South Dakota: Mount Rushmore & More Trivia!

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1.

What are the state bird and state tree of South Dakota?

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Answer: Ring-Necked Pheasant And Black Hills Spruce
2.

What Native American nation do the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota tribes belong to?

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Answer: Sioux
3.

What area of severe erosion is found in South Dakota?

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Answer: Badlands
4.

Custer State Park in South Dakota is home to what free-roaming animals?

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Answer: Bison
5.

South Dakota with a land area of 75898 square miles is ranked here compared to other states in total land area?

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Answer: 17th
6.

When did South Dakota achieve statehood in the USA?

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Answer: November 2, 1889
7.

Where in South Dakota was gold discovered in 1874?

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Answer: Black Hills
8.

What territory, created in 1861, comprised the Dakotas and parts of Wyoming and Montana?

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Answer: Dakota
9.

What was the original Dakota Territory capital?

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Answer: Yankton
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What is the South Dakota State nickname?

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Answer: Hardrockers
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What was South Dakota's first permanent settlement, founded in 1817?

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Answer: Fort Pierre
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