Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Elizabeth

Can you name 50 states in 10 minutes? From IronicSans.

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7 Responses to “Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?”

  1. Silvia, on March 24th, 2007 at 3:58 pm Said:

    Yes! With 16 seconds to spare. :)

  2. Eric, on March 24th, 2007 at 9:21 pm Said:

    Arrghh! I couldn’t quite do it. I started out all willy-nilly instead of thinking my way around the map. Watching the clock tick down didn’t help, either.

    I’m from Canada, so I don’t feel too bad about not getting all 50, but as soon as I saw the states I missed, I was ticked off because I knew all of them.

    Great link. Thanks.

  3. Elizabeth, on March 25th, 2007 at 10:40 am Said:

    I bet I couldn’t name all the provinces and territories to save my life!

    I found I had a lot of different mental associations among the states: sections of the US (Midwest, New England, etc.), places I’ve lived, places I’ve traveled, states that start with the same first letter, all the “New” states or “North/South” states, etc.

  4. Kempis, on March 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am Said:

    Uhm.. lets see.. “Los Angeles California, Las Vegas Nevada, Chicago Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Fly-over country (also known as the Redneck states).”

    :p :)

  5. Throwing Marshmallows » Do You Know Your States?, on April 2nd, 2007 at 8:48 pm Said:

    [...] HT: Charlottesville Words [...]

  6. sara, on May 14th, 2007 at 7:56 pm Said:

    I could do it but only with the help of other people and a map.

  7. Catherine, on May 15th, 2007 at 10:22 am Said:

    We had a competition once in my family to do this. Nobody won, and I only came up with 47–damn those middle states!

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