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Decorah
Miscelaneous
100
What sport has a shuttlecock and a racket?
Badminton
100
a drag or scoop pan
100
What disease was also called "the Black Death"?
Bubonic Plague
100
What is the total area of the city of Decorah (in miles)?
7.04 square miles. .3 square miles are made up of water.
100
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
200
Where is the sport Soccer from?
England
200
What country is the largest producer of rice
China
200
What was the first nation to send an astronaut to space?
The Soviet Union
200
When the last census took place in 2020, what was the population of Decorah
7587. This includes 1463 people in student housing.
200
Which soft drink once contained cocaine as one of its original ingredients?
Coca-Cola
300
Most balls are inflatable and made of rubber, but they weren't always that way. Early versions of footballs and basketballs use what to inflate their balls?
Animal Bladders, typically a pig or sheep bladder
300
What is the term for a female horse?
Mare
300
What year was the Battle of Yorktown?
1781
300
What year was the Winneshiek County Courthouse built?
1903
300
A majority of adults have how many permanent teeth?
32
400
In what sport are intense players know as "ankle-breakers"?
Basketball
400
How many bones does a horse have?
205
400
What modern-day countries make up the land once known as the Babylonian Empire?
Iraq and Iran
400
Name 3 famous people from Decorah
- Ephraim Douglass Adams, Stanford historian
- Theodora Cormontan, Norwegian-American pianist
- William Foege, epidemiologist
- Edward L. Garden, North Dakota politician
- Josey Jewell, NFL linebacker, Carolina Panthers
- Georgann Johnson, actress
- John Brayshaw Kaye, poet and politician
- Raef LaFrentz, NBA power forward
- Hanna Astrup Larsen (1873–1945), writer and editor
- Weston Noble, music educator
- Mark Pinter, actor
- Harley Refsal, woodcarver
- Jerry Reichow, nine-year NFL veteran, offensive end for 1957 champion Detroit Lions
- Rob Sand, Iowa State Auditor
- Dean Schwarz, American Potter and Painter
- Oswald Veblen, mathematician, geometer and topologist
- Johannes B. Wist, journalist
400
What country uses approximately four billion miles of toilet paper each year?
China
500
This obscure sport is related to baseball. It's popular in Pakistan, India, Australia, Ireland and England. Games feature a "hurler" and a batsman who must protect a set of "wickets". Single game has been known to last days!
Cricket
500
What do you call a young horse with attitude and no training?
colt
500
French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi designed what U.S. landmark?
The Statue of Liberty
500
There is a building downtown. It is currently Impact Coffee. It has been JCPenney in the past. What was it before it was JCPenney?
Wimmer's Department Store
500
On average, which grows faster: Fingernails or toenails?
Fingernails