What do you know about American Samoa? It’s in the South Pacific!! What do you want to know?
…and the HOST for American Samoa? Our one and only @jayasimha78 !!!
The currently posted articles
- “Football Island” American Samoa #StateChallenge @jayasimha78
- “Heart of Polynesia” American Samoa Fun Facts #StateChallenge @jayasimha78
There are a lot of good questions hidden in these posts! Time to study up! …and our weird laws and customs for America Samoa???
- It’s a crime to forget your wife’s birthday
- In a Samoan home, don’t talk to people while standing, and don’t eat while walking around a village.
- Avoid stretching your legs straight out in front of you while sitting. If you can’t fold them beneath you, then pull one of the floor mats over them.
- If you are driving through a village and spot a group of men sitting around a fale with their legs folded, it’s probably a gathering of matais to discuss business. It’s polite not to drive past the meeting place. If going past on foot, don’t carry a load on your shoulders or an open umbrella.
- If you arrive at a Samoan home during a prayer session, wait outside until the family is finished with its devotions. If you are already inside, you will be expected to share in the service. If you go to church, don’t wear flowers.
- Samoan tattoos are unique symbols representing an individual’s faith and family ties. They also communicate status or respect within a community. The process of getting a tatau is long and painful, making the act of getting one a deeper reflection of an individual’s devotion to the community.
- Many cultural events and even daily life are centered around food and feasts. Local cuisine includes a lot of coconut milk and cream. On Sunday mornings, many families cook on a Samoan umu, an above-ground stone oven. Staples such as breadfruit, taro, coconuts, bananas, fish, chicken, and pork all play a leading role in Samoan meals, the everyday and celebratory meals alike.
- For a wedding, Samoan couples do not expect gifts from their guests. Instead, they are the ones that give out the gifts, based on the social status of their guests. In Samoan culture, this gift-giving helps the couple instantly begin to establish themselves as a new family in their community.
Meeting Details |
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2021 URL: The meet-up URLs will only be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. - JOIN https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URL will be sent to you before the meet-up. - PROVIDE your Connect ID to validate that you are a Local Guide RSVP Link Time: WorldTimeBuddy link - New York EDT 11:30 AM |
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Articles | ALL Local Guides around the world are welcome to participate in the #StateChallenge!! Everyone is invited to participate, whether they have visited the state or country themselves, or are daydreaming about what the featured have to offer. If you write an article, make sure to link to it in the comments of this post AND put #StateChallenge in the title! - Submit your article by NOON Pacific Standard Time the day before the meet-up. - 500 words or less is best - Link your article in the comments so we can add it to the #StudyGuide More details of the challenge are here. |
Meet-up Format | To join the trivia game online during the meet-up, you will go to https://game.playfactile.com/join and then enter the pin number provided at meet-up time. …AND at the end of the game, there is a FINAL QUESTION. The point value of the final question is based on a wager that you make! - You will determine how much of your points you want to risk. - If you answer correctly, the wagered value will automatically be added to your score. - If you answer incorrectly, the wagered value will be manually subtracted from your score. - PREVIOUS WINNERS: All previous winners MUST wager at least the number of their handicap/deficit points. See table below. - WINNER(S): If a previous winner is the top winner, the next non-previous winner will ALSO be crowned. - EXAMPLE(S): - If you have 2000 points and your handicap is 600, then your minimum wager is 600. - If you have 2000 points and you wagered 2000, and you answered correctly, you would have 4000 points at the end. - If you have 2000 points and you wagered 2000, and you answered incorrectly, you would have ZERO points at the end. - This approach enables previous winners a way to win AND new players to win as well! How do you participate? Here’s a How-to Guide! Thanks to @AdrianLunsong! |
In an effort to make sure that all attendees have a chance to become the KING/QUEEN of the featured state, we have decided to give all former Trivia Kings and Queens a deficit of “-200” points for each time they have previously won 1st place.
- This should give those who haven’t won before a better chance
- Provide some additional challenge to those who have won before
Here are our previous winners and their current deficits.
