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100

A mature male pig used for breeding is called this.

A boar

100

Born in Hannibal, Missouri, this author wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Mark Twain

100

This 1983 holiday classic follows Ralphie Parker as he dreams of receiving a Red Ryder BB gun while growing up in Indiana.

 A Christmas Story

100

The calm center of a tornado is called this.

The eye

100

Located in Alliance, Nebraska, this roadside attraction is a replica of Stonehenge made entirely from these

Cars

200

A female horse that is less than four years old is known by this term.

A Filly

200

This singer-songwriter from Minnesota won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.

Bob Dylan

200

Gene Hackman coached a small-town Indiana high school basketball team in this Oscar-nominated film.

Hoosiers

200

This weather instrument measures atmospheric pressure.

Barometer

200

Austin, Minnesota, is home to a museum dedicated to this canned meat that became popular during World War II.

Spam

300

This famous draft horse breed, easily recognized by its feathered legs and white blaze, originated in Scotland and is often seen pulling wagons at fairs.

Clydesdale

300

This basketball legend from Indiana led the Boston Celtics to three NBA championships in the 1980s.

Larry Bird

300

This 1996 disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton follows storm chasers through Oklahoma's Tornado Alley.

Twister

300

On the Enhanced Fujita Scale, an EF5 tornado has estimated wind speeds beginning at this minimum speed.

200 mph

300

This 55-foot-tall mascot overlooks Blue Earth, Minnesota, celebrating a famous frozen vegetable company.

The Jolly Green Giant

400

This draft horse breed originated in Belgium and is considered one of the strongest horse breeds in the world.

Belgian Horse

400

This Illinois-born architect designed Fallingwater and New York City's Guggenheim Museum.

Frank lloyd Wright

400

Frances McDormand won an Academy Award for her role as police chief Marge Gunderson in this Coen Brothers film set primarily in Minnesota.


Fargo

400

This Great Lake produces the most lake-effect snow because it is the warmest and shallowest of the five Great Lakes.

Lake Erie

400

Cawker City, Kansas, is famous for this enormous object that continues to grow as visitors add to it each year.

Worlds Largest Ball of Twine

500

This digestive process, common in cattle, sheep, and goats, involves regurgitating partially digested food to chew it again.

Rumination (chewing cud)

500

This Ohio-born aviation pioneer helped invent the airplane with his brother Orville

Wilbur Wright

500

John Candy and Steve Martin struggle to get home to Chicago in this Thanksgiving comedy.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

500

This Midwestern state averages the most tornadoes per year when measured by tornadoes per square mile.

Iowa

500

his Midwestern state is home to all three of these famous roadside attractions: the World's Largest Truck Stop, the Field of Dreams movie site, and the Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk.

Iowa