Exams

1.  Which state in the continental U.S. has the largest grey wolf population?*

a.  Idaho
b.  Michigan
c.  Wisconsin
d.  Minnesota

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2.  A fun fact about loons is:*

a.  They spend their winters in Bora Bora
b.  The chicks ride around on their parents’ backs
c.  They are the only bird that can bark
d.  They taste like chicken

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3.  Paul Bunyan’s sidekick was:*

a.  Pecos Bill
b.  Buster the Big Brown Beaver
c.  Babe the Blue Ox
d.  Tonto

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4.  The largest freshwater lake in the world is:* a.  Lake Victoria
b.  Great Slave Lake
c.  Lake Michigan
d.  Lake Superior

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5.  On any given day on many Northwoods lakes, you can catch:*

a.  Smallmouth Bass & Largemouth Bass
b.  Muskies, Northern Pike, and Perch
c.  Walleye, Crappies, and Bluegills
d.  All of the above

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6.  The phenomenon featuring beautiful flashing colors streaking across the northern night sky is called:*

a.  Aurora Austrailis
b.  Spotlights from the grand opening of the new Kwik Trip
c.  Aurora Borealis
d.  Too much Jagermeister

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7.  A Hodag is:*

a.  The traditional fish calling dance before the Walleye opener
b.  A sweat lodge used by deer hunters
c.  Ojibwa for “flatlander”
d.  A mythical green Northwoods creature with horns, fangs and claws

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8.  The traditional Northwoods meat and potato pastry is called a:*

a.  Calzone
b.  Haggis
c.  Meat and potato pastry
d.  Pasty

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9.  The gentle rolling hills and valleys, and the thousands of pristine lakes across the Upper Midwest were formed during the last Wisconsin glacial episode.*

a.  True
b.  False

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10.  The earliest European explorers in the Northwoods came from:*

a.  Russia
b.  England
c.  Portugal
d.  France

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11.  Occurring the same day as the famous Great Chicago Fire, this Northwoods fire in Wisconsin & Michigan is still the deadliest firestorm in American history:*

a.  Ypsilanti
b.  Kaukauna
c.  Peshtigo
d.  Marquette

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12.  The colloquial term often ascribed to residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is:*

a.  Yoopers
b.  Bunyonites
c.  Flatlanders
d.  FIBs

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13.  The name of the ship which sank in Lake Superior in November 1975, and was made famous in a Gordon Lightfoot ballad:*

a.  Old Ironsides
b.  SS Minnow
c.  USS Reagan
d.  Edmund Fitzgerald

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14.  America’s greatest river, the mighty Mississippi, begins at which Northwoods lake:*

a.  Lake Itasca
b.  Lake Winnebago
c.  Lake Winnibigoshish
d.  Lake Mille Lacs

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15.  Which state has more lakes:*

a.  New York
b.  Wisconsin
c.  Minnesota
d.  Michigan

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16.  Which state borders the most Great Lakes:*

a.  Wisconsin
b.  Indiana
c.  Ohio
d.  Michigan

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17.  What is Minnesota’s official nickname:*

a.  Mosquito Capital of the World
b.  Jewel of the North
c.  Land of 10,000 Lakes
d.  Home of Paul Bunyon

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18.  What is Michigan’s official nickname:*

a.  Great Lakes State
b.  Pure Michigan
c.  The Beaver State
d.  Land of Hiawatha

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19.  What is Wisconsin’s official nickname:*

a.  The Dairyland State
b.  Home of the Cheddarheads
c.  Cowtipping Capital of the World
d.  On, Wisconsin

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20.  In which Northwoods town is the World Snowmobile Championship held:*

a.  Brainerd, MN 
b.  Eagle River, WI
c.  Petoskey, MI
d.  Green Bay, WI

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21.  The Common Loon is the official state bird of which state:*

a.  Michigan
b.  Minnesota
c.  Wisconsin
d.  Illinois

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22.  Which freshwater game fish is called the ‘Fish of 10,000 Casts?'*

a.  German Brown Trout
b.  Steelhead
c.  Coho Salmon
d.  Musky

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23.  In which Northwoods town was the first practical pair of water skis invented in 1922:*

a.  Fox Lake, IL
b.  Minocqua, WI
c.  Lake City, MN
d.  Traverse City, MI

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24.  Which Northwoods town hosts the annual Lumberjack World Championship:*

a. Hayward, WI
b.  Bemidji, MN
c.  Ontonagon, MI
d.  Eagle River, WI

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25.  Which Northwoods state boasts having 1 recreational boat for every 6 residents:*

a.  Illinois
b.  Michigan
c.  Minnesota
d.  Wisconsin

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