States Quiz


Can you guess the states from the clues below? Here's a hint, the first answer for "2,000 lbs. of laundry" is Washington.

1. 2,000 lbs. of laundry?
2. pirate of know return?
3. Ritter’s posterior?
4. OILLIS?
5. no more mining?
6. Harry, for 3/4 yr.
7. graphite in the blood?
8. dirty player’s need?
9. Flash’s plea?
10. put to bed by Barb’s beau?
11. remember it?
12. a shade about nothing?

Don't peek at the comments, that's where the answers are!

HT - Mental Floss

1 comment:

Drummer Chris said...

ANSWERS:


1. Washington (washing a ton of laundry)
2. Arkansas (Arrr! said the pirate + band Kansas who recorded “Point of Know Return”)
3. Texas (Tex Ritter’s posterior would be his… well, you know.)
4. Illinois (ILL inside the letters OIS)
5. Oregon (no more mining if all the ore is gon.
6. Indiana (yep, Prince Harry was in Diana for nine months)
7. Pennsylvania (graphite pencil, in your blood or vein-ya)
8. New Jersey (a dirty player would need a new jersey)
9. Wyoming (Flash Gordon might plea Why, O Ming?)
10. Kentucky (Barbie’s Ken + putting you to bed, tucky)
11. Maine (Remember… the Alamo? No, the Maine)
12. Colorado (shade = color, plus Much Ado About Nothing)