Idioms & Expressions
Would You Believe It?
Idaho State Symbols
Iconic Paintings
100
Meaning it's better to show than tell, "a picture is worth" this many words
What is 1,000?
100
It's the idea that people are born again in another body after biological death
What is reincarnation?
100
Unsurprisingly, this is Idaho's state vegetable
What is a potato?
100
This Van Gogh masterpiece depicts his evening view from an asylum in southern France
What is "The Starry Night"?
200
A rare event is said to happen once in this color moon
What is a Blue Moon?
200
He's the French philosopher who wrote, "I think, therefore I am."
Who is Rene Descartes?
200
The peregrine type of this state raptor appears on Idaho's state quarter
What is a falcon?
200
Seen here in Milan is this Leonardo painting that was commissioned as part of a church renovation plan
What is the Last Supper?
300
A pointless endeavor might be described as a "wild...chase" of this bird
What is a goose?
300
In Norse mythology, half of those who die in combat enter this majestic hall presided over by Odin
What is Valhalla?
300
1989 saw this shapely dance become Idaho's state dance
What is square dance?
300
For "American Gothic," this artist had his sister and their dentist model together
Who is Grant Wood?
400
This rhyming expression means mistakes will be made if you rush through something
What is "Haste makes Waste"?
400
From the Latin for "to consecrate," these Catholic rituals are thought to be visible signs of God's grace
What are sacraments?
400
Doc Holliday could tell you Idaho made this its state fruit in 2000
What is a huckleberry?
400
An advertisement for Phillies cigarettes is seen above the diner in his "Nighthawks"
Who is Edward Hopper?
500
If something goes from bad to worse, it's out of this and into the fire
What is the frying pan?
500
Meaning "way of the warrior," it was a samurai's equivalent to a medieval knight's chivalry
What is bushido?
500
Idaho is the only place other than India that this state gem can be found
What is star garnet?
500
Delacroix painted this "Leading the People" in 1830 to commemorate that year's July Revolution
What is Liberty?