| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Home of the Michigan Wolverines | Ann Arbor | 88%
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| C | Wisconsinite, or a fan of the Packers | Cheesehead | 69%
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| J | This 4x NBA MVP grew up in Akron, Ohio | LeBron James | 69%
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| S | This fictional superhero grew up in Smallville, Kansas | Superman | 60%
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| F | Expect to see these over the late summer months at the state and county levels | Fairs | 50%
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| I | Its suburbs include Carmel and Fishers | Indianapolis | 50%
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| P | The Midwest is infamous for having many of these on roads | Potholes | 48%
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| R | The NHL team with the most Stanley Cups from the US | Red Wings | 48%
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| L | This TV show follows the Ingalls family | Little House on the Prairie | 43%
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| M | Save big money at this home improvement retail chain | Menards | 43%
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| T | City & strip of land fought over between Michigan and Ohio | Toledo | 41%
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| E | This card game of taking tricks uses only about half the deck | Euchre | 40%
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| K | Slapping this body part and saying "welp" initiates a Midwestern goodbye | Knees | 40%
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| G | The pump for this originated in Fort Wayne, Indiana | Gasoline | 34%
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| X | Namesake of a university in Cincinnati | St. Francis {Xavier} | 34%
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| N | This created a new territory in the US in 1787 | {Northwest} Ordinance | 31%
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| Z | Invasive freshwater mussel that has been destructive in the Great Lakes | {Zebra} mussel | 29%
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| D | City found at the tri-point of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin | Dubuque | 28%
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| Y | City adjacent to A | Ypsilanti | 24%
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| B | Term that refers to the Midwest's agricultural significance | Breadbasket | 21%
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| O | Great Lakes Native American tribe | Ojibwe | 17%
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| H | This region more or less overlaps with the Midwest | Heartland | 16%
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| Q | Region on the border of Iowa and Illinois | Quad Cities | 16%
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| U | This manufacturing company's growth and decline matched the Steel Belt's transition into the Rust Belt | U.S. Steel | 16%
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| V | Either a river in South Dakota or a city in Ohio (if spelled with one L) | Vermillion | 9%
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| W | Founded in 1903, this was the first national park in the Midwest | Wind Cave | 3%
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