Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Largest City | Fargo | 97%
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Capital | Bismarck | 95%
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Bordering states | South Dakota | 95%
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North Dakota is part of what large, flat region of North America? | {Great} Plains | 92%
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Bordering states | Minnesota | 92%
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Bordering states | Montana | 92%
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Bordering Canadian provinces | Manitoba | 87%
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River that forms most of the eastern border | Red River | 87%
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Bordering Canadian provinces | Saskatchewan | 87%
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Time zones | Central Time | 85%
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Time zones | Mountain Time | 82%
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The next largest cities | Minot | 79%
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Largest river | Missouri River | 79%
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The next largest cities | Grand Forks | 77%
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Other federally recognized Indian tribes | Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (Sioux/Dakota) | 77%
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Other federally recognized Indian tribes | Spirit Lake Tribe (Sioux/Dakota) | 77%
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U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota) | US-2 | 77%
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Term for a temperate grassland ecosystem | prairie | 74%
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Other federally recognized Indian tribes | Standing Rock Sioux (Dakota & Lakota) | 74%
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North Dakota State University's mascot | Bison | 72%
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Animal on the state quarter | bison | 72%
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North Dakota's largest crop by acreage. It is the #2 producer. | wheat | 72%
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Interstate highways | I-94 | 69%
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Largest lakes (manmade) | Lake Sakakawea | 69%
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Explorers who spent time in North Dakota during their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase | {Lewis} and {Clark} | 69%
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National Park | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | 69%
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State nickname (a Native American people) | the {Sioux} State | 69%
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States with a smaller population than North Dakota | Wyoming | 69%
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The next largest cities | Dickinson | 67%
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The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide passes through North Dakota and separates the waters that flow where? | Gulf of {Mexico} | 67%
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Interstate highways | I-29 | 67%
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Other major rivers | James River | 67%
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Their Native American guide and interpreter | Sacagawea | 67%
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The next largest cities | West Fargo | 67%
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North Dakota has two of these military establishments. | {Air} {Force} bases | 64%
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States with a smaller population than North Dakota | Alaska | 64%
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Territory North Dakota was a part of before it became a state | {Dakota} Territory | 64%
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The largest group of North Dakotans (35%) trace their ancestry to this country. | Germany | 64%
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Park that spans the international border | International Peace Garden | 64%
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The next largest cities | Jamestown | 64%
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The University of North Dakota is one of the NCAA's most dominant teams in what sport? | men's ice hockey | 64%
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24% of North Dakotans trace their ancestry to this country, by far the highest rate of any state. | Norway | 64%
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Official state nickname | the {Peace} {Garden} State | 64%
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The next largest cities | Williston | 64%
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Semi-arid region in the southwest of the state comprised of rugged gullies and buttes eroded out of layered clay soil | Badlands | 62%
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Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes | The next largest cities | Mandan | 62%
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States with a smaller population than North Dakota | Vermont | 62%
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Species of deer | {white}-{tailed} deer | 62%
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Second-largest source of electricity in North Dakota, behind coal | wind | 62%
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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) | 59%
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The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide passes through North Dakota and separates the waters that flow where? | {Hudson} Bay | 59%
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Most prominent object on the state flag | bald eagle | 56%
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The University of North Dakota's mascot | Hawks | 56%
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Town which purports to be the geographical center of North America | Rugby | 56%
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Town which is actually the geographical center of North America, according to a 2016 study (no pun intended) | Center | 54%
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Rodents that build underground "towns" which can house thousands of individuals | prairie dogs | 54%
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The only state-owned institution of its kind in the US | {Bank} of North Dakota | 51%
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Largest natural lake, an endorheic lake | Devils Lake | 51%
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Largest branch of Christianity | Lutheran | 51%
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State beverage | milk | 51%
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North Dakota is the only state in which this number decreased during the Great Recession of 2007-2009. | unemployment | 51%
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A manmade structure in North Dakota was the world's tallest from 1991 to 2008. What is it for? | television transmission | 49%
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Number of domes on the state capitol building | 0 | 46%
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Number of counties | 53 | 46%
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Rural highway decorated with huge metal sculptures | {Enchanted} Highway | 46%
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Species of deer | {mule} deer | 46%
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Other major rivers | Sheyenne River | 46%
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Wooded plateau in the middle of the northern border | {Turtle} Mountain(s) | 46%
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State bird | western meadowlark | 46%
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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 | 44%
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Species of wild sheep | {bighorn} sheep | 44%
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North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes. | {black} beans | 44%
