US State Nicknames Quiz

State	Nickname
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawai'i
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri

State	Nickname
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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	Biggtone23:	Sep 20th, 2008 at 16:01 GMT		13 points
	good quiz but i think it would have been better the other way around, you giving us the nickname and we give you the state.

	davidr:	Oct 7th, 2008 at 09:22 GMT		16 points
	That would just be an annoying version of "list the fifty states".

	Chumley:	Oct 20th, 2008 at 18:30 GMT		10 points
	I noticed that it accepts Land of Lincoln for Illinois. Are there any other alternatives that people found?

	tom:	Oct 20th, 2008 at 23:08 GMT		12 points
	In addition to Illinois, Wisconsin and Wyoming have alternatives. For Wisconsin, the word "Cheese" works, and for Wyoming, the word "Cowboy" works.

	Mapmaker:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 12:50 GMT		10 points
	Also, Alabama accepts "Heart of Dixie".

	sammyhain2364:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 23:23 GMT		21 points
	Montana should accept Big Sky and South Dakota should accept Coyote

	Elmo:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 06:45 GMT		22 points
	Big Sky Country should be accepted for Montana.

	magister:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 22:19 GMT		12 points
	Michigan should have "The Wolverine State" and "Winter Water Wonderland" as options, disregarding certain ecological facts.

	Brad Stapleton:	Nov 25th, 2008 at 14:40 GMT		12 points
	Growing up in Virginia, the schools always taught us that Virginia was the "Old Dominion", but not the "Old Dominion State", because Virginia is not a state at all, but a commonwealth.

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	buiksloot:	Nov 29th, 2008 at 12:57 GMT		29 points
	I'd suggest "Land of 10,000 Lakes" as an alternative to Minnesota, also; although personally I know it as the North Star state.

	ojalaque:	Dec 21st, 2008 at 01:15 GMT		10 points
	@Brad: I agree, but I think this quiz just put 'state' behind everything. Also, I thought Wisconsin was 'America's Dairyland?'

	tom:	Jan 5th, 2009 at 22:21 GMT		7 points
	yes, Wisconsin is 'America's Dairyland" ...if I really wanted to complain I could say ND is also called (along with the Peace Garden State): The Roughrider state, Flickertail state and, Sioux state. if you really wanted to know, there is a list on wikipedia which tells me that each state has at least two or more nicknames for each. However...with what jess had to say, if I am correct that each of the bolded words on the list on wikipedia (search US state nicknames) is the official one, it has wisconsin as 'America's Dairyland' ....

	jessbowen:	Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:57 GMT		18 points
	Connecticut actually has two nicknames - it is also called the Nutmeg State. I was surprised landk of 10,000 lakes didn't work for Minnesota, and I agree with the others that Big Sky Country should work for Montana.

	jessbowen:	Jan 9th, 2009 at 03:00 GMT		3 points
	Just knowing the names of the State University teams was a big help! Yet Gophers wouldn't work for Minnesota and Jayhaks wouldn't work for Kansas; oh well.

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	schoopdawoop:	Jan 27th, 2009 at 23:23 GMT		2 points
	@ Jessica- corn huskers, badgers, beavers, sooners, buckeyes, hawkeyes (i think), any others?

	schoopdawoop:	Jan 27th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT		2 points
	oh ya, the vols

	Etheridge2:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:02 GMT		13 points
	Nutmeg state, land of 10,000 lakes, america's dairyland, and big sky country should all be acceptable for Connecticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Montana respectively and isn't Louisiana also called the Bayou state?

	mjenks:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 16:49 GMT		2 points
	Jake: Hoosiers, Tarheels and Cowboy works for Wyoming.

	Arthur:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 00:17 GMT		1 point
	"The Old North State" should also be accepted for North Carolina.

	mark_oh:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 01:49 GMT		2 points
	I know in Colorado we use The Mile-Hi State a lot more often than Centennial state, but I guess that works too.

	Dahlia:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT		5 points
	Agree that Big Sky and Land of 10,000 Lakes should absolutely be accepted--those are the only nicknames for those states I've ever even learned!

	rachel:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 00:46 GMT		1 point
	I am from minnesota and i've never heard of the north star state...

	Jordan117:	Apr 9th, 2009 at 07:10 GMT		5 points
	Curse Sporcle's lack of carriage returns -- but here are some suggested alternatives: Colorado: Mile-High State, Rocky Mountain State... Connecticut: Nutmeg State... Louisiana: Bayou State... Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes... Montana: Big Sky Country

	RedLIon:	May 6th, 2009 at 02:04 GMT		-1 points
	These are all really arbitrary. I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life. "Badger State" isn't really our nickname, it's America's Dairyland.

	GeoExpert:	May 19th, 2009 at 01:10 GMT		5 points
	Big Sky must be acceptable for Montana!

	GeoExpert:	May 19th, 2009 at 01:11 GMT		3 points
	States can have several nicknames, of course. For example, in Alabama we taught that Heart of Dixie is the preferred nickname of Yellowhammer state but both are nicknames and on here it has the Yellowhammer, but accepts Heart of Dixie

	Co_Flo:	May 27th, 2009 at 06:33 GMT		1 point
	Pennsylvania's department of tourism keeps trying to push us as "the State of Independence." Which is lame because it's a bit of an oxymoron and because we're a commonwealth. Long story short, I'm glad we're still known as the Keystone State in this quiz; it's much cooler.

	Babomomebeo:	May 27th, 2009 at 16:51 GMT		2 points
	College sports fans could get several of these just by listing team names. Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Nebraska, North Carolina and Oregon all use their state nicknames as their team names, and you'll get California and West Virginia by typing the beginnings of their team names.

	squid_pro_quo:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 05:41 GMT		3 points
	NCAA team names really help here. So do some license plates and commemorative state quarters. And I totally got Idaho because of the scene in Napoleon Dynamite where the principal tells Pedro that certain behavior is not OK "in the Gem State."

	shoredude2:	Jun 19th, 2009 at 02:42 GMT		1 point
	Maine is Vacation Land.

	bobc:	Jun 27th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT		2 points
	I kept trying Quaker State for Pennsylvania.

	Freestone92:	Jul 2nd, 2009 at 23:08 GMT		0 points
	5/50 not great, but i am a Brit, did any Brits get full marks?

	NightOwl:	Jul 10th, 2009 at 01:56 GMT		3 points
	This is a fun one, but have to agree with others that more of the well-known alternative nicknames should be accepted.

	davidr:	Jul 15th, 2009 at 17:27 GMT		1 point
	@Mark: You guys should go metric. Colorado is literally the kilometre-high state — its lowest point is 1,010 metres above sea level. :-)

	thisisaname:	Jul 20th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT		4 points
	A quiz on state mottos would be cool.

	jUNKIEd:	Jul 23rd, 2009 at 23:14 GMT		0 points
	Ive never heard "the north star state" for Minnesota and I live next door in Wisconsin. Sporcle done educated me.

	mathias1979:	Aug 27th, 2009 at 19:51 GMT		5 points
	The Nutmeg State should be acceptable for Connecticut, just as the Cheese State was acceptable for Wisconsin.

	king21:	Sep 8th, 2009 at 00:24 GMT		-2 points
	i always thought MA was nicknamed Taxachusetts