A River Runs through It
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All Things Baltic
100

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, is located on the south shore of this river.

What is the Ohio River?

100

This woman is the first female candidate to be elected for a mayoral position among Tennessee's four largest cities.

Who is Madeline Rogero?

100

These nations make up the Baltic States.

What are the countries Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia?

200

This nitrogen-rich sediment remains on the shores after floodwaters recede into a river.

What is silt?

200

This famous film director, known for his non-linear storytelling and gonzo action scenes, was born in "The Marble City".

Who is Quentin Tarantino?

200

This dangerous amber-looking material washes on the shores of the Baltic Sea and are remnants of WW2 naval combat.

What is Phosphorous?

300

This river is the world's deepest; at some points measuring 720 feet in depth.

What is the Congo River?

300

Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's Restaurants, held his first job as a bus boy at this fine dining establishment.

What is Regas Restaurant?

300

This planet is the closest planet to any other planet most frequently.

What is mercury?
300

These four historical duchies were largely under domain of ethnically Baltic German governance.

What are the Duchies of Courland, Livonia, Estonia, and Oesel?

400

This is the only river to have it's flow permanently reversed by human activity.

What is the Chicago River?

400

Founded in Karns in 1988, this was one of the first ten frequency modulated radio broadcast stations in the entire nation.

What is 93.1FM WNOX?

400

This religion is a modern re-institution of Baltic pre-Christian paganism.

What is Romuva?

500

According to archaeologists, this is the only river to have it's flow permanently reversed due to geological activity.

What is the Amazon River?

500

This ace fighter pilot was shot down over the North Sea during WW1, and was commemorated in the naming of Knoxville's first airfield, originally on Kingston Pike.

Who is Lt. Charles Tyson McGhee?

500

This man incorporated the city of Riga and was canonized for completing the only successful Christian Crusade.

Who is Archbishop-Prince Albrecht von Buxöveden.

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