Can You Name All 50 States in 10 Minutes

Betty · 03-02-2007, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MouseWife

I'm not even going to try. It would take me way longer than ten minutes.

What scares me is if I ever get pulled over {not that I would but if I ever did....} and they ask me to recite the alphabet backwards...no way. Do they even really ask this? I think we saw it on a movie or something and Hubster and I were like 'Who can really do this???'

And, hell, I probably couldn't even walk a straight line.

That's something I can do as fast as I can say it forward. When my daughter was a baby, I would lay her down for bed after feeding her in the middle of the night and if I could get through saying the alphabet backwards, I felt comfortable enough to snooze away. But if she cried out before that, I would tend to her and then start over. Oddly enough, my daughter can now also recite the alphabet backwards.

The key is to do it in 3's. You know the first zyx, then wvu, tsr, qpo etc.

You find that there are groups of letters that come naturally and that makes it easier. Then all of a sudden you're at fedcba and ta-da - you know the alphabet backwards.

Just one of my many talents!

DreadPirateRoberts · 03-02-2007, 07:43 AM

I missed Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma. I had the States song going though my head, but it quit about 3/4 of the way though.

Snowflake · 03-02-2007, 07:57 AM

I can't believe I missed Rhode Island..........

Alex · 03-02-2007, 08:11 AM

I've been to every state but five on various road trips so for me it wasn't so much an exercise in remembering the states as remembering the trips.

Olympic soccer, 1992 - Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illionois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut (which I forgot), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Pennsylvania again, Ohio, Indiana again, Illinois again, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington again.

Retrieve Lani, 1998 - Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington

6-week Sabbatical, 2004 - California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California.

Walt's 100th birthday in Marceline, 2001

etc....

It's all in the mnemonics.

MouseWife · 03-03-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Betty

That's something I can do as fast as I can say it forward.
Just one of my many talents!

Wow!! I am impressed!!

Gemini Cricket · 03-04-2007, 12:03 AM

And then there's Wakko's America sung to the tune "Turkey in the Straw":

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana
And Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana
Then there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north
To Massachusetts' Boston, and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know.

Trenton's in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, Missouri
You've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine
And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt
To Montpelier, which is up in Vermont
Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall
And Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul.

Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska
And it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then
There's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in Washington
Phoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan.

Here's Honolulu; Hawaii's a joy
Jackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay.

They have wonderful clam chowder.

Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home in
Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam
Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North Dakota
And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon; from there we join
Little Rock in Arkansas; Iowa's got Des Moines
Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city
Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are!

And here is the video of the Animaniacs' episode it's from.

Stan4dSteph · 03-04-2007, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

And then there's Wakko's America sung to the tune "Turkey in the Straw"

I mentioned it above, but thanks for linking to the YouTube video.

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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I missed Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma. I had the States song going though my head, but it quit about 3/4 of the way though.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I can't believe I missed Rhode Island.......... __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I've been to every state but five on various road trips so for me it wasn't so much an exercise in remembering the states as remembering the trips. Olympic soccer, 1992 - Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illionois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut (which I forgot), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Pennsylvania again, Ohio, Indiana again, Illinois again, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington again. Retrieve Lani, 1998 - Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington 6-week Sabbatical, 2004 - California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California. Walt's 100th birthday in Marceline, 2001 etc.... It's all in the mnemonics.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The US States and their capitols. And then there's Wakko's America sung to the tune "Turkey in the Straw": Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana And Columbus is the capital of Ohio There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana Then there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho. Texas has Austin, then we go north To Massachusetts' Boston, and Albany, New York Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee. Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know. Trenton's in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, Missouri You've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has Pierre Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware. Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt To Montpelier, which is up in Vermont Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall And Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul. Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska And it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then There's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in Washington Phoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan. Here's Honolulu; Hawaii's a joy Jackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, Illinois South Carolina with Columbia down the way And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay. They have wonderful clam chowder. Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home in Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North Dakota And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home. Salem in Oregon; from there we join Little Rock in Arkansas; Iowa's got Des Moines Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City. That's all the capitals there are! And here is the video of the Animaniacs' episode it's from.
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