STATE OF ILLINOIS

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. WHAT IS THE NICKNAME OF ILLINOIS? THE PRAIRIE STATE (wrong answers: THE PENNINGTON STATE, THE HEART OF DIXIE)
  2. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS? SPRINGFIELD (wrong answers: CHICAGO, JEFFERSON CITY)
  3. WHAT IS ILLINOIS STATE BIRD? NORTHERN CARDINAL (wrong answers: RED BIRD, YELLOWHAMMER)
  4. WHAT IS ILLINOIS STATE FLOWER? VIOLET (wrong answers: BLUEBONNET, WHITE HAWTHORN)
  5. THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO REACH THE AREA WERE WHAT FRENCH EXPLORERS? JACQUES MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLLIET (wrong answers: JACQUES CARTIER AND SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, JEAN NICOLET AND JEANNE BARET)
  6. THE CIVIL WAR WAS DURING WHAT YEARS? 1861-1865 (wrong answers: 1860-1866, 1870-1875)
  7. MUCH OF ILLINOIS WAS ONCE COVERED BY WHAT GRASS? THIS GRASS ALSO GAVE THE STATE ITS NICKNAME. PRAIRIE GRASS (wrong answers: GREEN GRASS, PINE GRASS)
  8. THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN IS A HILLY AREA AT THE STATE'S SOUTHERN TIP. IT'S SOMETIMES NICKNAMED WHAT? EGYPT (wrong answers: EGYPTION, EAGLETON)
  9. ILLINOIS BEST KNOWN NATURAL RESOURCE IS? FERTILE SOIL (wrong answers: METAL, CLAY)
  10. ILLINOIS OFFICIAL SNACK FOOD IS WHAT? POPCORN (wrong answers: CANDY CORN, CANDY BARS)
  11. WHICH FAMOUS PERSON/S ARE FROM ILLINOIS? HILLARY CLINTON (wrong answers: MICHELLE OBAMA, OPRAH WINFREY)
  12. CHICAGO'S MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY CONTAINS THE WORLD'S LARGEST WHAT? PINBALL MACHINE (wrong answers: TWO-HEADED COW, SOCCER BALL)
  13. ILLINOIS SLOGAN IS WHAT? LAND OF LINCOLN (wrong answers: LAND OF LORELI, LAND OF THE FREE)
  14. ILLINOIS GOT ITS SLOGAN BECAUSE OF WHAT FAMOUS PERSON? ABRAHAM LINCOLN (wrong answers: HILLARY CLINTON, MICHELLE OBAMA)
  15. WHICH LAKE IS LOCATED IN ILLINOIS? LAKE MICHIGAN (wrong answers: LAKE SUPERIOR, LAKE VICTORIA)

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