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100

What is the capital of Oregon?

  • Salem
100

state fish

musky

100

A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?

 The Polar Express

200

Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Springsteen were all three born in what U.S. state?

  • New Jersey
200

The first product made by Kimberly-Clark in 1872 at its Neenah, Wisconsin mill was paper for what purpose?

Newspapers

200

In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?

Narnia

300

Which state is the only one to be bordered by exactly one other state?

Maine

300

Opening its first location in Wisconsin in 1997, what "lupine" company claims to operate the largest network of indoor water park resorts in North America, with locations in Colorado Springs, the Pocono Mountains, and others?

Great Wolf Lodge

300

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are the caretakers of what famed female protagonist played by Judy Garland?

Dorothy Gale

400

What was the name of New York before it was officially called New York?

New Amsterdam’s

400

With a land area of 54,314 square miles, where does Wisconsin rank among the 50 states?

23rd

400

An experience as a young seaman being captured in the South Pacific by cannibals and imprisoned for mutiny inspired material for what American author for his future maritime fiction?

Herman Melville

500

Which is the most visited house in the USA, after the White House?

Graceland

500

When did Wisconsin achieve U.S. statehood?

May 29, 1848

500

Charles and Caroline Ingalls, the parents from the “Little House on the Prairie” series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, are buried in which northern state, which also served as the setting for the last 5 books in the series?

South Dakota

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