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Arizona

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State

The Resume

    (February 14, 1912- )
    48th state to join
    Nickname: Grand Canyon State
    Capital: Phoenix
    Size: 113,909 square miles (ranks 6th)
    Motto: God Enriches
    Bird: Cactus Wren
    Flower: Saguaro (Giant Cactus)
    Tree: Paloverde
    Song: Arizona

Why Arizona might be annoying:

    It became part of New Spain by the Spanish government (1598).
    Along with New Mexico, it became a province of Mexico (1821).
    Republican Governor Evan Mecham was impeached (February 5, 1988).
    The temperature reached 122ºF in Phoenix Arizona (June 26, 1990).
    Although Phoenix was scheduled to host the 1993 Super Bowl game, the NFL changed its mind, because Arizona does not honor Martin Luther King Day.
    They requested admission to the US in 1891 but it did not become a state until February 14, 1912.
    Several Latino and civil rights groups called for a boycott of the state after Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial immigration bill into law (April 2010).

Why Arizona might not be annoying:

    It was taken by the U.S. in the Mexican War, with the rest acquired via the Gadsden Purchase.
    Sights include the Grand Canyon, Coolidge Dam and the National Observatory at Kitt Peak.
    Cochise and Geronimo were born here.
    Actress Sandra Bernhard and jazz bassist Charles Mingus were born in Arizona.
    American war hero and presidential candidate John McCain is a Senator from Arizona.
    It is illegal to hunt camel in Arizona.
    One of the most advanced native american tribes ruled the Arizona territory.
    Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan friar, was the first white man to reach Arizona (1539).
    P Lowell discovered asteroid #793 and named it Arizona (April 9, 1907).
    They joined Kansas & Wisconsin to vote for female suffrage (November 5, 1912).
    The US oil company purchased the London Bridge to be erected in Arizona (April 18, 1968).
    They have an NFL football team named the Arizona Cardinals (1988- ), Originally from Chicago and St. Louis.
    They have an NBA basketball team named the Phoenix Suns (1968- )
    They have a Major League baseball team named the Arizona Diamondbacks (1998- )
    The Diamondbacks won a World Series (2001).
    They have an NHL hockey team named the Phoenix Coyotes (1996- )
    The former Winnipeg Jets, TV Shows like 'Alice,' 'The New Dick Van Dyke Show,' 'Johnny Ringo' and 'High Chaparral' were set in Arizona.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 142 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 150 Votes: 52.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 93 Votes: 55.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 65 Votes: 41.54% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 61 Votes: 47.54% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 30 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 63 Votes: 49.21% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 44 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 62 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 119 Votes: 51.26% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 84 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 735 Votes: 43.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 163 Votes: 47.85% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 250 Votes: 43.60% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 438 Votes: 48.86% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 719 Votes: 46.59% Annoying