When living in North Dakota, you’ll become accustomed to the way of life here. There are questions that you can only answer after being here a while. How many of these do you know the answer to right away?
- What do you bring to a potluck?
cornfusion/Flickr Tator tot hot dish would be the correct answer here, because it isn’t a true potluck in North Dakota without one.
- What college colors do you root for?
dkemmet/Flickr Green, through and through, combined with either yellow or black.
- Why do people lift two fingers off the wheel when you pass them on the road?
Andrew Filer/Flickr It’s a “farmer’s wave” and regardless if you know them or not will happen on just about any country road in North Dakota.
- What’s the best outdoor musical?
Holiday Photos/Flickr The Medora Musical, of course! With a backdrop like the badlands and an actual herd of elk specifically moved to the top of a hill within view just for the effect, what more could you ask for?
- Is this the state with Mount Rushmore?
Jimmy Emerson/Flickr This is one you get asked a lot more than you’d expect after you become a North Dakotan… and the answer is no.
- Does North Dakota have more shoreline than all of California?
Michael Foley/Flickr Why yes it does! One of our lakes, Lake Sakakawea, beats that amount alone - not to mention tons of other bodies of water here.
- Who gets the most snow days during school?
ThoseGuys119/Flickr Definitely not North Dakota. All of South Dakota and all of Minnesota could close their schools long before a few counties in ND even get a two hour delay.
- Is it winter all year long?
NDPRD/Flickr Contrary to popular belief, North Dakota is not far enough north to be included in the Arctic Circle. We do, in fact, get spring, summer, and fall, and summer temps can reach the triple digits with heavy humidity on top of it all.
- Where are the best breakfast pastries?
oomni/Flickr That would be North Dakota, which serves the biggest and best darn caramel rolls you’ll ever have.
- What’s Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite state?
Jasperdo/Flickr The Peace Garden State, Rough Rider State, Flicker Tail State… whatever you want to call it, North Dakota! And we’re the reason this famous former president was ever president to begin with.
What other North Dakota questions would you add to this list? How about the meaning of all these North Dakotan words and terms? That’s something only we would know – sometimes it sounds like another language!
cornfusion/Flickr
Tator tot hot dish would be the correct answer here, because it isn’t a true potluck in North Dakota without one.
dkemmet/Flickr
Green, through and through, combined with either yellow or black.
Andrew Filer/Flickr
It’s a “farmer’s wave” and regardless if you know them or not will happen on just about any country road in North Dakota.
Holiday Photos/Flickr
The Medora Musical, of course! With a backdrop like the badlands and an actual herd of elk specifically moved to the top of a hill within view just for the effect, what more could you ask for?
Jimmy Emerson/Flickr
This is one you get asked a lot more than you’d expect after you become a North Dakotan… and the answer is no.
Michael Foley/Flickr
Why yes it does! One of our lakes, Lake Sakakawea, beats that amount alone - not to mention tons of other bodies of water here.
ThoseGuys119/Flickr
Definitely not North Dakota. All of South Dakota and all of Minnesota could close their schools long before a few counties in ND even get a two hour delay.
NDPRD/Flickr
Contrary to popular belief, North Dakota is not far enough north to be included in the Arctic Circle. We do, in fact, get spring, summer, and fall, and summer temps can reach the triple digits with heavy humidity on top of it all.
oomni/Flickr
That would be North Dakota, which serves the biggest and best darn caramel rolls you’ll ever have.
Jasperdo/Flickr
The Peace Garden State, Rough Rider State, Flicker Tail State… whatever you want to call it, North Dakota! And we’re the reason this famous former president was ever president to begin with.
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