06/21/23 Grif.Net - Golf + Answers to Wisconsin Cities Quiz
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Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.
Today, it's called golf.
~~ ANSWERS TO QUIZ ~~
g = 1. APPLETON Harry Houdini & Paper Mills
m = 2. BELMONT First Capital
q = 3. EAU CLAIRE Clear Water
l = 4. GREEN BAY First City in region (1634, at "La Baie des Puants", 'the stinking bay'). British renamed it Green Bay because The Stinking Bay Packers really doesn't have the same ring to it)
t = 5. KENOSHA American Motors Corporation
d = 6. MADISON State Capital
h = 7. MILWAUKEE Harley Davidson, Bucks & Brewers
b = 8. MOUNT HOREB Troll Capital of the World
c = 9. OCONOMOWOC Summer home of mobsters Baby Face Nelson, Bugs Moran, John Dillinger, Al Capone
n = 10. OSHKOSH Experimental Aircraft Association
o = 11. PESHTIGO Most deadly fire (same day as the Chicago fire) in USA (Great Chicago fire killed about 300; in logging city of Peshtigo 2,500 people perished)
p = 12. PORTAGE Connect Great Lakes to Mississippi River
f = 13. RACINE Johnson Wax
s = 14. RIPPON Birthplace of Republican Party
r = 15. SHEBOYGAN Bratwurst capital of America
k = 16. TWO RIVERS First Ice Cream Sundae
j = 17. WATERTOWN First Kindergarten in America
e = 18. WAUKESHA Les Paul & First Forward Pass
i = 19. WAUSAU Ginseng Capital of American
a = 20. WISCONSIN DELLS Waterpark Capital of the World
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"
