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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest City	Fargo	97%
Capital	Bismarck	95%
Bordering states	South Dakota	95%
North Dakota is part of what large, flat region of North America?	{Great} Plains	92%
Bordering states	Minnesota	92%
Bordering states	Montana	92%
Bordering Canadian provinces	Manitoba	87%
River that forms most of the eastern border	Red River	87%
Bordering Canadian provinces	Saskatchewan	87%
Time zones	Central Time	84%
Time zones	Mountain Time	82%
The next largest cities	Minot	79%
Largest river	Missouri River	79%
The next largest cities	Grand Forks	76%
Term for a temperate grassland ecosystem	prairie	76%
Other federally recognized Indian tribes	Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (Sioux/Dakota)	76%
Other federally recognized Indian tribes	Spirit Lake Tribe (Sioux/Dakota)	76%
U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota)	US-2	76%
Other federally recognized Indian tribes	Standing Rock Sioux (Dakota & Lakota)	74%
Animal on the state quarter	bison	71%
North Dakota State University's mascot	Bison	71%
Largest lakes (manmade)	Lake Sakakawea	71%
North Dakota's largest crop by acreage. It is the #2 producer.	wheat	71%
Interstate highways	I-29	68%
Interstate highways	I-94	68%
Explorers who spent time in North Dakota during their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase	{Lewis} and {Clark}	68%
Their Native American guide and interpreter	Sacagawea	68%
National Park	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	68%
State nickname (a Native American people)	the {Sioux} State	68%
States with a smaller population than North Dakota	Wyoming	68%
Territory North Dakota was a part of before it became a state	{Dakota} Territory	66%
The next largest cities	Dickinson	66%
The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide passes through North Dakota and separates the waters that flow where?	Gulf of {Mexico}	66%
Other major rivers	James River	66%
The next largest cities	West Fargo	66%
North Dakota has two of these military establishments.	{Air} {Force} bases	63%
States with a smaller population than North Dakota	Alaska	63%
The largest group of North Dakotans (35%) trace their ancestry to this country.	Germany	63%
Park that spans the international border	International Peace Garden	63%
The next largest cities	Jamestown	63%
The University of North Dakota is one of the NCAA's most dominant teams in what sport?	men's ice hockey	63%
24% of North Dakotans trace their ancestry to this country, by far the highest rate of any state.	Norway	63%
Official state nickname	the {Peace} {Garden} State	63%
The next largest cities	Williston	63%
Semi-arid region in the southwest of the state comprised of rugged gullies and buttes eroded out of layered clay soil	Badlands	61%
Most of North Dakota is covered with rolling hills and small lakes, carved by what between 95,000 and 20,000 years ago?	glacier (the Laurentide Ice Sheet)	61%
Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes \| The next largest cities	Mandan	61%
States with a smaller population than North Dakota	Vermont	61%
Species of deer	{white}-{tailed} deer	61%
Second-largest source of electricity in North Dakota, behind coal	wind	61%
The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide passes through North Dakota and separates the waters that flow where?	{Hudson} Bay	58%
Most prominent object on the state flag	bald eagle	55%
The University of North Dakota's mascot	Hawks	55%
Rodents that build underground "towns" which can house thousands of individuals	prairie dogs	55%
Town which purports to be the geographical center of North America	Rugby	55%
The only state-owned institution of its kind in the US	{Bank} of North Dakota	53%
Town which is actually the geographical center of North America, according to a 2016 study (no pun intended)	Center	53%
Largest branch of Christianity	Lutheran	53%
Largest natural lake, an endorheic lake	Devils Lake	50%
State beverage	milk	50%
North Dakota is the only state in which this number decreased during the Great Recession of 2007-2009.	unemployment	50%
Species of deer	{mule} deer	47%
A manmade structure in North Dakota was the world's tallest from 1991 to 2008. What is it for?	television transmission	47%
Wooded plateau in the middle of the northern border	{Turtle} Mountain(s)	47%
State bird	western meadowlark	47%
Number of domes on the state capitol building	0	45%
Number of counties	53	45%
Species of wild sheep	{bighorn} sheep	45%
North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes.	{black} beans	45%
North Dakota is the #1 producer of these oilseed crops, producing over 75% of the US's total.	canola	45%
Rural highway decorated with huge metal sculptures	{Enchanted} Highway	45%
North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes.	{pinto} beans	45%
Other major rivers	Sheyenne River	45%
President who, in 1889, shuffled the statehood bills on his desk before and after signing them, so no one actually knows whether North Dakota or South Dakota became a state first	Benjamin Harrison	42%
North Dakota has more of these buildings per capita than any other state	churches	42%
