019 U.S. Census estimates
Quiz by GeoPhilia
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Last updated: August 24, 2020
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First submittedMay 6, 2020
Times taken122,313
Average score49.7%
Rating4.53
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+178
Level ∞
Aug 24, 2020
For the record, the aliens decided to kill everyone in Washington D.C. regardless.
+46
Level 56
Sep 13, 2020
Do not forget to tell how many people you saved!

Also try it's other versions!

+6
Level 66
May 17, 2020
86%'s not bad
+5
Level 70
May 24, 2020
I saved 212,100,000 people. Haha without me USA would only have about 100 million people. I saved about 2/3 of the population in United States. I just made history!
+6
Level 66
Jun 25, 2020
Saved them all with 1 second to spare, could be better though.
+3
Level 56
Jun 26, 2020
Trump would be very happy hearing this! It is outstanding! btw, how many tries you took before saving all?
+4
Level 66
Jun 27, 2020
A lot to be honest, but mostly because it's harder without the map. I just did 42 seconds with a map, and can be pushed under 40, but on this quiz yeah it took me a lot of attempts :)
+1
Level 76
Aug 9, 2022
are there any abbreviations you use other than NJ, NH, and NYC? I haven't found any others, i'm stuck at 0:48
+7
Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
HAHA DC gets left behind. And Puerto RIco, Guam, etc.
+14
Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
You know you've wasted time when you guess something like Wyoming or Rhode Island
+9
Level 45
Jun 26, 2020
Meh. On this one I know I won't get them all, so I just type whatever pops in my mind. It could have included Wyoming if I remembered its existence more than 12 seconds a year...
+4
Level 85
Oct 8, 2020
Quality over quantity.
+2
Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
saved 47%
+2
Level 50
Jul 7, 2020
63%
+2
Level 28
Jul 13, 2020
Forgot about florida lol
+4
Level 41
Oct 8, 2020
Good. I'm Floridian too.
+2
Level 70
Jul 17, 2020
"All you have to do is name a country to save everyone in it."

shouldn't it be "state"?

+2
Level 56
Jul 17, 2020
Fixed.
+6
Level 89
Jul 18, 2020
Washington, D.C. is given up for lost immediately.
+11
Level 95
Aug 24, 2020
It's better this way.
+2
Level 39
Jan 31, 2023
I live in DC and I can say nothing of value was lost.
+2
Level 68
Jul 19, 2020
248,300,000 saved! It's harder on mobile. Great quiz, nominated!
+2
Level 63
Aug 3, 2020
saved 257 million people. I shouldn't have saved Florida nor Massachusetts though.
+10
Level 74
Aug 24, 2020
"Fast, save as many people as possible!!! Hawaii...no, bigger. Alaska...Wyoming!............Vermont!"
+5
Level 84
Aug 27, 2020
Haha, so true. Under time pressure, the brain acts like a dog exploring a new park.
+6
Level 84
Aug 24, 2020
The shorter the name of your state, the more likely I'll save you. I'm afraid I've got bad news for the good people of Boston.
+2
Level 84
Aug 27, 2020
Any two named states aside from the "New"s, sorry. Sorry Dakotas and West Virginia.

236 million saved for me.

+5
Level 56
Aug 31, 2020
Why did they have to take DC? Why not West Virginia?
+2
Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
91% of the time, they'll take both!
+2
Level 28
Sep 6, 2020
65% that is tough!
+2
Level 58
Sep 14, 2020
I typed Germany, upon realizing this wasn't going through I deleted it and re-typed it. bfewkbfrkfjbweqkmsfdkwbjhb
+2
Level 79
Oct 8, 2020
I got 278/330 first try!
+2
Level 59
Oct 8, 2020
Why would anyone save California?
+3
Level 68
Oct 10, 2020
I definitely had the same thought. (In all fairness, I do know some really great people from there.)
+4
Level 79
Oct 12, 2020
Because it has the largest population?
+2
Level 65
Oct 8, 2020
Managed 78%. Very frantic.
+2
Level 56
Oct 8, 2020
purposely didnt save California xd
+10
Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
good for you. Now whichever red state you're from is only 49th in the nation instead of 50th? That's progress.
+2
Level 78
Oct 8, 2020
Saved everyone except those from Virginia.
+5
Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
hey!
+3
Level 89
Oct 8, 2020
Well then I guess I'm dead.
+2
Level 65
Jan 25, 2022
EcceHomo: Killer of Virginians, slaughterer of Jetpunk Premium members.
+1
Level 78
May 13, 2023
Sorry guys.
+2
Level 48
Oct 8, 2020
I saved 129 million people first try
+2
Level 55
Oct 8, 2020
Nice work!
+3
Level 69
Oct 8, 2020
Maybe just have a straight 'save non-Trumpers', would be so much quicker and better for the world ;-)
+4
Level 89
Oct 8, 2020
I'd go for 'anti-maskers' instead.
+2
Level 75
Oct 8, 2020
Florida should have 0%
+5
Level 82
Oct 9, 2020
oh it's not that bad
+9
Level 41
Oct 8, 2020
To be honest with you, at this point us Americans don't deserve to live. I just let the 45 seconds go by without naming a single U.S State.
+2
Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
The aliens are pleased.
+2
Level 54
Oct 9, 2020
I only saved the states I know people in. Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Alaska, New York, West Virginia, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma, Arizona, Louisiana and Alabama. The rest of it can burn if you ask me😅
+1
Level 28
Jun 1, 2021
Yay, I’m not gonna burn.
+2
Level 59
Oct 9, 2020
I saved 300,000,000 people! My apologies to the good people of New York, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, and Hawaii. Nothing personal. =P
+1
Level 26
Sep 2, 2022
how did you miss new york? thats 20 million more people right there
+2
Level 66
Oct 10, 2020
another typing test
+2
Level 68
Oct 11, 2020
I like this quiz. Even though it's not real, and I know that, the idea of people dying if I can't type their state fast enough made it all the more urgent. Fun!
+3
Level 82
Oct 22, 2020
we appreciate the effort.
+2
Level 57
Oct 12, 2020
Could have done better, but I refused to save anyone in Texas.
+2
Level 63
Oct 16, 2020
I can't seem to do better than 262.
+5
Level 57
Oct 28, 2020
Must you Rickroll me?
+3
Level 55
Nov 5, 2020
We're no...
+1
Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
strangers to...
+1
Level 65
Jan 25, 2022
love...
+1
Level 59
Jun 7, 2023
you know..
+1
Level 61
Oct 31, 2023
the rules...
+1
Level 37
Nov 7, 2020
Can't believe I decided to save Michigan and therefor Detroit over California
+3
Level 49
Jan 5, 2021
I saved 205 mill people today, but noone is safe from rickrolling
+1
Level 50
Jan 12, 2021
I have decided to not save California as they are a liability to the states
+2
Level 67
Feb 28, 2021
I like how 42% of people bother to save 'Alaska'.
+1
Level 44
Apr 13, 2021
The aliens killed 74% of America 😞
+5
Level 76
May 14, 2021
Me planning ahead: okay I should do Texas, Florida, states with big populations but short names

