An elderly woman decided to prepare her will=
and told her lawyer she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes s=
cattered over Wal-Mart.
‘Wal-Ma=
rt?’ the lawyer exclaimed. ‘Why Wal-Mart?’
‘Well, then I’ll be sure my grandkids =
will visit me twice a week’.
~~ANSWER=
S TO STATE CAPITALS QUIZ~~
1. State with th=
e easternmost state capital =3D MAINE (Augusta)
2. Two states have capitals that start with the name of a month =3D MA=
INE & ALASKA (Augusta & Juneau)
3. =
State with the lowest elevation state capital =3D HAWAII (Honolulu)
4. Two states with the closest capital cities =3D =
MASSACHUSETTS & RHODE ISLAND (Boston & Providence, 45 miles apart)
5. Two states have their name in their capi=
tal =3D OKLAHOMA & INDIANA (Oklahoma City & Indianapolis)
6. State with the longest continuously serving state=
capital =3D MASSACHUSETTS (Boston)
7. Stat=
es’ capital cities that rhyme without even sharing a vowel =3D TEXAS =
& MASSACHUSETTS (Austin & Boston)
8=
=2E State with the highest elevation state capital =3D NEW MEXICO (Santa Fe=
; WYOMING is #2 & COLORADO #3)
9. State=
with largest capital city in population =3D ARIZONA (Phoenix 1.66 million)=
=
10. State with largest capital city in are=
a =3D ALASKA (Juneau, 3,255 square miles)
1=
1. State with the most visited state capital =3D GEORGIA (Atlanta)
12. State with smallest capital city in area =3D MA=
RYLAND (Annapolis 6.7 square miles)
13. Sta=
te with smallest capital city in population =3D VERMONT (Montpelier 7,900)
14. We all know OKLAHOMA’s capital ha=
s “City” in its name (Oklahoma City). List the other three stat=
es with “city” in its capital =3D NEVADA, MISSOURI, UTAH (Carso=
n City, Jefferson City, Salt Lake City)
15.=
Only one state has no letters in common with its capital city =3D SOUTH DA=
KOTA (Pierre)
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16. Four states have capital =
cities not served by the interstate highway system =3D ALASKA, DELAWARE, MI=
SSOURI, & SOUTH DAKOTA. (Juneau, Dover, Jefferson City, Pierre)
17. The six largest US States have a capital city =
that is NOT the state’s largest city =3D CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, FLORIDA, =
NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ILLINOIS (Sacramento, Austin, Tallahassee, Albany, =
Harrisburg, Springfield)
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18. Four sets of s=
tates have their capital cities that begin and end with the same letter of =
the alphabet. =3D COLORADO & DELAWARE, GEORGIA & MAINE; LOUISIANA &=
amp; IDAHO; SOUTH DAKOTA & RHODE ISLAND (Denver & Dover; Atlanta &a=
mp; Augusta; Baton Rouge & Boise; Pierre & Providence)
~~
D=
r Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!&quo=
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