Q 01/05

What is the capital of North Dakota?

A) Bismarck

B) Fargo

C) Grand Forks

D) Minot

Answer · why

A) Bismarck

Fargo is the largest city, home to nearly a fifth of the state's population.

Q 02/05

North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union on the same day in which year?

A) 1889

B) 1896

C) 1907

D) 1912

Answer · why

A) 1889

They became the 39th and 40th states on November 2.

Q 03/05

How did President Benjamin Harrison settle the rivalry over which Dakota was admitted ahead of the other?

A) He shuffled the papers so nobody could tell

B) He flipped a silver dollar in the Oval Office

C) He signed both proclamations at exactly noon

D) He left the choice to a vote in Congress

Answer · why

A) He shuffled the papers so nobody could tell

Because nobody knows, the states are numbered alphabetically, with North Dakota as 39th.

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

The state is named for the Dakota and Sioux peoples.

Q 05/05

Which two Canadian provinces border North Dakota to the north?

A) Saskatchewan and Manitoba

B) Alberta and Saskatchewan

C) Manitoba and Ontario

D) Alberta and Manitoba

Answer · why

A) Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Minnesota lies to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west.