SHORT ORDER
Credit: GAMES Magazine
April, 2001
Kay Grant

Of the fifty US states, the first ten are listed below in an order determined by a certain logic. Can you determine what it is and add the eleventh state to the list.

NY, MD, GA, ME, TX, LA, ND, ID, MA, NV ??

Answer:

The states are listed in the alphabetical order of their capital cities:

Albany, NY
Annapolis, MD
Atlanta, GE
Augusta, ME
Austin, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Bismarck, ND
Boise, ID
Boston, MA
Carson City, NV

The eleventh state on the list would be West Virginia - Charleston