# Can you name all 50 U.S. states in ten minutes or less? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984 "2011-07-06T02:50:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/121 "2011-07-09T00:49:21Z")
Funny how everyone, myself included, always goes from west to east on these things, never vice versa. Even when I’m naming the states from memory, with no map in front of me, I still go from west to east in the map in my mind. And the Great Plains states are always top to bottom despite my being from Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/122 "2011-07-09T01:58:09Z")
It took me 2:40. If I could type well, I would have been faster. I went in order from west to west and north to south, roughly. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/123 "2011-07-09T02:48:37Z")
I did it in 1:45 ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/124 "2011-07-09T03:12:31Z")
I did it in 2:55. I just sing the song in my head, though, maybe that’s cheating. I did it alphabetically. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/125 "2011-07-09T03:56:41Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Funny how everyone, myself included, always goes from west to east on these things, never vice versa. Even when I’m naming the states from memory, with no map in front of me, I still go from west to east in the map in my mind. And the Great Plains states are always top to bottom despite my being from Texas. I do it from east to west for the most part, though I did jump around a bit after getting most of the New England states. I couldn’t spell four of them and had to look them up. I can never remember how to spell Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984/126 "2011-07-09T11:27:34Z")
Brit here, did it with 1:07 to spare. I was staring for ages at a hole in the middle, before the word “Omaha” popped into my head. Omaha isn’t a state, I thought… aha, but Nebraska is! Sorry, Nebraskans. (Both of you.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-all-50-u-s-states-in-ten-minutes-or-less/587984.md?page=6)