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100

1.What does WAC stand for?

West African Collaborative

100

This river flows 320 miles from Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota Border, and into the Mississippi in St. Paul.

What is the Minnesota River

100

What is the MN WNBA Team Called?

The MN Lynx

100

This living creature has the heaviest brain... A: African Bush Elephant, B: Black Rhinoceros, C: Sperm Whale, D: Humans

What is the Sperm Whale?

100

Slowest animal in the world.

What is a three-toed Sloth?

200

1.What is the capital of Sierra Leone?

Freetown

200

In what year was Minnesota admitted to the United States?

May 11, 1858

200

Napheesa Collier is a member of the MN WNBA team. Her mom is from Missouri. Where is her father from?

Sierra Leone

200

This was the first genetically engineered organism. A: Corn, B: Tobacco, C: Sheep, D: Rat

What is Tobacco? (In 1983, a tobacco plant, designed to be resistant to certain herbicides, was grown in Wisconsin). 

200

Fastest commercial jet ever made.

What is the Concorde SST?

300

According to the UN, which continent has the most countries?

1.(Africa, 54)

300

Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution. Officially, what number was Minnesota?

32nd

300

Known then as the “Senators”, the MN Twins played in this city for 60 years until 1961.

What is Washington DC?

300

Year the first woman was in space

What is 1963? (Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova of the U.S.S.R.).

300

How long does an African elephant stay pregnant?  

22 months

400

What is the largest African country by size?  

Algeria

400

It was once a small village called “Pig’s Eye”. Now it is a large city in MN.

What is the city of St Paul?

400

1.When did the Twins last win the World Series?

October 27, 1991

400

What percentage of the mass of our solar system is the sun? 39.8%; 59.8%; 79.8%; 99.8%

What is 99.8%

400

Name one of the world’s two longest rivers.

Nile and Amazon.

500

Which is the largest African country by population?

Nigeria

500

What is the Motto of the State of MN?

(“L’Etoile du Nord”,  meaning Star of the North

500

How many championships have a Minnesota men’s basketball team won?

5. Minneapolis Lakers before they moved to LA.

500

Alcohol found in hand sanitizers and in wine.

What is Ethanol?

500

From which country does the Blue Nile originate?

Ethiopia.