Tho=
ugh born across the river, I am proud of my Wisconsin connection. =
I am a UW graduate, did my grad work at Maranatha University there, and =
pastored two churches for 14 years in the State. I wrote the History of =
Wisconsin text for junior high students. I bleed green/gold for =
the Packers, hunted deer and love fishing. Someday I’ll retire and =
be put in an ‘old-cheese head’s home’. But do YOU know =
the answers to some oddities about the State? Give it your best =
shot!
1. =
What is Wisconsin’s official State Instrument?
2. =
What was once legally required in Wisconsin to serve with apple =
pie?
3. =
What political party was born in Rippon, Wisconsin?
4. =
What yellow/black football fan favorite is made in Baraboo, =
Wisconsin?
5. =
For what medicinal herb does Wisconsin harvest 95% of country’s =
production?
6. =
What percentage of Wisconsin’s milk is used for cheese?
7. =
What food outsells hot dogs at Miller Park (baseball stadium of the =
Milwaukee Brewers)?
8. =
Watertown, Wisconsin is famous for the first of what educational =
classes?
9. =
What major development in typing was invented in Kenosha, =
Wisconsin?
10.=
Willows, Wisconsin, is the hometown of what fashion icon?
11.=
What is Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, “capital of the world” =
in?
12.=
100,000 people ‘flood’ Warren, Wisconsin (population: 400) =
every year for the this festival.
13.=
What nickname did Wisconsin earn from its early lead =
miners?
14.=
What 20 pound item fell from the sky in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for which =
they now have an annual festival?
15.=
What popular dessert was invented in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, at the =
Washington House in 1881?
ice=
cream sundae was served in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in =
1881
16.=
What famous naturalist and mountaineer spent his youth on Fountain Lake =
Farm near Portage, Wisconsin?
17.=
What was banned from sale or use in Wisconsin from 1895 to 1967 =
and still cannot be served in a restaurant unless specifically ordered =
by the customer?
18.=
Richland Center, Wisconsin, was home to which of America’s great =
architects?
19.=
What news satirical publication was founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in =
1988?
20.=
We know “On Wisconsin” as a football fight song. When did =
that original slogan first appear?
Bon=
us 20a. Who coined the phrase “On Wisconsin” and what was =
his reward?
Bon=
us 20b. What was the original name of the Tune to this fight song that =
was rejected by the University?
Ans=
wers tomorrow
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"