But hat’s off for you, Lobsang. Outstanding first run at the states. You’ve done better than a great many Americans, I’d wager.
Okay. Now, the capitals!
The capital of Texas is T.
There are 2 Virginias. One of them is called “West Virginia” and the other one is simply called “Virginia”. They were originally one state. West Virginia split off to join the Union during the civil war and they’ve been two seperate states ever since.
You guys forgot the other states:
Confusion
Intoxication
Denial
Arousal
Sheer Panic
Antici-
(wait for it)
pation
Disrepair
you know, the ones we really live in.
What about the state of Insanity? I spend a bit of time there.
That’s another that’s not a state; it’s just The Cliffs.
And now, the fifty provinces of Spain, <torch song trilogy>which I did completely from memory…</torch>
Álava
Albacete
Alicante
Almería
Asturias
Ávila
Badajoz
Balears
Barcelona
Burgos
Cáceres
Cádiz
Cantabria
Castellón
Ciudad Real
Córdoba
A Coruña
Cuenca
Girona
Granada
Guadalajara
Guipúzcoa
Huelva
Huesca
Jaén
León
Lleida
Lugo
Madrid
Málaga
Murcia
Navarra
Ourense
Palencia
Las Palmas
Pontevedra
La Rioja
Salamanca
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Segovia
Sevilla
Soria
Tarragona
Teruel
Toledo
Valencia
Valladolid
Vizcaya
Zamora
Zaragoza
(checks) And I got them all right!
Alright, Lobsang, that was very impressive!
But, I just have to wonder, why Wichita? I mean, I can understand using a big city name as a state (there are a couple that are both), but Wichita?
Why, for the love of god. Please don’t tell me that Wichita is considered some sort of American Cultural Mecca!
montana
Bravo, matt_mcl!
:: claps ::
I’d say something about naming the provinces and territories of Canada, but there are only 13 of them, so it’s not nearly as impressive.
OTOH, for impressiveness, there’s always naming the states of India, Mexico, or Brazil, and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (and I have no idea what they’re called).
Hm. 51 seems right though. You know, with Canada being a new addition and all, people just forget about it…
I am, of course, JOKING!! :dubious:
Tally ho! tally ho! tally ho!
Are we on our way to Nottingham?
To Brittingham, to Buckingham?
Or any hammy hamlet by the sea?
No!
And now we’re on our way to Devonshire
To Lancashire to Worcestershire
The jolly old road that goes to Plymouth
Ho!
We’re merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Merrily on our way
To nowhere in particular
We’re merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Merrily on our way
Though the roads are perpendicular
We’re always in a hurry
We have no time to stall
We’ve got to be there!
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
County of London
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
applause
Okay, these lists are shorter, but for completeness’ sake:
Autonomous communities of Spain:
Andalusia (Seville)
Aragon (Zaragoza)
Asturias (Oviedo)
Balearic Islands (Palma de Mallorca)
Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas)
Cantabria (Santander)
Castile-La Mancha (Toledo)
Castile-Leon (Valladolid)
Catalonia (Barcelona)
Extremadura (Mérida)
Galicia (Santiago de Compostela)
Madrid (Madrid)
Murcia (Murcia)
Navarre (Pamplona)
La Rioja (Logroño)
Valencia (Valencia)
Provinces and territories of Canada, in order of joining Confederation (just to make it more challenging):
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec (original four)
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Yukon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nunavut
And why should Lobsang, when he was at school in England, have been taught the states of a foreign country?
Damn you, Shibb, I was going to have a go at the counties!
West Dakota
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Has anyone seen a CD of all the US state songs? I can’t find one.
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Yes, a good effort ShibbOleth, but I’m sorry to report that Huntingdonshire and Middlesex don’t officially exist any more.
Also, if you’re going to include West Midlands you’d have to add the other metropolitan counties – Avon, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cleveland, Tyne & Wear and Humberside. Yorkshire is divided into South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire; Sussex is divided into East and West; Herefordshire and Worcestershire are combined into “Hereford and Worcester” these days.
Personally I can only manage 49 US states every time I try to list them from memory, and for some reason it’s a different 49 every time.
Have another look at the list – there are two “Virginias” (Virginia and West Virginia).
That’s shocking, mate. As you’re from the north west you should know that Lancaster isn’t a county, it’s the county town of Lancashire. Birmingham’s a city too. Devon and Cornwall are next door to one another in the bottom left hand corner, although a few people would like Cornwall to be a separate country rather than just a county.
And now, something completely different… the twenty Italian regions! In Italian!
Valle d’Aosta
Piemonte
Lombardia
Veneto
Trentino-Alto Adige
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Liguria
Emilia-Romagna
Toscana
Umbria
Marche
Lazio
Abruzzi
Molise
Campania
Puglia
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicilia
Sardegna
Well, you did put in English shires, Canadian provinces and American states, right? 
I did a pub quiz on my own the other entirely because one of the questions was a map of the US and you had to name the states and get them in the right order.
In 15 minutes or so I named 45 of them and got 24 in the right place. Next best score was 7. I won enough money to make it a free night out 
I did one a long time ago for the English counties and scored 3 (Cornwall, Devon and Kent)