What do the following have in common?By the way, I may have neglected to mention it, but this list is complete.
Alabama • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Georgia • Indiana • Louisiana • Minnesota • Missouri • Nebraska • Pennsylvania • South Carolina
spoiler alert
Despite an error in the original puzzle, since corrected, Siegfried has submitted the correct solution (below).
I thought I had the answer to this, that these are the only US states whose standard two-letter postal abbreviation is also a chemical element symbol, i.e. Alabama=Al=Aluminium, Arkansas=Ar=Argon, California=Ca=Calcium, Colorado=Co=Cobalt, Georgia=Ga=Gallium, Indiana=In=Indium, Louisiana=La=Lanthanum, Minnesota=Mn=Manganese, Missouri=Mo=Molybdenum, Pennsylvania=Pa=Proctactinium, South Carolina=Sc=Scandium.
ReplyDeleteHowever Nevada doesn't fit the theory, because Nevada=Nv doesn't match any element. Nebraska=Ne=Neon would fit, which has me wondering if this is an error in the question since all the other items fit my theory. Or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely?
Correct solution submitted by Siegfried Hodgson.
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