Decision of whether the Caspian is a lake or a sea will help settle issues over this resource.
What is Oil?
100
Country that is concerned that Russian stored nuclear materials could be stolen or fall into the wrong hands
What is the United States?
100
Harsh military leader of Soviet Union in 1940's.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
Number of cities in Watonwan County.
What is eight?
100
Minnesota structure that covers 9.5 million square feet.
What is Mall of America?
200
Terms used to to describe the idea that increasing distances between places tends to reduce interactions among them.
What is distance decay?
200
Russian leaders want to import, store, and treat the world's nuclear waste as a way to revive this.
What is Russian Economy?
200
Was the leader of the Soviet Union after 1917 Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
Minnesota Governor that was from St. James.
Who is Winfield Scott Hammond?
200
Original settlement was called Pig's Eye after French-Canadian Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who led settlers here... this major city is much better known by its current name.
What is St. Paul?
300
Used by Russian leaders as part of their move from a command economy to capitalist economy.
What is privatization?
300
Number of nuclear devices set off in Semey, Kazakhstan from 1949-1989. (within 30)
What is 470?
300
Leader of Soviet Union who following his last day in office the Soviet Union was officially disolved.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
Congressional District in which St. James lies.
What is the Second?
300
Minneapolis Skyway connects 52 blocks of downtown, this is nearly ________ miles worth of skyway.
What is five?
400
In the 19th Century, the competition for control of Central Asia between Great Britain and Czarist Russia was known as
What is the Great Game?
400
Capital of Azerbaijan
What is Baku?
400
Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
400
US Senators representing St. James in Washington, D.C.
Who are Al Franken and Amy Klobachar?
400
Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined, with a grand total of _______ miles. (within 5% of total)
What is 90,000 miles? (85,500 - 94,500)
500
Mountainous region that has caused conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
What is Nogomo-Karabakh?
500
Soviet Union followed the ideas of Karl ________
What is Marx?
500
Russian president elect that will officially take office in May 2012.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
500
He represents St. James in the US House of Representatives.
What is Tim Walz?
500
Hormel introduced a canned ham in Austin Minnesota. This new product, Spam, made it's debut in this year. (within 5 years)