50 States in 10 Minutes
Occasionally during downtime on a particularly slow photo shoot, I’ve played this game with my assistants. Everyone takes out a piece of paper, and numbers it from 1 to 50. Then you get 10 minutes to write down every state you can remember. Finally, you compare it to the master list and see who got the most answers. 10 minutes seems like more than enough time to remember a list of 50 items, right? And yet somehow I’ve never managed to get more than 48 of them.
Well, you don’t need to get out a piece of paper or a timer. I’ve put together an on-line version of this game. It’s a bit low-tech [see update below for high-tech version], but it works.
Have a go at it and then post your score in the comments.
Update: Thanks to reader Erik Wannebo, we now have a nifty interactive version which keeps track of your progress as you go and tallies your score for you. Check it out!
Comments
47! Man, I was so sure I’d get to 50.
Got locked up on Alabama, New Hampshire and Oklahoma. Ugh.
Posted by: Atom Robinson | February 27, 2007 12:56 PM
got all 50 with just over 3:31 remaining. We learned a song in 5th grade that I can remember enough of to get me through the states alphabetically to Ohio. It gets sketchy after that. It took me a couple minutes to remember Virginia and West Virginia. Those were my last two.
Posted by: Adam Bomb | February 27, 2007 12:59 PM
Got 50. The first 46 took ~2:30. I worked from Maine down the East Coast, then around the Appalachians, up the Mississippi, then west, and finally back into the inland West.
I started to lose track of states. It took another ~4:30 to figure out which ones I was missing: Oregon, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Nebraska.
I dropped Oregon and Minnesota because I was rushing. I had trouble with Arkansas and Nebraska because I’m just not as sure how the middle of the country lines up. I’m from the Northeast.
It would be interesting to look at patterns of how people name states.
Posted by: David Ramos | February 27, 2007 1:05 PM
Would be nice to have an “I’m Finished!” button.
I got 50 out of 50 with about 3 minutes to go (but I spelled Pennsylvania as ‘pennsulvania,’ unh!)
Interesting how the thought process works on something like this. I live in Alaska, so I worked my way west to east. Helped that I’ve lived on the east coast and have driven across the country several times.
I got stuck on 49… I was sure I was missing a New England state. Turns out it was Missouri. I realized that only after letting my mind wander a bit. Other than that, only Deleware came close to tripping me up.
Posted by: Arlo | February 27, 2007 1:28 PM
Got all 50 with 6:30 remaining.
Took a while to get the spelling right.
From the children’s song..
Posted by: powl | February 27, 2007 1:32 PM
D’oh… Arizona and Maine! Damn you!
Posted by: Luke Andrews | February 27, 2007 1:35 PM
Done with almost five minutes to spare. Last one was Arizona—and I used to live there!
Posted by: Kate | February 27, 2007 1:49 PM
50, with about 5:30 left. Got 49 almost as fast as I could type, then spent a lot of time figuring out which one I’d missed (Louisiana).
Posted by: Tim W. | February 27, 2007 2:07 PM
49 in 5 minutes, never got Delaware
Posted by: rob | February 27, 2007 2:17 PM
Got them all with 8:00 left. I have never been able to get that damned “50 Nifty United States” song that everyone on my generation had to learn in fifth grade out of my brain so I guess I will go to the grave being able to recite all 50 states.
Posted by: Gar | February 27, 2007 2:29 PM
I finished in 2:30 minutes. But then, I used to count the states and their capitals to go to sleep at night, so I guess you could say I’ve been practicing my whole life for this quiz.
Posted by: Chris Magyar | February 27, 2007 2:44 PM
All 4 in 8 mins!
Posted by: jamesdamian | February 27, 2007 2:44 PM
I got all 50, but it was surprisingly hard. Got to 45 in about 5 minutes (hampered mostly by my poor typing speed), and then didn’t get the last one (Alabama!) until there were about 13 seconds on the clock.
Posted by: Keith | February 27, 2007 2:57 PM
i got 46 before my time ran out, d’oh. i missed mississippi, nebraska, massachusetts, and vermont. arg! ;)
Posted by: rachael | February 27, 2007 3:08 PM
Got 49 in the first 5 minutes, and then no more…DAMN YOU UTAH!
Posted by: John | February 27, 2007 3:15 PM
Yeah, 50 Nifty United States rocks my world. It’s a great parlor trick, though.
Posted by: Michael Hessling | February 27, 2007 3:20 PM
Got all 50 with well over 5 minutes to go, but the ones I got stuck on for a bit where North & South Dakota. Weird. I went down the East coast, across the Gulf, up from Arkansas, over to the “Square States” up the West coast then back across the top of the country. I can only remember up to Delaware from 50 Nifty…
Posted by: MMJ | February 27, 2007 3:27 PM
Got all 50 with about 2 minutes left. I had 48 done in about 4 minutes. The last two to come to me were Nebraska and finally Wisconsin.
(Oh, and they were all spelled correctly too!)
Posted by: Ben Thoma | February 27, 2007 3:39 PM
Got 20. But then, I’m not a citizen of the US :-)
Posted by: Leonardo Herrera | February 27, 2007 3:53 PM
Took me 3 minutes to get the first 47. Never got the last three: Michigan, Vermont, and Deleware. Kept double-thinking myself. Very distracted this morning despite taking my pills, as evidenced by the almost complete lack of order on the states. I did the A’s alphabetically because that’s all I could remember of a chant I taught myself ages ago. Then I started roughly geographically west-to-east, but I didn’t get past New Mexico before getting distracted. After that it was a random hodge-podge of starting to fill in a region, then getting distracted by other connections (grouping the north-south states, the remaining “new” states, etc.)
I was so convinced that I was missing some great plains states that I refused to allow myself to check to see if I had all 13 of the original colonies.
I also kept distracting myself with potential gags or studies one could perform with a similar “game”. If the game was recording entries, it could be used to see which states were most often misspelled, which were most often forgotten together (I imagine nobody gets West Virginia, but not Virginia), or what order people chose. Also, if you hid a double number at a line break (e.g. a “12.” at the bottom of one line and the top of the next line) you could drive people absolutely bonkers for a few minutes trying to find the last state. I stopped myself short of checking to see if that was the case, but such ideas came more easily than the names of the three remaining states themselves.
Posted by: Erik | February 27, 2007 4:02 PM
All 50! In 3 mintues!! yay! I also learned Fifty Nifty in school. You’d be surprised how many bets i’ve won with “I bet you I can name all 50 states…in alphabetical order” Gets them everytime!
Posted by: RebeccaB | February 27, 2007 4:28 PM
LOVE this! I play this game all the time. I got all 50 in 5 minutes (probably because I’ve played often and have a strategy now).
Posted by: kat | February 27, 2007 5:04 PM
Got ‘em all with 6:39 left.
I start in Maine, go down the Eastern seaboard, do the mid-Atlantic and midwest, and then kind of do the west in a big circle. I also make sure and put down states that I know I often forget (Missouri! West Virginia!) as soon as they cross my mind.
Posted by: Steve Lawson | February 27, 2007 5:11 PM
got all 50 — first 46 in about 3 mins, then utah and Louisiana in the next 3, then with about 3 mins left got Nebraska and Missouri.
thanks this was fun! I was thinking after i started… 50 no problem i’m at 40 something with 7 mins… then at about 4 mins left i was sorta stricken with the potential embarassment of my hubris. luckily i pulled it out.
Posted by: mark | February 27, 2007 5:26 PM
Blast! I forgot Arizona, Wisconsin, and Louisiana.
Posted by: Bucky | February 27, 2007 5:31 PM
50 in 4:33. Southeast to Northwest, had to come back for Kentucky.
Posted by: James M | February 27, 2007 5:54 PM
Got stuck with 48 and two minutes to go. Then it came to me: Nevada. Mississippi. The last one with just 27 seconds left. Whew. Close one there. My hands are shaking. Need a smoke. But feeling pretty sharp. Yep. Still got it.
Posted by: Max Power | February 27, 2007 5:56 PM
I got to 44 as fast as I could type them out and I sat there for a minute. Then, Nevada, New Jersey, Utah and Missouri all came in a flash. I remembered Michigan at about the 5:00 mark. And it took another 60 seconds or so to realize I’d left out Nebraska.
Posted by: tRJ | February 27, 2007 5:58 PM
I got a 46 but overall a lot people did pretty well.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 27, 2007 7:38 PM
So much fun even though I was embarassingly at a loss for maryland, nebraska, ohio, oklahoma, and utah.
But 10 minutes is much longer than necessary. I’d gotten all I could think of when on the spot by 5:00.
Posted by: lauren | February 27, 2007 7:39 PM
I’ve tried this before, and I’m absolutely terrible… I can never seem to name all 50, even if I have hours.
It reminds me of the episode of Friends when Ross won’t eat Thanksgiving dinner until he can name all 50. Haha.
Posted by: Allie | February 27, 2007 7:58 PM
I missed 3. Missouri, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. Three states I now hate with the searing passion of a hundred suns.
Posted by: dvg | February 27, 2007 8:14 PM
46 in 9 minutes - well 4 minutes for 44 then 5 more for the last two - all but Wyoming, Wisconsin, West Virginia (W problems apparently…) and Nebraska.
I seriously did not know there was a West Virginia. But I’m Canadian so I’ll use that excuse.
Posted by: Mike | February 27, 2007 8:43 PM
50 states in 3:23. If only I could type faster.
Posted by: Othemts | February 27, 2007 8:58 PM
I am officially annexing Utah and Kansas… sorry guys.
Posted by: Nate T. | February 27, 2007 9:22 PM
Got 47 in two minutes, 2 more (Missouri and West Virginia) after another three. And then stumped. Never did figure out Massachusetts. Even asked the girlfriend to help with only four minutes to go, and she couldn’t get it. How is this possible?
Posted by: YLlama | February 27, 2007 10:17 PM
I had a coworker that did this to stay awake in meetings.
I thought I had it in 5:21, but I had counted Colorado and Arkansas twice and missed Minnesota and Oklahoma.
I’ll beat this yet.
Posted by: yellojkt | February 27, 2007 10:18 PM
42…all the states in middle just a blur.
Posted by: jhayne | February 27, 2007 11:58 PM
Got 49 - I forgot about Louisiana! (Maybe there’s a place for me in the gov’t.)
Posted by: ken | February 28, 2007 12:37 AM
I got 49/50, forgetting only Iowa. I always did get muddled in that section of the “fifty nifty” states song from elementary school.
Posted by: sarae | February 28, 2007 12:47 AM
I got all 50 in about 2:30. I, too, have “Fifty Nifty United States” permanently ingrained in my consciousness. “Scout ‘em, shout ‘em, tell all about ‘em, one by one till weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiEEEEEEEEEEEE make it stop!” Ahem. I wonder how many of us could name the 13 original colonies referenced in the song. I can’t.
I would have had all 50 in about two minutes except that I forgot to include Illinois in my alphabetical list (and I was born there); had to go back and see what I’d missed. Blast.
Posted by: MarkDM | February 28, 2007 12:58 AM
Oh, and sarae, I blame the song for your forgetting Iowa. In “Fifty Nifty,” it’s pronounced “Ioway,” which isn’t even a real word, much less the name of a state.
Posted by: MarkDM | February 28, 2007 1:01 AM
I got 49 with 7:05 left, and it took me another 6 minutes to remember New Jersey.
Posted by: Fred | February 28, 2007 1:01 AM
I only forgot New York.
Posted by: Paul | February 28, 2007 1:48 AM
47; I missed Delaware, Colorado, and Maryland.
Posted by: jacob | February 28, 2007 4:18 AM
49 of 50. I had the 49 done with 7 minutes to go and I had to wait it out for the missing state: Wisconsin.
I went systematically state by state starting at Washington. I don’t know how you could do it if you don’t do it methodically.
Lousy Wisconsin.
Posted by: Bill | February 28, 2007 8:38 AM
47 in 2:30, Utah a couple minutes later, complete blank on the Carolinas.
Posted by: Randy | February 28, 2007 9:37 AM
49. Missed New Hampshire, even with all the talk of the upcoming primaries.
And I almost forgot New Jersey, which is only about three miles from where I’m sitting.
Assuming people are being honest, I’d love to know which states are the most easily forgotten.
Posted by: Adam | February 28, 2007 10:34 AM
I also learned a song…but it’s the states set to “Turkey in the Straw.” Will die with that song in my head.
Posted by: emily | February 28, 2007 11:11 AM
I start alphabetically and then regionally and try and fill in from there.
I got 43. I Missed Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wyoming.
I wonder what the most frequently missed state is?
Posted by: Deborah | February 28, 2007 12:25 PM
I got 49 in about 3 minutes, and then remembered Illinois with about 30 seconds left. I think it helps that I’ve been to most states and lived in three major areas (the South, New England and the West). I started on the left with Alaska and Hawaii, and then went in sort of a squiggle pattern, which fell apart around Minnesota.
Posted by: Alex | February 28, 2007 12:38 PM
Oh, songs and jokes helped too:
What did Delaware?
Her New Jersey.
Bee Gees - Massachusetts
Springsteen album Nebraska
Billy Joel - Billy the Kid (West Virginia)
Dang that miss-iss-ippi though.
Posted by: Deborah | February 28, 2007 12:39 PM
so close. 48. forgot Texas and Nebraska
Posted by: Maria Santos | February 28, 2007 2:58 PM
I missed Minnesota. I went in alphabetical order, and somehow I know how many states begin with each letter (4A, 3C, 1D). I always forget Minnesota because I think there’s only 7 M states, for some reason.
