Random Wisconsin Laws
What Wisconsin town does not allow the throwing of snowballs?
Wausau
What US President survived an assassination attempt in Milwaukee?
What invention calls Milwaukee home?
What Wisconsin city is home to the most northern Confederate cemetery in the US?
Madison, known as Confederate Rest
1,000 Confederate soldiers sent to Camp Randall as a POW camp
Sheboygan
What political party was founded in Ripon, WI?
Republican Party
What popular past time earned Milwaukee the title of ___________ Capitol of America?
Bowling!
What WWII submarine calls Wisconsin home?
USS Cobia- Manitowoc, WI
What Wisconsin city outlaws the creation or storage of nuclear weapons?
Sun Prairie
How many Wisconsin citizens have been issued the death penalty?
One, John McCaffary- botched hanging led to Wisconsin abolishing the death penalty
What change to professional football originated in Wisconsin?
One yard markers
Introduced at Carroll Universities football field before being adopted by all football franchises
World's Largest Block of Cheese- 15,085 pounds
What Wisconsin product requires a license to produce and sometimes a masters license for special varieties?
What party held control of Milwaukee's mayoral seat in the early 1900s up until the 1960s?
Socialist Party
Known as the "Sewer Socialists"
What popular board game was invented in Wisconsin?
Dungeons and Dragons
What Wisconsin city is home to the world's oldest race car track?
Milwaukee Mile
Racine, WI
What US President's illegitimate child is buried in Madison, WI?
Thomas Jefferson had an illegitimate child with slaves on his plantation- Eston Hemings (Jefferson)
What modern version of vehicle was invented in Wisconsin?
Snowmobile
What did Project Nike bring to the Waukesha, WI area?
Nike Hercules missiles to combat inbound ICBMs on Milwaukee and Chicago areas