SS26 - North Dakota

America! O. So mysterious. . Welcome back to our state series celebrating the 250th birthday of the USA. In this episode we're in North Dakota. No deck. Every every I just think of thing big things there because it's big wide wide open spaces and big buffalo and just been to Fargo and into the countryside, did some snowmobiling in the countryside. It is exactly as you think it is. Just a bunch of wide open spaces with very few trees. You've been everywhere, man. I've been to Push some cattle up there one once. Pushing cattle, yeah. Okay, uh Scott. Yeah. What's the city? What what city is the capital of North Dakota? Yeah, I was wondering if you're going to ask me because they always get in flip-flop, but I believe it is Bismark. Mhm. It is. It's 1883. Well done. done. Nice. 1883. Yeah. When it got there? Okay, Kelly, which famous explorers stayed near present day Washburn during the winter of 1804, relying on the Missouri River to navigate the region. I'm going to say uh Lewis and Clark. First names. Almost heroes. Maryweather Lewis and forget Clark's name. I just remember Maryweather. I'm go with John. I like it. It's not. I don't. I don't know what it is. I have no idea. I have no idea. I'll I'll play. Thank you. I need a pro. Samuel You can go ahead. Okay. Uh well, we'll move on then to question number three, Brian. What massive shaggy mammal, the largest in North America, is a common site in North Dakota's bad lands and serves as the national mammal of the US. The bison? Yes, American bison or Buffalo. Nice. Well done. Solid bison bison, the American Buffalo. William Clark. science name. Obviously. I was going to say Will Clark, but that was because of the baseball player. I would have been right. It's Billy. Got a good left good left good left hand swing. Yes he does. In Maryweather, yeah. Wow, okay. Good job, guys. Okay. Next up, Andy. Yo. What National Park in Western North Dakota honors the future president whose time in the Badlands helped shape his con conservation views. Well, I'd assume that is Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Teddy. That is correct. Very good. Very cool. One I probably would have got. Nice work, dude. I like it. What was my question? I'll give it to you. That's all right. You answered it before I did, so you get credit. Thanks. Well, you get the next one. This is This is more in your lane. Okay. Okay, Nick. North Dakota is the nation's leading producer of what bright yellow flower used to make heart healthy cooking oil. Heart healthy cooking oil, yellow flour. Just Well, there is sunflower oil, there is canola. Uh I don't know what canola actually means. It is that is correct. Okay. What is it? Canola? Canola? Yes. You're welcome. Brian, you're a G. I don't understand how you hold your head up. I mean that brain. way so much. It does. North Dakota produces over 80% of the US canola crop. Wow. Yes. So. And it's a flower? It is a flower. Yes, turning the summer prairie into a sea of vibrant gold. That's pretty pretty. They get oil out of it. And he was just got back on a trip where you asked for oat milk everywhere we went. Well, that's different. You can squeeze milk out of an oat. It really wasn't. That's great. Uh Scott. Yes. What natural light display can often be seen in North Dakota's dark skies on clear nights, especially from fall through early spring? The Aurora Borealis? Yes, or Northern Lights. Nice. Nice, nice, nice. Yep. Very good. Whenever Scott speaks Bory comes to. Yeah. If I didn't have tiny little legs, I'd kick you. Okay, question seven, Kelly. What actor from my not? I believe that's how you pronounce it. My night. Uh, it's M I n o t. Oh. I think it's pronounced my night. Okay, my from my night. Known for roles in Transformers and Las Vegas is one of North Dakota's best-known modern celebrities. Oh, I got you. I think I might know this. Is it Will Grishm? No. No. Woman. Sha Laf. No. No. It's a girl. Josh. Nice. Yes, very good. That's what I said, man. You guys can't hear me. That's right. Las Vegas. Good job. That's what sold for me. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, Brian. What North Dakota born musician became a household name name hosting a long running TV variety show featuring champagne music. Dean Martin? No. No. No idea. Champagne music musician. Yeah. He ran a TV variety show featuring champagne music. And champagne music is in quotes and capital letters. So I'm assuming that is maybe a song or a get or something. What's the guy that uh Carlson always dances to? Oh, uh Tom Jones. Not unusual. Yeah, I mean that's I'm trying to think of that era. I don't know. I don't know. Um is it Alan? No. Andy, I'm going to tell you our great grandmother Lucky was on the show. Oh, wow, that's cool. Man, no. I mean I believe you. She was an amazing woman. Yes, Lawrence Welk. Oh, okay. Yeah, that was right. Never would have got there. Never would have got there. Yeah, that was a long time ago. Um, okay, Andy. Okay. Right? What unique Western style dining experience in in Madora involves cooking steaks in large kettles of hot oil using actual garden tools. I'm going to need you to walk me through that again. Yes, okay. That was. Yeah, and and you probably just well, what unique Western style dining experience. Okay. involves cooking steaks in large kettles of hot oil. using actual garden tools. Is that the Western Sizzler? Dutch oven? that's that's a cast iron pot. I thought that was. This is more of a style of cooking. Like barbecue? No. Family style? It's it's a three word answer and the last word is fondu. Okay. Oh. I I'm assuming that's where the the garden tools come in. