Quiz  /  U.S. State Mottoes Quiz

  • 1. 
    What is Alabama’s motto?

  • “We dare defend our rights”
  • “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (“By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty”)
  • “Forward”
  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)

  • 2. 
    What is Alaska’s motto?

  • “She flies with her own wings”
  • “North to the future”
  • “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)

  • 3. 
    What is Arizona’s motto?

  • “Ditat Deus” (“God enriches”)
  • “L'Étoile du nord” (“The north star”)
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)
  • “Fatti maschii parole femine” (“Manly deeds, womanly words”)

  • 4. 
    What is Arkansas’s motto?

  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)
  • “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)
  • “All for our country”
  • “Crossroads of America”

  • 5. 
    What is California’s motto?

  • “Union, justice, confidence”
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)
  • “Excelsior” (“Ever upward”)
  • “Eureka” (“I have found it”)

  • 6. 
    What is Colorado’s motto?

  • “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still sustains”)
  • “Nil sine Numine” (“Nothing without Providence”)
  • “Ditat Deus” (“God enriches”)
  • “Fatti maschii parole femine” (“Manly deeds, womanly words”)

  • 7. 
    What is Connecticut’s motto?

  • “All for our country”
  • “Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable”
  • “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still sustains”)
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)

  • 8. 
    What is Delaware’s motto?

  • “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)
  • “Friendship”
  • “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
  • “Liberty and Independence”

  • 9. 
    What is Florida’s motto?

  • “In God we trust”
  • “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (“By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty”)
  • “Oro y plata” (“Gold and silver”)
  • “Agriculture and commerce”

  • 10. 
    What is Georgia’s motto?

  • “In God we trust”
  • “Under God the people rule”
  • “Wisdom, justice, and moderation”
  • “Forward”

  • 11. 
    What is Hawaii’s motto?

  • “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
  • “Virtue, liberty, and independence”
  • “Excelsior” (“Ever upward”)
  • “Equal rights”

  • 12. 
    What is Idaho’s motto?

  • “Alki” (“By and by”)
  • “Virtue, liberty, and independence”
  • “Esto perpetua” (“Let it be perpetual”)
  • “Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable”

  • 13. 
    What is Illinois’s motto?

  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)
  • “State sovereignty, national union”
  • “Under God the people rule”
  • “In God we trust”

  • 14. 
    What is Indiana’s motto?

  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)
  • “Live free or die”
  • “She flies with her own wings”
  • “Crossroads of America”

  • 15. 
    What is Iowa’s motto?

  • “Crescit eundo” (“It grows as it goes”)
  • “Liberty and prosperity”
  • “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)

  • 16. 
    What is Kansas’s motto?

  • “Union, justice, confidence”
  • “Virtute et armis” (“By valor and arms”)
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)
  • “L'Étoile du nord” (“The North Star”)

  • 17. 
    What is Kentucky’s motto?

  • “L'Étoile du nord” (“The North Star”)
  • “United we stand, divided we fall”
  • “Animis opibusque parati” (“Prepared in mind and resources”)
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)

  • 18. 
    What is Louisiana’s motto?

  • “Sic semper tyrannis” (“Thus always to tyrants”)
  • “Union, justice, confidence”
  • “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still sustains”)
  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)

  • 19. 
    What is Maine’s motto?

  • “Montani semper liberi” (“Mountaineers are always free”)
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)
  • “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (“By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty”)
  • “Virtute et armis” (“By valor and arms”)

  • 20. 
    What is Maryland’s motto?

  • “L'Étoile du nord” (“The North Star”)
  • “Fatti maschii parole femine” (“Manly deeds, womanly words”)
  • “Esto perpetua” (“Let it be perpetual”)
  • “State sovereignty, national union”

  • 21. 
    What is Massachusetts’s motto?

  • “Equality before the law”
  • “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (“By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty”)
  • “United we stand, divided we fall”
  • “Montani semper liberi” (“Mountaineers are always free”)

  • 22. 
    What is Michigan’s motto?

  • “Crescit eundo” (“It grows as it goes”)
  • “Virtute et armis” (“By valor and arms”)
  • “North to the future”
  • “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)

  • 23. 
    What is Minnesota’s motto?

  • ”She flies with her own wings”
  • “Forward”
  • “Labor omnia vincit” (“Labor conquers all things”)
  • “L'Étoile du nord (“The North Star”)

  • 24. 
    What is Mississippi’s motto?

  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)
  • “Virtute et armis” (“By valor and arms”)
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)
  • “Hope”

  • 25. 
    What is Missouri’s motto?

  • “Equal rights”
  • “Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”)
  • “Ditat Deus” (“God enriches”)
  • “Union, justice, confidence”

  • 26. 
    What is Montana’s motto?

