How well do you know the USA?

[1gobluedem]

Can you name all fifty states in ten minutes or less? I got 49 in about a minute and a half then spent almost two minutes trying to remember the 50th.

http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html -- GO!

[Call Me Wesley]

1. I missed 11.

:(

[Zuiderelle]

3. Judging from your profile, that's pretty darn good.

I'm sure that I couldn't name all the major cities in Switzerland off the top of my head.

[Call Me Wesley]

4. Oh, that's easy:

Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich

etc.

:evilgrin:

[Zuiderelle]

5. Poor Basel.

:cry:

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Basel?

Isn't that in Germany? (Ack, inside joke, sorry.) My neighbor is from Basel. :hi:

[Art_from_Ark]

56. I had some good friends from Basel

Thomas and Thomas. Maybe your wife told you about them :hi:

[Zuiderelle]

2. I did 49 in about 4 minutes, and couldn't for the life of me remember...

New Jersey. :o

Finally had to look at a map. You must type fast. :)

[dolo amber]

10. I did about the same, but I couldn't get Delaware

*hides from LynneSin :o*

Finally got it w/14 seconds left. :D

[Rhythm]

33. i did the same thing with Louisiana...

somehow i skipped straight from Missisiippi to texas

[dysfunctional press]

38. same here...i even grabbed my globe- but new jersey is right on a seam...

and i missed it.

[Kutjara]

53. It was Nebraska for me. Took me about five minute to remember that one.

[otherlander]

6. I missed four.

"You forgot: Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma"

[Taverner]

7. I got em all with 2:26 left to spare

But then again, Geography is one of my stronger skills.

The one that's hard for me is all the State Capitols.

[KitchenWitch]

8. I did all 50 in 2 minutes 40 seconds.

[realisticphish]

45. as fast as the song, right?

;)

[KitchenWitch]

57. Probably!

:rofl:

[billyskank]

66. Smartass.

[Richardo]

11. 10 *minutes*? Yes. Without a doubt.

I could probably do it in under two minutes.

I've been a geography nerd since I was 7 and asked for a globe for Christmas. (PS: I got it) :D

[Burma Jones]

12. I got them in a little over four minutes....

I do not type very fast.....

[azmouse]

13. I got all 50

but it was close. I almost forgot Wisconsin.

[Dukkha]

14. spelling and capitalization counts

so I couldn't do it. Also I typed Kentucky 5 times and it wouldn't accept it.

[KitchenWitch]

15. I did not capitlalize any of the states.

I got em all too.

[hfojvt]

22. There's only one Kentucky

Duh! You may have already had Kentucky on your list. I was afraid of getting Massachusets wrong.

[unpossibles]

26. I did until I remembered finally that it has two 't's at the end

and I did not capitalize and it accepted them.

[trackfan]

16. I got 50 with 7:43 left

[LisaM]

17. Nebraska and Nevada did me in

But in my defense, I don't think I WANTED to remember them.

[hfojvt]

18. 3.5 minutes. Tried alphabetical at first, then decided geographical

Almost forgot - Rhode Island

[KitchenWitch]

19. I went alphabetical - Now I have the damn song "Fifty Nifty United States" as an earworm!

x(

[hfojvt]

20. pretty darn fast for alphabetical

It was slowing me down. uhhh, are there any more A's? Uhh, are there any more B's? So I quit at Connecticut, and had already skipped California.

[ceile]

21. I forgot Maine.

[Richardo]

28. I forgot Poland.

Now I'll never be President. :cry:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. You suck.

:P

:hi:

[skygazer]

23. All 50 with 2:46 to spare

Took me a few minutes to realize I missed Michigan, though. I would have had a better time.

[SKKY]

24. I missed 5...

Delaware, New Jersey, Michigan, Utah, and Texas. :wtf:

[unpossibles]

25. I got 48 and stalled the last few minutes, brain farting

I almost forgot Texas..

But I forgot Illinois and Maryland

[bigwillq]

27. All 50 with 4:18 left

:bounce:

[billyskank]

29. I suck

I got:

Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

I forgot:

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia,
Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia,
Wisconsin

and yes, I've heard of all of them. :blush:

[billyskank]

30. And I had to google to find out how to spell "Massachusetts"

:banghead:

[fizzgig]

58. honey

it took me around 15 tries to spell massachusetts properly

[hfojvt]

40. all I got was

Essex, Lancashire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Southampton, Sussex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cheshire, and Oxfordshire

Mostly because they are also counties in Massachusets

[Maraya1969]

67. Oh that makes me feel better. I missed 16! Although I was in the middle of typing

ummmmm damn I can't ever remember what state I was typing when the time was up!!!!

I tried to go from the east coast to the west and I don't know that state song.

[Nicole]

31. I missed four of them.

Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin & Wyoming.

