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Lake Wobegon Trivia Quiz

Regular listeners to Garrison Keillor's 'A Prairie Home Companion' should have no trouble with this one.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheBottleImp. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
TheBottleImp

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,493

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
704

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is Lake Wobegon's slogan? Hint

Powdermilk Biscuit country

An above average town

On the edge of the prairie

Gateway to Central Minnesota

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the Lake Wobegon baseball team? Hint

Walleyes

Blazers

Whippets

Lancers

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Question 3 of 10

3. Fill in the blank, 'Ralph's ___
____ Grocery'? Hint

About Average

Above Average

Pretty Good

Really Good

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you bought your car in Lake Wobegon, it probably came from....? Hint

Bunsen Motors

Pretty Good Cars

Above Average Motors

Halvorson Motors

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Question 5 of 10

5. What kind of farmers do you find in Lake Wobegon? Hint

Above average

Norwegian immigrant

Norwegian bachelor

Norwegian stoic

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who owns the Sidetrack Tap? Hint

Wally

Clint

Clarence

Emil

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is Lake Wobegon's reigning 'tomato queen'? Hint

Myrtle Krebsbach

Judy Ingquist

Irene Bunsen

Daine Halvorson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Lake Wobegon is the little town that....? Hint

never changes

time forgot

is above average

is pretty good

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who owns the Chatterbox Cafe? Hint

Myrtle

Eloise

Dorothy

Florian

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Question 10 of 10

10. In Lake Wobegon all the children are...? Hint

above average

pretty good

about average

really good

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Lake Wobegon's slogan?

Answer: Gateway to Central Minnesota

Lake Wobegon is located 'on the edge of the prairie'.

2. What is the name of the Lake Wobegon baseball team?

Answer: Whippets

Last in the league again, I am afraid.

3. Fill in the blank, 'Ralph's ___ ____ Grocery'?

Answer: Pretty Good

If they don't have it, you can probably get along without it.

4. If you bought your car in Lake Wobegon, it probably came from....?

Answer: Bunsen Motors

I am sure they only sell above average vehicles.

5. What kind of farmers do you find in Lake Wobegon?

Answer: Norwegian bachelor

They grow the grain that is used to make Powdermilk Biscuits.

6. Who owns the Sidetrack Tap?

Answer: Wally

A major hangout for those Norwegian bachelor farmers.

7. Who is Lake Wobegon's reigning 'tomato queen'?

Answer: Irene Bunsen

What is her secret?

8. Lake Wobegon is the little town that....?

Answer: time forgot

And the years can't improve.

9. Who owns the Chatterbox Cafe?

Answer: Dorothy

Good coffee and old stories are two of life's glories.

10. In Lake Wobegon all the children are...?

Answer: above average

I know I was, and I bet you were too.

Source: Author TheBottleImp

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