Comments on: Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:22:04 +0000

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

By: sara

sara — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:56:12 +0000

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

By: Throwing Marshmallows » Do You Know Your States?

Throwing Marshmallows » Do You Know Your States? — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:48:31 +0000

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

By: Kempis

Kempis — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:38 +0000

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).”

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:40:29 +0000

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.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:21:55 +0000

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.

By: Silvia

Silvia — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:58:35 +0000

Yes! With 16 seconds to spare.