Type of grass undesirable for lawns but useful on golf courses.
What is bentgrass?
100
The saying that means that the boat's anchor is just starting to put weight onto the rope or chain pulling it up
What is anchor aweigh.
100
These are two of the states that have zero wilderness areas
designated.
What are (name 2) Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas,
Maryland, Rhode Island which don't have any wilderness
areas designated
100
The year that WI became a state.
What is 1848.
100
Tropical fruit once vilified for high saturated fat had a 100% increase in sales during the past 18 months.
What is coconut (water).
200
Type of herbicide that is applied prior to weeds showing up.
What is pre-emergent?
200
What saying is derived from: In Shakespeare's time,
mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,
making the bed firmer to sleep on.
What is "Sleep tight".
200
The percentage of the United States designated as "wilderness".
What is 5%
200
When the post office was established here in 1959 the town honored itself with the name of the newest state that was acquired in the same year.
What is Alaska.
200
The length of a traffic jam between Moscow and St. Petersburg in heavy snow early in Dec.
What is 125 miles.
300
Amount of water gardens need per week.
What is 1 inch
300
What saying is derived from: It was the accepted
practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.
Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month.
What is the honeymoon.
300
Half of the US's designated wilderness land can be found here.
What is Alaska.
300
WI roads were sometimes built of these prior to the use of blacktop or concrete.
What are planks.
300
For the first time this "disorder" will be able to be reimbursed for therapy.
What is hoarding.
400
Plants cannot live without water or...
What is oxygen
400
The saying derived when in English pubs, ale is ordered by
pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers
got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your
pints and quarts, and settle down.
What is mind your P's and Q's.
400
Of the 757 designated wilderness areas in the United States this many are located in Wisconsin.
What is seven.
Rainbow Lake; Porcupine Lake; Governor Nelson (Apostle Islands); Blackjack Springs; Headwaters Wilderness; Whisker Lake and WI Islands Wilderness
400
Before WI became the Dairy State producing corn and milk this was the main crop grown here.
What is wheat.
400
The age of the average car in the United States.
What is eleven years.
500
In a bag of garden fertilizer with the numbers 15-10-5 what does the "15" represent?
What is nitorgen.
500
Long ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked
into the rim, or handle, of their ceramiccups.
When they needed a refill , they used the whistle to get
some service.
What is wet your whistle.
500
The acronym for this is NWPS
What is National Wilderness Preservation System.
500
When the WI glacier receded 12,000 years ago it flooded this small town's 25 acre forest, burying it under 12 feet of glacial till and clay. Today it is part of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.
What is Two Creeks.
500
The name of the top three U.S. airlines in terms of fleet size and number of passengers.