Me during the quiz: uhhhhhhhhhhh how do I spell Connecticut

+1
Level 40
May 16, 2021
This piece of bull needs at least two minutes
+1
Level 25
May 26, 2021
Poor West Virginia, no more mountain mama
+1
Level 27
May 28, 2021
Nobody remembers John DENVER? He was the one who sang COUNTRY ROADS... you know... VIRGINIA and WEST VIRGINIA.... man that's sad. I saved a lot of the population or rather... some, but i got one small state and others were Big states. This is population related.
+1
Level 60
Jun 5, 2021
Exactly 50%
+1
Level 75
Jun 9, 2021
I saved 273 million people, I missed a big one though, New Jersey.
+2
Level 60
Jun 15, 2021
Lol who would want to save Americans?
+1
Level 60
May 9, 2022
With that attitude the 300 million Americans wouldn’t much care to save you if aliens ever decided to nuke your home
+1
Level 54
Jun 15, 2021
oops sorry georgia
+1
Level 68
Jul 18, 2021
I refuse to save California
+3
Level 70
Aug 16, 2021
Saved everybody with 1 second to spare. You're welcome America.
+1
Level 67
Sep 19, 2021
"0% of test takers also scored 100%" ....i'm not so sure that's true anymore :)
+1
Level 15
Sep 27, 2021
I only saved the fly over states that Hilary refused to go to.
+1
Level 68
Oct 14, 2021
Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine. Those are all of the states. Except you guys forgot one state. CANADA!
+1
Level 23
Nov 30, 2021
I like the idea of this kind of quiz, the only thing I really think is the downside of this quiz is the time given to complete it, I think more time should be given to complete this.
+1
Level 23
Dec 1, 2021
Update, I finally got 5 points >:D
+2
Level 54
Apr 11, 2022
0% saved, this ain't my problem :P
+1
Level 57
Jun 3, 2022
Save the Kittens too!!

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1484216/save-the-kittens

+1
Level 50
Jul 23, 2022
I was really excited to see another version but turns out it was a Rick Roll, at least the video didn’t play
+1
Level 74
Oct 2, 2022
Considering I made a choice not to save anyone in New York or California, my score was not going to be as high as it could have been.
+1
Level 64
Oct 19, 2022
I got 307!!!
+1
Level 42
Oct 30, 2022
Nobody save california plz
+1
Level 16
Nov 16, 2022
I saved California, Utah, Rhode island, Texas, Idaho, NJ, NH, Wyoming, Alaska, Florida, NY, Ohio, Oregon, Arizona, NM, Penn, Maine, Oklahoma but didnt save Hawaii or WV
+1
Level 66
Nov 27, 2022
263,000,000.
+1
Level 95
Jan 15, 2023
As usual, NYC, NJ, and NH helps a lot. And then sticking with large population states gets you on your way to 5 points. I even squeezed in Massachusetts!
+1
Level 32
Apr 28, 2023
Me: West Virginian

Everyone: You know the rules, and so do I... SAY GOODBYE!!

+1
Level 38
Jun 21, 2023
I forgot Florida somehow... I think they can fend for themselves though, right?
+1
Level 40
Aug 4, 2023
I saved 203 million people from aliens, Now I feel sorry for people from Georgia, Oregon, Minnesota, etc.
+1
Level 51
Dec 30, 2023
Why does nobody guess Tennessee?