Eymologies
State Mottos
Same 3 Letters, 2 Different Meanings
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Pop Culture Stupid Answers
100

You may vacation in this type of cozy little building whose name derives from "the Bengali style"

Bungalow

100

In the 1950s a 12-year-old boy went to Columbus & got this state's lawmakers to adopt "With God All Things Are Possible"

Ohio

100

A level of special, affectionate attention & a cable TV network now featuring shows like "90 Day Fiancé "

TLC

100

The scholarly feats of the Brothers Grimm include compiling this type of reference work, the "Deutsches Wörterbuch"

Dictionary

100

In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy

Donkey

200

Here's a flex--Romans thought that these, found all over your body, resembled a "little mouse"

Muscles

200

In 2006, 50 years after the United States made it official, Florida made it the state motto as well (because of course it did)

In God We Trust

200

A stat for a pitcher to keep low & a change to the Constitution first proposed in 1923

ERA

200

This company acquired the rights to the British board game Cluedo & renamed it Clue in 1949

Parker Bros

200

In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?"

As Good as It Gets

300

This word for a break you take is etymologically similar to "respect" & has the same number of letters

Respite

300

Kentucky's motto, "United We Stand" followed by these 3 words, has a lengthy history dating as far back as Aesop

Divided We Fall

300

A college of Gamecocks & a college of Trojans

USC

300

This 1954 musical centers on a septet of backwoods siblings intent on finding mates

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

300

It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records

Eponymous

400

An Italian word for "embroiled" gives us this word for a complicated situation

Imbroglio

400

L'etoile du Nord, or "star of the north", isn't the motto of Alaska but this state that's the northernmost of the lower 48

Minnesota

400

A food additive common in Chinese cuisine & an indoor venue sitting atop Penn Station

MSG

400

These brothers bought James A. Bailey's business in 1907

Ringling Brothers

400

Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series

Girls

500

There's a silent "P" at the beginning of this word that comes from the Greek for "pertaining to air" & is used of tires

Pneumatic

500

Tennessee's motto has the names of these 2 cabinet departments, one about sowing & one about selling

Agriculture & Commerce

500

Texting shorthand for disbelief or disappointment & a major newspaper Down Under

SMH

500

This outlaw band of siblings including Grat, Bob & Emmett were cousins of the cutthroat Younger brothers

Dalton Brothers

500

Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this

Sanford