Posted by: Shell | February 28, 2007 3:00 PM
All 50 in 3 minutes, 6 seconds. Damn Wyoming cost me about the last 30 seconds.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 3:12 PM
Kansas. So those years of therapy worked.
Posted by: J | February 28, 2007 3:13 PM
49 and i missed minnesota, too! tried going down the east coast, then into the the southwest, then… i’m lying, there was no rhyme or reason to my method.
Posted by: j | February 28, 2007 3:16 PM
All 50 in 1:17. I know no songs or other memory aids.
Posted by: Marian | February 28, 2007 3:17 PM
50 with 4:45 left. Arkansas nearly got me.
Posted by: JP | February 28, 2007 3:17 PM
Got all 50 with 6:00+ left.
Now do one where you name all the U.S. Presidents.
Posted by: Rance | February 28, 2007 3:17 PM
I managed 30 before my brain ran out of options. I don’t think this is bad considering I’m a Brit. I got another 13 by coming back here and scooping up your leftovers. The rest I gave up on.
I now challenge you to name every county in England :-)
Posted by: SundaeG1rl | February 28, 2007 3:19 PM
Fuck you Louisiana
49/50
Posted by: Tony | February 28, 2007 3:19 PM
I got them all, though it took me most of the allotted time. I got 48 of them with 7 minutes to go, and it took me 3 or 4 minutes to remember Missouri, and a couple more after that to remember Minnesota.
Posted by: Jared | February 28, 2007 3:20 PM
50 states with 8 minutes to go. Give me a hard quiz.
Posted by: Tom | February 28, 2007 3:22 PM
Is it sad that I live in New York and forgot New Jersey? To my credit, I grew up on the West Coast (you guys have too many small ones out here!) and who can keep all of the M’s & I’s straight! Minnesota, Missourri, Illinois, Indiana, etc. None of them are worth much more than driving through.
I blame my teachers for never teaching me this damn song everyone seems to love.
Posted by: Exposed | February 28, 2007 3:23 PM
Got them all with 18 seconds to spare. How did I almost forget Louisiana?? Got 47 in the first 3 minutes - Oregon and Iowa came slowly.
Just about every time I try this I forget Utah, so the state finally must’ve done something memorable.
Posted by: KS | February 28, 2007 3:30 PM
46, 4 thanks to my State quarters collection. :-)
I missed Nebraska, New Hampshire, Wyoming and some other state.
Posted by: "James Frey" | February 28, 2007 3:36 PM
I got all 50 in about 3.5 minutes. Finally, I have a skill! Can I put this on my resume?
Posted by: Sassy | February 28, 2007 3:37 PM
I did it in 1 minute and 56 seconds. I used to play this game to entertain myself in class so I have it down to a science.
Posted by: Ben K. | February 28, 2007 3:38 PM
Fucking Minnesota
Posted by: Nicole | February 28, 2007 3:41 PM
All 50 in 2 minutes. Same song in elementary school - 50 Nifty United States. How I still remember them all, in that order, after all this time, I’ll never know.
Posted by: Scott | February 28, 2007 3:42 PM
blanked on Colorado, Montana, New Mexico
Posted by: me | February 28, 2007 3:48 PM
oh for the love of god idaho!!!
Posted by: sarah | February 28, 2007 3:53 PM
Uh, I think if you can’t do this then something has gone terribly wrong. I started a minute late and still had 6 minutes left.
Posted by: JC | February 28, 2007 3:55 PM
I’m too good at this game. All 50 done, in alpahbetical order, spelled correctly, with 7:25 remaining on the clock. That stupid song is about the only thing I remember from the 6th grade.
Posted by: tan | February 28, 2007 3:56 PM
Indiana
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 4:06 PM
48. I was stuck at 46 for 4 minutes until I remembered New York and New Jersey. I missed Kansas and Maryland.
Posted by: Reanne | February 28, 2007 4:09 PM
My appologies to the great people of Massachusetts. I got 49 correct. :(
Posted by: tony | February 28, 2007 4:11 PM
50— But it took about 8 minutes— Wisconsin got me!
Posted by: Jen | February 28, 2007 4:15 PM
Damn you Kentucky!!!
Posted by: KDB | February 28, 2007 4:15 PM
50 - I also learned that song in 5th grade.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 4:54 PM
Got 48 in about 3 mins and then it took me another 2 mins to remember Alaska and Hawaii. I started in CA and went up the coast, around the top, down the eastern seaboard, along the bottom, through the states where I’ve been skiing, and then thought of the schools in the Big 10, Big 12 and SEC.
Posted by: Allan | February 28, 2007 4:55 PM
Missed New Jersey and Connecticut … I think it’s because I’m a Westerner and I live in NYC. Everything around this city is just one big suburban clusterfuck to me.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 4:57 PM
I missed Wisconsin, which wouldn’t have been so bad had I not grown up in Chicago. Cheeseheads!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 5:29 PM
all 50 with 5 min and 13 sec to go.
Posted by: miss vigilante | February 28, 2007 6:06 PM
36 out of 50. I felt pretty stupid afterward! Some were states where friends live now. D’oh!
Posted by: sfstew | February 28, 2007 6:19 PM
D’oh! Minnesota and Iowa.
I never learned the 50 Nifty United States, but I can sing the preamble to the Constitution…
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2007 6:28 PM
Now, can you name all the state capitals?
Posted by: sfstew | February 28, 2007 6:30 PM
49. Fricken Colorado.
Posted by: Allison | February 28, 2007 6:41 PM
43, argh… But then again I’ve only lived in the US for about 3 years. There needs to be one of these for us Europeans!
Posted by: Stéphane | February 28, 2007 6:47 PM
All 50 with 1:03 to spare. Got 40 something in about 3 minutes and then the last 50 or so took forever! The last one took a minute and a half at least.
Damn that Idaho!
I could do most (not all) capitals and maybe 25 presidents (just last names).
Posted by: Lady S | February 28, 2007 7:11 PM
I got all 50, but it took me 5 minutes to remember missouri.
Posted by: Danielle | February 28, 2007 8:22 PM
Got to 40 in about 2 or 3 minutes, while simultaneously fighting with my wife. She demanded I step away from the computer, so I did and we continued fighting for six more minutes. I came back and got 7 more, for a total of 47.
Posted by: Christopher Fahey | February 28, 2007 10:06 PM
Oh, songs and jokes helped too:
What did Delaware?
Her New Jersey.
Posted by: Deborah | February 28, 2007 12:39 PM
I like this one:
Did Delaware her New Jersey?
Idaho, Alaska.
Posted by: MarkDM | February 28, 2007 10:38 PM
Argh! I left out Alabama, Oregon and Georgia. That won’t happen again! Great game…thanks!
Posted by: The Zoner | February 28, 2007 11:42 PM
Very interesting! Would be neat to see patterns of what order people go in; the first states listed; and the most forgotten states…
Posted by: Jodiddly | March 1, 2007 12:43 AM
I got 49/50.
Now, one to remember the states and the capitols, that would be insane.
Posted by: Thomas | March 1, 2007 2:37 AM
Rockapella (the guys who sang the “Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego” song) have a song called “Capital” which has 49 of the capitals, plus the refrain. At the end, the “producer” screams, barely audibly, “Oh no! Pi-erre! Pi-erre! We forgot Pi-erre! Aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuugh!!!!!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_in_the_World_is_Carmen_Sandiego_(game_show)
Posted by: Jacob | March 1, 2007 4:24 AM
But do you know where they all are?
Play this:
http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/geogeniususa/play.php
Posted by: Kirsten | March 1, 2007 4:47 AM
Trying again (on the high-tech version), I got it with 6:33 remaining.
Posted by: Jacob | March 1, 2007 4:52 AM
Kirsten: I HAS TEH HIGH SCORE (8,884)
Posted by: Jacob | March 1, 2007 4:58 AM
I only got 25. My excuse is that I’m Australian. How could I forget Wyoming? First state to give women the vote, anywhere in the world.
I remembered the ones I did by reference to popular songs or my favourite bands, ie Motor City=Detroit=Michigan, Sufjan Stevens=Illinois, Bon Jovi=New Jersey (OK, I hate Bon Jovi, but you get the idea).
Posted by: Ms .45 | March 1, 2007 6:16 AM
All 50 in two minutes and 12 seconds. I need to learn to type faster. Thank goodness for the “Fifty Nifty United States” song that I learned in fifth grade.
Posted by: Harley | March 1, 2007 10:29 AM
Oh my goodness - only 42!!! I always think I’m so smart, but apparently not!
Posted by: Sharon | March 1, 2007 10:44 AM
Only got 48. Maryland and Wyoming tripped me up. Being a west coast girl I had a hard time with all those teeny states in the east. And Wyoming just slipped through; somehow I didn’t cross it when mentally scanning the map. Oh why oh why Wyoming.
Posted by: Shana | March 1, 2007 10:50 AM
Got all 50 in 2:56 (7:04 remaining). Did it west to east. Took an extra 10 seconds for the last one (Georgia).
Posted by: Eric Verwillow | March 1, 2007 5:34 PM
I can name them alphabetically in 19 seconds. :)
Posted by: NancyCz | March 1, 2007 6:51 PM
I only got 47. I forgot Indiana, Maryland and New Hampshire. I wish I would have learned that song in grade school…
Posted by: Jake Bouma | March 1, 2007 7:30 PM
Got all but one. Damn you Utah!!
Posted by: Amanda | March 1, 2007 7:36 PM
Took me 4 tries (after learning my errors, mind you) but finally got it. Nice timekill.
Posted by: Peter East Coast | March 1, 2007 7:38 PM
How can third graders memorize states alphabetically? Just goes to show…
Posted by: Peter again | March 1, 2007 7:41 PM
Did it with 8:33 remaining…I memorized them in tune to a song in like 4th grade and I still remember it.
Posted by: Sarah | March 1, 2007 8:35 PM
Got all 50 with 6:45 to spare.
Posted by: Beth | March 1, 2007 8:57 PM
I got 48, missed Kansas and Nevada. What’s sad is when trying to think of states, I thought of Kansas City, only to realize that of course that’s in Missouri (which I had already said).
Posted by: adam | March 1, 2007 9:00 PM
40… And I was certain that Rhode Island wasn’t a state.
Posted by: Dave | March 1, 2007 9:13 PM
Didn’t like it because it showed the states in alphabetical order and not the order I typed them in. I typed the states in from west to east for a reason.
49/50
Posted by: Mapgoblin | March 1, 2007 9:48 PM
i learned a song in elementary school and can’t get it out of my head. i can name the fifty - but only in singsong, and only in alphabetical order :p
Posted by: bethany | March 1, 2007 9:51 PM
i only got 26, but i’m canadian :3
Posted by: chris | March 1, 2007 10:17 PM
50/50 with 5:46 left. Now if it was the capitals, then i would have been done haha! Loved the challenge.
Posted by: brian | March 1, 2007 10:22 PM
48, couldn’t remember Nevada or Kansas…
Posted by: Richard Rowell | March 1, 2007 10:23 PM
I had 49 with about 2 minutes left, and wouldn’t give up. I finally remembered Wyoming with 2 seconds left but couldn’t type it in. :( Who lives in Wyoming anyways?? :D
Posted by: short7cents | March 1, 2007 10:23 PM
50 states in 4:58, but my wife gave me Louisiana…
Posted by: Michael Barton | March 1, 2007 10:26 PM
46. Indiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin obviously do not deserve to be states.
Posted by: David Sidlinger | March 1, 2007 10:28 PM
2:10 - I rule!
Posted by: Josh | March 1, 2007 10:28 PM
had like 47 with 5 mins left. ended up with 49, screw you Utah
Posted by: Jimmy | March 1, 2007 10:29 PM
2:02 - who can break the 2 minute barrier?
Posted by: Josh | March 1, 2007 10:32 PM
I would think it would be more fun, since so many people seem to get all 50, to do what are actually 46 states and 4 commonwealths. It would be much harder, and since I’m from a common wealth, and that was grilled into our heads, you can see how I’m partial. Fun though.
Commonwealths: Virginia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
Posted by: Jenn | March 1, 2007 10:32 PM
Got all 50 with 4:00 left. I just went west to east. Got the first 49 pretty quick then had to think about 30 seconds to get the last one…Michigan.
Posted by: Chris | March 1, 2007 10:34 PM
i can name all of them
i can spell about 20 so i gave up
Posted by: sean | March 1, 2007 10:35 PM
Did it alphabetical. Took a whole 3 minutes to get the spelling of them all right. Now the Fifty Nifty United States song is stuck in my head :p
Posted by: Natalie | March 1, 2007 10:36 PM
All fifty with 8:28 left!
That song from grade school came in handy…
Posted by: Matt | March 1, 2007 10:43 PM
Forgot Wisconsin and Utah until the 5:30 remaining mark.
50 for 50
new all of them with capitals by 5yo, but it’s been a few since. .
Posted by: stu | March 1, 2007 10:46 PM
Member of the “Damn Fifty Nifty song stuck in my brain” club.
Anybody else have the McDonalds Menu Song memorized too?
I’m such a nerd. If only I could memorize something useful.
Posted by: Dolfan0925 | March 1, 2007 10:46 PM
What Fun!! Just like trying to remember all of the 7 dwarves. I got all 50!! YAY!
Posted by: sue | March 1, 2007 10:58 PM
I got 47….and I’m Canadian. I was thinking what cities have hockey teams and then I was like nah I would’ve got those states already. Oddly enought I missed Colorado, Minnesota, and Arizona 2 of those states have former Candian hockey teams (Nordiques, and Jets) and Minnesota is the closest state to where my mother is from. Go figure.
