[Seco=
nd round of searching out capital cities, this time in our own United State=
s. Not conventional quiz but containing odd facts about each capital city. =
]
1. What state capital city is famous f=
or inventing perforated toilet paper?
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What state capital city contained Old Fort Western, built in 1754, America=
‘s oldest wooden fort.
3. What state c=
apital city was the title of a 1952 western shoot out, but none of the movi=
e was filmed there.
4. What state =
capital city hosts the world’s largest outdoor rodeo.
5. What state capital city brews the most beer?
6. What state capital city is larger in area th=
an the entire state of Delaware.
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7. What=
state capital city has a minor league baseball team named the ‘Biscu=
its’ and even their mascot is a biscuit?
8. What state capital city was originally named "Pumpkinville&q=
uot; even though they didn’t grow pumpkin, but the melons there just =
looked like pumpkins.
9. What stat=
e capital city is named after a fur trader who made beaver hats. =
10. What state capital city had Mark Twain w=
ork as a newspaper correspondent, even having him send letters from Hawaii =
to publish.
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11. What state capital city =
in the 1800’s was called "Pig’s Eye Landing" after a local =
tavern owner?
12. What state capital cit=
y has Waldo Park, one of the smallest parks in the world at 12 feet by 20 f=
eet and contains a single tree?
13. What=
state capital city contains the oldest church in the United States.
14. What state capital city’s Maid Rite=
Sandwich Shop opened the first ever drive-thru in America in 1921.
15. What state capital city wanted Google to in=
stall their fiber-optic broadband Internet in the city. To get the company’=
s attention, the mayor offered to unofficially change its name to "Goo=
gle" for a month.
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Dr Bob Grif=
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“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.”