Dam that formed the above lake	Garrison Dam	42%
North Dakota has the world's largest known deposit of this kind of coal.	lignite	42%
Largest wild carnivore	mountain lion	42%
North Dakota is the #2 producer of this oilseed crop.	sunflowers	42%
State nickname (in honor of Theodore Roosevelt)	the {Rough} {Rider} State	42%
Highest point (3508 ft/1069 m)	White Butte	42%
Only 0.42% of North Dakotans trace their ancestry to this country, but that's by far the highest rate of any state. They live mainly in the northeast of the state, where there's a state park named after them.	Iceland	39%
North Dakota has the US's oldest religious building of this kind.	mosque	39%
North Dakota has 150 Minuteman III units. What are they?	nuclear missiles	39%
U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota)	US-52	39%
North Dakota is the #1 producer of these oilseed crops, producing over 75% of the US's total.	flax	37%
Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes	Hidatsa	37%
North Dakota has the US's only commerical-scale facility that turns coal into what?	natural gas	37%
State fish	northern pike	37%
Building material used by homesteaders in places where there were few trees	sod	37%
State dance	square dance	37%
State nickname (a rodent)	the {Flickertail} State	37%
Most of North Dakota has what climate classification?	warm-summer humid {continental}	37%
State flower	wild prairie rose	37%
Large river that enters North Dakota from the west just a few miles before its confluence with the above	Yellowstone River	37%
North Dakota is one of only two states where these bomber aircraft are stationed.	B-52	34%
North Dakota is the #2 producer of oil, thanks to a 21st-century boom centered around this oil-bearing rock formation.	{Bakken} shale	34%
North Dakota is the #1 producer of this variety of wheat, used to make pasta.	durum	34%
Technologies that have enabled the commercial extraction of oil from this formation	{horizontal} drilling	34%
Technologies that have enabled the commercial extraction of oil from this formation	{hydraulic} fracturing ("fracking")	34%
North America's largest annual Scandinavian heritage festival	Norsk {Høstfest}	34%
The fastest animal on land in the Americas	pronghorn	34%
Other major rivers	Souris River	34%
State tree	American elm	32%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	and {union}	32%
Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes	Arikara	32%
North Dakota is the #1 producer of this sweet agricultural product.	honey	32%
Species of deer	moose	32%
U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota)	US-83	32%
The town of Dunseith has the world's largest sculpture of a turtle. What is it made of?	car wheels	29%
State fruit	chokecherry	29%
Species of deer	elk (wapiti)	29%
Largest lakes (manmade)	Lake Oahe	29%
The only state-owned industrial facility of its kind in the US, and also the largest in the US	North Dakota {Mill} and Elevator	29%
Other federally recognized Indian tribes	Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Ojibwe)	29%
The name of their expedition	{Corps} of {Discovery}	26%
The eastern part of the state is very flat because it was under what lake following this period?	Lake Agassiz	26%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	{Liberty}	26%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	{now}	26%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	{one}	26%
Gravel roads in this region are pink, due to the use of what rock formed from clay sediment baked by burning coal veins?	porcellanite clinker (colloquially "scoria")	26%
U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota)	US-85	26%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	and {forever},	24%
North America's most endangered mammal, which preys on the above	black-footed ferret	24%
Dome-shaped Native American dwellings in riverside villages	{earth} lodges	24%
River that flows through the heart of this region	Little Missouri River	24%
North Dakota is the #1 producer of this grain.	oats	24%
North Dakota is the only state which does not have this in its election process.	voter registration	24%
Large, industrialized wheat farms of the late 19th century	{bonanza} farms	21%
North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes.	{navy} beans	21%
19th-century transcontinental railroads that traversed North Dakota	Northern Pacific Railway	21%
State insect	ladybug	18%
Left-wing rural populist political movement that controlled the state government from 1918 to 1921 and continued to wield significant power through the 1950s.	Nonpartisan League	18%
State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster	and {inseparable}	16%
River that forms the southern part of the eastern border	Bois de Sioux River	16%
U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota)	US-281	16%
19th-century transcontinental railroads that traversed North Dakota	Great Northern Railway	13%
Rock quarried in North Dakota and traded across a huge area of North America by Native Americans	Knife River flint	13%
North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes.	peas (dry)	13%
North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes.	lentils	5%