10 Questions You Can Only Answer If You're From North Dakota
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?

Tator tot hot dish would be the correct answer here, because it isn't a true potluck in North Dakota without one.

Green, through and through, combined with either yellow or black.
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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.
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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?

This is one you get asked a lot more than you'd expect after you become a North Dakotan... and the answer is no.

Why yes it does! One of our lakes, Lake Sakakawea, beats that amount alone - not to mention tons of other bodies of water here.

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.

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.
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That would be North Dakota, which serves the biggest and best darn caramel rolls you'll ever have.

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!
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