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100
How was the Big Sioux River formed?
What is glaciers?
100
What state is Blood Run Creek located in?
What is Iowa?
100
What part of the Big Sioux River gave Sioux Falls its name?
What is the Falls?
100
Where is the water pollution in the Big Sioux River the worst?
What is downstream of Sioux Falls?
100
What river does the Big Sioux River flow into?
What is the Missouri River?
200
What county does the Big Sioux River begin in?
What is Roberts County?
200
What did the Native Americans take from the river, roast, and then crush for pottery?
What is freshwater clam shells?
200
What year was the first documentation of the Falls by a European?
What is 1832?
200
Who was fined $44,079 for dumping three times their allowed amount of ammonia into the river?
What is John Morrell & Company?
200
Name one big city besides Sioux Falls that the Big Sioux River flows through.
What is Brookings, Watertown, Sioux City,...?
300
Based on pollution by weight, what ranking of dirtiest rivers in the nation does the Big Sioux River take?
What is 13th?
300
How many people were approximated to have lived at Blood Run in its peak?
What is 10,000 people?
300
What part of the Falls is over 1 billion years old?
What is Sioux quartzite?
300
What is the main contributor to water pollution in the Big Sioux River?
What is agriculture?
300
How did the Big Sioux River get its name?
What is the Lakota tribe?
400
How many miles long is the Big Sioux River?
What is 420 miles?
400
How did Blood Run get its name?
What is the iron in Sioux quartzite?
400
What was the first building built near the falls used for?
What is flour milling?
400
In what year did Sioux Falls have major flooding from heavy rains that caused 65.3 million gallons of sewage to flow into the Big Sioux River?
What is 2010?
400
What is another name for Sioux Quartzite?
What is Sioux Falls Granite, Pink Quartzite, or Jasper?
500
The Big Sioux River drops this many feet in elevation over its course through South Dakota.
What is 800 feet?
500
What main four tribes populated the Blood Run area?
What is the Otoe, the Ponca, the Omaha, and the Ioway?
500
Was the Falls the center of the city?
What is yes?
500
How many years ago was the first attempt to gauge the Big Sioux River's health?
What is 40 years?
500
For how many miles does the Big Sioux River create the border between South Dakota and Iowa?
What is 80 miles?