Oklahoma
About Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a landlocked state in the South Central and Southwestern region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the southeast, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
On the show — 26 mentions total
When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California they raised the average intelligence level in both states.
from 549: No Such Thing As A Beaver Walking Backwards, 2024-09-19 at 00:43:14 · read transcript
Other times Oklahoma came up
No, you want three walls. It's very confusing. One in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma to the east, and the third one in South Texas and Louisiana, we will diminish the tornado threats in Tornado Alley forever. He was presenting that research in 2014 to the annual meeting of American Physical Society in Denver. Everyone said it's nonsense, obviously, but he believes that it's a similar thing with mountain ranges and how they can curb tornadoes.
176: No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar, 2017-08-04 · listen
No. He said, if we build three east-west great walls in the American Midwest. No, you want three walls. It's very confusing. One in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma to the east, and the third one in South Texas and Louisiana, we will diminish the tornado threats in tornado alley forever. He was presenting that research in 2014 to the annual meeting of American Physical Society in Denver. Everyone said it's nonsense, obviously.
No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar, 2017-08-04 · listen
He was really, really into them, like, you know, wasn't into girls and football and stuff. He was just, all I want to do is look at fossilized insects. He was like in a little town in Oklahoma, and what's he going to do? Luckily, the local neighborhood postman called Waldo Dodge was also an amateur entomologist. He'd noticed that this young kid was getting loads of books about fossilized insects sent to his house.
388: No Such Thing As A Danquito, 2021-08-27 · listen
I'm telling you. Okay. Gosh. I got slightly distracted from this because someone wrote in, actually, to the podcast email account, podcast. At QI.com. This is from Evelyn Keeley, and it's that Oklahoma has a state steak. These official state things they have? They have sorts of absolutely mad stuff. Oklahoma's state steak is the ribby steak. The state drink is milk. This is a complete bracket, but they've got a state astronomical object, which is the Rosette Nebula, 5,000 light years away.
No Such Thing As A Luigi Board, 2023-01-20 · listen
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