Name 50 US States in 10 Minutes

I did it in six minutes. Idaho was the last one I got.

Count me as another one with that damnable song memorized. Thanks, Mrs. Fleck! I hope you got a better wig in your retirement years.

All 50 in under a minute, thanks to the song (which I didn’t learn until I was in my 30s!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_HeLofy7IE (You can skip the first 45 seconds)

1.al
2.ak
3.ar
4.az
5.ca

7.cn

9.fl
10.ga
11.hi
12.id
13.il

15.in
16.ka
17.ky
18.la
19.me
20.ma
21.md
22.mo
23.ms
24.mn
25.mo
26.ne
27.nv
28.nc
29.nd
30.nm
31.nj
32.ny
33.nh
34.oh
35.ok
36.or
37.pa
38.ri
39.sc
40.sd
41.tn
42.tx
43.ut
44.vt
45.va
46.wi
47.wv
48.wa
49.wy
50.mi

took me about 4 minutes to type in 49…then i numbered them and then i realized if i forgot an M state…then i figured out it was michigan.

I usually do this visualizing a map, going northeast first:

Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Maryland
10. New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
15. South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
20. Ohio
21. Indiana
22. Michigan
23. Kentucky
24. Tennessee
25. Arkansas
26. Louisiana
27. Missouri
28. Iowa
29. Wisconsin
30. Minnesota
31. Texas
32. New Mexico
33. Arizona
34. California
35. Oregon
36. Washington
37. Hawai’i
38. Alaska
39. Idaho
40. Wyoming
41. Montana
42. North Dakota
43. South Dakota
44. Utah
45. Nevada
46. Colorado
47. Nebraska
48. Kansas
49. Oklahoma
50. Illinois, which I missed earlier.

Seven minutes.

I never learned that song, and from what people have said about it here, you are out of your mind if you think I’m clicking on that link!

Got 'em all, in about four and a half minutes.

The first time I played this game, several years ago, I missed Louisiana, though.

–Cliffy

They already have names but if I am going to name them…
Alaska becomes Corruptaland
Michigan…Gemini
Texas… Oilvania
Florida…Geezerville
California…Leftsylvania
New York…Egomania
Delaware…Creditssylvania
etc.

All but Alabama, Nevada and New Jersey in four and a half minutes.

1 Maine
2 New Hampshire
3 Vermont
4 Massachusetts
5 Rhode Island
6 Connecticut
7 New York
8 New Jersey
9 Pennsylvania
10 Maryland
11 Virginia
12 West Virginia
13 North Carolina
14 South Carolina
15 Georgia
16 Florida
17 Alabama
18 Mississippi
19 Tennessee
20 Kentucky
21 Ohio
22 Indiana
23 Michigan
24 Illinois
25 Wisconsin
26 Minnesota
27 North Dakota
28 South Dakota
29 Iowa
30 Nebraska
31 Oklahoma
32 Texas
33 Louisiana
34 Arkansas
35 New Mexico
36 Arizona
37 Nevada
38 Kansas
39 Colorado
40 Wyoming
41 Montana
42 Idaho
43 Washington
44 Oregon
45 California
46 Alaska
47 Hawaii
48 Missouri
49 Utah
50

I forgot about Delaware, which as was proven in a very old thread, isn’t really a state anyway. :wink:

Hah! I know all the presidents, and in order.

:: preens ::

Amateur. I know the Veeps, too. That and 50 cents won’t even get me a cup of coffee anymore.

Four minutes, 20 seconds. Got 'em all. Interesting to see the last few ones that I got, but had to briefly pause for:

Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri

The last one, a neighboring state, hung me up for about a full minute. I almost forgot my own state, at #38 on my list.

I went West-East in a somewhat boustrophedon style:

Alaska
Hawaii
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maine

About 4 minutes, though I misspelled Massachusetts.

Utah was the state that I missed.

I’m not worthy! :eek:

What, you couldn’t spare another five and half minutes out of your life to try and get them all? :slight_smile:

I couldn’t come up with Colorado, Wyoming, or Louisiana. Maybe I would’ve if I used all my remaining time (5 minutes), but probably not.

I can also name them all in about two minutes thanks to having learned the song in fifth grade chorus … BUT if someone interrupts me, I have to start all the back at the beginning, I can’t pick it up mid-way through the alphabet. Maddening!

Do you know the losers in the elections? Then loser VPs.