Basic Facts
What is the state capital?
Pierre
What is the state bird?
The Ring-Necked Pheasant
What is the name of the famous news anchor of the Nightly News?
Tom Brokaw
What is the name of the presidential monument in South Dakota?
Mount Rushmore
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote what famous book series in South Dakota that later became a TV series?
Little House on the Prairie
What number state is South Dakota?
40
What is the state nickname?
The Mount Rushmore State
This famous game show host invites the audience to "COME ON DOWN"
Bob Barker
The city of West River gave the world the most complete skeleton of which Dinosaur?
T-Rex
Similar to its northern counterpart, the state beverage of South Dakota is?
milk
What is the largest city?
Sioux Falls
What is the state flower?
The American Pasque
Who is the famous UFC Champion and WWE Champion known as The Beast Incarnate?
Brock Lesner
South Dakota surprisingly has more shoreline than which state?
Florida
South Dakota was apart of what famous purchase by Thomas Jefferson?
The Louisiana Purchase
What is the state motto?
Under God, the people rule.
What Native American tribe makes up a large portion of South Dakota?
The Sioux Nation
What famous Native American has an unfinished monument carved into a mountain?
Crazy Horse
South Dakota has the only palace in the world made of what food?
Corn
What 4 presidents are on Mt. Rushmore?
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
How many borders does South Dakota have?
6
Name the states that border South Dakota:
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Montana
Sparky Anderson was a Hall of Fame baseball manager for what 2 baseball teams?
Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers.
The USS South Dakota was the most decorated battleship during what war?
World War II
During the potato festival in the city of Clark, you can see and compete in a wrestling match in what kind of food?
Mashed Potatoes