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IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THE THREE SPOKESMEN FOR RICE KRISPIES
WHO ARE
CRACK, POP, SNAP
100
IN TEN PIN BOWLING, WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU ROLL THREE STRIKES IN A ROW?
WHAT IS
A TURKEY
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WITH THE WORLD WATCHING IN 1986, THIS SPACE SHUTTLE EXPLODED BEFORE EVER LEAVING THE ATMOSPHERE, TRAGICALLY KILLING ALL 7 CREW MEMBERS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL TEACHER.
WHAT IS
THE CHALLENGER
100
WHAT FICTIONAL SPOKESWOMAN WAS CREATED BY GENERAL MILLS IN THE 1920'S?
WHO IS
BETTY CROCKER
100
WHICH PROPERTY IN ANNANDALE IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES?
WHAT IS
THE THAYER HOTEL/RESTAURANT
200
WHICH TECH ENTREPRENEUR NAMED HIS SON X Æ A-12?
WHO IS
ELON MUSK
200
THE ONLY PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY THAT HAS HAD HIS JERSEY NUMBER (42) RETIRED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LEAGUE.
WHO IS
JACKIE ROBINSON
200
"A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY," FAMOUSLY SAID BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT REFERRED TO WHICH MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENT?
WHAT IS
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
200
WHAT IS THE LARGEST LAKE COMPLETELY INSIDE MINNESOTA?
WHAT IS
RED LAKE
200
WHICH DISNEY CHARACTER IN THE 1940'S FAMOUSLY SANG "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR?"
WHO IS
JIMINY CRICKET
(WE WILL BE VERY GENEROUS WITH YOUR SPELLING ATTEMPTS)
300
BRITNEY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND FERGIE ALL GOT THEIR START ON WHICH TV SHOW?
WHAT IS
THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
300
THE NATIONAL SPORTS ACT OF CANADA GRANTED TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS AS THE OFFICIAL SPORTS OF CANADA. ONE IS, UNSURPRISINGLY, HOCKEY. WHAT IS THE OTHER?
WHAT IS
LACROSSE
300
A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE IN THIS U.S. CITY IN 1906 CAUSED 3,000 DEATHS AND $400 MILLION IN DAMAGES
WHAT IS
SAN FRANCISCO
300
WHAT MINNESOTA PRODUCT USED THE COMMERCIAL JINGLE "FROM THE LAND OF SKY BLUE WATERS"?
WHAT IS
HAMMS BEER
300
WHAT RING-SHAPED PASTA, FREQUENTLY FILLED WITH CHEESE, OR MEATS, ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "BELLY BUTTONS" BECAUSE OF THEIR NAVEL-LIKE SHAPE?
WHAT IS
TORTELLINI
400
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE BOY SINGERS, THE HANSON BROTHERS WERE HOCKEY GOONS IN THIS 1977 FILM
WHAT IS
SLAP SHOT
400
THE TRIPLE CROWN AWARD IS GIVEN TO A HORSE THAT WINS WHICH THREE RACES
(ORDER OF RACES IS NOT REQUIRED)
WHAT IS
THE KENTUCKY DERBY, PREAKNESS STAKES, AND BELMONT STAKES.
400
IN 1945 SCIENTISTS IN THIS U.S. STATE WITNESSED THE DETONATION OF THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.
(THE RECENT MOVIE "OPPENHEIMER" DEPICTED THIS MOMENT)
WHAT IS
NEW MEXICO
400
NAME THE FICTIONAL MINNESOTA TOWN POPULARIZED BY GARRISON KEILLOR IN THE PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION.
WHAT IS
LAKE WOBEGON
400
IN 1996, A SHEEP BECAME THE FIRST MAMMAL CLONED FROM AN ADULT SOMATIC CELL. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT SHEEP?
WHO IS
DOLLY
500
THE WINCHESTER '73 AND THE COLT .45 HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO AS "THE GUN THAT" DID THIS
WHAT IS
WON THE WEST
500
HERB BROOKS COACHED THE U.S. TO THE "MIRACLE ON ICE" HOCKEY VICTORY AT THIS WINTER OLYMPICS SITE IN THE ADIRONDACKS.
WHAT IS
LAKE PLACID
500
IN HIS 1964 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, LYNDON JOHNSON DECLARED AN "UNCONDITIONAL WAR ON THIS "IN AMERICA."
WHAT IS
POVERTY
500
MINNESOTA IS RANKED FIRST IN THE NATION WITH A RATIO OF ONE IN EVERY SIX PEOPLE OWNING THIS.
WHAT IS
A RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT
ALSO KNOWN AS A BOAT
500
ESTABLISHED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW ON MARCH 1, 1872, BY PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT.
WHAT IS
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK