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This is the city where the MN state fair is located.
Falcon Heights
100
In 1939 Frank W. Cyr made this thing officially have the color yellow. Before he made them be this color, they were typically red, white, and blue.
School buses
100
If something looks more threatening than it actually is, it is often said to be a paper version of this animal.
Paper tiger
100
This song features a man going to Louisiana with a banjo on his knee for his true love he wants to see.
Oh, Susanna
100
A game where groups try to find a list of specific items around the camp
scavenger hunt
200
The Minnesota State Fair is often called this superlative nickname due to its massive size and attendance.
the “Great Minnesota Get-Together”?
the “Great Minnesota Get-Together”?
200
Hymen Lipman patented the first wood cased pencil to feature this item in 1858.
an eraser
200
A craft technique that creates strong, lightweight objects by layering strips of paper dipped in an adhesive mixture over a mold or forming a paper pulp into a sculpture.
Paper Mache
200
______________
Where the watermelons grow,
Back to my home,
I dare not go,
For if I do,
My mother will say:
Down by the bay
200
A game where two sides try to run into the other teams area, grab an item in the back of it, and then safely run back to their side without getting tagged.
Capture the Flag
300
On Sept. 5, 1955. Robert Karklin received a wristwatch and silver trophy for being the first person to be this number among fair attendees.
Millionth visitor that year
300
Some school buildings in India are made from recycling these objects.
Plastic bottles
300
the art of paper folding, which originated in China and late took Japan by storm. It was started in the 17th century and become popular in the western world in the 1900s.
Origami
300
A classic campfire song features these little insects who go marching one by one, two by two, three by three, etc, with the action they take changing to rhyme the number. Sung to the toon of when johhny comes marching home.
Ants. The ants go marching
300
A game where two sides pull on a rope. Unlike popular belief, this game is actually less about which side is stronger, and more about which side has more friction to the ground which prevents them from sliding.
Tug of War
400
The State fair was closed in 2020 due to the Covid 19 virus, but this isn't the first time a virus closed the fair. The fair also was cancelled in 1946 due to fear of this virus.
Polio
400
Not only does this school boast the most esteemed graduates, but also the largest library of any school.
Harvard
400
US "paper money" isn't actually made of any paper at all! It's actually mostly made of this fibrous plant.
Cotton
400
Talk about a song featuring a long name. The lyrics go.
____________. His name is my name too.Whenever we go out, The people always shout, ____________
John Jacob Jinglehiemer Schmidt
400
A game often played at night where one person hides and the rest go out to find them, once found they shout the name of this game and run back to a designated safe spot, trying not to get tagged by the hider.
Ghost in the Graveyard (Sometimes also known as bloody murder or "the witch ain't out tonight"
500
These footlong foods aren't called corndogs here. They go by a different name. Also these are made with pancake batter instead of the typical cornbread batter.
Pronto Pups
500
On average, this country gives out the most homework to their students.
China
500
A "paper anniversary" refers to what number for a wedding anniversary?
1st
500
This call and response summer camp song features a man meeting a bear and running away, jumping to a branch 10 feet up, and catching it on the way back down to escape the chasing bear.
The other day I met a bear
500
You and a friend have one of each of your legs tied together and are racing against other teams.
Three legged race.