[Doctor Congo]

I would have guessed Nebraska too.

https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/11-19.pdf
Nebraska has had two official state names: the “Tree Planters’ State” and the “Cornhusker State.”

Nebraska was designated the “Tree Planters’ State” by legislative action in 1895. Nebraska’s claim to tree-planting fame includes the founding of Arbor Day in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City, the Timber Culture Act of U.S. Sen. Phineas W. Hitchcock in 1873 and the millions of trees planted by early settlers as windbreaks, woodlots and orchards.

The 1945 Legislature changed the official state name to the “Cornhusker State,” thus repealing the 1895 act. The name is derived from the nickname for the University of Nebraska athletic teams, the Cornhuskers. The term “cornhusker” comes from the method of harvesting or “husking” corn by hand, which was common before the invention of husking machinery.

[central_va]

I thought their motto was “land of queers and steers”

[z3n]

I agree. I think I would have remembered that Iowa was the state in the movie, but I think of the Nebraska Cornhuskers so it can be a little confusing.

[Doctor Congo]

Iowa is officially the “Hawkeye State”.

Nebraska officially really is the “Cornhusker State”.

Jeopardy was wrong, the contestant was correct.

[Romulus]

Me too.

[rwa265]

I heard the following joke when my daughters were at Truman State in Kirksville, MO.

Q. How do you get to Nebraska?
A. Go north until you hit corn, then go west until you hit wheat.