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Capital of the largest state (in land mass) that lies east of the Mississippi River...
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
100
What nickname do Wisconsin residents have that is often represented by a hat in the shape of a yellow dairy product?
What is Cheeseheads? Green Bay Packer fans can be often seen sporting these cheesehead hats in the stands of Lambeau Field during the football games.
100
The largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, known as the Great Lakes, lay on the United States and Canada border. How many of the "Great" Lakes are there?
What is 5? Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan, collectively form the Great Lakes.
100
How many U.S. state capitals have the word "city" in their name?
What is 4? The cities are Salt Lake City, Carson City, Oklahoma City, and Jefferson City. Kansas City isn't a capital. There is a Kansas City in both Kansas and Missouri.
100
Many states take their nicknames from animals. To which north-central state would you travel if you wanted to visit "The Badger State"?
What is Wisconsin? Wisconsin leads the United States in cheese production, and is second only to California in milk production, which has earned it a second nickname "America's Dairyland". Wisconsin is known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, which was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854.
200
The direction would you go if you took the shortest route from Detroit, Michigan to Canada...
What is South? It's the only spot in Canada where you would go directly north to the US, so if you were to go the other way you would be going south. Take a look at a map of North America if you do not believe this.
200
Where in Wisconsin is the world's largest brat(wurst) festival located?
What is Madison? The World's Largest BratFest started in 1983 in Madison, the state capital, as a grocery store's simple promotion and customer thank-you. The Metcalfs setup shop in their parking lot at Hilldale Mall. The event was such a success that it was decided to make it an annual Memorial Day event and all proceeds donated to charities that volunteer at the event. Johnsonville Brats came on board as a sponsor in 2001 and began donating all the brats cooked and served. BratFest outgrew the mall parking lot and moved to a larger location in 2005. The Brat Fest is normally held for four days over Memorial Day Weekend and features brats (duh!), live music, local celebrity cashiers, 5K walk/run, rock climbing, kayaking, and fireworks on Sunday night. Friday is designated "Take Your Brat To Work Day". A record number of brats sold was set in 2010: 209,376. The total brats sold since 1983 to 2011 was 3,003,435; total funds raised during that time period was $1,092,698 for 100 charities. Sheboygan, home to numerous sausage companies, claims to be the Bratwurst Capital of the World. Monroe is home to the Cheese Days festival, and Minocqua is home to Beef-a-Rama, a festival celebrating grill-roasted beef. In Wisconsin, we have festivals to celebrate farm breakfasts butter, hamburgers, fish, coffee, mustard, chocolate, cranberries, apples, morel mushrooms, pumpkins and rutabagas... and don't forget beer. There is always beer.
200
Named after one of the Great Lakes, this state touches four of the U.S.'s Great Lakes. Which state is also the 26th state to enter the Union?
What is Michigan? Admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, Michigan is the nation's 26th state. It is also knowns as The Wolverine State or The Great Lakes State, Michigan touches Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior. The state's motto is "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice," or "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."
200
The Missouri River flows through how many state capitals?
What is 3? Bismarck, North Dakota, Pierre, South Dakota, and Jefferson City, Missouri.
200
What state is Northwestern located in?
What is Illinois? Northwestern is in Evanston, Illinois
300
This Tennessee City is home to the Jack Daniels distillery...
What is Lynchburg? The amazing fact about this is that Lynchburg is dry and you can make Jack Daniels there but you can not buy it.
300
Who preceeded Barry Alvarez has Wisconsin's head coach?
What is Don Morton? In Morton's three years at Wisconsin, he compiled a record of just 6-27. Alvarez then turned the program around.
300
As well as the Great Lakes, what great natural feature is in both Canada and the United States?
What is The Great North Woods? The Amazon River is in South America, Hudson Bay is entirely in Canada and the Hudson River is solely in the United States. The Great North Woods are in the U.S. States of New York, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, as well as the Canadian Province of Quebec. The Great North Woods has 26 million acres of forests in it.
300
What is the state capital that is the least populous of all state capitals and the largest U.S. producer of maple syrup?
What is Montpelier? Montpelier is the state capital of Vermont and the largest U.S. producer of pure maple syrup. Maple Syrup Day is an annual event held in Montpelier. Vermont is the only New England state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean.
