STATE OF ILLINOIS

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. ILLINOIS STATE NICKNAME? THE PRAIRIE STATE (wrong answers: THE LONE STAR STATE , THE PEACH STATE)
  2. ILLINOIS CAPITAL IS? SPRINGFIELD (wrong answers: MONTGOMERY, JEFFERSON CITY)
  3. THE BIGGEST CITY IN ILLINOIS IS? CHICAGO (wrong answers: BIRMINGHAM, HOUSTON)
  4. ILLINOIS STATE BIRD IS? NORTHERN CARDINAL (wrong answers: RED BIRD, MOCKINGBIRD)
  5. ILLINOIS STATE FLOWER IS? VIOLET (wrong answers: WHITE HAWTHORN, BLUEBONNET)
  6. THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO REACH THE AREA WERE FRENCH EXPLORERS BY THE NAMES OF? JACQUES MARGUETTE AND LOUIS JOLLIET (wrong answers: JACQUES CARTIER AND SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, JACQUES MARQUETTE AND JEANNE BARET)
  7. DISASTER STRUCK IN 1871 WHEN "WHAT" SWEPT THROUGH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS? FIRE (wrong answers: EARTHQUAKE, TORNADO)
  8. MUCH OF ILLINOIS WAS ONCE COVERED IN WHAT GRASS? PRAIRIE GRASS (wrong answers: PINE GRASS, GREEN GRASS)
  9. ILLINOIS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY REGIONS? 3 (wrong answers: 2, 4)
  10. THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN IS AT THE STATE'S SOUTHERN TIP. SOMETIMES IT'S NICKNAMED WHAT? EGYPT (wrong answers: EGYPTION, EAGLETON)
  11. ILLINOIS BEST KNOWN NATURAL RESOURCE IS ITS WHAT? FERTILE SOIL (wrong answers: CLAY, WILD TREE'S)
  12. ILLINOIS OFFICIAL SNACK FOOD IS WHAT? POPCORN (wrong answers: CANDY CORN, CANDY BARS)
  13. WHAT FAMOUS PERSON IS FROM ILLINOIS? HILLARY CLINTON (wrong answers: DONALD TRUMP, OPRAH WINFREY)
  14. CHICAGO'S MUSEUM OF SCIENCE CONTAINS THE WORLD'S LARGEST WHAT? PINBALL MACHINE (wrong answers: TWO-HEADED COW, SOCCERBALL)
  15. ILLINOIS SLOGAN IS WHAT? LAND OF LINCOLN (wrong answers: LAND OF FIRE, LAND OF HOME)
  16. WHOM LIVED IN ILLINOIS FOR 31 YEARS? ABRAHAM LINCOLN (wrong answers: HILLARY CLINTON, OPRAH WINFREY)

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