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Rogue River History
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100
In 2022, the company who makes this candy type held a joke writing contest in which they received 6,500 submissions.
What is Laffy Taffy?
100
Surprisingly, Australia is wider than this heavenly body, although being flat means that it has less surface area.
What is the moon?
100
Dictionary.com describes this word as meaning "you have swagger, especially in how you look. You're cool. you're on point. You've got the sauce. You're, you know."
What is drip?
100
Named after our 7th president, this is the county Rogue River city lies in. There are 23 other counties in the US with the same name!
What is Jackson?
100
Even without a movie to help promote it, this game is the most sold and top-grossing video game of all time.
What is Minecraft?
200
This company, which also makes Dots, Blow Pops, Charleston Chew bars, Junior Mints, and Sugar Babies, is best known for its brown, individually wrapped candies - over 65 million are made every day!
What is Tootsie Roll Industries? (Tootsie Roll is fine :-) )
200
Mass, volume, density - three physical properties - while lemons float in water, this other type of similar citrus sinks.
What are limes?
200
You might use this term to describe a particularly good song, although it's many other meanings include innuendoes and British food.
What is a banger?
200
This is the city of Rogue River's former name, taken from the habit of gold prospectors holding the tails of their horses to cross the river itself.
What is Tailholt?
200
The name of this popular franchise is what we call a "portmanteau," meaning that it's a word that combines the meanings of two other words.
What is Pokemon? (pocket and monster)
300
Inspiration for this candy type came when the creator, Salvatore Ferrara, noticed the shape of his grandson's head after being birthed with forceps.
What are lemonheads?
300
This squishy cephalopod has not one, not two, but three individual hearts. They also have blue blood!
What is an octopus?
300
This controversial term originated as a "nonlexical vocable used in scat singing" - and was a prominent lyric in the song "Sticking Out Your Gyatt for the Rizzler."
What is skibidi?
300
Rogue River's only internet "point of interest" - it contains close to 90 species of shrubs and trees from around the world.
What is Palmerton arboretum?
300
The top Nintendo game of all time is actually a collection of multiple mini-games - it's success is attributed to its intuitive controls and ease of use. It was even a hit at retirement homes!
What is Wii Sports?
400
This candy, manufactured in the same way as Play-Doh, is only made in Erlanger, Kentucky. TikTok recently decided they need to be shaken before eating.
What are airheads?
400
It's not a lie that this creature has a higher chance to get struck by lightning - at least 4 captive ones have been killed by it in the past couple decades.
What is a giraffe?
400
This word was originally part of a larger phrase, and is thought to have come from a 15th century story about a man who was burned for heresy.
What is cooked?
400
This shiny coast town is where the Rogue River finally meanders its way to the ocean.
What is Gold Beach?
400
This game follows the exploits of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw and member of the Van der Linde gang, who must deal with the decline of the Wild West while attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries.
What is Red Dead Redemption 2?
500
Often called "grandma candy" due to its favorability amongst the elderly, this is the real name for this confection.
What is a strawberry bonbon?
500
While bananas are berries, surprisingly, this plant product is not actually one - it's technically an "aggregate accessory fruit."
What is a strawberry?
500
The eternal slang word - starting in the 1920's, and popularized by jazz, this thermal term doesn't sound out of place today.
What is cool?
500
One of the most notable people born in Rogue River was Edward "The Midget" Mensor, who played for this MLB baseball team from 1912 to 1914.
Who were the Pittsburgh Pirates?
500
Originally released in 1993, it's now a meme to run this game on anything and everything - ranging from an Ipod nano to a digital camera to an ATM to a pregnancy test.
What is Doom?