Winners | 2020 | 2021 | Grand Total | Deficit | |
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@abhishekpatk | 1 | 1 | 200 | Amritsar, India (45) |
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@AdrianLunsong | 1 | 1 | 200 | Indiana (4) | |
@AnshukMitra | 2 | 2 | 400 | Gujarat, India (30) - Nebraska (38) |
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@Arati | 1 | 1 | 200 | Minnesota (44) | |
@Erna_LaBeau | 2 | 2 | 4 | 800 | Montana (2) - North Carolina (9) - Mississippi (32) - Rajasthan, India (43) |
@FalguniP | 1 | 1 | 200 | Maryland (35) | |
@jayasimha78 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1400 | Arizona (5) - California (7) - Georgia (10) - New York (12) - Alaska (17) - Texas (17 Bingo) - Alabama (26) - Tennessee (31) - Oregon (34) |
@JordanSB | 2 | 2 | 4 | 800 | Maine (1) - New York (12) - Texas (24) - Arkansas (29) |
@Kashifmisidia | 2 | 2 | 400 | Florida (8) - Missouri (6) - Texas (24 Bingo) |
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@KhurramKSK | 1 | 1 | 200 | Sindh (20) | |
@Melissa_Langlois | 1 | 1 | 200 | Vermont (14) | |
@NareshDarji | 5 | 5 | 1000 | Washington (28) - Mumbai (33) - Oregon (34) - Colorado (36) - Karnataka, India (39) - Amritsar, India (45) |
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@PeteMHW | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1000 | 4th of July (3) - Massachusetts (11) - Washington DC (21) - Guam (25) - South Dakota (27) |
@RosyKohli | 3 | 3 | 600 | Hawaii (40) - Ohio (42) - Minnesota (44) |
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@SalmaanN | 1 | 1 | 200 | Kerala, India (41) |
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@SilvyC | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1200 | Michigan (13) - Connecticut (15) - US Virgin Islands (16) - Halloween (18) - Illinois (19) - Christmas (23 Bingo) |
@Tushar_Suradkar | 1 | 1 | 200 | Kansas (22 Bingo) |
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@Velvel | 1 | 1 | 200 | Indonesia (37) | |
Grand Total | 22 | 25 | 47 |
How is your home country doing in the challenge?
Winner Home Country | 2020 | 2021 | Grand Total |
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Argentina | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Canada | 1 | 1 | |
India | 1 | 14 | 15 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | |
Pakistan | 3 | 3 | |
UK | 4 | 2 | 6 |
USA | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Grand Total | 22 | 25 | 47 |
_**Previous week trivia game - The Amritsar, India winner was @NareshDarji and @abhishekpatk **!!! The co-host for this meet-up was @RosyKohli _. The meet-up was run by @jayasimha78 and @Denise_Barlock
Photos courtesy of @RosyKohli and @SilvyC and @NareshDarji
Amritsar, India Photo album link!
What is our #StateChallenge meet-up schedule for the next couple of months?
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State |
Meet-up date |
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46 | American Samoa (US Territory) - Guest Host - @jayasimha78 | June 26, 2021 |
47 | Punjab, Pakistan - Host - @KashifMisidia #WorldChallenge | July 10, 2021 |
48 | Happy Birthday, Connect and Local Guides!!! 11:30am NY - Guest Host - @JaneBurunina 3:00pm NY - Guest Host - @SilvyC / @Cecilita (in Spanish) 8:00pm NY - Guest Host - @PennyChristie |
July 17, 2021 |
49 | South Sulawesi, Indonesia - Host @Velvel #WorldChallenge | July 24, 2021 |
50 | Save our Oceans - Guest Host - @Erna_LaBeau #AwarenessChallenge |
July 31, 2021 |
51 | Buenos Aires, Argentina - Host - @SilvyC #WorldChallenge #CityChallenge | August 7, 2021 |
52 | State to be determined - Guest Host - @JaneBurunina | August 14, 2021 |
Would you like to help? We’d love help with creating the questions!!! If you are willing… please send me 5 to 10 questions via private message with the correct answer along with 3 wrong answers. Maybe one or more of your questions will be on the Trivia Quiz!!! Please send any you created by mid-day Friday. Any help would be appreciated!!!
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ALL meet-up URLs will ONLY be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. If you want to attend a #StateChallenge meet-up, you MUST join https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URLs will be posted. To be approved as a member of the group, you MUST provide either your Connect ID, Connect Profile URL, or Google Maps Profile URL to validate that you are a Local Guide. Thank you
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The #StateChallenge is c****urrently being run by @jayasimha78 and @Denise_Barlock .
- It was originally organized by @Kwiksatik and @Denise_Barlock. If you want to find out more, check out this post.
- You can also find other submissions by searching the #StateChallenge hashtag