Weather
With an average of 139 per year, Texas ranks first compared to all US states in what type of specific weather event?
What are tornadoes?
In the town of Steele, ND on July 6, 1936, this was the the highest temperature ever recorded in ND.
What was 121o F?
This city was the first capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
This US City will host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
What is Los Angeles?
This MLB team holds the highest all-time win-loss percentage.
Who are the New York Yankees?
This Colorado location holds the 24-hour snowfall record for the entire lower 48 states (75.8")
What is Silver Lake?
ND grows more of these flowers than any other state.
What are sunflowers?
This was the first American state.
What is Delaware?
This US City hosted the first modern Olympics.
What is St. Louis?
The only player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and collect 70 steals in one regular season.
Who is Ronald Acuna Jr.?
This New York City building was once struck by lightning 8 times within 24 minutes.
What is the Empire State Building?
This is the state fish of ND.
What is the Northern Pike?
The Constitutional Convention was held in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
The US boycotted the Olympics in this year.
What was 1980?
The current MLB franchise that was the first baseball team established in the MLB.
Who are the Atlanta Braves?
(Founded in 1871)
The most deadly heatwave in the history of the US struck this midwestern state during July 1936, killing 2,656 people.
What is Illinois?
This is pictured on the reverse side of the ND State Quarter that was released in 2006.
What are two Buffalo?
The first president to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
Mahammad Ali took this item with him on the plane to the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
What is a parachute?
This player holds the most batting titles in MLB history.
Who was Ty Cobb?
In 2023, smoke from Canadian reaches as far south as this state.
What is Florida?
This is the state beverage of ND.
What is milk?
The first American Currency was created in this year.
When was 1775?
(The Continental Congress began issuing paper money called Continentals after the start of the Revolutionary War)
This god from ancient Greek mythology is said to have founded the Olympics.
Who was Hercales?
This player's nickname was "The Iron Horse".
Who was Lou Gehrig?