Posted by: Jay Roc | March 1, 2007 11:05 PM
All 50 in less than three and a half minutes.
I was on Maine alphabetically in under thirty seconds.
Posted by: Chris | March 1, 2007 11:07 PM
Okay… so everyone has done pretty amazing, but I don’t think I did too bad considering I’m a Canadian. Anybody care to try to name our provinces and territories.. lol
You forgot:Arizona, Arkansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi,Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin
Posted by: Carolyn | March 1, 2007 11:14 PM
I got all 50. Woo Hoo! I’m not sure how much time was left but it was several minutes.
Posted by: Rhonda | March 1, 2007 11:16 PM
50 with 2:01 to go.
Had 48 with over 5 minutes left, just couldnt’ get those last two for awhile.
Posted by: Naof | March 1, 2007 11:16 PM
Nebraska, Massachusetts, and Jersey got me. I live in Missouri, so I just started there, went to it’s bordering states, and then circled out from there. Nebraska borders Missouri…donno how I missed it.
I almost got hooked on Nevada, Indiana, and Hawaii.
Posted by: insomniacdude | March 1, 2007 11:16 PM
I got 47 in 5 minutes, then only could think of one more. I missed Nebraska and Utah.
Posted by: Justin | March 1, 2007 11:18 PM
I got 44 but im canadian eh!
Posted by: potskie | March 1, 2007 11:19 PM
49/50, only forgetting the state closest to the state I currently live in. Living in Colorado, you wouldn’t think I’d forget Utah. Let’s just call it 50/50.
Posted by: Leo | March 1, 2007 11:20 PM
Got 50 in 5:39, but in the end I put Mississippi in twice and forgot Ohio. Argh!!
Posted by: Cary | March 1, 2007 11:21 PM
got them all in 4 minutes. feel me.
Posted by: states master | March 1, 2007 11:23 PM
Got 47 and I’m not even American.
Posted by: jeremy | March 1, 2007 11:28 PM
48 out of 50. Not bad at all. Considering I thought I’d do much worse.
Ultimately, I missed New Mexico and Nebraska.
Posted by: kartooner | March 1, 2007 11:30 PM
Not only did I only get 45, but two of the ones I missed are a state that I’ve been to in the last year and the state my wife was born in.
I get lost a lot when I drive also.
Posted by: Not good | March 1, 2007 11:32 PM
Got 41, would have got 44 except for spelling mistakes. I missed a lot of the Midwestern ones since I never really go there. The only one I can’t believe I forgot was New Jersey, considering how it’s the next state over.
Posted by: Jason | March 1, 2007 11:32 PM
Got all of them in 2.5 minutes, thanks to a song that I learned when I was a kid
Posted by: Kyle Darling | March 1, 2007 11:32 PM
I got 42 in 3 minutes. Then only got 5 in the other 7 minutes. I missed Connecticut ( couldn’t spell correctly ), Iowa, New Jersey ( both just completly forgot) .
Posted by: Joe | March 1, 2007 11:33 PM
I went to a school in Boston, and i forgot MA… WHAT AN IDIOT~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Biggest Idiot | March 1, 2007 11:38 PM
I cheated and viewed the source…
var states=new Array(“Alabama”,”Alaska”,”Arizona”,”Arkansas”,”California”,”Colorado”,”Connecticut”,”Delaware”,”Florida”,”Georgia”,”Hawaii”,”Idaho”,”Illinois”,”Indiana”,”Iowa”,
“Kansas”,”Kentucky”,”Louisiana”,”Maine”,”Maryland”,”Massachusetts”,”Michigan”,”Minnesota”,”Mississippi”,”Missouri”,”Montana”,”Nebraska”,”Nevada”,”New Hampshire”,”New Jersey”,
“New Mexico”,”New York”,”North Carolina”,”North Dakota”,”Ohio”,”Oklahoma”,”Oregon”,”Pennsylvania”,”Rhode Island”,”South Carolina”,”South Dakota”,”Tennessee”,”Texas”,”Utah”,
“Vermont”,”Virginia”,”Washington”,”West Virginia”,”Wisconsin”,”Wyoming”);
Posted by: Cheated | March 1, 2007 11:42 PM
49-Damn Kentucky!!!!
Posted by: K | March 1, 2007 11:42 PM
50/50 with just over 3 minutes left. Took a while to remember New Jersey, Georgia and Michigan.
Posted by: maggie | March 1, 2007 11:44 PM
49/50
Wyoming got me.
Posted by: PittHockey | March 1, 2007 11:48 PM
50/50, but I burned 4 minutes at the end trying to remember Delaware.
A Canadian version would be cool too.
Posted by: Shannon | March 1, 2007 11:51 PM
50 out of 50 in 8:30.
Maryland took me a while, and I’d forgotten Michigan, Iowa, and Missouri until I started thinking of landmarks and cities.
Posted by: Alan | March 1, 2007 11:53 PM
I got 40 but then remembered Alaska and Hawaii as time was expiring so maybe I deserve 42 (I did think of them in time). I can’t believe I forgot Vermont and Maryland (I’m a NYer). The others I missed were Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Posted by: Roy | March 1, 2007 11:53 PM
I got it all after 7 tries.
Posted by: Jimpur | March 1, 2007 11:53 PM
I am from Canada and I forgot:Connecticut, Illinois, Montana, Tennessee
not bad for a canuck …now lets see a game like this for Canadian provinces and territories…see how you guys/girls do!
Posted by: Brennan Schnell | March 1, 2007 11:57 PM
I did it in just under 2 minutes (1:58)
Posted by: Marlin Mayo | March 1, 2007 11:57 PM
Got all 50 with 8:20 remaining. I found I actually did better when I stopped looking at the screen and just typed.
Posted by: An Jiaoshi | March 1, 2007 11:59 PM
who cares about maryland anyway…49…and 49 with 4 minutes to go…stupid!
Posted by: woot | March 2, 2007 12:00 AM
I got all 50 with 6 minutes left.
Thank god for the state song.
Posted by: Allison Witt | March 2, 2007 12:02 AM
Damn you Indiana!
Posted by: john | March 2, 2007 12:13 AM
Got’em with 6:45 left. Got 49 real quick but got stuck at Nevada.
Posted by: SKA | March 2, 2007 12:22 AM
Arg. I got 48, missed out on Utah and Iowa. Being from the Northeast I guess I just don’t think of those states very often
Posted by: Zach | March 2, 2007 12:23 AM
30/50.
Not bad for a foreign-born Canadian ;\
Posted by: oi | March 2, 2007 12:25 AM
I got 46 in the first 5 mins, then it took 3.5 mins to get Minnesota, Idaho, West Virginia and Oklahoma.
I’m Canadian, so pretty good for me! How many Americans can name all 10 provinces and 3 territories?
Posted by: H | March 2, 2007 12:27 AM
45 out of 50, im 15 and canadian/romanian, i think i did pretty good?
Posted by: Larisa | March 2, 2007 12:28 AM
I got 49 out of 50. I was siting there for 3 minutes and could not get WISCONSON. i kept thinking it was one of those nowheresville states out west i was forgetting.
Posted by: R | March 2, 2007 12:35 AM
Well I got about 30 or so… not great I’ll admit. But I’m from Canada and we’re really not taught that much about memorizing states… I just tried to do it from sports teams and what I know about states on the border. A few states really bothered me and had me second guessing myself.. like Arkansas .. why is there an “s” at the end?
Posted by: Derek | March 2, 2007 12:36 AM
Got 46 in about 5 minutes, got two more and then was really stuck. Damn you Kansas (and I got Arkansas!!) and Louisiana.
Kudos to all the Canadians, Brits and Aussies who participated. I can name Canada’s and Australia’s provinces, states, etc. But I’d be at sea trying to name British counties, that’s for sure.
Posted by: mike hollihan | March 2, 2007 12:41 AM
all 50 with 5.5 min to spare.
Posted by: jaylarson | March 2, 2007 12:46 AM
I got 49 in 3 minutes and got Mississippi after 2 extra minutes….so all 50. I went from West to East in my head. I did a 25-state west coast roadtrip last year so west was a lot easier..easside took a little bit more of a challenge. Tried to alphabetize right after but ran out of time.
Posted by: puggy | March 2, 2007 12:47 AM
I got 51
Posted by: jack | March 2, 2007 12:53 AM
Got 43in about 45 minutes. Couldn’t spell Connecticut correctly. But I am Canadian.. Missed Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin and I forget where else..
Posted by: Dan | March 2, 2007 12:55 AM
I got 49 with plently of time to spare. I never figured out that Delaware was the missing piece. I kept thinking Denmark, but I knew that wasn’t a state. I should have made the connection. Oh well.
Posted by: Kellie | March 2, 2007 12:56 AM
What’s the deal with Missouri? Is anyone even from there? It seems like everyone (including me) forgot or almost-forgot it. I was down to like 30 seconds left until I remembered it.
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 2, 2007 12:57 AM
I got 39. I have traveled all over the South and West Coast.. but I forgot a lot of the Northern states.
Posted by: Shannon Kish | March 2, 2007 12:59 AM
I missed Missouri and I’m alright with that.
Actually, as the clock was running dow and I realized there was no way I was going to be able to compare the list in my head with the one on the screen and figure out what one I had left out, I found myself thinking “I hope I missed a southern state.”
Posted by: Chad Robinson | March 2, 2007 12:59 AM
I got all 50 with about 5:30 left…took me a minute to remember D.C.
Posted by: Giampiero Ambrosi | March 2, 2007 1:01 AM
You know what? Illinois and Indiana can go to hell and die. 48/50
Posted by: danabeth | March 2, 2007 1:02 AM
re: capitols
http://tinyurl.com/2cmven
see track 12
Posted by: dt | March 2, 2007 1:04 AM
Got ‘em all with 6:46 left. Would’ve been faster but kept spelling Wisconsin as Wisconson.
Posted by: Bo | March 2, 2007 1:05 AM
Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies… I had no idea that song was so widespread. Came in handy though.
Posted by: pikpikcarrotmon | March 2, 2007 1:16 AM
38 of 50
I missed like an entire vertical ROW of states… completely omitted them. haha. Man that made me feel like a freaking genius!!! (heavy on the sarcasum there)
Posted by: Trista Mae | March 2, 2007 1:19 AM
I got all 50 with 7:04 to go. I was cruising, man!
Posted by: Nathan Hirtz | March 2, 2007 1:23 AM
Got one right, missed 49. Should I go back to school?
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 1:45 AM
Got 49… Locked up on New Jersey. That goddamn state…
Posted by: Eric | March 2, 2007 1:47 AM
All you that claim you got 50 with like 7 minutes to go are full of shit. Oooh, Ahhh, you’re so smart, puh-lease. No one is going to give you gold star. It’s ok to admit that you didn’t know all 50, I sure the hell didn’t.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 1:48 AM
got it in 2:50. like the other guy above said, I learned a song in elementary school (and it’s not the 50 nifty!)
Posted by: zach | March 2, 2007 1:49 AM
I got 46… the 4 stumpers for me were:
Iowa
Connecticut
Virginia
West Virginia
I had a feeling I was missing one of the small new england states, one of the just south of the mason-dixon states (Virginia, and was actually 2) but was clueless on Iowa… thought I was missing another one of those “box” states out west.
Posted by: Mikey | March 2, 2007 1:56 AM
I will be the honest one here. I couldn’t spell so I did it over and over again til I got it right. Had the right states but couldn’t get the damn spelling right or remember which states I had already entered (even though they were already listed there)
Finally, success!
The only song I remembered from 4th ro 5th grade was the Mississippi song (that was a long time ago for me)
Posted by: dragonopolis | March 2, 2007 2:01 AM
I got all 50 in about 2:30. That was as fast as I could type them.
Posted by: C-note | March 2, 2007 2:04 AM
Got all 50, in under 4 mintues, can say them in under 1, i just used the extra time for spell check…..(the 50 nifty song is the shit)
Posted by: marie | March 2, 2007 2:12 AM
Canadian. 100%. Six minutes. Take that, Canadian slackers!
Posted by: Meg | March 2, 2007 2:16 AM
Gah! It took me like a minute to type them all out (I’m a relay operator so I have to type uber fast) but it took me a full minute to figure out how to spell Connecticut. Damn you, awkawrdly spelled state, damn you!
Posted by: brendahamlincoln | March 2, 2007 2:20 AM
less than 4 minutes all 50, by visualizing a map and not relying on something i had already memorized.
had my girlfriend count on her fingers as i said them.
my two loves in life are engineering (good visualization skills) and travel (geography) so this one was right up my alley. fun!
Posted by: jim | March 2, 2007 2:23 AM
47
missed Arkansas, Minnesota, Utah
Posted by: tim | March 2, 2007 2:28 AM
Got all 50 with 3 minutes remaining
Posted by: Kodo | March 2, 2007 2:28 AM
49 in under 4 minutes.. I forgot Nebraska.. Come on, who needs that one anyway.. Lame
Posted by: Patricia | March 2, 2007 2:29 AM
It took 2 minutes 50 seconds to get 49 of them, and another minute and a half to get the 50th state. Minnesota was a toughie for some reason … and it’s a bigger state too.
Posted by: D-Block | March 2, 2007 2:40 AM
MAN! 48. Stupid Delaware and Louisiana.
Posted by: Senseitaco | March 2, 2007 2:40 AM
50 states, 2:25. It took me twenty seconds after getting 49 to realize I’d skipped Hawaii, as I started from the West Coast.
