On Wednesday, the contest ended as the 50th state was revealed. Seven students guessed all 50 states correctly and won prizes for their efforts.
Along the way, we've learned geography, reference skills (by using almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias and the Internet), culture, music, economics, industry and history.
Next week we'll begin a new contest - the Capital of the Day. In the spring, we'll round out the school year with a President of the Day contest.
The contests are a good way to beat the midday doldrums that seem to float into the classroom after lunch.
Lisa Tedrick Prejean writes a weekly column for The Herald-Mail's Family page. Send e-mail to her at lisap@herald-mail.com.
How many can you guess?
Here are the clues Lisa Prejean gave to her fifth-grade class. Write your answer in the blanks after each set of clues:
1. Crabs, Fort McHenry, Inner Harbor ______________
2. Liberty Bell, Gettysburg, Poconos ______________
3. Coal mining, Mountain State, Harpers Ferry ______________
4. Williamsburg, Old Dominion State, James River ______________
5. First State, du Pont, Dover ______________
6. Thomas Edison, Trenton, farmland and factories ______________
7. Hudson River, Niagara Falls, Broadway ______________
8. Tar Heels, Kitty Hawk, Cape Hatteras ______________
9. Mayflower, Cape Cod, Bay State ______________
10. Fort Sumter, Palmetto State, Savannah River ______________
11. Green Mountain National Forest, Montpelier, maple syrup ______________
12. Volunteer State, country music, Chattanooga ______________
13. Bluegrass State, horse racing, explored by Daniel Boone ______________
14. Constitution State, Mystic Seaport, the first telegraph ______________
15. Smallest state, Providence River, red chickens ______________
16. Tombigbee River, "Dixie" (a musical clue), Tuscaloosa ______________
17. Lobster, lighthouses, pine trees ______________
18. Sunshine, Everglades, St. Johns River ______________
19. The Last Frontier, Yukon River, Huskies (dogsled racing) ______________
20. Mount Washington, Merrimack River, Granite State ______________
21. Aloha, pineapple, Pearl Harbor ______________
22. Pelican, river boats, Mardi Gras ______________
23. Eureka!, Mojave Desert, Mount Whitney ______________
24. Mount Rushmore, Sioux Falls, Black Hills ______________
25. Gopher State, St. Paul, pink and white lady's slipper ______________
26. Carlsbad Caverns, roadrunner, "It Grows as it Goes" ______________
27. 4 s's 4 i's 2 p's, Magnolia, Vicksburg ______________
28. Badlands, wheat, Bismarck ______________
29. Buckeyes, insect zoo, Columbus ______________
30. Saguaro cactus, Salt River, Petrified Forest ______________
31. Aspen, South Platte River, "Mile High City" ______________
32. Prairie State, Sears Tower, 21st state ______________
33. Lake Mead, Carson City, ghost towns ______________
34. Potatoes, Shoshone Falls, Snake River ______________
35. Mormons, Great Salt Lake, cricket-eating seagulls ______________
36. Mark Twain/Huckleberry Finn, The Spirit of St. Louis, Show Me State ______________
37. Crossroads of America, Wabash River, Indy 500 ______________
38. Breakfast cereal, automobile industry, Lansing ______________
39. Lone Star State, 10-gallon hat, Austin ______________
40. Sunflower State, Topeka, Amelia Earhart's birthplace ______________
41. Glacier National Park, bison, Yellowstone River ______________
42. Hawkeye State, cornfields, Des Moines ______________
43. Cornhuskers, Chimney Rock, Platte River ______________
44. Beaver, Crater Lake, Mount Hood ______________
45. Black gold, mistletoe, Sooner State ______________
46. Columbia River, Mount St. Helens, Evergreen State ______________
47. Yellowstone National Park, Cheyenne, Bighorn River ______________
48. Badger State, Madison, milk and cheese ______________
49. "Goober Peas" (a musical clue), peaches, Chattahoochee River ______________
50. Diamond mining, Hot Springs, Ozark National Forest ______________
Answers
1. Maryland; 2. Pennsylvania; 3. West Virginia; 4. Virginia; 5. Delaware; 6. New Jersey; 7. New York; 8. North Carolina; 9. Massachusetts; 10. South Carolina; 11. Vermont; 12. Tennessee; 13. Kentucky; 14. Connecticut; 15. Rhode Island; 16. Alabama; 17. Maine; 18. Florida; 19. Alaska; 20. New Hampshire; 21. Hawaii; 22. Louisiana; 23. California; 24. South Dakota; 25. Minnesota; 26. New Mexico; 27. Mississippi; 28. North Dakota; 29. Ohio; 30. Arizona; 31. Colorado; 32. Illinois; 33. Nevada; 34. Idaho; 35. Utah; 36. Missouri; 37. Indiana; 38. Michigan; 39. Texas; 40. Kansas; 41. Montana; 42. Iowa; 43. Nebraska; 44. Oregon; 45. Oklahoma; 46. Washington; 47. Wyoming; 48. Wisconsin; 49. Georgia; 50. Arkansas
