Week 2

Question 1

State Mottoes:

Alabama

Answer 1

Audemus iura nostra defendere

we dare defend our rights

Question 2

State Mottoes:

Arizona

Answer 2

Diat Deus

God enriches

Question 3

State Mottoes:

Arkansas

Answer 3

Regnat Populus

The people rule

Question 4

State Mottoes:

California

Answer 4

Eureka

I’ve found it!

Question 5

State Mottoes:

Colorado

Answer 5

Nil sine numine

Nothing without God

Question 6

State Mottoes:

Connecticut

Answer 6

Qui transtulit sustinet

He who came across, holds up

Question 7

State Mottoes:

District of Columbia

Answer 7

Iustitia omnibus

Justice for all

Question 8

State Mottoes:

Idaho

Answer 8

Esto perpetua

Be always

Question 9

State Mottoes:

Kansas

Answer 9

ad astra per aspera

To the stars through difficulties

Question 10

State Mottoes:

Kentucky

Answer 10

Deo gratiam habeamus

Let us be grateful to god

Question 11

State Mottoes:

Maine

Answer 11

Dirigo

I direct

Question 12

State Mottoes:

Maryland

Answer 12

crescite et multiplicamini

increase and multiply

Question 13

State Mottoes:

Massachusettes

Answer 13

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem

With the sword he seeks peace under liberty

Question 14

State Mottoes:

Michigan

Answer 14

Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around

Question 15

State Mottoes:

Minnesota

Answer 15

civilitas successit barbarum

Civilization succeeds barbarism

Question 16

State Mottoes:

Mississippi

Answer 16

Virtute et armis

By courage and arms

Question 17

State Mottoes:

New Mexico

Answer 17

Crescit eundo

It grows as it goes

Question 18

State Mottoes:

New York

Answer 18

Excelsior!

Higher!

Question 19

State Mottoes:

North Carolina

Answer 19

Esse quam videri

To be rather than to seem

Question 20

State Mottoes:

Oklahoma

Answer 20

Labor omnia vincit

Work conquers all

Question 21

State Mottoes:

Puerto Rico

Answer 21

Joannes est noman eius

John is my name

Question 22

State Mottoes:

Ohio

Answer 22

Imperium in imperio

an empire within an empire

Question 23

State Mottoes:

Oregon

Answer 23

Alis volat propiis

S/he Flies With Her/His Own Wings

Question 24

State Mottoes:

South Carolina

Answer 24

dum spiro, spero

While I breathe, I hope

Question 25

State Mottoes:

Virginia

Answer 25

Sic semper tyrannis

Thus always to Tyrants

Question 26

State Mottoes:

West Virginia

Answer 26

montani semper liberi

Mountainers are always free

Question 27

State Mottoes:

Wyoming

Answer 27

cedant arma togae

Let arms yield to the toga