Good times!
Posted by: Jonathan | March 2, 2007 2:44 AM
48 in ten minutes - forgot Rhode Island and Louisiana.
Posted by: Saren | March 2, 2007 2:47 AM
I got 46 in about 3 mins. but it took me until I had about 3 and 1/2 mins. to get the last 4, (Idaho, Georgia, Vermont, and Massachusetts) I’m from Oregon, you’d think I would remember Idaho, it’s like connected.
Posted by: Sarah | March 2, 2007 2:48 AM
i got 39…
Posted by: ryan | March 2, 2007 2:48 AM
All it took is the 114 seconds to sing Wakko’s song - and with that, you also get the capitals and trivial info about Elvis and clam chowder =)
The nations of the world, the presidents, Magellan…
Hooray for the nineties, when cartoons were educational!
Posted by: Jo | March 2, 2007 2:50 AM
i got everything right with plently of time left
Posted by: joe | March 2, 2007 3:02 AM
Got all 50 as fast as I could type. Started with Alaska and Hawaii, then went to Washington and worked my way east from there. Got kind of tricky will all the little states though.
Posted by: Trent | March 2, 2007 3:06 AM
I got 46. I missed Wyoming, Iowa, Oklahoma and Vermont. Dang!
Posted by: Matt Fugitive | March 2, 2007 3:07 AM
got 49 in 3 minutes, took another 1 minute to remember that i forgot minnesota and its 10,000 lakes
Posted by: derek | March 2, 2007 3:12 AM
gah, i only got 36 :) but i do live on the other side of the world…
Posted by: susan | March 2, 2007 3:20 AM
Oh wow, 47/50. Missed Maryland, Massachusetts and…most embarrassingly…Wisconsin (I live in Minnesota)
Posted by: minnesnowta | March 2, 2007 3:25 AM
46… forgot iowa, louisiana, maryland, and new jersey
Posted by: jason | March 2, 2007 3:28 AM
hey i’m Australian and I gave this a shot and I only got 25!!! well I gave it my best shot for an Aussie
Posted by: heffa | March 2, 2007 3:30 AM
All 50 with 4 mins. and 4 seconds left over and it would have been a lot better if I could type for shit
Posted by: Peter Knudsvig | March 2, 2007 3:39 AM
Got 36 out of 50 not bad for living on the other side of the globe. Go Aussie Go
Posted by: poppy | March 2, 2007 3:43 AM
I got all 50 ….but i cheated a bit. I was stuck on two states and i just got an email from a friend and when I saw his name it clicked —- he used to live in Delaware. That was one and the other one was Oklahoma. I got that in the last 20 seconds. By chance I was reading today about WWE commentators Jerry Lawler & JR (JR is from Oklahoma).
Posted by: Roshan | March 2, 2007 3:45 AM
42 for me. i’m from italy and i forgot
indiana
kentucky
louisiana
maine
missouri
nebraska
wisconsin
wyoming
Posted by: Giamaica | March 2, 2007 3:57 AM
Missed 12… And I’m from Belgium
Posted by: Craque | March 2, 2007 3:59 AM
I got 39/50 —- I’m awesome
Posted by: Money Making Idiot | March 2, 2007 4:06 AM
06:42 remaining when I typed in the 50th and all in alphabetical order.
That ‘50 nifty states’ song from grade school paid off.
Posted by: Dr. Geography | March 2, 2007 5:13 AM
Got 43 right. I’m from Germany btw ;-)
Posted by: busfahrer | March 2, 2007 5:23 AM
47… from Italy…
I missed Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Wyoming…
Posted by: Luca | March 2, 2007 5:28 AM
I’m Canadian and got 45. Forgot Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Louisiana (I had New Orleans), and Minnesota. I had some repeats that I didn’t catch, so I stopped guessing at around 9 minutes.
Posted by: bs | March 2, 2007 5:33 AM
46 for me. I forgot Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Wyoming and Rhode Island.
I knew I missed something in the East Coast and thought I had already written Idaho but for Minnesota and Wyoming I have to say that I have always had problems to remember them. I tried to write them down from East to West and North to South but there were so much names in my head in the same time that I finally wrote them as they came, I was not a good strategy, should have followed my first one!
I am French (from Paris) and I had to learn these 50 states, their capital and to place them on a map in 1 week 3 years ago for a test. I got a good mark but as I had to put them into my head very quickly I think they got out of it very quickly too.
I liked that test even if it was a source of stress for me in the morning (11:00am while i’m in holiday). I think I’ll do it again later, just to make sure I can do it…
Posted by: leslie | March 2, 2007 5:33 AM
I got about 30, haha. I’m not from the US, but I lived there for about 1 year. I missed so many states that I actually knew but couldn’t think of while I was doing it.
Posted by: nlbsmn | March 2, 2007 5:49 AM
I missed Delaware, Indiana, and Tennessee. I’ve never heard of the Nifty 50 song before reading of all the references to it here, so I just had to try and remember the map. That was fun. Thanks!
Posted by: Stephen | March 2, 2007 6:00 AM
damn illinois or whatever and indiana.
Posted by: nick | March 2, 2007 6:05 AM
I got 40.
But I’m from Glasgow, Scotland.
What’s your excuse ?? :-)
Posted by: mark jones | March 2, 2007 6:05 AM
Well, I got all 50, but it was jarring. I raced through 46 in no time, spent a good 2-3 minutes on the next 2, and got down to the last minutes remembering New Hampshire and Minnesota.
Posted by: Joseph Arruda | March 2, 2007 6:17 AM
Got 49/50 in ~3 mins.
…
Bah! Who needs Utah anyway?
Posted by: zolaar | March 2, 2007 6:24 AM
Got 50 with 3:57 left on timer
Posted by: Pam | March 2, 2007 7:18 AM
Despite being Scottish and never having even been to America I got all 50 with 38 seconds to spare. Go me! Now it’s your turn, how about the countries in the EU?
Posted by: laura | March 2, 2007 7:32 AM
Got 50 with 5 minutes to spare. I also learned a song in grade school that I still know to this day where you sing all 50 states in alphabetical order. Thank you Mr. Garrett lol.
Posted by: John | March 2, 2007 8:09 AM
I got 50 with 4:30 left on timer. Any American that didn’t get this is retarded.
Posted by: Hugh Jass | March 2, 2007 8:14 AM
I got 50 with 5 minutes left to go… didn’t spell them all correctly, like massacheusetts. Who came up with that name?
Posted by: Kyle | March 2, 2007 8:15 AM
27 in ten minutes, BUT I’m Canadian. Can you name our 10 provinces and 3 territories. ;-)
Posted by: André Cotte | March 2, 2007 8:22 AM
Got 46, but I’m Australian… wonder how many Americans can name all 6 states and 2 territories in Australia? :-)
Posted by: Sajaraki | March 2, 2007 8:31 AM
I got 48 in like two minutes flat and then agonized over the last two (Illinois and Minnesota, of all things) for about five minutes.
Posted by: driko | March 2, 2007 8:37 AM
I got 49 in 9 minutes, all places I forget Dist of Columbia…
Posted by: Sharon | March 2, 2007 8:44 AM
Damn Nebraska! Thought I would have no problem but as time ticked away I just couldn’t come up with the state of the Cornhuskers!
Posted by: gspang123 | March 2, 2007 8:54 AM
45. forgot arkansas, delaware, minnesota, nevada and wisconsin. i probably would have also forgot wyoming and nebraska if i hadn’t read someone’s comment on them elsewhere a couple minutes before taking the test—they are forgettable states.
Posted by: Paul Fallavollita | March 2, 2007 9:01 AM
You forgot:Rhode Island, Wyoming,
DANGIT!
Posted by: justin | March 2, 2007 9:05 AM
i live in canada….could only get 35. missed states like:
iowa,missouri,delaware,maryland,NJ, oklahoma, wyoming, virginia, nevada, arizona,kentucky,illinios,nebraska…..
Posted by: canadian | March 2, 2007 9:09 AM
Got 40 in about 2 minutes then 8 more in about the next five and sat there with nothing for the last three. 48 states missed New Jersey! and Wisconsin! That is awful, I hope it is because I just woke up.
Posted by: JPC | March 2, 2007 9:10 AM
all 50… first 49 took less than 4 minutes… sorry, maryland
Posted by: J | March 2, 2007 9:13 AM
all 50 in 70 seconds. my friend and i used to have competitions to see who could rattle them off alphabetically fastest. all credit, of course, goes to the fifty nifty united states song.
Posted by: I clearly lack a life | March 2, 2007 9:14 AM
Did it with 7 minutes 32 seconds to spare. :) Helps to be a music teacher i suppose
Posted by: Justin | March 2, 2007 9:16 AM
OKay to just say them it took about 17 seconds. TYping was 7 mins 32 seconds to spare
Posted by: Justin | March 2, 2007 9:18 AM
Well I had a friend tell me to try this because he said it was really hard and he only got 47 states. And granted by the end with three to go I was stuck but it only took me about 5:00 to get all of them. Thank you second grade schooling.
Posted by: Winner winner winner | March 2, 2007 9:19 AM
46. illinois, minnesota, indiana, vermont. do people really even live there?
Posted by: John | March 2, 2007 9:38 AM
5 minutes, 50 states. Thanks Mrs. H (the H-Bomb - 7th grade geography teacher) That was 25 years ago.
Posted by: Morgan | March 2, 2007 9:50 AM
Since when is there 50 states? My flag only has 48 stars on it….OMG! it’s 2007!?
Posted by: Atlas | March 2, 2007 9:58 AM
I got a 49. Missed Maryland. Doh!
-Erica
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 10:08 AM
I missed 4
Posted by: Jim | March 2, 2007 10:21 AM
48. Louisiana & Arkansas
Posted by: beer pong | March 2, 2007 10:24 AM
damit i got 48 in like 3 min but for some reason i couldnt remember iowa and some other state that i still cant remember
Posted by: kyle | March 2, 2007 10:25 AM
Indiana??? Who The Hell Lives There. Lol
Posted by: KrAzYIzz0 | March 2, 2007 10:26 AM
Got all 50 in about 6.5 minutes. However, it is like remembering the 7 dwarves, the last couple took the longest.
Good brain teaser for kids.
Posted by: Ted | March 2, 2007 10:31 AM
all 50 with 5:50 left, that song from elementary school works wonders
Posted by: DuncRat | March 2, 2007 10:34 AM
Forgot New Jersey. I drive through the damn state on the way home for the holidays. I guess it’s just that forgettable.
Posted by: Ben | March 2, 2007 10:35 AM
got 50…that song they teach us in 5th grade really helped! :)
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 10:44 AM
how come nobody remembers nebraska? We’re right there in the middle. you know the one with the college football team pulling double duty as state religion? yeah, anyways, I got all 50 in 2:07 lapsed (freaking song).
Posted by: marcus | March 2, 2007 10:47 AM
50. Easy. 7 minutes or so left.
Posted by: Stephan | March 2, 2007 10:48 AM
Remember the song? 50 Nifty United States? I learned all of the states in alphabetical order. I did it in four minutes. It takes longer if you have to go back through the song to find the one you missed!
Posted by: Tara | March 2, 2007 11:07 AM
Crikey! I forgot Kansas and Maryland. Both worthless, if you ask me.
Posted by: Ringo Bloodcake | March 2, 2007 11:13 AM
All 50 with 7:12 remaining. It should be noted that this is a spelling test in addition to a name-the-states test (had to remember how many ‘s’es in Massachusetts!).
Posted by: Mike Smith | March 2, 2007 11:16 AM
WTF IOWA IS A STATE?
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 11:27 AM
You forgot:Arkansas, Kansas
Posted by: nick | March 2, 2007 11:28 AM
Missed Iowa, Montana, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming. My missing is all over the map.
Posted by: Brian | March 2, 2007 11:30 AM
done with 6:53 to spare… I can’t type nearly as fast as I can name them all though.
Posted by: lauren @ knitting in the dark | March 2, 2007 11:42 AM
I got 42 and that’s not bad considering I’m a foreigner and never had to learn that nifty song. I can do all 12 Dutch provinces in less than a minute. Anyone?
Posted by: Marc | March 2, 2007 11:43 AM
Got ‘em all in 2min 30sec. I learned that 50 states song, too.
Posted by: mark | March 2, 2007 11:49 AM
Another vote for Delaware as the “state of forgetfulness”
Posted by: Bubba | March 2, 2007 12:01 PM
You forgot:Pennsylvania,
Remember to post your score in the comments!
Posted by: Mike | March 2, 2007 12:05 PM
did it both ways - finished with 4 minutes left on the “low-tech” version with 50 slots, but only got 49 (d’oh) when I took the high-tech version that keeps track as you go - damn you, Idaho!!!!
Posted by: Gazoo | March 2, 2007 12:07 PM
49; I forgot Kansas. Probably because I saw them in concert several years ago and have been trying to repress the memory.
Posted by: Ashley | March 2, 2007 12:14 PM
i forgot minnesota.
Posted by: smitty | March 2, 2007 12:15 PM
finished w/ 8:16 left
Posted by: Eric | March 2, 2007 12:23 PM
all fifty, had time to type them again, nearly forgot Nebraska, like many, took several minutes to find the one I missed.
Oh, and had 3:26 left when I decided to type them again. It needs a stop button
Song? what song?
Posted by: David | March 2, 2007 12:34 PM
Darn you Vermont!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 12:35 PM
I got 49. I’m from San Diego so I started south west to north east and kinda snaked my way up and down. The last one I remembered was Missouri and I missed Deleware. That makes Deleware my new least favorite state.