  • “State sovereignty, national union”
  • “Equal rights”
  • “Oro y plata” (“Gold and silver”)
  • “All for our country”

  • 27. 
    What is Nebraska’s motto?

  • “Union, justice, confidence”
  • “Equality before the law”
  • “Freedom and unity”
  • “In God we trust”

  • 28. 
    What is Nevada’s motto?

  • “All for our country”
  • “Sic semper tyrannis” (“Thus always to tyrants”)
  • “Labor omnia vincit” (“Labor conquers all things”)
  • “Equal rights”

  • 29. 
    What is New Hampshire’s motto?

  • “Live free or die”
  • “Oro y plata” (“Gold and silver”)
  • “With God, all things are possible”
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)

  • 30. 
    What is New Jersey’s motto?

  • “Liberty and prosperity”
  • “Equality before the law”
  • “With God, all things are possible”
  • “Alki” (“By and by”)

  • 31. 
    What is New Mexico’s motto?

  • “Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”)
  • “Crescit eundo” (“It grows as it goes”)
  • “We dare defend our rights”
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)

  • 32. 
    What is New York’s motto?

  • “Excelsior” (“Ever upward”)
  • “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence”
  • “Regnat populus” (“The people rule”)
  • “Equality before the law”

  • 33. 
    What is North Carolina’s motto?

  • “In God we trust”
  • “Ad astra per aspera” (“To the stars through difficulties”)
  • “Esse quam videri” (“To be rather than to seem”)
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)

  • 34. 
    What is North Dakota’s motto?

  • “Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable”
  • “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
  • “North to the future”
  • “Fatti maschii parole femine” (“Manly deeds, womanly words”)

  • 35. 
    What is Ohio’s motto?

  • “Oro y plata” (“Gold and silver”)
  • “Liberty and independence”
  • “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
  • “With God, all things are possible”

  • 36. 
    What is Oklahoma’s motto?

  • “Industry”
  • “Labor omnia vincit” (“Labor conquers all things”)
  • “Crescit eundo” (“It grows as it goes”)
  • “Nil sine Numine” (“Nothing without Providence”)

  • 37. 
    What is Oregon’s motto?

  • “Crossroads of America”
  • “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”
  • “Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”)
  • ”She flies with her own wings”

  • 38. 
    What is Pennsylvania’s motto?

  • “Ditat Deus” (“God enriches”)
  • “Virtue, liberty, and independence”
  • “Oro y plata” (“Gold and silver”)
  • “Alki” (“By and by”)

  • 39. 
    What is Rhode Island’s motto?

  • “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”
  • “Liberty and independence”
  • “Hope”
  • “Esto perpetua” (“Let it be perpetual”)

  • 40. 
    What is South Carolina’s motto?

  • “Equal rights”
  • “Industry”
  • “Animis opibusque parati” (“Prepared in mind and resources”)
  • “Equality before the law”

  • 41. 
    What is South Dakota’s motto?

  • ”She flies with her own wings”
  • “Union, justice, confidence”
  • “Under God the people rule”
  • “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”

  • 42. 
    What is Tennessee’s motto?

  • “Fatti maschii parole femine” (“Manly deeds, womanly words”)
  • “Crossroads of America”
  • “Equality before the law”
  • “Agriculture and commerce”

  • 43. 
    What is Texas’s motto?

  • ”She flies with her own wings”
  • “Forward”
  • “North to the future”
  • “Friendship”

  • 44. 
    What is Utah’s motto?

  • “Industry”
  • “Freedom and unity”
  • “Under God the people rule”
  • “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still sustains”)

  • 45. 
    What is Vermont’s motto?

  • “Virtute et armis” (“By valor and arms”)
  • “Labor omnia vincit” (“Labor conquers all things”)
  • “Freedom and unity”
  • “Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable”

  • 46. 
    What is Virginia’s motto?

  • “North to the future”
  • “Equality before the law”
  • “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still sustains”)
  • “Sic semper tyrannis” (“Thus always to tyrants”)

  • 47. 
    What is Washington’s motto?

  • “All for our country”
  • “Hope”
  • “Equal rights”
  • “Alki” (“By and by”)

  • 48. 
    What is West Virginia’s motto?

  • “In God we trust”
  • “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)
  • “Eureka” (“I have found it”)
  • “Montani semper liberi” (“Mountaineers are always free”)

  • 49. 
    What is Wisconsin’s motto?

  • “Crescit eundo” (“It grows as it goes”)
  • “Forward”
  • “Dirigo” (“I direct”)
  • “United we stand, divided we fall”

  • 50. 
    What is Wyoming’s motto?

  • “Liberty and independence”
  • “Equal rights”
  • “North to the future”
  • “In God we trust”
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