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1. Only limited by my poor typing skills! Thank you “Fifty Nifty United States” from elementary school days.

   posted by jean on 6-29-2010 at 5:06 pm

2. With 1:08 to spare.

   Woo Hoo!

   posted by Michael on 6-29-2010 at 5:08 pm

3. Fifty Nifty United States song saved me, too! ;)

   posted by ann on 6-29-2010 at 5:16 pm

4. Theeeeeere’s antimony arsenic… oh crap, wrong song.

   Seriously, though, took me over a minute to get the last one. I kept dancing around it in the midwest until I got it.

   posted by Mark on 6-29-2010 at 5:21 pm

5. Is there anyone who can quickly recite the names of all the states who *doesn’t* know that song? (Not me, I used the song.) The hardest thing was remembering how to spell Minnesota.

   posted by Also J on 6-29-2010 at 5:25 pm

6. I have no idea what song you’re talking about.

   ….aluminum, selenium….. now THAT a song!!

   1:06 left – darn Iowa.

   posted by Laurel on 6-29-2010 at 5:32 pm

7. Yup, I *knew* that Fifty Nifty song would come in handy one day. I had almost 2 minutes to spare.

   posted by Karen on 6-29-2010 at 5:35 pm

8. I could be bed-ridden with Alzheimer’s wearing a diaper and probably still know all of “Fifty Nifty”!

   Thankfully, I refrained from naming my home state as “Missoura”!

   posted by Marty on 6-29-2010 at 6:58 pm

9. For those of us who are typing challenged you should allow the two letter postal abbreviations.

   posted by Sir Fatboy on 6-29-2010 at 7:01 pm

10. NEBRASKAAAAAA!!! [/Stephen Colbert fist shake]

    posted by Tarn on 6-29-2010 at 7:09 pm

11. 2:47 to spare – Fifty Nifty works for me! I’ve made some cash betting people that I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order in under 20 seconds (my record is 15). Thank you to my third grade music teacher (whatever your name is)!

    posted by Clevegal42 on 6-29-2010 at 7:14 pm

12. I frazzed out about Indiana and California. Indiana’s easy enough to forget though.

    posted by Stu on 6-29-2010 at 8:23 pm

13. Wow, I don’t know the Fifty Nifty song by heart, but I surprised myself–got all with 2:42 left.

    @Mark & Laurel oh man, I never even THOUGHT about memorizing Lehrer’s Elements song. That probably would’ve helped me back in high school chemistry.

    posted by ESJ on 6-29-2010 at 8:33 pm

14. Forgot Iowa, Minnesota, and West Virginia. Oh well.

    posted by this is not my name on 6-29-2010 at 10:01 pm

15. @ Also J

    I don’t know the song (I think I’m too old), and I got them all w/ 2:39 left. I’m a visual learner, so i just picture a map. It’s easier to go from west to east. I do get confused w/ Vermont and New Hampshire, transposing them often, but Pennsylvania was my last “ends in A” state so not a problem here.

    And really? Minnesota? I’m from Minnesota so never been an issue. What do you do, spell it w/ a “D” or Mini instead of Minne? We have Minneapolis, Minnehaha, Minnetonka, so you learn that quickly.

    posted by Big Jonny on 6-29-2010 at 10:46 pm

16. Another “Fifty Nifty” ace here. That song actually comes in handy more often that I’d like to admit (ok, it’s almost always in trivia-answering situations… but it always makes me seem very smart!)

    “Shout ‘em, scout ‘em, tell all about ‘em!” :)

    posted by Catherine on 6-30-2010 at 1:26 am

17. Big Jonny–

    I used to get Vermont and NH mixed up too– until I figured out that Vermont is the one shaped like a “V”–problem solved. ;)

    posted by Catherine on 6-30-2010 at 1:27 am

18. I did use “Fifty Nifty”, I pictured the map and ran through them I missed Pennsylvania. I was in the hospital several times as a child. I was given U.S. state flash cards. I can name the states based on shape, and tried to recall from memory. If I could type, with more fingers, I may have gotten this one.

    posted by gus on 6-30-2010 at 3:40 am

19. I’ve never heard the song. I got them all in two minutes flat, just by visualizing a map

    posted by B-Doc on 6-30-2010 at 7:28 am

20. I missed one that borders my home state!Arrrgggghhhh!!!!

    posted by AHI on 6-30-2010 at 8:17 am

21. I’ve never heard the song.. got finished in a minute 18 sec… but then again I got good at memorizing the states when they had the “Name All 50 States” Quiz… I wanted to type all 50 under a minute but at my best could only do 63 sec.

    posted by Steven on 6-30-2010 at 8:58 am

22. Yay! FINISHED WITH 2:15 LEFT!

    Knowing the states song has become more helpful than I ever imagined (especially when taking mental floss quizzes)!

    posted by Katie Rose on 6-30-2010 at 9:13 am

23. What do you mean Missoura doesn’t count?

    posted by Bert on 6-30-2010 at 9:24 am

24. I never heard of nifty-fifty, but I always used the Allan Sherman Holiday for States song.

    posted by Wayne on 6-30-2010 at 10:11 am

25. Darn Pennsylvania! 20/21 is not bad for a Canadian though. Even though I should’ve gotten the state where Sidney Crosby plays…

    posted by Homer89 on 6-30-2010 at 10:56 am

26. 1:17 left to spare. no nifty fifty needed. boo yah…

    posted by mri on 6-30-2010 at 11:05 am

27. OK I don’t know that crazy Fifty Nifty song everyone is talking about, but 2:00 minutes left, all but one…darn you Iowa! The rest I just visualized a map…that’s how I remember it!

    posted by J-me on 6-30-2010 at 11:06 am

28. 1:47! another “50 nifty…” kid.

    posted by jenn on 6-30-2010 at 11:18 am

29. 16 in 4 minutes, not too shabby.

    posted by MetalRose on 6-30-2010 at 12:17 pm

30. I’ve never heard of 50 nifty, but I got them all. Though Iowa took me about 30 seconds!

    posted by Corinne on 6-30-2010 at 12:56 pm

31. Damn you, Minnesota!

    posted by tiacheryl on 6-30-2010 at 4:40 pm

32. Interesting and good things you got here. Keep it coming! I’m always looking to educate myself on that subject.

    posted by Dolly Mendesa on 7-26-2010 at 12:59 pm

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