Posted by: H4b1t | March 2, 2007 12:42 PM
48 … missed Mississippi & Nebraska.
Posted by: Vickie | March 2, 2007 12:43 PM
All 50 states in 1 minute and 16 seconds. Thanks to 6th grade for that, lol.
Posted by: Gary | March 2, 2007 12:44 PM
all 50 in 50 seconds, i type fast
Posted by: Egoid | March 2, 2007 12:47 PM
All 50 in 7:35. :)
Posted by: Kelsey | March 2, 2007 12:50 PM
yeah, but can you name the state capitols? I almost blew it on Delaware and Vermont…..
Posted by: bryan | March 2, 2007 1:07 PM
48. Forgot Vermont and Wyoming :/
Posted by: Paul | March 2, 2007 1:08 PM
49! darn nebraska!
Posted by: Rachel | March 2, 2007 1:26 PM
Dam mid-west states… always for getting them, got 45 of 50
Posted by: Zeke | March 2, 2007 1:28 PM
You forgot:Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey,
Utah,
:[
Posted by: FZDxd | March 2, 2007 1:32 PM
49 - Sorry, Idaho!
Posted by: Steve | March 2, 2007 1:39 PM
all 50 with 4 min left, if I typed faster, my time would’ve been faster… Children’s song too!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 1:40 PM
All 50 in 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
Posted by: Andy | March 2, 2007 1:40 PM
got 46 states in 10 minutes. Got stuck on Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota and Idaho.
Posted by: jersey girl | March 2, 2007 1:56 PM
49. damn you vermont.
Posted by: brian purdy | March 2, 2007 2:04 PM
Presents: 50 States in 10 Minutes
You have 10 Minutes to remember as many of the 50 United States as you can.
After 10 Minutes, the correct answers
will appear in this space so you can see which ones you’ve missed.
0 states remain :58 Seconds
Named so far:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Posted by: DJ B | March 2, 2007 2:14 PM
Got 47 only. Missed Iowa, Kentucky and Utah. ( But to my credit I have been in the US for only a year :) )
Posted by: Anon | March 2, 2007 2:19 PM
I’m from Los Angeles and did a Z pattern heading from southern California to the NW, then down across zig-zagging towards Florida before heading up to Maine, etc.
As I was rushing I missed a bunch but finished all two within 4 minutes, then spent the next two minutes remembering Louisiana (49) and Missouri (50). I find it interesting that (at least) two southern Californians remembered Missouri last. I definitely second how cool it would be to see the regional patterns of how people fill in the states.
Posted by: Stephen | March 2, 2007 2:22 PM
all 50 with 2:27 left
Posted by: Ryan MacDonald | March 2, 2007 2:24 PM
I forgot Wyoming. It must be all the work I’ve done trying to forget about Dick Cheney.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 2:24 PM
44, couldn’t remember how to spell, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and just completely forgot Indiana and Wisconsin.
Posted by: Bill | March 2, 2007 2:33 PM
50 with 6:13 to spare. I learned the Nifty as well, but somehow left out SD and had to go back and rearrange them.
You know, for perfection.
Posted by: Brij | March 2, 2007 2:37 PM
forgot Delware and Utah
Posted by: Timmy Swiss | March 2, 2007 2:42 PM
Took two minutes to type them out, done with 8 minutes remaining.
Having to sing a song that named all 50 states in alphabetical order in 4th grade helped a bit. :) We had to do all the presidents, too.
Posted by: Paul | March 2, 2007 2:47 PM
I got 49 and feel pretty good.
Forgot only Wyoming.
Great little game.
And i didn’t even cheat.
Posted by: pthompson | March 2, 2007 2:55 PM
Got everything but Chicken Capital, USA :
I’m sooooo sad!
Posted by: Tigre | March 2, 2007 2:56 PM
2 minutes! woohoo! I must give credit to the state song. Horray for 4th grade music class with Mr. Browman. I’ll have to look up that President song someone was talking about.
Posted by: Eileen | March 2, 2007 3:04 PM
Got stuck with one left for three minutes, because I couldn’t for the life of me spell Tennessee correctly. Lost a minute on Pennsylvania as well, as I’m a life-long west-coaster.
Posted by: Dan from Washington | March 2, 2007 3:07 PM
42 Damn, how the hell did I forget about mississippi?
Posted by: Recluse | March 2, 2007 3:17 PM
Got the first 46 quickly. Then Remembered Indiana. Never get Delaware, Kentucky, and Vermont.
Posted by: Trav | March 2, 2007 3:24 PM
Heh, 26 states in 10 minutes. I quess this is OK for someone who has lived 1/3 of his life in USSR and the rest in Eastern Europe :p.
Posted by: e:r | March 2, 2007 3:26 PM
I missed New Jersey… How could i Foget good ol’ jersy?!?
49/50 is still an A, tho.
Posted by: joy | March 2, 2007 3:28 PM
Got all but Delaware, good game
Posted by: Paul F | March 2, 2007 3:33 PM
I missed New Hampshire and added District of Columbia…had 50 answers but one was wrong-o!
Posted by: Deb | March 2, 2007 3:36 PM
got the first 44 w/out pause. finished up the last six with 3:53 remaining.
Posted by: elise | March 2, 2007 3:38 PM
I am Canadian. I got 37. Can you name our provinces and territories?
Posted by: Gordon Brooks | March 2, 2007 3:40 PM
49. i hate you new hampshire
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 3:44 PM
Got all 50 with a little under 8 minutes remaining. Simple.
Posted by: Michael Holth | March 2, 2007 3:47 PM
Missed Maine and Utah — grrr!
Posted by: Chuck L. | March 2, 2007 3:47 PM
I got all 43!
Posted by: Midwest Marvin | March 2, 2007 3:55 PM
Gah! Only 46. I missed Colorado, New Hampshire, Utah, Wisconsin. I was so sure I’d remember them all, but I stalled at 45 @ the 5 minute mark. I knew I was missing one from New England. And the other three I knew were out in the middle of the country somewhere. Funny how easy it is to remember the coasts. Sort of like doing the outer edges of a puzzle first.
Posted by: Kate C. | March 2, 2007 3:55 PM
got 49 out of 50…damn you nebraska!
:)
Posted by: cara | March 2, 2007 3:56 PM
Gah! Only 46. I missed Colorado, New Hampshire, Utah, Wisconsin. I was so sure I’d remember them all, but I stalled at 45 @ the 5 minute mark. I knew I was missing one from New England. And the other three I knew were out in the middle of the country somewhere. Funny how easy it is to remember the coasts. Sort of like doing the outer edges of a puzzle first.
Posted by: Kate C. | March 2, 2007 3:57 PM
All 50 with 8 minutes to go! It’s all thanks to that song my sister learned in 5th grade… Who would have thought that annoying song she sang around the house all the time would have helped me finish an online quiz today??
Posted by: Brandi | March 2, 2007 3:58 PM
Utah and New Hampshire? gimme a break…
Posted by: allywe | March 2, 2007 3:58 PM
i missed iowa and nebraska. but i dont count them as real states because theyre boring.
Posted by: jeff | March 2, 2007 3:59 PM
Oh sure, I KNEW them all, but typing them in time (and recalling how
Massachusetts is properly spelled??)
put me off by one.
I owe it all to learning “50 States that Rhyme” song (evidently done to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw”)
@ summer camp when I was 11.
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50states.html
(warning: midi mp3 plays immediately)
Posted by: Alicia Renee | March 2, 2007 3:59 PM
I missed Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. I had a hard time spelling connecticut and almost missed it too. I thought I could get fifty. I spent the last three minutes thinking and unable to picture the remaining states at all
Posted by: Melanie Harriman | March 2, 2007 4:08 PM
I can do all 50 states in alphabetical order in under 30 seconds. I, like a previous poster, learned the 50 states from what i am sure is the same song learned in 5th grade called “50 Nifty United States”. I just have the ability to memorize lists and lyrics which is why I am a showstopper when I karaoke “It’s the end of the world as we know it” by REM without ever looking at the screen.
Posted by: Josh Yochem | March 2, 2007 4:20 PM
46. I forgot Arkansas, Idaho, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. :-(
Posted by: Tank | March 2, 2007 4:33 PM
Got 49
Not bad for a Canadian
Missed Connecticut. Almost forgot N.J., but then again who doesn’t.
Posted by: Jay | March 2, 2007 4:40 PM
I got all 50, I got 46 in around 5 mins. The next four took about 2 mins, with, around 3 mins left, I had the hardest time with the last one… my home state that I reside in! Missouri! I forgot my own state, trying to think of all the others.
Posted by: Jim Perry | March 2, 2007 4:42 PM
I got 36/50, but then again I am Canadian :P
You should make a “Name all 10 Canadian Provinces in 2 minutes”, and see who can get 6-7+ :P
Posted by: Connor Wilson | March 2, 2007 4:45 PM
I forgot 18 out of 50 states.
I’m thinking this is pretty fucking good, seeing as how I’m from Finland.
Damn you, American hegemony!
Half of my time went to trying to remember what the name of the state was at the beginning of Dogma. I didn’t make it.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 4:45 PM
The first time I got stuck at 49. I forgot Arkansas. I’m from the Northeast, so I worked my down and over and then over the Great Lakes… I got all the states I’ve visited, but since I’ve not really been in the MidWest, it’s all a little fuzzy to me.
The second time, on the tracker, I got them all with 7:15 to go.
Posted by: Becky | March 2, 2007 4:55 PM
I got 49 I forgot Tennessee.
Posted by: Phillip Roberson | March 2, 2007 4:55 PM
I forgot Poland.
Posted by: Cassidy | March 2, 2007 5:00 PM
This is 50% a spelling quiz!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 2, 2007 5:00 PM
49 out of 50! Ugh!
Posted by: Jake | March 2, 2007 5:06 PM
Got 46…darn the Northwest! (I’m in the Southeast.)
Posted by: Shelley | March 2, 2007 5:15 PM
49 states, missed Maryland. I always have trouble with new england, so I knew it was one of those east coast states…
Posted by: Gai-jin | March 2, 2007 5:19 PM
I got 50! 40 in first 2 minutes, 8 in the next four minutes, then painstakingly tried to remember a map - pulled out wyoming and arkansas with 1:30 left.
Posted by: Jim | March 2, 2007 5:22 PM
I got 40, which seemed OK for a foreigner. I got a bit stuck on ‘Maine’, which I kept wanting to call ‘Mange’.
Posted by: Harry | March 2, 2007 5:23 PM
damn you delaware
Posted by: scott | March 2, 2007 5:29 PM
48 in 5 minutes. Indiana and Minnesota escaped me. o_O
Posted by: DJMonsterMo | March 2, 2007 5:31 PM
All 50 in 9 minutes. I do it by going through all possible two-letter combinations and knowing which ones are the postal codes for each state.
Posted by: pookel | March 2, 2007 5:39 PM
Got 49…forgot Louisiana.
Posted by: Mark D. | March 2, 2007 5:40 PM
Fuck you Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota
Posted by: Johnny G | March 2, 2007 5:43 PM
Finally, after about 4 or 5 attempts I got all 50 with 3:20 to spare! Kept getting screwed up in spelling some of them like Connecticut, Massachusetts etc. Anyway, I’m done now!
Posted by: John | March 2, 2007 5:50 PM
OMG I got all 50 but with 5 seconds left to go yahoo!!!
Posted by: Steven | March 2, 2007 6:00 PM
49…forgot Connecticut and my parents live there!!!
Posted by: tom | March 2, 2007 6:05 PM
Fun exercise. I got all but Utah. I’m not a skier, and kinda liberal and not religious, so I haven’t actually been that motivated to visit there. I hear floating in salt lake is easy, so maybe a bad swimmer would give that a try sometime.
Posted by: John Paul McCarty | March 2, 2007 6:10 PM
ugh, I missed 4, one of which is Az where I live!
My brain just doesn’t work while I’m at work.
Posted by: lala hoo hoo | March 2, 2007 6:36 PM
IOWA!!!!!!! ARGH!
Posted by: Eric | March 2, 2007 6:37 PM
hung up on Missouri - but got it
Posted by: Gary | March 2, 2007 6:54 PM
I got 48. I missed Arkansas and Connecticut. I was pretty sure that I missed a southern and an east coast state, but I couldn’t remember them for the life of me.
Posted by: AC | March 2, 2007 6:54 PM
What fun! I got 47 correct (remembered Delaware literally at the last minute) but was mortified to see that 3 of the states I missed were from or near New England, where I was raised!
Posted by: Oxmyx | March 2, 2007 7:05 PM
D’oh I missed Maryland. Still, not bad for a Brit!
Posted by: Mike | March 2, 2007 7:08 PM
Got all fifty with 7:08 remaining.
Posted by: Harb | March 2, 2007 7:08 PM
I’m from Canada. I managed to get 46 (missing Utah, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Kansas), but up until a couple weeks ago I probably would have only managed about half that. I got tired of not knowing American geography so I sat down and learned it.
Posted by: Will | March 2, 2007 7:10 PM
I got all 50 in under 2 minutes. Yay for the animaniacs song, Wakko’s America!
Posted by: cat | March 2, 2007 7:12 PM
all 50 in 2:07.
Posted by: Ben | March 2, 2007 7:15 PM
Forgot Rhode Island, Utah.
I managed to type “Rhode” just before the time ran out, though.
P.S. I’m Canadian!
