All around the state, it’s quiz day

RICHLAND CENTER, Wis (WRCO ENTERTAINMENT) – Every Tuesday, Hank tests the useless knowledge that Phil possesses. It is the ROUND-UP QUIZEE-POO.

1. The city of Mineral Point was once the territorial capital of Wisconsin. (False – Belmont was first, then Burlington; Mineral Point was important but not capital.)
2. The Wisconsin River flows from south to north. (False – it flows generally south/southwest.)
3. Fennimore is named after a pioneer’s horse. (False – named after Edward Fennimore, an early settler.)
4. The Kickapoo River is nicknamed “the crookedest river in the world.” (True – it meanders heavily.)
5. Cuba City is nicknamed “The City of Presidents” because its streets are named after U.S. presidents. (True)
6. The Black Hawk War ended in Prairie du Chien. (False – it ended near the Mississippi River in Vernon/Clayton County area.)
7. Southwest Wisconsin has more round barns than any other part of the state. (True – Vernon County especially.)
8. Lancaster was once called “the City of Domes” because of its courthouse dome. (True – courthouse had a famous dome, since removed.)
9. Southwest Wisconsin is the only place in the U.S. where lead mining was done by “badgers,” leading to the state nickname. (True)
10. Wisconsin’s first state fair was held in Richland Center. (False – it was in Milwaukee in 1851.)