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North Dakota may be a sparsely populated state, but it still has a rich history.
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North Dakota History Trivia Questions
1. What was the profession of French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, commonly referred to as La Verendrye, the first European to visit North Dakota in 1738?

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Answer: Fur trader

La Verendrye, like most early settlers in the region, was a fur trapper and trader. He is better known for exploring large parts of Canada, particularly Manitoba and Saskatchewan. His sons also explored Wyoming and the northern Rocky Mountains.

2. Many of North Dakota's settlers post-statehood were of what ethnicity?

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Answer: German-Russian

Most of the people settling in North Dakota were Germans from Russia, who had been promised and then denied freedom in Russia. They settled in North Dakota, mainly because it was sparsely populated and they were able to establish their own identity in culture. German churches were built and even the language was spoken regularly until World War I when anti-German tendencies swept the nation.

3. What was unique about the Great Northern Railway, a railroad that ran across North Dakota from 1857 to 1970?

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Answer: It was the only transcontinental railroad in the U.S. not funded by the federal government.

All other transcontinental that ran through the U.S. were at least partially publically funded. The U.S. government did at one time own the land the railroad passed through, but the Great Northern bought it for a cheap price and then sold it to farmers and homesteaders. The GN railway ran from St Paul MN to Seattle WA (completed in 1893). THe GN Railway Compaay disappeared in 1970 when it merged with Northern pacific and other companies to form Burlington Northern.

4. What happened to the North Dakota Capitol Building in 1930?

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Answer: It burned down.

What caused the fire is unknown but the legend is that polished rags that were used to clean desks were placed near a furnace in a closet and subsequently ignited. Almost everything inside the building was destroyed except for the original North Dakota Constitution, which had to be rescued by Robert Byrne, who suffered major injuries as a result.

5. Who became governor of North Dakota in 2000 after serving as President of the Bank of North Dakota? (He later was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010.)

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Answer: John Hoeven

John Hoeven spent much of his career before politics as a banker in Minot. Starting in 1993, he served as President of the Bank of North Dakota, the only state-operated bank in the U.S. In 2000, he defeated his future Senate colleague Heidi Heitkamp by a 55%-45% vote to become governor. He was later reelected in 2004 and 2008 with over 70% of the vote. When he was governor, North Dakota had one of the fastest growing, if not the fastest, economies in the nation, noteworthy since their was a recession at the time.

6. The year 2000 saw the start of an economic boom in North Dakota because of oil and gas production in the western part of the state. What is this oil and gas formation called?

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Answer: Bakken

The formation is named after a farmer who owned the land where the oil was discovered. The oil and gas boom helped North Dakota excel economically even during a recession that crippled other state economies. Although, the production has produced rapid job growth, it is not without controversy. In 2013, 77 railway cars carrying oil from the Bakken formation in North Dakota derailed and killed almost fifty people in Quebec.

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