Q 01/05

Which state is known as the Yellowhammer State?

A) Alabama

B) Arkansas

C) Mississippi

D) Georgia

Answer · why

A) Alabama

Alabama's Confederate troops got the name when the yellow they wore recalled the yellowhammer woodpecker; the best-known story credits a Huntsville ca...

Q 02/05

Which nickname appears on Alaska's license plates?

A) The North Star State

B) Big Sky Country

C) The Last Frontier

D) The Evergreen State

Answer · why

C) The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier suits the largest state in the Union and the most thinly settled, and the state motto, North to the Future, looks the same way.

Q 03/05

Arizona's best-known nickname honours which of its landmarks?

A) Monument Valley

B) The Grand Canyon

C) The Painted Desert

D) The Petrified Forest

Answer · why

B) The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is named on Arizona's license plates, but the state flag's copper star points to another nickname, the Copper State: Arizona produces...

Q 04/05

Which slogan ran on Arkansas license plates before 'The Natural State'?

A) Land of Opportunity

B) Hospitality State

C) Heart of Dixie

D) Native America

Answer · why

A) Land of Opportunity

Land of Opportunity first appeared on the plates in 1950 and lasted, with one break, until 1989, when the plates switched to a pitch for the state's m...

Q 05/05

Which state has been called the 'El Dorado State' as well as by its better-known official nickname?

A) Colorado

B) Alaska

C) California

D) Nevada

Answer · why

C) California

California was nicknamed El Dorado after the fabled South American city of gold; the Golden State, official since 1968, honours both the 1848 gold dis...