Q 01/05

What is the capital of North Dakota?

A) Bismarck

B) Fargo

C) Grand Forks

D) Pierre

Answer · why

A) Bismarck

Bismarck became the capital in 1883, when the territorial governor moved the seat from Yankton to the railroad town, and the resentment pushed souther...

Q 02/05

The 1889 act admitting the Dakotas also admitted which two other states?

A) Montana and Washington

B) Idaho and Wyoming

C) Nebraska and Kansas

D) Utah and Colorado

Answer · why

A) Montana and Washington

Montana and Washington were covered by the same Enabling Act, which Grover Cleveland signed in his last weeks in office, leaving his successor Benjami...

Q 03/05

How did President Benjamin Harrison hide which Dakota he admitted to the Union first?

A) He shuffled the papers

B) He sealed the records

C) He swore his staff to secrecy

D) He backdated both papers

Answer · why

A) He shuffled the papers

He shuffled the papers before signing and the order was never recorded, so the two states are simply listed alphabetically, which is why North Dakota ...

Q 04/05

The word 'Dakota' comes from a Sioux word meaning what?

A) Allies or friends

B) Great river

C) Land of the buffalo

D) Cold wind

Answer · why

A) Allies or friends

Allies or friends is what the bands called themselves, after the alliance between them, while 'Sioux' was an outsiders' label, shortened from the Fren...

Q 05/05

Which two Canadian provinces border North Dakota to the north?

A) Alberta and Saskatchewan

B) Saskatchewan and Manitoba

C) Manitoba and Ontario

D) Alberta and Manitoba

Answer · why

B) Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Saskatchewan and Manitoba lie across the 49th parallel, the line agreed with Britain in 1818, a deal that handed the United States the southern end of...