Wisconsin Trivia Info
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Capital : Madison.
Population :5,082,000.
Scott McCallum : (Wisconsin’s 43rd governor).
Entered the
Union : May 29, 1848.
As the:
30th state .
Motto :Forward.
Nickname :Badger State.
Animal :Badger.
Beverage :Milk.
Bird :Robin.
Dance :Polka.
Dog :American Water Spaniel
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Song : On Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Stars : Check Out the Many Stars Who Where Born Here in Wisconsin Or Have Gone to School Here Like Arnold Schwarzenegger who Graduated from UW-Superior or Harrison Ford who Attended Ripon College. Agnes Moorehead Lived as a child in Reedsburg; attended UW-Madison. Taught at Soldiers Grove High School.
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Sports
Teams :
Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball);
Milwaukee Bucks
(Basketball);
Green Bay Packers (Football)
Origin of Name : From a Native American word for the
principal river of the region, which French explorers spelled Miscous, Miskonsing, Mesconsin, and then finally Ouisconsin. It means "gathering of the waters."
Major Industries :Dairy farming, paper production, and nonelectric machinery manufacturing (engines, turbines, farm machinery, etc.).
Historical Sites : The Circus World Museum at Baraboo;
Points of
Interest : The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore; Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve; the Wolf, St. Croix, and Lower St.
Croix national scenic riverways; and the Wisconsin Dells.
Bordering
States : Wisconsin borders Minnesots, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.
Flag :
Guess What . . .
Along with the better known state symbols, Wisconsin also has official wild and domestic animals: White-tailed deer and Dairy cow; official beverage: milk; and an official dog: the American water spaniel.
Wisconsin ranks number one in # of milk cows (1,500,000) and produces over 15% of the entire country's milk.
Wisconsin has over 14,000 lakes Lake Wazee is the deepest lake in Wisconsin (350 ft +), excepting Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, with Lake Winnebago the largest. It also has 7,446 streams and rivers, which if you stuck them end to end they'd stretch nearly 27,000 miles--enough to circle the whole planet.
Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival, with over 2,500 performers.
Wisconsin is known as the Badger State after the living habits of early miners in the region who either lived
in mine shafts or dug their homes out of the sides of hills--just like Badgers do.
