Can you name the US Capitals from East to West?

Rank	Capital	Longitude
1		69' 76' W
2		71' 05' W
3		71' 41' W
4		71' 53' W
5		72' 57' W
6		72' 67' W
7		73' 45' W
8		74' 76' W
9		75' 52' W
10		76' 48' W
11		76' 87' W
12		77' 43' W
13		78' 38' W
14		81' 02' W
15		81' 22' W
16		83' 00' W
17		84' 17' W
18		84' 23' W
19		84' 54' W
20		84' 87' W
21		86' 14' W
22		86' 18' W
23		86' 77' W
24		89' 35' W
25		89' 64' W

Rank	Capital	Longitude
26		90' 11' W
27		91' 09' W
28		92' 10' W
29		92' 17' W
30		93' 06' W
31		93' 36' W
32		95' 69' W
33		96' 46' W
34		97' 30' W
35		97' 44' W
36		100' 21' W
37		100' 47' W
38		104' 49' W
39		104' 99' W
40		105' 56' W
41		111' 53' W
42		112' 02' W
43		112' 04' W
44		116' 12' W
45		119' 45' W
46		121' 29' W
47		122' 54' W
48		123' 02' W
49		134' 25' W
50		157' 51' W

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US Capitals East to West Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Contributed: November 6th, 2009
Published: January 2nd, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 57,772

Tags: Capital Quizzes, east, US Capitals, longitude, capitals pack, rank, west

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	ch7:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 15:36 GMT	2 points
	this is hard

	yocoy:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 15:45 GMT	14 points
	It's hard but it gets much easier the further west you go. Would have got 'em all if I wasn't hell bent on Anchorage as the capital of Alaska.

	gqb:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 15:48 GMT	4 points
	After getting the easy ones on the east, I went from west to east and then filled in the gaps.

	rockhopperlad:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 15:57 GMT	2 points
	This was fun. The time was about right. You have to know geography and be able to type fast!

	shrewdgirl8:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:11 GMT	5 points
	nice idea, good quiz

	ad808:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:17 GMT	10 points
	There's a lot of typing between the Atlantic coast and the Mississippi river. It gets easier after you get past the Great Plains states.

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	BigSwitz98:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:29 GMT	5 points
	That was a lot of fun!!

	cynicallynaive:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:40 GMT	5 points
	Tremendous quiz, one of my favorite on there. I got 50/50 with just 00:37 left, and had to try a bunch of different techniques. West to East is certainly a lot easier once you get through New England and NY. Another good technique is copying your best guess to the clipboard then trying it in several blanks until it fits.

	conradmcmasters:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:41 GMT	2 points
	solid quiz

	jimpoz:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:48 GMT	11 points
	Once on Final Jeopardy! they asked for the southernmost state capital other than Honolulu. I thought this was an especially cruel one because less than 10 minutes of latitude (12.5 miles) separate Austin (the correct answer), Baton Rouge, and Tallahassee. (In fact, the latter two are less than a mile and a half apart in terms of which is farther north.)

	cynicallynaive:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:48 GMT	5 points
	Small correction: You've got a minute sign (') where each degree sign (° - might have to use Unicode U+00B0 or HTML °) should be.

	mikeo924:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 16:51 GMT	2 points
	I finished with :14 left -- found it helpful to do New England/Northeast first, then work basically west to east.

	newenglander:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:14 GMT	4 points
	the corridor from the great lakes down to the gulf of mexico was definitely the most difficult part.

	biskit67:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:18 GMT	9 points
	Got 46 on the first go. Great quiz. Probably would've finished if I didn't spend 30 seconds trying Birmingham as Alabama's capital.

	schoopdawoop:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:24 GMT	6 points
	Much easier going west to east...

	mimitchi86:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:24 GMT	1 point
	It was a lot easier for me to work west-to-east, mainly because I just don't know the New England geography as well as the rest of the US. Still didn't help me get more than 25/50, though...

	cwrocs220:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:28 GMT	2 points
	maybe a little more time? but excellent quiz

	Globalandy:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 17:48 GMT	4 points
	Finished with 30 seconds left. Like this because it was challenging in that if you didn't know the capitals in the first place you'd be hosed since the clock is not too long. I used the same strategy as mentioned earlier of copying and pasting until I could find the right order. Would have never guessed Madison was east of Springfield, IL among others. The other hold up was spelling Bismarck as Bismark.

	kagomeshuko:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 18:18 GMT	2 points
	Wow, this is very hard.

	the_hamburglar:	Jan 2nd, 2010 at 18:25 GMT	1 point
	Starting from the east I got stuck on Lansing, so I went from the west coast all the way to Indiana then realized what I was missing