Posted by: jenny | March 2, 2007 7:29 PM
only got 41, but wuld hav gotton 44 if I coolud spell… great site, will pass on to others in my office. Should shut the whole place down for the rest of the afternoon!
Posted by: ted | March 2, 2007 8:40 PM
49, forgot Missouri
Posted by: D_Litch | March 2, 2007 8:50 PM
As a Dane, I was pleased to catch 36 in the first try. As this was a good sport, I continued and succeeded to remember all 50 in the 5th try ending at 3:37 after a couple of minutes not remembering Arizona.
Thank you for the intellectual challenge :-)
Posted by: Kim Gammelgård | March 2, 2007 9:21 PM
I got 33, which from a New Zealander doesn’t seem too bad. I’m with the Finn on US hegemony.
Posted by: K Lowry | March 2, 2007 9:30 PM
41, forgot Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming :-(
Posted by: Dan | March 2, 2007 9:38 PM
You forgot:Delaware, Missouri, Utah,
Remember to post your score in the comments!
Better than I thought I would do…
Posted by: Chris | March 2, 2007 9:41 PM
49. blah… I spend the last 2.5 minutes trying to think of the one I forgot… Minnesota. :/
I are suck.
Posted by: Robbie | March 2, 2007 9:48 PM
SO I AM TERRIBLE AT THIS. I live in alaska and I EVEN MISSED HAWAII!!!! I MISSED 9 - 2 because i spelled them wrong. virginia and west virginia. i actually missed 50 because i didnt capitalize the first letter. aaahhhhhhh!!!!!! i need to go back to school.
Posted by: Christine | March 2, 2007 9:59 PM
I missed Maryland and Pennsylvania, but I filled 49 slots so i obviously repeated one but I don’t know which. Not bad for someone who’s only lived in the U.S. since he was 18.
Posted by: Chris Martin | March 2, 2007 10:14 PM
Got most of them within 2 minutes, then had about 5 left. I gave up with 2 minutes to go, and it turned out I forgot Louisiana. I started from where I was (NY), then hopped over to where I grew up (Midwest), then hit the west coast since they’re all big states.
Posted by: elaine | March 2, 2007 10:43 PM
I missed New Jersey and Missouri. Easy to understand why.
Posted by: Argle | March 2, 2007 11:15 PM
Got 48. Missed Iowa and Missouri.
Posted by: Noah | March 2, 2007 11:49 PM
I got all 50, knew that ‘Fifty Nifty United States’ song would come in handy some day =)
Posted by: Small Fry | March 2, 2007 11:53 PM
I got 45 in less than five minutes then I was REALLY struggling! I didnt get anymore..I forgot New Jersey (I was thinking during the test- is that a state??-) also Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa! BUT they were all spelled correctly! I just couldn’t think of anymore even though I knew those states! Whew! Good luck!
Posted by: Alaska Girl | March 3, 2007 12:06 AM
Grrrr! I got 49… I forgot Oklahoma. I remember the states with a song called “Fifty Nifty.” It lists all the states in alphabetical order, and I learned the song about 2 years ago, so I didn’t remember it very well. I’ve done this about 3 times now. The first time, I believe I got 47. Then 48. Now 49. What will I get next time? Hmmm. :)
Posted by: Colin | March 3, 2007 12:27 AM
Rats. 48 (sorry Maryland and New Hampshire.)
A good follow-up would be a “most-forgotten states” list. I saw Maryland a lot.
Posted by: ctmf | March 3, 2007 1:08 AM
got all 50 with ten seconds to spare! Wyoming was the hold out!!
Posted by: susan | March 3, 2007 1:11 AM
YES!!!
after three tries of frustrating anger i finally got all 50, in fact i finished with EXACTLY 5:00 minutes left.
aren’t i a genius?
Posted by: zzzdude | March 3, 2007 1:27 AM
ha! I got everything but Jersey! …Which is ironic considering that I live across the river from it. Oops.
Posted by: Shaen | March 3, 2007 3:41 AM
I got hung up on the spelling of Massachusetts. Eventually skipped Louisiana, Utah and Minnesota as I tried to visualize the US map. Do most people try to picture the map? How many just recall the list of names?
Posted by: Al | March 3, 2007 4:07 AM
Israel isn’t a State?
Posted by: Sean Orr | March 3, 2007 6:10 AM
36.
Just 36.
Even if I’m Italian, I’m disapponted…
A friend of mine finding your test scored 29, but is no good to glory of your higher knowledge, isn’it?
I will pubblicise your test on my blog, if you don’t mind…
Posted by: Dario Monaco | March 3, 2007 6:14 AM
Fantastic game. (All 50 with 3:37 left for me)
How about doing one now with the 42 presidents?
Posted by: Brian B | March 3, 2007 7:51 AM
48 - not bad for a South African.
How many South African states (provinces)can you name?
Posted by: elton hassall | March 3, 2007 8:08 AM
I got 49 of 50. New Mexico got me.
Posted by: chuck | March 3, 2007 8:48 AM
47, I missed New Jersey, Kansas and Indiana. I can’t believe I missed New Jersey, how did I miss New Jersey when I have a beach house there?! And I almost went to school in Indiana? And hello Dorthy we’re not in Kansas anymore? These are easy ones!
This game is great, I remember the Friends episode where Ross is determined to get them all… :-)
Posted by: Katie | March 3, 2007 9:56 AM
I got 34, but I live in Canada, which is my excuse. Let’s see an American 15-year-old naming all 13 Canadian provinces and territories! ;)
Posted by: alona | March 3, 2007 10:10 AM
I would have do ok but my spelling wiped me out. To bad it didn’t count if spelling was close
Posted by: Steven | March 3, 2007 10:18 AM
49 out of 50. Sorry Delaware.
Posted by: Splendor | March 3, 2007 10:18 AM
Yeah, that 5th grade song got me through it in 3:14, with my wife laughing as I sang it the whole way through! :) (Probably would have been faster if I could friggin type better!)
Posted by: AJT | March 3, 2007 10:33 AM
42 out of 50. I’m not losing my memory, just gaining my Alzheimer’s.
Posted by: last redoubt | March 3, 2007 10:42 AM
I got all 50 with 5 minutes to spare! I was able to visualize the map in my head and just worked from west coast to east.
Posted by: CP | March 3, 2007 11:15 AM
I only got 23 but I’m not american so I guess it’s ok. I could have done more if I remembered how to spell tennesse, mississippi and massachusetts right!
Posted by: nomyia | March 3, 2007 12:21 PM
arrgh!
49 again. 2nd time, Montana. I don’t have any arguments for why this one’s forgettable. I expect one could forget oneself there.
Posted by: John Paul McCarty | March 3, 2007 12:35 PM
Got 47, but I was interrupted by a whistling tea kettle. Also, got hung up on the spelling of Rhode Island. Left out Connecticut, Georgia and Maryland. For the person above who was wondering about a possible pattern in naming states I think the predominant pattern was Europeans exterminating the native population and appropriating their place names. And for the person above who left out Louisiana, yes indeed the present regime has a position for you.
Posted by: Kelpie | March 3, 2007 12:49 PM
45, but I’m not American :p
Utah, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Colorado got me
Posted by: eaglearcher | March 3, 2007 1:07 PM
45 but I had help from my wife—too bad I can’t do a double blind before and after coffee
Posted by: steve | March 3, 2007 1:15 PM
Third time’s charm. Total time 6:35. Of that time one minute was taken up by petting the cat. Another minute trying to fill the last blank with Wyoming.
Posted by: john Paul McCarty | March 3, 2007 1:32 PM
47—I missed Indiana, Missouri, and Maryland… I don’t mind missing Maryland so much, but my folks were from Illinois, and I’ve had relatives in Indiana and Missouri…
Posted by: rich | March 3, 2007 1:41 PM
I got 44 — which surprised me as I suck at geometry and expected to do worse.
Worst part is I was just sure I was missing some of those little bitty New England states and concentrated efforts there. I was missing Vermont but what killed me was I was also missing Colorado and Wyoming, two western states that I’ve actually been to as well as Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin, Kentucky being the only one of the latter three I haven’t visited.
And for the Canadians here — with a couple minutes thought I got 9 provinces and one territory. I know there’s a territory with two names (such-and-such and Prince so-and-so ??) but can’t remember it exactly. I’m sure I mis-spelled Saskatoon’s province and I’m still arguing with myself as to whether there’s a “Northwest Territory” or if that’s just what they called where I currently live before we all split up into states.
Posted by: Howlin' Hobbit | March 3, 2007 1:50 PM
Got 46. Not great, but not bad considering I picked all this up from watching American tv shows. Missed out on Oklahoma, Maine, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 3, 2007 1:55 PM
I got 40/50. I missed the following: Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Posted by: N | March 3, 2007 2:13 PM
48… missed Wisconsin and Indiana. I thought I was missing some southern states or something tiny in the northeast… oh well!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 3, 2007 2:21 PM
Got all 50 in 8 minutes - 46 in 6 mins with the children’s song (Thanks Mrs. Meyer, wherever you are!). Left Hawaii, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington but got them by working from west to east.
Posted by: calenti | March 3, 2007 2:30 PM
I got 49 out of 50. Frickin’ Missouri, who needs that state, anyway?
Posted by: Joe | March 3, 2007 2:36 PM
I got all 50 with 2:46 minutes remaining! But what help was the song i learned in 5th grade which names the states in order and it is really catchy! So thats how i did it! If i could type faster i would have at least 4:00 minuted remaining!
Posted by: Morgan | March 3, 2007 2:36 PM
I got all 50 with 2:46 minutes remaining! But what help was the song i learned in 5th grade which names the states in order and it is really catchy! So thats how i did it!
Posted by: Morgan | March 3, 2007 2:37 PM
I forgot Maryland and Michigan.
And Poland. I forgot Poland.
Posted by: jamie | March 3, 2007 3:23 PM
48. I missed Delaware and Utah
Posted by: tom | March 3, 2007 4:04 PM
I only got 37, and although I’m not american, I used to have a wooden jigsaw with 48 of the states (some, like Rhode Island, on the same piece as their nearest neighbours) and I could name them all back then. Of course, that’s nearly 40 years ago…
Posted by: Niall McAuley | March 3, 2007 4:10 PM
Ughh….. Damn you New Jersey!!!!!!
i got 49 out of 50…
Posted by: Ivan Power-Kronick | March 3, 2007 5:08 PM
1:50
babytime babytime
Posted by: jman | March 3, 2007 5:09 PM
i got 49!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 3, 2007 5:13 PM
I managed to remember 20 states, not bad being from England, U.K !
Posted by: Ikbal | March 3, 2007 5:27 PM
48/50… forgot Kentucky and New Jersey. I guess trying to remember college sports teams didn’t help.
Posted by: Mishna241 | March 3, 2007 5:45 PM
Got all 50 in 30 seconds. Learned to sing them alphabetically when I was in Girl Scouts about a million years ago!
Posted by: Donna J. | March 3, 2007 6:01 PM
Flubber! Was flying along, and then started slowing down. Got 47. Blanked out on Colorado, Nebraska, and poor West Virginia (you always remember to check the N/S states, but that West state is not as automatic!).
Posted by: Dan | March 3, 2007 6:02 PM
Maine, Mississippi, Oregon, Wisconsin. I could not spell Mississipi - I knew I forgot a new england state and one state in the northwest but could not remeber which ones. Wisconsin - no excuse - I thought I had covered the midwest.
I actually know the original 13 colonies - I had to learn it for my US citizenship test.
Posted by: Ramuk Hostnas | March 3, 2007 6:07 PM
34 out of 50 in 4 mins or so. But then I moved to the US in 2000.
Posted by: DT | March 3, 2007 6:43 PM
Nobody lives in NEBRASKA!
Posted by: robert kidd | March 3, 2007 6:57 PM
40 - but i haven’t been in the states in 12 years, and i only remember one point in 8th grade when i truly knew all of them.
Posted by: greg | March 3, 2007 7:21 PM
MAN! I missed New Jersey!! FCOL~!
I learned the states in a song in 2nd grade. Do they DO that anymore?
Posted by: Dina THomas | March 3, 2007 7:29 PM
Got to 49 with 3:27 left. Forgot New Mexico. Oh well, won’t forget it now. 1 out of 50 ain’t bad.
Posted by: J. Miller | March 3, 2007 7:34 PM
named all 50 states in alphabetical order with 8:18 time left 100% legit thx
Posted by: Tim | March 3, 2007 7:42 PM
How about one where you put the states in their geographical location. I only remembered from the song. I couldn’t do geographical to save my LIFE!
Posted by: Dina | March 3, 2007 7:45 PM
SH**
I forgot MEXICO!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 3, 2007 7:47 PM
Another Canuck here. 43.
Posted by: mark | March 3, 2007 8:11 PM
Meh. I got 36. But I’m not American so I guess I have an excuse. Tho I did go “d’uh!!!” for a lot of the missed ones. *sigh*
Posted by: Clarissa | March 3, 2007 8:12 PM
Missouri. I never learned the state song, so I figure I did pretty well. I’m also from the east coast/ New England area, and college is in the midwest.
Posted by: Simone | March 3, 2007 8:42 PM
Friggin’ DELAWARE!
Posted by: GP(MPK) | March 3, 2007 8:49 PM
I fot 45, missed Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Posted by: nasorenga | March 3, 2007 9:23 PM
I kept singing “Fifty Nifty United States” to myself really quickly to finish the interactive.
