Can you name the 250 most commonly occuring words from every State of the Union address since 1900? by Juvo415

Can you name the 250 most commonly occuring words from every State of the Union address since 1900?

created by Juvo415

Enter a word from the State of the Union in the box below
Correctly named words will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Different forms of words, plurals, etc. are considered separate answers. *See the first comment for more information on how this quiz was assembled.*
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Commonest Words in the State of the Union Quiz

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	Juvo415:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 15:54 GMT		2 points
	Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the president to "from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union". More recently, this requirement has manifested as a traditional bold address to a joint session of Congress. Historically, the State of the Union was not necessarily a speech and not necessarily annual. Generally a newly inaugurated president will not issue one in the first year of elected office, with the notable exception of presidents sworn in after a death or resignation. As I researched this quiz, I discovered that many "States of the Union" before radio and television were very lengthy letters containing extremely detailed policy information, and as such I decided to cut off the quiz at the year 1900. I have included the text from the letters, as well as speeches in this quiz. I have excluded speeches to joint sessions of Congress that are not strictly a "State of the Union" address, such as President Obama's speech in January 2009. *Bonus answers include words ranked 251-290, as well as some additional words I expect may be commonly guessed.

	Juvo415:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 15:58 GMT		2 points
	**Generally, the source for this quiz can be found at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php#axzz1kZl5ABUz. I saved the qualifying texts into one file (nearly 1,200 pages) and ran an analysis on the file.

	Juvo415:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 17:29 GMT		2 points
	Some curious numbers: Iran - 39; Iraq - 117; Saddam - 40; Muslim - 4; Christian - 8; Jewish - 4; Hindu - 1; Qaeda - 29; Soviet - 176; Russia - 74; Cuba - 75; Communist - 79; Fascism - 6; Fascist - 0; Vietnam - 74; Korea - 76; Japan - 108; Germany - 86; France - 46; Hitler - 11; Nazi - 10. Liberty - 172; Washington - 197; Jefferson - 9; Madison - 1; Lincoln - 25; Roosevelt - 26; Kennedy - 23 (some of those may be inflated because they signed their names on the letters); Constitution - 146; Independence - 167; Loggerheads - 1; Gobbledygook - 1; Sex - 2

	Bretzky:	Jan 29th, 2012 at 01:28 GMT		2 points
	Why am I not surprised that Constitution doesn't make the list.

	Bretzky:	Jan 29th, 2012 at 01:31 GMT		1 point
	Both Washington and John Adams gave annual, in-person addresses to the Congress to fulfill the requirement of Article II, Sect 3. Jefferson discontinued the practice of in-person addresses, but Wilson resumed them when he took office in 1913. They have been given in that way ever since.

	Juvo415:	Jan 29th, 2012 at 05:33 GMT		1 point
	I believe Jimmy Carter delivered once by letter. There could be a few others as well.

	Juvo415:	Jan 30th, 2012 at 16:52 GMT		1 point
	*Quick note, I noticed I had overlooked "programme" and "programmes", and so I summed those into "program" and "programs" respectively.

	rockgolf:	Jan 30th, 2012 at 18:40 GMT		2 points
	I created a "word cloud" of Obama's SOTU, but it excluded common word. Nonetheless, it's interesting to see how many words differ. http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4723454/State_of_the_Union_2012

	Preguntero:	Jan 30th, 2012 at 19:16 GMT		0 points
	what is properity?

	hollabackitsobi:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 16:56 GMT		2 points
	applause Should be up there.

	Juvo415:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 14:14 GMT		1 point
	@hollaback You are actually correct that "applause" was indeed in the top 250 results, but I chose to specifically omit it for self-explanatory reasons. I think it's fair to assume that the president has rarely uttered the word.

	hollabackitsobi:	Feb 12th, 2012 at 17:45 GMT		1 point
	Haha, I was being facetious. Your quiz is fine with me.