Food & Drink
This chocolate and peanut butter treat is the most popular Halloween candy in the U.S.
What is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup?
This rare and powerful type of storm caused widespread wind damage across eastern South Dakota on May 12, with wind speeds reaching over 100 mph.
What is a derecho?
This is the name of the center target in a game of darts.
What is the/a bullseye?
This is who you start with when you need an excavation permit.
Who is Karen?
In this animated TV show, Homer works at a nuclear power plant in the fictional city of Springfield?
What is The Simpsons?
Although the soda itself has always been dark brown, this was the original color of the Coca-Cola bottle, thanks to the “Georgia Green” glass used in its early design
What is green?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 6,191 is the estimated number.
What is the population of Madison?
This term is used when a bowler makes three strikes in a row.
What is a turkey?
When you need a tree trimmed in the boulevard, this city department steps in.
Who is the Parks/Street Department?
The Pixar movie where a lovable trash compactor robot shows us that sanitation, and even waste sorting can save the planet?
What is WALL-E?
According to the CDC, this is the recommended amount of water an average adult male should consume each day.
What is about 3.7 liters or 125 ounces?
The present-day town of Madison formed from the merging of these two villages originally settled on opposite shores of nearby lakes.
What are Madison and Herman?
This classic song is typically sung during the seventh inning stretch at a baseball game.
What is "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?
This department is responsible for sewer jetting.
Who is the Water Department?
In Matilda, this book-loving character finds safety and inspiration in local library, reminding us how city libraries change lives.
Who is Matilda Wormwood?
Now meaning a general principle or guideline, this phrase is believed to have originated from an old brewing method where temperature was tested by hand before adding yeast.
What is the rule of thumb?
This person became the first mayor of the city on April 8, 1885.
Who is J.A. Trow?
Jackie Robinson played for this team when he broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Questions like "Where's my property line?" or "My neighbor is on my land" usually get this type of response from the Police Department.
What is 'That's a civil issue'?
The real-life mayor of New York City played himself in Ghostbusters II, showing that city leaders sometimes must deal with supernatural and budgetary threats.
Who is Mayor Ed Koch?
This German beer purity law, enacted by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in 1516, limited beer ingredients to barley, hops, and water.
What is the Reinheitsgebot?
This man, along with Charles Walker, helped establish the original village of Madison along the southern shores of Lake Madison in 1870.
Who is William Lee?
This former NBA player’s silhouette is featured on the NBA logo.
Who is Jerry West?
A common conclusion when residents see an unusually high electric bill.
What is "My meter must be broken"?
This action movie series often destroys cities, but municipal crews everywhere find hope knowing that their bridges, roads, and water mains would probably survive Dom Toretto’s next stunt.
What is Fast & Furious?