Here's a quiz designed for Wisconsin students and anyone else who would like to try their hand at Wisconsin facts. To complete this quiz use your mouse to click on your correct answer for the multiple choice questions, and type your answer after clicking in the "answer box" for the others. When you're done, simply click the "Submit" button found at the bottom of the page.

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1. What is the Wisconsin state tree?
Oak
Sugar Maple
Birch
Elm

2. In what year did Wisconsin become a state?
1899
1848
1776
1842

3. What are the five biggest (most populous) cities in Wisconsin?

4. What is Wisconsin's one word motto? Hint: It appears on the state flag.

5. What eastern Wisconsin city, located in the 6th Congressional District, is the birthplace of the ice cream sundae?
Two Rivers
Manitowoc
Green Bay
Neenah

6. How many U.S. congressional districts are there in Wisconsin?

7. In the Wisconsin State Assembly a replica of a bald eagle is perched above the chambers. This eagle was captured by a young Chippewa Indian in the wilds north of the Flambeau River in 1861, and is one of Wisconsin's most beloved Civil War heroes. In 39 Civil War battles, this eagle would take to the skies, crying fiercely as he circled the battlefield. The greater the din of battle, the louder this eagle would scream, bringing joy to the Wisconsin Eighth Infantry and woe to the rebels. He survived the Civil War and returned to Wisconsin, where he lived out his days dining on fresh meat in the basement of the capitol in Madison. This eagle died in 1881, and was stuffed and mounted above the assembly chambers until the building burned in 1904. What is this historic Wisconsin bird's name?
Bucky
LaFollette
Freedom
Old Abe

8. To what Wisconsin tribe did Chief Oshkosh, after whom the city of Oshkosh is named, belong?
Oneida
Winnebago
Menominee
Apache

9. What is the name of Wisconsin's state song?

10. Wisconsin competes with Massachusetts to be the number one producer of which Thanksgiving food?

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