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Can you name the U.S. States from their capitals? Enter a state in the box below Correctly named states will show up in the table below Click any empty Capital or State to answer for that location This game was contributed by Sporcle user: davidr You have 5 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today You Do Know Jack 24691 Russia's Borders 24039 TV Shows (U.S.) 20285 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 12858 Commonest English Words 9333 NCAA Div I Winning Streaks 7883 And more...
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Capital	State
Montpelier
Cheyenne
Boston
Annapolis
Jackson
Jefferson City
Tallahassee
Little Rock
Columbia
Salt Lake City
Dover
Madison
Boise
Pierre
Helena
Salem
Trenton
Concord
Carson City
Richmond
Columbus
Springfield
Providence
Atlanta
Bismarck

Capital	State
Nashville
Baton Rouge
Topeka
Montgomery
Des Moines
Sacramento
St Paul
Juneau
Augusta
Honolulu
Oklahoma City
Harrisburg
Austin
Lansing
Indianapolis
Albany
Phoenix
Hartford
Charleston
Olympia
Lincoln
Frankfort
Denver
Raleigh
Santa Fe

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There are 83 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

	angel1996:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:48 GMT	13 points
	Been waiting for this quiz for quite a while. Good to see it published.

	kristen58:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:52 GMT	17 points
	good, got them all with plenty of time to spare. i'm allowed to stay an american.

	HollywoodLeo:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:53 GMT	13 points
	Finally, a (Geographic location) by capital quiz that I can ace.

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	eshortstop2:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	69 points
	i typed in detroit when lansing came up. 3 times.

	cwrocs220:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	0 points
	@eshortstop2 haha

	redsxfenway:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:09 GMT	1 point
	What? Something screwy went here, the only state was right for me was Wisconsin.

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	pbrown:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:23 GMT	7 points
	For those of you that liked this, there was a great user-created quiz in which you have to name the capitals from east to west. Search something like "US Capitals east to west"

	Beldasnoop:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:24 GMT	16 points
	For some reason, it's a lot easier this way then being given the states and having to remember the capitals. I got them all!

	nobullship:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:27 GMT	2 points
	yea i think this one is easier cause its faster to type the states

	ElDavo:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:32 GMT	4 points
	I had one last answer to go with 0:55 left, but I just couldn't remember what state Oklahoma City is in...

	davidr:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:32 GMT	5 points
	@Mockenrue: Yeah, Sporcle's randomization algorithm doesn't seem to be very good. This is a feature on many of the random-order games.

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	txsling:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:55 GMT	0 points
	Next quiz: can you name the US state abbreviations from their capitals? :D

	HarryNJ:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 22:07 GMT	28 points
	@Goldrusher: Keep taking quizzes! I'm a lousy typist too, but I have to say after hanging out here almost daily for a couple months, it seems like I'm becoming programmed to type things like Massachusetts, Liechtenstein or Kyrgyzstan without even thinking about it. Practice, practice, practice!

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	editorempress:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 22:55 GMT	0 points
	The state abbreviations would have taken less time. The one that took me the longest to think of was my own state! Talk about brain farts.

	thriceratop:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	4 points
	It's weird that I know more of them when I see the capital and I'm asked for the state. If it gave the state name and asked for the capital I would've gotten a lot less right.

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	magieprince:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	10 points
	As a Canadian, and never having actually "learned" the states and capitals, I think I did pretty good except I didn't even have enough time to go through all 50. Then there are the capitals I could have gotten right after I eliminated some states. It was very frustrating to be in the middle of guessing and finding out the time was up. I can see how Americans would find it easier to do in 4 mins, but it's not enough time for some others (especially trying to spell Massachusetts or Tennessee :P).

	davidr:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:41 GMT	8 points
	@Mello: I hope not! That just means that people will have to backspace when the two answers "California, Colorado" become "Cali, forniaColorado".

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	davidr:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:53 GMT	3 points
	@Goldrusher: I can see where you're coming from but making the time limit much longer would just let people cut and paste to guess the answers. I think more people would complain about that than are going to complain about the current short-ish time limit. 40% of people are already getting 50/50 and typing the names of the states in four minutes is only about 21wpm (a `word' is taken as five characters). Apparently, the average two-finger typist can reach 25+wpm when copying a set text and 35+wpm when typing from memory so I think the time limit is reasonable.

	Venom1989:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:56 GMT	1 point
	With 40 seconds to spare!It does seem easier being given the state names.

	Miana90:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 23:56 GMT	-1 points
	Salem, Oregon is so low on the list... if only Portland was the capital or Salem was as big.. more out of state people would get it... sigh

	pcvrs410:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:02 GMT	0 points
	at least your state's capital isn't last. :/

	peanutbutter:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:07 GMT	3 points
	got them all, thanks to my fourth grade teacher. =]

	ChinaWhite:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:13 GMT	0 points
	spelling Massachusetts is always my major hold up.... I always wanna add an extra "e"

	Mockenrue:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:40 GMT	7 points
	@davidr: Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware that it was a Sporcle randomization issue and not quiz-specific, and I appreciate your willingness to explain it rather than knocking my observational comment below the threshhold just because.

	Tavix:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:41 GMT	1 point
	I don't understand why Oklahoma City isn't first, it's so obvious! Also, it definitely needs more time. I'm a good typer (not that good of a speller) and finished with only :26 left. This would suck for bad typers...

	ZSP:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:42 GMT	-2 points
	Way too U.S.-centric. [LOL]

	icing:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:44 GMT	1 point
	Very enjoyable quiz. Did much, MUCH better this way than guessing the capital from the state name! Nearly got whipped by Jefferson City, MO, but finally got it with :24 to spare - whew!

	gqb:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 00:58 GMT	-2 points
	I had 1:49 to spare.

	prezuiwf:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:12 GMT	0 points
	I have yet to find a quiz where making users guess answers out of order was actually a benefit to the enjoyability of the quiz. I don't know why anyone does it.

	Drebin31:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:13 GMT	0 points
	Wow, I missed Oklahoma City. I swear, it was only because I didn't see it there.

	Jesse:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:15 GMT	6 points
	GOLDRUSHER-- Don't worry. All that matters is who you are on the inside.

	scottk:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:20 GMT	3 points
	Great. Just another quiz to make Missouri feel bad about itself...last place again.