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Lunchtime Quiz: State Capitals
by Jason English - March 31, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Here’s a good way to kill ten minutes.

How well do you know your state capitals? Can you name all 50? When you’re done, come back and let us know which ones escaped you.

Take the quiz: Name All 50 State Capitals

And remember, spelling counts. So here’s a hint: Montpelier. If you’d like a cheat sheet, continue reading for a list of all 50 states.

* 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

Comments (15)
  1. I got 49 out of 50 in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately I could think of the last one and time ran out.

    I tried going from the East Coast to the West Coast, but I could not think of the last one.

  2. Without the hints, I’m not sure I would have scored 80%. With the hints, I only missed Missouri.

  3. Woo hoo! I got all 50 in 4:24!

    All those years listening to Wakko Warner sing the capitals were finally put to good use.

  4. Yay! It only took me 3:54!

    Of course, that was thanks to the Rap of the States that we had to learn in elementary school!

  5. All 50 3:06… Frankfort drove me nuts because I kept trying to make it Frankfurt.

  6. too many to confess… I’ve gotten way rusty in that dept. It’s embarrassing, actually

  7. all 50 in 2:29 - no looking at the states

  8. Yeah… I knew like, 5 of them, and that was when I was looking at the states.

  9. Yeah! Got ‘em all without peeking at the list of states, in 4:01.

  10. 45 of 50.
    I had a typo for Atlanta, and when it didn’t work decided I was wrong.

    The others I missed were Frankfort, Annapolis, Lansing, Charleston I have no excuse for not knowing nay of them.

  11. Wow, this is going back waaaaaay too many years. I did pretty well considering the brain cells containing that information were jettisoned long ago. The one I definitely would have gotten - Montpelier - you gave at the start. :-)

  12. Missed six. One of those six was Montpelier, because I can’t spell, AND I also can’t read instructions!

    I would’ve nailed all these 30 years ago. Great quiz,

  13. Check out www.rightbrainedlearner.com for a deck of flash cards that use funny cartoon picture codes to help you remember the 50 states and capitals.

  14. Tough quiz! We never learned the capitals, so… I remembered all the states, but couldn’t think of Maryland (couldn’t remember a single city besides Baltimore), Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, and New Mexico (kept trying to spell Albequerque.)

  15. that was a tough quiz for 50 capitals as only been out of school for 20 yrs.-yikes!

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