Posted by: Steve | March 3, 2007 9:44 PM
42 in all the time. Pretty good for a Canadian! I wonder if the same quiz was for the 13 Canadian provinces and territories in say, 4 minutes, how well Americans would do?
Posted by: Lady Cooper | March 3, 2007 10:02 PM
Got 49. Out of all the states, I forgot New York.
Posted by: Jared | March 3, 2007 10:12 PM
49 in 7 minutes (most of them in the first two), then I sat and watched the clock tick down while I failed to think of Connecticut. Weirdly, I danced around it a couple of times, asking myself “What’s that state where Yale is?” — but I somehow befuddled myself into thinking I was thinking of Rhode Island.
Posted by: Rod | March 3, 2007 10:16 PM
50/50 with 6:31 to go, but I’m an elementary school teacher. :)
Posted by: Tasha | March 3, 2007 10:50 PM
44. Not too bad for a non-American, I thought. I knew I was missing a lot in New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut), also Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Bad considering I’ve driven through three of those :)
Posted by: Steve | March 3, 2007 11:17 PM
I got 42. I’m Australian; I lived in the US for 4 years, ending 7 years ago now.
Posted by: Doug | March 3, 2007 11:57 PM
49, Stupid Kentucky.
Posted by: Dizzle | March 4, 2007 12:20 AM
i got all but 27 and that was after cheating for spelling. cuz i can’t spell. PA should of counted.
Posted by: dia | March 4, 2007 12:28 AM
Only got 40, and I’m born and bred American! I never have claimed geography as one of my strong points. I suppose using some kind of pattern would have helped. Oh well.
The ones I missed are: Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington.
Posted by: Lisa | March 4, 2007 1:49 AM
You people are so full of shit.
Posted by: Maya | March 4, 2007 2:16 AM
50 out of 50 with 3 minutes left. Last two states to list were both states I lived in for at least four years each…boy am I old.
Posted by: Roger | March 4, 2007 2:19 AM
50 with 8:58 remaining. State song, fast typing!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 4, 2007 2:55 AM
Surprised myself and got them all in just over 3 minutes. I thought for sure I’d come up one or two short. Anyway, I started in the Northeast and just zigzagged north to south.
Posted by: JubJub | March 4, 2007 3:56 AM
49, Montana?
Posted by: Abel | March 4, 2007 4:48 AM
I got 32, which I was disappointed at, although some of were the more obscure ones and I didn’t know them.I’m British by the way. Now how about doing a similar quiz for African or European countries for comparison? In fact the countries of each continent.
Posted by: Karl | March 4, 2007 5:01 AM
Got 41.
Missed Delware, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, and West Virginia.
Pretty good score for a man living in the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean :D
Posted by: Yuki | March 4, 2007 5:20 AM
49 sates. Missed Tennessee. Not bad for someone who grew up in Europe…
Posted by: sknob | March 4, 2007 5:39 AM
Haha..I’m Australian and got 4 wrong. Minnesota, Delaware, Connecticutt and New Hampshire.. lol
Posted by: Yjin | March 4, 2007 5:53 AM
The first time I missed an embarrassing 9 states: Delaware, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Vermont, Indiana, Georgia, and Idaho (Ironically, I’m listing those from memory).
I just kept going around in circles in my head (I never heard that “nifty fifty” song everyone seems to remember from school. I guess I missed that day), it was very frustrating.
I tried again, listing the 9 I missed before right away, so I wouldn’t forget them this time. I missed 4 different states (I missed California, which doesn’t seem possible)!
On my third try I realized I had just been jumping around the map randomly in my head, and recovering the same ground over and over, so I decided to try a different method. This time I just went through the alphabet and tried to think of all the states that started with each letter. That’s how I got all 50 with 30 seconds to spare. Yay, me!
Posted by: Gabriel Burgess | March 4, 2007 6:12 AM
48… forgot Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Also not American like a few people in this list (from New Zealand but born in Canada so I guess that’s close enough to remember a few states). Also don’t know that song people keep talking about - how does it go?
Posted by: Chris | March 4, 2007 6:37 AM
Got 36 in 10 minutes in my second try (two days ago on my first try I scored 26).
Still not bad for someone from Eastern Europe :p.
Posted by: E:r | March 4, 2007 7:30 AM
Got all 50; about 2-3min. left. Wish there was a ‘I’m done’ button.
Posted by: CAC | March 4, 2007 8:13 AM
27, first try. OK I feel, considering I’m from the UK and have never been out of Europe.
Posted by: JWoolard | March 4, 2007 8:20 AM
May I have permission to hack to this into the EU member states?
Thanks,
Sean
Posted by: Sean | March 4, 2007 8:56 AM
45/50 and I’m British. Then again, I lived in the US for a bit, so that helped..
Counties in the UK aren’t as significant as States in the US, so counties in England or the UK would be much harder I think, even if you are English.
Good test!
Posted by: Hugo | March 4, 2007 10:07 AM
48 in 4 minutes… never got the last two (Kansas and Utah)
Posted by: reva | March 4, 2007 11:17 AM
All 50 in 2:52.
Posted by: 63B1P2B H8 | March 4, 2007 11:38 AM
49. I forgot Louisiana. Go figure.
Posted by: Brownie | March 4, 2007 12:06 PM
49 - Minnesota.
Posted by: Thel | March 4, 2007 12:21 PM
I forgot:Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, …
I’m not american either..
Posted by: dan | March 4, 2007 12:36 PM
Got 46, kinda smacked my forehead when I realized which ones I missed.
Posted by: Brian | March 4, 2007 1:02 PM
I am Canadian but got first the first 40 in about five minutes. Ended up with 42 - I am proud of that. There was a time, though, in grade school when I could have done much better.
Posted by: Lin | March 4, 2007 1:29 PM
Missed: Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah.
I thought for sure I was missing more new england states as they are so small and it’s hard to remember how their shaped, which is how I would remember the states.
Posted by: Joel | March 4, 2007 1:49 PM
All but Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Wyoming. You try to start at one cost, and bump ‘em off from left or right. But there are always those states in the heartland, south of the great lakes that throw me off.
Cool test!
Posted by: Derek | March 4, 2007 1:51 PM
Wow…I can’t believe that I only forgot 2. But it’s kind of ironic because Chicago is my favorite city and I forgot Illinois, and I’ve been to Lancaster about 10 times and I forgot Pennsylvania…hah.
Posted by: Emily | March 4, 2007 2:31 PM
got all 50 with 6 minutes left, thanks to my 1st grade teacher who taught us the United States song!
Posted by: emilee | March 4, 2007 3:23 PM
I only got twenty before fizzling out with about 3 minutes to go. But I’m not American. So if you can tell me all provinces in The Netherlands I’ll call my defeat ;)
Posted by: Lars | March 4, 2007 4:19 PM
My son and I did it, altenating back and forth. We got them all with 2:30 to go. He was naming them randomly and I was going East to West
Posted by: Alec and Casey | March 4, 2007 4:32 PM
50 states with 7:56 on the clock. Can’t spell Pennsylvania for the life of me, or I would have finished faster. Find the song “Fifty Nifty United States,” and learn the lyrics.
Posted by: RJK | March 4, 2007 5:15 PM
All 50 in 2 and a half minutes. I Rock!
Posted by: boonks | March 4, 2007 5:42 PM
Forgot utah and illinois, 2 forgettable states anyway
Posted by: edwards is a f.ag | March 4, 2007 6:12 PM
Another Canadian with 44.
Posted by: Terry | March 4, 2007 7:58 PM
Who really needs Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, and New Jersey anyway? ugh!
Posted by: s | March 4, 2007 9:33 PM
49 out of 50. I forgot Wyoming. But who wouldn’t?
Posted by: Tony @ The Apartment | March 4, 2007 9:43 PM
First time around I got 43 of them. Couldn’t leave it at that, so I took a break of some hours and came back. 49 this time around. Missed Arkansas.
Oh, I am not American and never lived there either.
First time around missed: Arkansas, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Utah, Nebraska, Maryland and Vermont .. I think.
Posted by: Lyn | March 4, 2007 10:30 PM
I forgot: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, and Vermont. 45/50
Posted by: hardcandy | March 4, 2007 10:53 PM
49 — I forgot Oklahoma!
Posted by: eric | March 4, 2007 11:18 PM
48/50
I forgot Arkansas & Indiana
“the freak states”
Posted by: Will | March 5, 2007 12:36 AM
50 in 8. Not bad for a dirty furrenger. Hey, could you make a similar one for the countries in Europe?
Posted by: gnu | March 5, 2007 12:54 AM
46/50
stupid M and W states:
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Posted by: b | March 5, 2007 1:28 AM
Got 47 in the first three minutes. Came up with Nevada around the end. Forgot Delaware and Nebraska
Embarrassed to admit that I could name all 16 German Laender (like states) quickly, though.
Posted by: A Texan in Bavaria | March 5, 2007 3:27 AM
18 missing when time was up. Not too bad for a Swede. How would you Americans do with a list of Swedish provinces? ;-)
Posted by: Hans Persson | March 5, 2007 4:26 AM
Got 48, missed Iowa and Nevada.
Not too shabby for an Englishman! I doubt many Americans could name more than three or four English counties.
Posted by: Howard | March 5, 2007 5:08 AM
I forgot Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, and
Pennsylvania. But, you know, they’re easy to forget.
Posted by: Mike Harlan | March 5, 2007 8:22 AM
50 with 2:31 to spare. Delaware took two minutes to remember.
Posted by: Beth | March 5, 2007 8:42 AM
Got all 50 with 7:11 to spare. I barely remember “Fifty Nifty United States” but I also learned “Fifty States in Rhyme” to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw.” Spelling slowed me down, too!
Posted by: Katie | March 5, 2007 9:21 AM
I’m Canadian, so I attempted to do this in alphabetical order, which is how I learned the 50 states as a kid. Missed Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Oregon, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. So 37/50… not bad for information I haven’t really used in six years :)
Posted by: P.Shoes | March 5, 2007 9:32 AM
Damn it…46 out of 50. Missed Indiana, Illinois, and the two Carolinas. Bleargh.
Posted by: Dave | March 5, 2007 10:16 AM
Forgot Utah and Oklahoma too!
Posted by: Wayne | March 5, 2007 10:29 AM
Damn, I forgot New Jersey. What really pisses me off is that I knew I was missing a “New-something” state, but couldn’t figure it out… 49/50 isn’t too bad, though.
Posted by: Randomscrub | March 5, 2007 10:40 AM
Got them all in 3 mins and 45 secs!
Posted by: Kenny | March 5, 2007 10:41 AM
48 of 50
I forgot Minnesota, Nebraska.
I’m from Mississippi. Who in the lives in Nebraska????
Posted by: angel | March 5, 2007 10:54 AM
all fifty with 4:03 to spare but it took me over a minute to get New Jersey and Iowa.
Posted by: Jason | March 5, 2007 10:55 AM
49 - missed only Tennesee.
Posted by: mileshuman | March 5, 2007 10:59 AM
Fuck you, Connecticut!
Last time I tried this I was in Saigon, Vietnam, and I thought for 4 hours and never got Kansas. Kansas! That’s where Dorothy’s from, for god’s sake!
Posted by: Catriona | March 5, 2007 11:02 AM
I got 28… And I invented:
- EAST VIRGINIA
- PUERTO RICO
But I’m Spanish… I’m sure I’ll be better with a european quizz!
Posted by: Christianito | March 5, 2007 11:12 AM
You forgot:Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey.
I mowed down the majority in about 6 minutes. Most of the rest of the time was spent fighting the urge to consult a map and trying to remember all the New England states.
Posted by: Lawn Mower Man | March 5, 2007 11:16 AM
48/50
Forgot Kentucky and Wisconsin. But as an elitist New Yorker, frankly it’s impressive that I remember any of the states west of Jersey.
Posted by: Rob Becker | March 5, 2007 11:24 AM
I’m a whiz—do you have one for the world?
Posted by: christina | March 5, 2007 11:25 AM
I got 49/50… remembered Delaware, forgot about Michigan.
Posted by: Tara | March 5, 2007 11:35 AM
I can’t believe i had over 3 minutes to go and couldn’t come up with Arizona to finish w/ 50… I suck.
Posted by: Mike | March 5, 2007 11:42 AM
49 of 50, damn! Who remembers Delaware or any of those tiny east coast colonies, anyway? Sheesh.
Posted by: Tony | March 5, 2007 11:51 AM
50/50 - 48 w/ 6:30 to go. took me another 2 minutes to come up with virginia and west virginia. however, i did sink to trying puerto rico on a whim.
Posted by: priya | March 5, 2007 12:04 PM
50/50
with 6:00 mins to spare =)
Posted by: Richelle | March 5, 2007 12:14 PM
49/50 I can’t believe that I couldn’t remember Mississippi!
Posted by: Backlash | March 5, 2007 12:24 PM
37 / 50 but from uk so not to bad :-)
Posted by: Simon | March 5, 2007 12:25 PM
Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana.
What are- three places I have no desire to visit, and the three states I could not remember.
Posted by: Matt Bilak-Sackin | March 5, 2007 12:29 PM
Left out Wyoming. I KNEW there was another
frontier state,” but I couldn’t come up with it in time.
Posted by: betty friedan | March 5, 2007 12:30 PM
Did it with 7:50 remaining. Still can’t get “Fifty Nifty” out of my head 18 years after learning it!
Posted by: Kristi | March 5, 2007 12:31 PM
DELAWARE!…Damn you!
Posted by: kendall | March 5, 2007 12:44 PM
45..almost!! I forgot Idaho, louisianna, mississippi, missouri, wisconsin!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | March 5, 2007 12:51 PM
50 states with 6:42 left on the clock. Hmm, 3:18, not too shabby for someone who never learned THE song.
