Fun with US State Capital Names
These 2 capitals are named for a man who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
What are Columbus & Colombia?
In song, “Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, & everything you do, yeah, they were all” this
What is Yellow?
Legend says in 1621 Native Americans introduced the Pilgrims to popcorn by bringing it to this celebration
What is Thanksgiving?
A cowboy “packing iron” was carrying one of these
What is a gun?
Colby’s favorite hike, and the World’s #1 Anti-Dandruff Shampoo.
What is Koko Head & Shoulders?
With the name of the state in the name of the capital, this city’s 1910 founding makes it the newbie of US Capitals
What is Oklahoma City?
This frothy mall beverage with egg whites as an ingredient bears the first name of Mr. Fried
What is Orange Julius?
Popcorn is mostly this type of carbohydrate that provides energy & also stiffens shirt collars
What is Starch?
This name of a part of a saddle comes from the Latin for “apple”
What is a pommel?
Carrie Bradshaw’s main love interest and some milk chocolate dipped macadamia nut cookies
Mr. Big Island Candies
The only capital with 3 sets of double letters in its name, it was visited by de Soto in the 16th Century
What is Tallahassee?
This amazingly named Remember Baker was part of this 1770s militia that was also called the Bennington Bob
What is The Green Mountain Boys?
This product from Orville Redenbacher’s is “a little sweet, a little salty—and a whole lot of yummy”
What is Kettle Corn?
On a ranch, it was the building in which the hired hands lived
What is a bunkhouse?
MIMS, a rapper, would say it’s because he’s fly and one of Colby’s favorite rhyming meals
What is This is Why I'm Hot Pot?
A red post that marked the border between the Houma & Bayougoula tribes gave us the name of this state capital
What is Baton Rouge?
The highest point in South Carolina, the 3,560-foot Sassafras Mountain is part of this Appalachian range
What is The Blue Ridge Mountains?
In 2003 Governor Blagojevich signed a bill that made popcorn this state’s official snack
What is Illinois?
On a cattle drive the trail boss & this wagon led the way
What is a chuckwagon?
A local specialty boutique store that Alicia Keys would call hotter than a fantasy
What is Cinnamon Girl on Fire?
The name of Germany’s fifth-largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital
What is Frankfort?
Gandhi’s first campaign of non-violent resistance in British India focused on the Planters of this, a vat dye
What is Indigo?
In 1914 America got its first commercial brand, this one with an upbeat name
Writing on cowboy life, easterners referred to these as “soiled doves”
What are prostitutes?
An idiom for something common and what you might get someone on Valentine’s Day
What is a Dime a Dozen Roses?