Question: What states border Canada and have a governmental jurisdiction location symbol that was adapted prior to 1988?
Answer(s):
answer: Michigan
answer: New Hampshire

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.0d060g)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.0d060g ns:location.location.adjoin_s ?y .
?y ns:location.adjoining_relationship.adjoins ?x .
?x ns:common.topic.notable_types ns:m.0kpys4 .
?x ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.official_symbols ?c .
?c ns:location.location_symbol_relationship.date_adopted ?num .
FILTER (?num < "1988"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}