Question: Which area that adapted it's government symbol before 1949 does Bill Richardson live?
Answer(s):
answer: New Mexico

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.020z31)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.020z31 ns:people.person.places_lived ?y .
?y ns:people.place_lived.location ?x .
?x ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.official_symbols ?c .
?c ns:location.location_symbol_relationship.date_adopted ?num .
FILTER (?num < "1949"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}