Q 01/05

Wisconsin was the last state carved entirely from which territory?

A) Louisiana Territory

B) Oregon Territory

C) Northwest Territory

D) Missouri Territory

Answer · why

C) Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan were carved out first, and the future Wisconsin was handed from the Indiana Territory to Ill...

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Wisconsin?

A) Oshkosh

B) Madison

C) Milwaukee

D) Green Bay

Answer · why

B) Madison

Madison. It existed only on paper when legislators chose it in 1836: land speculator James Doty named his planned city for James Madison, who had died...

Q 03/05

Wisconsin's 'Badger State' nickname originally referred to what group?

A) Fur trappers who wore badger pelts

B) Farmers who fought burrowing pests

C) Soldiers nicknamed for their tenacity

D) Lead miners who sheltered in dugouts

Answer · why

D) Lead miners who sheltered in dugouts

Lead miners who sheltered in dugouts. In the boom of the 1820s they were too busy digging to build houses, so they moved into old shafts and hillside ...

Q 04/05

Wisconsin borders which two of the Great Lakes?

A) Superior and Michigan

B) Michigan and Huron

C) Michigan and Erie

D) Superior and Huron

Answer · why

A) Superior and Michigan

Superior and Michigan. The peninsula running between the two lakes belongs to the state of Michigan rather than Wisconsin because Congress awarded it ...

Q 05/05

What is Wisconsin's largest inland body of water?

A) Koshkonong

B) Geneva

C) Winnebago

D) Mendota

Answer · why

C) Winnebago

Winnebago. Every February spearers cut holes in its ice and wait in shanties for lake sturgeon, in one of only two places in North America where the g...