South Dakota Quiz

South Dakota Quiz Questions

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1. When did South Dakota become a state of USA?
a) 5 March 1796
b) 31 May 2002
c) 12 July 1872
d) 2 November 1889

2. Which state is to the north of South Dakota?
a) Wyoming
b) North Dakota
c) Iowa
d) Montana

3. Which state is to the south of South Dakota?
a) New Hampshire
b) Connecticut
c) Nebraska
d) Delaware

4. What is the motto of South Dakota?
a) Under God the people rule
b) Labor omnia vincit
c) Peace and justice
d) Crossroads of America

5. Which is South Dakota’s state bird?
a) Duck
b) Ring-necked pheasant
c) Albatross
d) Jackdaw

6. Which is the capital of South Dakota?
a) Yankton
b) Aberdeen
c) Pierre
d) Brookings

7. Which is the highest point in South Dakota?
a) Harney Peak
b) Mount Ossa
c) Granite Peak
d) Mount Pelion

8. What is South Dakota’s nickname?
a) Constitution State
b) The Mount Rushmore State
c) Golden State
d) Centennial State

9. Where is the University of South Dakota?
a) Spearfish
b) Madison
c) Redfield
d) Vermillion

10. Who sculpted the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore?
a) Hamlin Garland
b) Charles Eastman
c) Gutzon Borglum
d) Oscar Howe

South Dakota Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When did South Dakota become a state of USA?
d) 2 November 1889

2. Which state is to the north of South Dakota?
b) North Dakota

3. Which state is to the south of South Dakota?
c) Nebraska

4. What is the motto of South Dakota?
a) Under God the people rule

5. Which is South Dakota’s state bird?
b) Ring-necked pheasant

6. Which is the capital of South Dakota?
c) Pierre

7. Which is the highest point in South Dakota?
a) Harney Peak

8. What is South Dakota’s nickname?
b) The Mount Rushmore State

9. Where is the University of South Dakota?
d) Vermillion

10. Who sculpted the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore?
c) Gutzon Borglum