I kept getting the spelling of Massachusetts wrong, I completely forgot the other three.

Now I remember why I use MA when referring to that state Boston is in, I can't spell it. :P

[LSK]

32. missed 1 - Utah

[Twillig]

34. Connecticut was a bitch to spell.

I had the slowdowns on the Eastern states, and a panic attack on Connecticut. I did cheat on that at the end.

Also, the damn thing wouldn't take "R.I." as an answer. Funny, it's spelled that way on the map. :rofl: (J/K)

[Aristus]

35. DID IT!!! 50 states with 2 minutes, forty-five seconds to spare.

I RULE!!!! B-)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. I named them all with 5:31 left to spare!

No maps, no anything!

:woohoo:

[Broken_Hero]

39. bleh,

I missed one, an easy one....I got the first 40 or so in the first three minutes, and got it down to just one, with about 4 minutes left....I thought I had all of the NE ones, but the one I missed was easy...S. Carolina...:eyes:

[Shell Beau]

41. I tried this before and left out Indiana!!

Oops!! :)

[1gobluedem]

42. What is with all these people missing Michigan?

Don't you know it's the best state EVER? :shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

43. I got 49 of 'em fast

and then spent a few minutes trying to figure out which one I missed.

Fuckin' Oklahoma.

I got it with 58 seconds to spare.

If they'd filled in a map with the names, it would've taken me less than two minutes.

[Blue-Jay]

64. Way to go, Curly.

[VenusRising]

69. That's ok.

In Texas, they say Oklahoma is only on the map to stop Texas from falling into the Gulf.

[MonkeyFunk]

77. and i guess that goes to show

how dumb Texas is. (No offense to those of you in Austin).


Oklahoma can only help to save the rest of Amrica from Texas floating up and destroying us.

[Ptah]

44. I drew five blanks.

:cry:

I think if I did it again, I'd do better.

[XemaSab]

46. Of course... with 5:45 to spare

It would have been a minute less but I thought of Montana but failed to type it in when I thought of it. :P

[Ptah]

50. I'm guessing you could do the provinces of Canada, as well.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

51. Bring it on

:D

[Ptah]

54. I don't even know how many provinces there are.

And I suspect you know all the states of Mexico.

In other words, your birding has taken you much farther
than I will ever travel.

Good on you, XemaSab


:thumbsup:

[Initech]

47. I got 46 out of 50

[Bunny]

48. I got 50 with 6:15 left.

:woohoo:

[huskerlaw]

49. I did it with 3 minutes left

It took me FOREVER to remember Louisiana. Why, I have no idea.

Particularly since I was discussing a trip to New Orleans with my co-worker just about 15 minutes ago.

Doh.

[ironflange]

52. 4:41

Not bad for a Canuckistani. Ten provinces goes a lot faster.

[Little Wing]

55. Did it with 43 seconds to go. The state I live was the one I wrote last

duh

[Strawman]

59. Got all 50 but only had 1:50 left

The last two took me awhile because I didn't go in any order. The last one I got was Massachusetts and I'm wearing a UMass t-shirt. lol.

[emmadoggy]

60. I got 50 with 6:06 left...but

it would have been quicker if I could have properly spelled Massachusetts!! Couldn't get it right for the life of me and finally had to grab my map to get the spelling!! :crazy:

edited because I still can't spell it right!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. 2:01 to spare...

I'm a slow typist.

[gr8dane_daddy]

62. Missed four...

time to secede them from the union!

[Qanisqineq]

63. I did it with 3:01 to spare

almost forgot Wyoming and Indiana. Ugh. My soon to be separated husband is from Indiana, shoulda remembered that one.

[cboy4]

65. Fricken Maine!!

I am absolutely dizzy. :grr:

[youthere]

74. ROFL! I got 49 in about 3 minutes and finally got Maine when there were 9 seconds left.

Frickin'Maine indeed.

[VenusRising]

68. 50 w/ 4:38 left.

Not horrible for this time of the morning.

[Random_Australian]

70. Random_Australian! Me know Amurica well!

I know about 16 states. Meh. For what it's worth, I can't name very many provinces of China either.

[TOhioLiberal]

71. missed Wyoming...

...had trouble spelling Massachusetts and Connecticut. :shrug:

[auntAgonist]

72. I missed FOUR. all on the east coast

:(

aA
:hi:

[youthere]

73. I got them all with 9 seconds to spare.

I got 49 in three minutes and spent the rest of the time trying to remember Maine.

[Tektonik]

75. i did like 48 in 3 mins

then left my computer for a min and remembered the inconsequential states of Iowa and Wyoming :P

[bertha katzenengel]

76. Missed Nevada. That was frustrating. n/t

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

78. Got 'em all in 7:31...

   Took an unconscionably long time to get Maine, New Hampshire, and Michigan...