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  • 09/20/2007 at 11:26 pm #1879018
    lagrac

      So where was The Wizard of OZ world premiere held?
      (and yes the answer can be found on a geocache page)[/quote]

      Oconomowoc

      woot!

      09/20/2007 at 11:34 pm #1879019
      cheezehead

        What Wis. City get the credit for creating game Dungeons and Dragons? I found this out today while doing some research for a cache.

        09/20/2007 at 11:37 pm #1879020
        Lostby7

          @cheezehead wrote:

          What Wis. City get the credit for creating game Dungeons and Dragons? I found this out today while doing some research for a cache.

          Lake Geneva

          That was stamped on every D & D book written back in the day…not that I played or anything….now where did I set that 20 sided die?

          09/20/2007 at 11:38 pm #1879021
          LDove
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            @Lostby7 wrote:

            @LMcGisme wrote:

            @lonesumdove wrote:

            Okay, so why is WI known as the Badger state? 😯

            What is the town of Willows, Wisconsin known for?

            Husband going to Vegas in March, he will have to do that virtual of Liberace. Grandma Walton is buried in CA.

            Can I play too?

            Willows Wisconsin is where Barbie (the doll) grew up and went to school.

            What town in Wisconsin has the hardest granite in the world?

            Montello?

            Lannon has the hardest Niagara Dolomite (limestone)…..

            So where was The Wizard of OZ world premere held?
            (and yes the answer can be found on a geocache page)

            oooh oooh I know this one – OCONOMOWOC!!! Right? There is a cache there about this? I would love to get it, another one of my fav movies of all time!

            Right about Barbie!

            09/20/2007 at 11:40 pm #1879022
            Lostby7

              There are actually three letterboxes in town dedicated to the Wizard of Oz (they are mystery locations though so dont look for them to be stated as located in Oconomowoc). I found all three of them while wandering around the woods. The geocache here that mentions the Wizard of Oz is Ocon 2 for 1 ( GCMKVZ ).

              09/21/2007 at 1:01 am #1879023
              HOT TROT

                Is the hardest granite in the world found in Baraboo?

                09/21/2007 at 3:28 am #1879024
                Mathman

                  @HOT TROT wrote:

                  Is the hardest granite in the world found in Baraboo?

                  BARABOO???

                  I thought that was the town that had the first Naked Ghost!

                  😆

                  Ok maybe that was bad.

                  09/21/2007 at 5:35 pm #1879025
                  LMcGisme

                    Lostby7 got the granite question – Montello has the hardest granite.

                    Who used the half way tree, and what was it half way between?

                    09/21/2007 at 9:15 pm #1879026
                    decdogg

                      The Indians use it as a half way point between the Mississippi River and the great lakes.

                      09/21/2007 at 9:48 pm #1879027
                      Sunshine34

                        What WI city name means ‘bottom of the lake’ in Indian?

                        09/21/2007 at 11:45 pm #1879028
                        Mathman

                          @Sunshine34 wrote:

                          What WI city name means ‘bottom of the lake’ in Indian?

                          Fond du Lac

                          09/21/2007 at 11:45 pm #1879029
                          lagrac

                            I know an interesting piece of trivia that I learned from a Wisconsin Cache, I learned this from a virt. just out side Antigo,WI.

                            What is Wisconsin’s state dirt?

                            09/21/2007 at 11:47 pm #1879030
                            HOT TROT

                              antigo silt loam if I remember correctly from grade school

                              09/21/2007 at 11:49 pm #1879031
                              lagrac

                                Correct!!

                                Now something harder!
                                I learned this from a cache in SE Minnesota.

                                What town is the ‘Sinkhole Capital of the USA’?

                                09/22/2007 at 12:46 am #1879032
                                cheezehead

                                  @lagrac wrote:

                                  Correct!!

                                  Now something harder!
                                  I learned this from a cache in SE Minnesota.

                                  What town is the ‘Sinkhole Capital of the USA’?

                                  My wife grew up in Springfield, MN. How about Fountain, MN ?

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