Posted by: Mackenzie | March 5, 2007 12:51 PM
48, Dang Minnesota and Nebraska. When did they become states?
Posted by: Rhonda | March 5, 2007 1:18 PM
All of them but WYOMING!
Posted by: LA baby | March 5, 2007 1:29 PM
50/50 states with 7:00 left on the clock… 3:00 flat,not too shabby at all if I say so myself
Posted by: Robby | March 5, 2007 1:40 PM
47/50
Rhode Island (duh, i live in MASSACHUSETTS), Iowa and Missouri
Posted by: Dave | March 5, 2007 2:00 PM
Damn it! i typed Missouri twice and left out Michigin. 49 in about 4 minutes because i didn’t think i’d screwed up. Grrr.
Posted by: Jenna | March 5, 2007 2:04 PM
I should probably put more potatoes and dairy in my diet, as I missed Idaho and Wisconsin.
Posted by: Mike Juran | March 5, 2007 2:09 PM
42… Not bad for a Belgian.
You should make a European version of this game. Let’s see how you score ;-)
Posted by: Johan Meynendonckx | March 5, 2007 2:14 PM
Please please please make another one for US Presidents! …. the flash kind…
Posted by: Sarah M. | March 5, 2007 2:33 PM
I got 45 — not bad for a Canadian, I guess. I can’t believe I missed Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska and Vermont — but I understand why I missed Delaware. I mean, I didn’t even know that was a state…
Posted by: Leah C. | March 5, 2007 2:40 PM
I got all 50 states with 2:26 remaining. It took me awhile to figure arkansas was the only state left.
Posted by: Carl | March 5, 2007 2:41 PM
46 out of 50… missed Idaho, New Hampshire, Vermont, and I put New Orleans instead of Louisiana (Everything on the news is New Orleans so it was an honest mistake) Not bad for someone who panicked and could only think of 7 until I had 3 minutes left.
Posted by: Robin | March 5, 2007 2:45 PM
SO close!! I got 49, and missed Minnesota. To bad a 32-yr old cannot remember that state song we learned in the 3rd grade. A great way to fill 10 minutes.
Posted by: Mac | March 5, 2007 3:19 PM
Waste of time. Anyone who learned the States song in elementary can recite all 50 states… alphabetically. Why not make a map where you have to match the state name with the position on the map. That would be challenging…
Posted by: Voice of Reason | March 5, 2007 3:24 PM
I got 48 states in less than 4 minutes, then blanked out for the next 5.5 minutes until I remembered Maryland. For some reason, Minnesota just never came to mind, even though I just visited it for the first time two years ago…
Posted by: John | March 5, 2007 3:38 PM
Finished with 13 remaining. But I’m from Finland, so never studied this in school.
Posted by: eae | March 5, 2007 3:39 PM
49 in five minutes, then i had to go back through everything geographically to find the one missed. found missouri with a minute and a half remaining!
we never learned the song in grade school.
how about a capital game?
Posted by: hal | March 5, 2007 3:56 PM
46 in 6 minutes, with four minutes to reflect on just how stupid I am that I can’t think of four more states in four minutes. BTW, I missed Illinois, Michigan, Delaware and … omg, I can’t believe I already forgot the fourth one I forgot before! Wow, I must really hate that state!
Posted by: Sylko | March 5, 2007 3:57 PM
I got them all with about 7 and a half minutes to spare! You see, I can name them all in alphabetical order, and have been able to do so for the last 33 years! I learned them in a song (“50 Nifty United States”) when I was in 4th grade, and like the song for the preamble to the US Constitution that I learned around the same time (thank you Schoolhouse Rock!), it stuck permanently! It’s actually a great conversation lull picker-upper. Now if I could just figure out how to make some money off of this skill.
I’m trying to learn the Presidents in order, but there is no song for that. I can do the Kings and Queens of England in order from Henry III though.
Wow, what useless skills I have!
Posted by: Kathleen | March 5, 2007 4:04 PM
i got all 50 in alphabetical order with 7:18 left to go…i learned the fifty nifty song in elementary school and can somehow still remember it!
Posted by: ld | March 5, 2007 4:09 PM
Got all 50 in 6 minutes. Not too shabby. (I credit a song that I had to learn in grade school… singing the states in alphabetical order.)
Posted by: VA Blond | March 5, 2007 4:10 PM
forgot one - Maryland., but nothing personal to anyone in Maryland. My other problem was the correct spelling of Mass. I think I did good for my first time.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 5, 2007 4:30 PM
I got 43 and then my brain got stuck on Canada. Umm, that’s not telling at all, is it?
I missed Colorado (which I’ve been to!), the Dakotas, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
Posted by: Lauren | March 5, 2007 4:34 PM
I’ve tried several times several hours apart (to come back “fresh”) and I’m taking between 2:40 and 3:40 to do it. I have two ways: alphabetically (most people will miss an “M” or “N” state not realizing how many there are), or a childhood chant I used when assembling a US map puzzle. I’d start at my home state, PA, and move in a pattern around the country. The rhythm of the chant helps me remember forgotten states (darn you, Nebraska!).
Posted by: LV | March 5, 2007 4:48 PM
All 50 in 3:22. Did the “States in ABC order” song but got tripped up and had to go through and realize I left out NM. Not too bad for a girl who has left the southeast exactly 4 times, and 2 of those were abroad.
Posted by: Jennifer | March 5, 2007 4:57 PM
forgot:Kansas, Kentucky
kept swirling around the midwest, felt like a tornado. “there’s no place like home!”
Posted by: yeager | March 5, 2007 4:59 PM
49 out of 50, sorry utah!
Posted by: Shawn Burton | March 5, 2007 5:06 PM
Fucking Wyoming. That’s all I got to say.
Posted by: Diablevert | March 5, 2007 5:20 PM
I was sure that I could do this, but came up short by 2 states. Got 46 in about 4:30 minutes; I live in KY—started with Maine, worked my way down the east coast, the gulf coast, then back up to get the states east of the Mississipi. From there, I worked my way west, but not nearly in such an organized manner. In the next 3 minutes, I remembered Kansas and Utah.
Somehow I missed Mississipi on my “trip” down the coast (and I have a friend who lives in Boston) and forgot about Minnesota.
Posted by: camargo25 | March 5, 2007 5:35 PM
vermont is a whore, but i got them all with 1:01 left
Posted by: stephen | March 5, 2007 5:38 PM
Nebraska and Indiana, my arch-nemeses!
Posted by: Jason_T | March 5, 2007 5:38 PM
well, sadly I only named 25.. Even though we learned the 50 states in elementary school.
Posted by: dana.. a resident of Saskatchewan | March 5, 2007 5:55 PM
Got all 49 (I refuse to recognize Nebraska as a state.)
Posted by: Tim | March 5, 2007 6:18 PM
49 who cares about Montana!?
Posted by: Greg | March 5, 2007 6:24 PM
Got 46 pretty fast, cheated with a map to get 2 more (Massachusetts and Nevada), couldn’t figure out the last two - duh! Hawaii and Alaska!
Posted by: Jessica | March 5, 2007 6:45 PM
48, totally forgot Oklahoma and Iowa.
Posted by: Nancy | March 5, 2007 6:48 PM
im canadian and i missed 14
You forgot:Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Utah, Vermont, West Virginia,
Posted by: Anonymous | March 5, 2007 7:02 PM
im canadian and i missed 14
You forgot:Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Utah, Vermont, West Virginia,
Posted by: gordo | March 5, 2007 7:03 PM
I forgot Idaho.
Posted by: Denise | March 5, 2007 8:23 PM
You forgot:Delaware, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Screw you, Delaware!
3 isn’t so bad.
Are you going to release stats on how the general population performs? It’d be totally sweet if users could see how they stack up to everyone else.
Awesome game + thanks!
Posted by: Eleanor Zimmermann | March 5, 2007 8:23 PM
49… I thought I had them all, but I had Florida twice. :(
Posted by: rebecca | March 5, 2007 8:26 PM
Got 50, but the last one took me about 3 and a half minutes all by itself. I think it helped that I used to teach 6th grade Social Studies and I would test the kids on the 50 states. I started with Maine and worked down and around. The one I forgot? Missouri (sorry, Show Me State)—almost in the dead center of the lower 48.
What about a capitals quiz? That’s harder!!
Posted by: Susanna M. | March 5, 2007 8:43 PM
I got 49 - and forgot Maryland, where I travel through every year!
Posted by: Melanie | March 5, 2007 8:48 PM
Good old Fifty Nifty. Still wins bets at parties.
6:47 remaining. Spelling lets me down! Damn you Massachusetts!
Posted by: Mike | March 5, 2007 9:10 PM
missed ones: Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, and West Virginia
Geesh… for an oldster I guess I didn’t do so bad. Who ever remembers that Delaware is a state anyway! (for example: you’re planning a family vacation and you say, “Geesh, we should use our vacation time on traveling to Delaware!”
Posted by: Anonymous | March 5, 2007 9:11 PM
Got 49 and spent the last 2 minutes screwing with connecticut. guess I know how to spell it now though.
Posted by: g drake | March 5, 2007 9:32 PM
ugh - 49. forgot kansas.
i’m from NC, so i don’t really hear much about those midwest states, i guess.
Posted by: Bennett | March 5, 2007 10:26 PM
Got it in 6:10. Alaska and Hawaii were my last two. Damn the non-continental US
Posted by: Yo Yo Ma | March 5, 2007 10:26 PM
I got 49… forgot Wisconsin. I started out with Alaska and Hawaii so I wouldn’t forget them, then worked down the West Coast, then PA (where I live) and up and down the East Coast, and then filled in the rest… well almost the rest ;)
Posted by: ocg | March 5, 2007 10:35 PM
Umm, ok so I feel soo stupid right now. I missed like 13 of them…dammit.
Posted by: R. Olowosuko | March 5, 2007 10:36 PM
The first time around I missed Alabama… Who the heck wants to go there anyway with all the KKK and rednecks. The second try, I was down to 1 again on the last 3 4 minutes and finally got Kansas.
Posted by: AL | March 5, 2007 10:46 PM
I only missed Missouri. And I am very angry that I missed it. Who cares about Missouri anyway?
Posted by: Max | March 5, 2007 10:47 PM
You forgot:Iowa, Massachusetts,
Remember to post your score in the comments!
FUCK YOU IOWA AND MASSACHUSETTS
Posted by: Paul | March 5, 2007 10:48 PM
I got 37, but I’m Canadian so it’s ok :)
Posted by: Dana | March 5, 2007 11:00 PM
49 - Montana
Posted by: mark | March 5, 2007 11:25 PM
F-you Wisconsin! I remembered most of the “Fifty Nifty United States”, but having been raised in Texas, didn’t really remember anything after that. One MORE reason to hate Brett Favre.
Posted by: phil | March 5, 2007 11:42 PM
I missed Missouri and Connecticut. Ugh!
Posted by: Marie | March 5, 2007 11:44 PM
I got 49. The last five minutes I spent thinking of which state I missed. It was Wisconsin. Frigging Wisconsin.
Posted by: Gloria | March 6, 2007 12:08 AM
49 - Missed Indiana
Not too bad for some one who has been in the US only during the last six years. The last time I played this game with my wife several years ago, we ended up with 51 states even though we missed two:-)
Posted by: Sky | March 6, 2007 12:32 AM
We live in Melbourne Australia, but have played this game a couple of times to pass the time…we got 37, which I guess is okay for ‘out of towners’ :) we misspelt Mississippi (and kind of cheated and looked up how to spell Massachusetts) otherwise we could’ve gotten 38. Still kicking ourselves over Arizona, Idaho, Rhode Island and a couple of other obvious ones….Duh!!!
Posted by: Robyn and Kathryn | March 6, 2007 12:43 AM
You forgot: Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri
I couldn’t spell Massachusetts, blanked on my mind’s eye map for the rest. If they are east of the Rockies and no one looks at them, do they really exist?
Posted by: Joel | March 6, 2007 12:49 AM
i got 49…the one i was missin is the one i am frickin sittin in…DARN U OHIO!
Posted by: Cassie | March 6, 2007 12:52 AM
Dang it, Wisconsin!!!
Who knew Connecticut had that extra ‘c’? I didn’t but my fingers slipped so I got it anyway… :)
Posted by: Kat | March 6, 2007 12:59 AM
Never even heard of the freakin song! Going to try again without the wine!
Posted by: Jane | March 6, 2007 1:05 AM
I got 44, not bad for an Aussie!
Posted by: amikca | March 6, 2007 1:22 AM
48 with three minutes left. Went blank on Kentucky and Wyoming.
Also a Canadian, but I’ve been known to rattle off geography just to pass time at work. Little disappointed I didn’t nail all of them.
Posted by: Garrett | March 6, 2007 1:26 AM
I got 40, but I’m canadian living near new york state. Most of the ones i missed were midwestern states. I actually had most of my answers by the first 3 mins, Once i saw the ones i missed i felt pretty stupid tho. Shoulda had them, memory blank
Posted by: robin | March 6, 2007 1:27 AM
2AM in the morning got 47 states….only missed Colorado, Iowa, and Rhode Island.
Posted by: Pete | March 6, 2007 2:07 AM
45
Posted by: Jonathan | March 6, 2007 2:11 AM
Got them all with about 5 min left- someone should make a state capital version of this to add to the challenge…
Posted by: Eric | March 6, 2007 2:33 AM