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North Dakota is the #1 producer of these oilseed crops, producing over 75% of the US's total. | canola | 44%
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Dam that formed the above lake | Garrison Dam | 44%
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North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes. | {pinto} beans | 44%
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State nickname (in honor of Theodore Roosevelt) | the {Rough} {Rider} State | 44%
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Highest point (3508 ft/1069 m) | White Butte | 44%
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North Dakota has more of these buildings per capita than any other state | churches | 41%
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North Dakota has the world's largest known deposit of this kind of coal. | lignite | 41%
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Largest wild carnivore | mountain lion | 41%
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North Dakota is the #2 producer of this oilseed crop. | sunflowers | 41%
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Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes | Hidatsa | 38%
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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 | 38%
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North Dakota has the US's oldest religious building of this kind. | mosque | 38%
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North Dakota has 150 Minuteman III units. What are they? | nuclear missiles | 38%
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U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota) | US-52 | 38%
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North Dakota is the #2 producer of oil, thanks to a 21st-century boom centered around this oil-bearing rock formation. | {Bakken} shale | 36%
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North Dakota is the #1 producer of these oilseed crops, producing over 75% of the US's total. | flax | 36%
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North Dakota has the US's only commerical-scale facility that turns coal into what? | natural gas | 36%
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State fish | northern pike | 36%
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Building material used by homesteaders in places where there were few trees | sod | 36%
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State dance | square dance | 36%
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State nickname (a rodent) | the {Flickertail} State | 36%
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Most of North Dakota has what climate classification? | warm-summer humid {continental} | 36%
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State flower | wild prairie rose | 36%
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Large river that enters North Dakota from the west just a few miles before its confluence with the above | Yellowstone River | 36%
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Native American peoples that comprise the Three Affiliated Tribes | Arikara | 33%
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North Dakota is one of only two states where these bomber aircraft are stationed. | B-52 | 33%
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North Dakota is the #1 producer of this variety of wheat, used to make pasta. | durum | 33%
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Technologies that have enabled the commercial extraction of oil from this formation | {horizontal} drilling | 33%
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Technologies that have enabled the commercial extraction of oil from this formation | {hydraulic} fracturing ("fracking") | 33%
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Species of deer | moose | 33%
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North America's largest annual Scandinavian heritage festival | Norsk {Høstfest} | 33%
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The fastest animal on land in the Americas | pronghorn | 33%
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Other major rivers | Souris River | 33%
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State tree | American elm | 31%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | and {union} | 31%
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The town of Dunseith has the world's largest sculpture of a turtle. What is it made of? | car wheels | 31%
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Species of deer | elk (wapiti) | 31%
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North Dakota is the #1 producer of this sweet agricultural product. | honey | 31%
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Other federally recognized Indian tribes | Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Ojibwe) | 31%
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U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota) | US-83 | 31%
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State fruit | chokecherry | 28%
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Largest lakes (manmade) | Lake Oahe | 28%
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The only state-owned industrial facility of its kind in the US, and also the largest in the US | North Dakota {Mill} and Elevator | 28%
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The name of their expedition | {Corps} of {Discovery} | 26%
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The eastern part of the state is very flat because it was under what lake following this period? | Lake Agassiz | 26%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | {Liberty} | 26%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | {now} | 26%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | {one} | 26%
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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%
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U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota) | US-85 | 26%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | and {forever}, | 23%
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North America's most endangered mammal, which preys on the above | black-footed ferret | 23%
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Dome-shaped Native American dwellings in riverside villages | {earth} lodges | 23%
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River that flows through the heart of this region | Little Missouri River | 23%
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North Dakota is the #1 producer of this grain. | oats | 23%
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North Dakota is the only state which does not have this in its election process. | voter registration | 23%
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Large, industrialized wheat farms of the late 19th century | {bonanza} farms | 21%
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North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes. | {navy} beans | 21%
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19th-century transcontinental railroads that traversed North Dakota | Northern Pacific Railway | 21%
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State insect | ladybug | 18%
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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%
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State motto, a quote from Daniel Webster | and {inseparable} | 15%
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River that forms the southern part of the eastern border | Bois de Sioux River | 15%
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U.S. highways (having over 100 independently signed miles in North Dakota) | US-281 | 15%
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19th-century transcontinental railroads that traversed North Dakota | Great Northern Railway | 13%
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Rock quarried in North Dakota and traded across a huge area of North America by Native Americans | Knife River flint | 13%
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North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes. | peas (dry) | 13%
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North Dakota is the #1 or #2 producer of these legumes. | lentils | 5%
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