Question: Which states with a fossil as its official symbol that the Mississippi River pass through?
Answer(s):
answer: Illinois
answer: Kentucky
answer: Louisiana

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.04yf_)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.04yf_ ns:location.location.partially_containedby ?x .
?x ns:base.biblioness.bibs_location.loc_type ?sk0 .
FILTER (str(?sk0) = "State")
?x ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.official_symbols ?c .
?c ns:location.location_symbol_relationship.Kind_of_symbol ns:m.01yrt2 . 
}