Jul 21, 2026, 7:36 AM CT
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1. Which U.S. state produces the most peaches each year?
A) Georgia (3)
B) South Carolina (2)
C) California
D) Texas
“Sorry, Georgia… you’ve got the nickname, but California has the peach receipts! That’s like being called ‘Speedy’ and getting passed by a riding lawn mower.”
2. In 1872, sitting President Ulysses S. Grant was pulled over and fined $20 for speeding… while riding in a horse-drawn carriage. TRUE (Though historians note that some details of the 1872 incident are debated because contemporary records are sparse, the story is widely associated with Grant and he was known for his love of fast horses.)
Imagine explaining that insurance claim… ‘No, officer, the horsepower was literal!’ Even back then, apparently you couldn’t win a street race against the law.
3. There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. TRUE!
That’s one career path you don’t hear about every day… pirate, politician, and eventually the face of a bottle. Talk about cleaning up your résumé!
4. Baseball legend Babe Ruth placed cold cabbage leaves under his baseball cap to help keep cool during games. TRUE!
Back then, there weren’t fancy cooling towels. Babe just raided the salad bar! Imagine hitting a home run and smelling like coleslaw all the way around the bases.
5. The longest recorded tire skid marks stretched nearly 6 miles. True. The jet-powered Spirit of America left skid marks after driver Craig Breedlove lost his braking parachutes while setting a land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1964.
That’s not a skid mark… that’s a road trip! Somewhere there’s a mechanic still saying, ‘Yep… those brakes are gonna need a little attention
6. Viola had a high school until it closed in 1963. in 1964, its students were included with Kickapoo. What was the Mascot of Viola?
A) Panthers B) Blue Jackets C) Eagles D) Falcons
7. The 1989 senior class picture display has ONE student wearing a ‘UW PLATTEVILLE WRESTLING” shirt. Who is wearing that polo?
A) Doug Nelson B) Ron Granger C) Mick Huebsch D) Robbie Wright
8. Which was a real product?
A. Wearable sleeping ostrich pillow
B. Elbow suspenders
C. Pancake earmuffs
9. The first professional baseball umpires wore tuxedos. False-Early umpires often wore regular street clothes. The now-famous blue shirts and protective gear came much later.
Can you imagine calling balls and strikes in a tuxedo? ‘Strike three… and please pass the hors d’oeuvres!’
10. Which U.S. state has the most high school football players per capita?
A) Texas
B) Alabama
C) California
D) Nebraska
Nebraska consistently ranks at or near the top in the percentage of high school students who play 11-man football, thanks to its deep football tradition and relatively small population.
In Nebraska, if you don’t play football, somebody’s liable to ask if you’re the marching band director… or the mascot.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
