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Neenah
Menasha
Appleton
Oshkosh
Green Bay
100
Both Pittsburgh, PA, and Neenah are known for mills which produce this alloy made of iron and a small amount of carbon.
What is steel?
100
Menasha High School's sports teams are named for these noisy, aggressive birds.
What are blue jays?
100
Born in nearby Grand Chute and buried in Appleton, this man is responsible for the Red Scare as well as the Lavender Scare.
Who is Joe McCarthy?
100
Oshkosh was named for Menominee Chief Oshkosh, whose name translates to "_____." (Hint: It is the sharp equivalent of a fingernail on a cat.)
What is "claw"?
100
According to FoxRiverWatch.com, this is the largest freshwater estuary in the world.
What is Green Bay?
200
One building at Neenah High School is named for _____, who stepped onto the surface of the moon and described the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong? or Who is Armstrong? Fun fact: He flubbed his line.
200
Neenah and Menasha share this water-locked piece of land.
What is Doty Island?
200
This word is an Anishinaabe term for the Meskwaki (Fox) Indians. It translates to "dwellers of other shore" or "dwellers on the other side of the stream." It is also the name of the county where Appleton is located.
What is "Outagamie"?
200
Oshkosh has a total of 33 listings on the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, the federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation.
What is the National Register of Historic Places? or What is the National Registry of Historic Places?
200
UWGB's athletics program is named for this bird from Greek myth.
What is the phoenix?
300
Neenah's Bergstrom-Mahler Museum has a collection of glass art comprising over 3,000 pieces, many of which are ____. No desk is complete without one of these.
What are paperweights?
300
The area we now know as Menasha was first visited by a French explorer named ___ in 1634. Many things in Wisconsin are named after him, including a library system, a college, a national forest, a bank, and an airport.
Who is Jean Nicolet? or Who is Nicolet?
300
Appleton East High School's football team shares a name with this NFL team. (Hint: It is an NFL team that represents a region, not a city or state).
What are the New England Patriots?
300
Many sports teams, including those at Oshkosh North High School, are named after the soldiers of this ancient Greek city.
What is Sparta? or What are the Spartans?
300
In 2000, the American Religion Data Archive reported Green Bay to be predominantly ______ (71.5%), with Lutherans composing an additional 16.4%.
What is Catholic?
400
Neenah is the Winnebago word for this essential beverage.
What is "water"?
400
Menasha is located mostly in Winnebago County; only a small portion is in ____ County.
What is Calumet?
400
______ was once the largest department store chain in the country. By the time of its closure in 1987, it had 36 stores throughout the United States, including one in downtown Appleton.
What is Gimbels?
400
Oshkosh is the ___ ___ of Winnebago County. It's a little like saying that Oshkosh is the capital of the county.
What is the county seat?
400
The nickname for the 1967 game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. The game-time temperature was about −15 °F, with an average wind chill around −48 °F. It is widely considered one of the greatest games in NFL history.
What is the Ice Bowl?
500
Prior to the Cold War, Neenah High School sports teams were called the _____. Warren Beatty directed and starred in a 1981 movie of the same name.
What are "Reds"?
500
Members of the Menominee, Fox, and ___ communities were early inhabitants of the area.
What is Ho-Chunk? or What is Winnebago?
500
The fear-inducing mascot of Appleton West is the ____, a cross between a wolf and a fox, as the school is situated in between the Wolf River and the Fox River. (Hint: I wonder if the school ever considered changing its name after 9/11.)
What is the Terror?
500
The original name of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is ___ ___ ___ ___.
What is Oshkosh State Normal School?
500
Irapuato is a sister city to Green Bay. It is located in the state of Guanajuato in the country of ____.
What is Mexico?