State Mottoes
Cinematic Before and After
Monarchical History
Incorrect Etymology
Stupid Answers
200

The Sunshine State shares this motto with the U.S.

In God We Trust

200

What you shouldn’t bring a knife to meets an Edward Norton/ Brad Pitt drama

Gun Fight Club

200

This is the longest-serving English monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

200

The name of this quintessentially American food must come from a combination of ‘pig meat’ and a suffix meaning ‘meat sandwich’

Hamburger
200

The word ‘Sahara’ as in Sahara Desert comes form the Arabic word for this

Desert

400

This Golden State motto comes from the famous exclamation of Archimedes

Eureka!

400

International conflict begun by Hitler’s invasion of Poland meets the adaptation of Harper Lee’s famous novel

World War T(w)o Kill a Mockingbird

400

During the reign of which ‘evil’ king is Robin Hood set?

King John

400

The name of this insect might have come from its preference for churned dairy

Butterfly

400

Florence Nightingale was born in this city in 1820

Florence

600

Arizona’s motto “Ditat Deus” translates form Latin as this

God leads

600

Charlotte Bronte’s novel meets a Harrison Ford drama about a presidential airplane hijacking

Jane Eyre(Air) Force One

600

Which queen imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots in 1568?

Queen Elizabeth I

600

The word for this vehicle must come from a combination of ‘sun’ and a suffix which means ‘flying thing’

Helicopter

600

The word Avon, as in the river Avon in the UK comes from the Celtic word for this

River

800

This state took its motto from Lincoln’s famous speech: United we stand, divided we fall

Kentucky

800

What may or may not make a sound meets a Tom Hanks classic movie

A tree falling in a Forrest Gump

800

Which of Henry VIII’s wives lived longest?

Catherine of Aragon

800

The word for this vehicle must be its own word, and deff doesn’t come from a shortening of the Latin word for all

Bus

800

This novel begins: Emma Woodhouse handsome, clever, and rich, had lived…

Emma

1000

This state simply has the motto: Friendship

Texas

1000

1984 Mila Kundera novel meets a quirky comedy about a man inside the mind of a famous actor

The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovitch

1000

For what woman did King Edward VIII abdicate?

Wallace Simpson

1000

This word for an aa member must come from a combination of ‘booze’ and a suffix meaning ‘addict’

alcoholic

1000

This is the capital city of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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