300
Which little state has five nicknames and is the first official state of the U.S.?
What is Delaware? Delaware, whose five different nicknames are "Diamond State", "First State", "Land of Tax-Free Shopping", "Small Wonder", and "Blue Hen State", is the U.S. first offical state and its motto is "Liberty and Independence".
400
Near what town did Jesse James and his gang pull off the first train robbery west of the Mississippi River?
Adair, Iowa On July 21, 1873, Jesse and Frank James, with their gang, (which included Jim and Cole Younger) wrecked, looted, and robbed the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad near Adair, Iowa. They took $3,000.00 from passengers and the express car. Engineer John Rafferty was killed in the derailment. Jesse James died on April 3, 1882, in his rented house in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was shot in the back of the head, while standing in a chair dusting a picture, by new gang member, Bob Ford. Ford and his brother Charles had hoped to collect the $10,000.00 reward on James's head. Instead, they were arrested for murder and sentenced to hang, but the brothers were pardoned by Gov. Tom Crittendon. Bob Ford was himself killed in a barroom brawl in Creede, Colorado in 1892.
400
Shortly before Wisconsin became a state in 1848, two towns merged to become Milwaukee, what were they called before?
Juneau and Kilbourntown? They were known as the twin cities. The others are still in existence, except for Fort Howard, which is called Green Bay today. Milwaukee were Juneau and Kilbourntown
400
Milwaukee, WI and Grand Rapids, MI are on opposite sides of one of the Great Lakes. It's the only Great Lake that is located entirely within the United States. What is this "pond"?
What is Lake Michigan? Lake Michigan is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world. The shore is lined with the world's largest freshwater dunes.
400
What is the state capital named after the 16th President of the United States?
What is Lincoln? Lincoln is the state capital of Nebraska and is named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President. Originally called Lancaster, it was renamed to Lincoln upon Nebraska's admission to the Union in 1867, shortly after the Civil War ended. The renaming was not without controversy as there were many in Nebraska sympathetic to the Confederate side and were against the name change.
400
It has been called "Yellowhammer State"; "Cotton State"; "Lizard State"; and "Heart of Dixie." What U.S. state, located historically and geographically in the heart of the old American south, claims these unofficial nicknames?
What is Alabama? The "Heart of Dixie" nickname was popularized by a Chamber of Commerce promotion in the 1940s and 1950s, and Alabama used the words on its license plates from 1951 forward. Geographically, Alabama is roughly in the center of the southeastern states that comprised the Confederacy during the Civil War. Historically, centrality can be argued from the part Alabama's capital Montgomery played in the establishment of the Confederate government.
500
This Indiana town shares a name with one of the most beloved figures of all time.
Santa Claus. Santa Claus, Indiana is located in Spencer County. In the 2000 census it had a population of 2,041. First named Santa Fe, it was the postal system, which forced the town to change their name. Although it is no longer known why, the town changed its name to Santa Claus in 1856 and has been known by that name ever since. In the early 1900's, business leaders began seeing the opportunities available in using the town's name to their advantage. Today Holiday World, a Christmas themed amusement park is one of Indiana's top tourist attractions.
500
Which singer owned the rights to Wisconsin's fight song, "On Wisconsin"?
What is Michael Jackson?
500
The normal formation for the names of lakes in the English language is the name followed by the word "river". In the names of the Great Lakes, why does the word "lake" come first?
What is From the French maps which used the French formation of Lac + name? This formation is seen wherever the names of the lakes were originally French. The Great Lakes are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
500
What is the state capital that shares its name with a popular song and dance from the 1920s?
What is Charleston? Charleston is the state capital of West Virginia. "The Charleston" song was composed and played on piano by James P. Johnson in 1923. The dance that went along with the song was considered very provocative at the time. Ironically, "The Charleston" song/dance was named after the city in South Carolina (not West Virginia).
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One of the most unusual state nicknames I have run across is the "Iodine Products State". Which state, known for its beaches and low country, once used this nickname?
What is South Carolina? Although this nickname is no longer in use, it once adorned South Carolina's license plates. The name came from the large amounts of iodine found in the state's vegetation. The most common nickname for South Carolina is "The Palmetto State".
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