Jason English
The 5pm Quiz: Name All 50 State Capitals
by Jason English - January 18, 2011 - 5:00 PM

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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

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Comments (9)

  1. Wakko’s America helps quite a lot.

    posted by Emily on 1-18-2011 at 6:24 pm

  2. Oh my goodness. I am SO glad I was not the only one humming Wakko’s America while taking this quiz! Can anyone beat one minute and forty-two seconds to name all fifty capitals?

    posted by Christopher on 1-18-2011 at 6:39 pm

  3. My daughter used Wacko a few years ago to pass a seventh grade test. I still find myself singing it

    posted by Darlene on 1-18-2011 at 7:53 pm

  4. 4:37 to spare.

    posted by Reid on 1-18-2011 at 7:56 pm

  5. I was typing on my iPad, which slowed me down a bit. It took me 6:13 to get all 50.

    I didn’t hum Wakko’s America, but I did use it when I got stuck.

    posted by gmsc on 1-19-2011 at 5:43 am

  6. I have no idea what Wakko’s America is, but I guess I’d better check. That’d have helped with Augusta, ME. Damn you Augusta!

    posted by Josh on 1-19-2011 at 12:29 pm

  7. Every friday in 4th grade we were given a map of the United States with numbers on the states. We had to correctly identify the state and its capitol and spell both correctly. Once we got 100%, we would not have to do it anymore. I never achieved that. I always mixed up the capitols of Virginia, West Virginia and North and South Carolina and couldn’t spell Massachusetts and Conneticut correctly.

    posted by lewen on 1-19-2011 at 2:35 pm

  8. I can never remember the capital of Missouri.

    posted by David on 1-19-2011 at 5:03 pm

  9. now i have to find out about wakko’s america…never heard of it.

    got them all though, took me 4:14 to do it.

    posted by Wayne on 1-20-2011 at 1:27 pm

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