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192 | Wisconsin Trivia

Posted on September 28, 2022September 18, 2022 by Brian Rollins
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Get your cheese plate ready, we’re going to Wisconsin. That’s right gang, this is episode 192 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast and we’ve got a heaping helping of Wisconsin Trivia for you.

If you’re new to our show, welcome. We have a thirty question and answer game every week on a different topic. This season, we’re making our way through all 50 states.

If you’re looking for score cards or rules, check out DorkyGeekyNerdy.com and we’ll get you set up.

That covers the necessities of the show, so let’s begin.

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Episode Intro

Get your cheese plate ready, we’re going to Wisconsin.

That’s right gang, this is episode 192 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast and we’ve got a heaping helping of Wisconsin Trivia for you.

If you’re new to our show, welcome. We have a thirty question and answer game every week on a different topic. This season, we’re making our way through all 50 states.

If you’re looking for score cards or rules, check out DorkyGeekyNerdy.com and we’ll get you set up.

That covers the necessities of the show, so let’s begin.

The Dorky Round

  1. Born in Kenosha, who is currently playing Bruce Banner aka The Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
    Mark Ruffalo
  2. Born in Green Bay, what actor starred in shows like Wings, Monk, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
    Tony Shalhoub
  3. What actor starred in such varied films as Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, and Transformers: The Movie?
    Orson Welles from Kenosha
  4. What actor starred in three Mel Brooks movies and four films with Richard Pryor?
    Gene Wilder
  5. What San Francisco 49ers quarterback caused a national sensation and dialogue for kneeling during the US National Anthem?
    Colin Kaepernick
  6. What state borders Wisconsin to the South?
    Illinois
  7. What is the largest city in Wisconsin?
    Milwaukee
  8. Set in the 1950s, what TV series took place in Wisconsin and featured the Cunningham family?
    Happy Days
  9. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey starred in what 1992 movie set in Wisconsin?
    Wayne’s World
  10. What motorcycle manufacturer, founded in 1903, is headquartered in Milwaukee and not Sturgis, SD?
    Harley-Davidson

The Geeky Round

  1. What is the capital of Wisconsin?
    Madison
  2. Born in Beloit, who is the only woman to win an IndyCar Series race?
    Danica Patrick
  3. What designer from Richland Center, was a pioneer in what would be called the Prairie School movement of architecture?
    Frank Lloyd Wright
  4. Born in Grand Chute, WI, what US Senator hunted communists in the US Army as well as outing homosexuals in the US government in the 1950s?
    Joseph McCarthy
  5. What Saturday Night Live actor from Madison, passed away at the age of 33 in 1997?
    Chris Farley
  6. What Happy Days spin-off featured Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams?
    Laverne & Shirley
  7. What educational approach, borrowed from Germany, first came to the US in Watertown, WI in 1856?
    Kindergarten. Translated from German, the name means garden of children.
  8. What TV series was set in the fictional town of Point Place, WI?
    That ’70s Show
  9. Kristen Wiig co-wrote and starred in what 2011 comedy set in Milwaukee?
    Bridesmaids
  10. What state borders Wisconsin to the North?
    Michigan (the upper peninsula)

The Nerdy Round

  1. What actor gave a shout out to his hometown of Appleton, WI when he hosted Saturday Night Live on January 29, 2022?
    Willem Dafoe
  2. What actor, born in 1900 in Milwaukee, was the first person to win consecutive Academy Awards for Best actor?
    Spencer Tracy. He won for 1938’s Captains Courageous and 1939’s Boys Town.
  3. What soap opera, airing since 1973, is set in Genoa City, WI?
    The Young & The Restless
  4. What pianist, singer, and actor from West Allis, WI would perform under just his last name?
    Liberace
  5. Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen drive from Wisconsin to Arizona in what 1984 Sci-Fi film?
    Starman
  6. We can thank Wisconsinite Christopher Latham Sholes for the layout of what modern technology?
    The QWERTY keyboard. Though, the original had no zero or one on the top row. You used a capital O and lowercase L for those numbers.
  7. The state symbol of Wisconsin is a badger, but it doesn’t refer to the animal but to what occupation?
    Miner. Specifically, Badgers were lead miners of the 1820s.
  8. Born Lester Polsfuss, what musician and inventor lends his name to a solid body electric guitar?
    Les Paul
  9. What town plays host to the largest experimental aviation event every year?
    Oshkosh, WI
  10. What crashed in Manitowoc, WI in 1962?
    Sputnik IV

Episode Conclusion

And that’s for Wisconsin Trivia this week. Want some bonus facts?

  • All the ginseng produced in the US comes from Wisconsin. They account for about 10% of the world’s production of it.
  • Like a lot of Midwestern states, it’s named after a river, the Wisconsin River.
  • From 1895 to 1967 margarine was prohibited in the state. I assume because they wanted to sell their own dairy products.
  • Wisconsin was the 30th state to enter the union.
  • It’s 20th in population and 23rd in area.

I’ve never made it to Wisconsin, but I’m a huge fan of all things dairy, so I’m sure I’ll find something to entertain myself while I’m there. What should I visit in Wisconsin?

We’ll be back here next week with another three rounds of questions. Here’s a little clue to tide you over:

What state is home to the longest NASCAR oval track?

If you know much about NASCAR, it should narrow it down for you. See you back here next Wednesday.

This has been episode 192 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. The music was made Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com.

Dorky Geeky Nerdy is hosted, written, and produced by me, Brain Rollins. Come visit me at TheVoicesInMyHead.com.

As always, thanks for listening.

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