| State Trivia 5 |
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Capital: Boston
Joined the Union: February 6, 1788
6th State to join the union.
Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we
seek peace, but peace only under liberty)"
Nickname(s): Bay State, Old Colony State"
Flower: Mayflower
Bird: Chickadee
Song: All Hail to Massachusetts
Origin of Name: From two Native American words meaning "Great Mountain
Place.
Unusual Town Names:
Belchertown
Braintree
Cow Yard
Dorothy Pond
Egypt
Gay Head
Marblehead
Mashpee
Sandwich
Swampscott
Ware (I'm from Ware?)
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MICHIGAN
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Capital: Lansing
Joined the Union: January 26, 1837
26th State to join the union.
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a
pleasant peninsula, look around you)"
Nickname(s): Wolverine State
Flower: Apple Blossom
Bird: Robin
Song: None
Origin of Name: From the Native American word "Michigana" meaning
"great or large lake.
Unusual Town Names:
Bad Axe
Christmas
Climax
Eden
Gay
Hell
Jugville
Kalamazoo
Olive Branch
Paradise
Pigeon
Pine Stump Junction
Podunk
Slapneck
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MINNESOTA
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Capital: St. Paul
Joined the Union: May 11, 1858
32nd State to join the union.
Motto: Fatti L'Etoile du Nord (The North Star)
Nickname(s): North Star State, Gopher State, Land of 10,000 Lakes"
Flower: Showy Lady Slipper
Bird: Common loon (also known as Great Northern Diver)
Song: Hail Minnesotta
Origin of Name: From a Dakota Indian word meaning "sky-tinted water.
Unusual Town Names:
Blue Earth
Climax
Embarass
Fertile
Nimrod
Nowthen
Savage
Sleepy Eye
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MISSISSIPPI
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Capital: Jackson
Joined the Union: December 10, 1817
20th State to join the union.
Motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Nickname(s): Magnolia State
Flower: Flower or bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia
Bird: Mockingbird
Song: Go, Mississippi
Origin of Name: From a Native American word meaning "Father of Waters
Unusual Town Names:
Alligator
Arm
Askew
Basic
Battles
Bobo
Chunky
Coffeeville
Cold Water
Darling
Denmark
D'Lo
Dragon
Eden
Egypt
Hollywood
Hot Coffee
Kokomo
Midnight
Olive Branch
Onward
Paris
Pocahontas
Possumneck
Sanatorium
Scooba
Soso
Tie Plant
Walls
Yazoo
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MISSOURI
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Capital: Jefferson City
Joined the Union: August 10, 1821
24th State to join the union.
Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall
be the supreme law)
Nickname(s): Show-me State
Flower: Hawthorn
Bird: Bluebird
Song: Missouri Waltz
Origin of Name: Named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning
"town of the large canoes.
Unusual Town Names:
Bean Lake Station
Bible Grove
Blue Eye
Coldwater
Conception
Enough
Fairdealing
Fidelity
Frankenstein
Humansville
Licking
Mexico
Nevada
Paris
Peculiar
Pleasant Hope
Reform
Roach
Romance
Sleeper
Tightwad
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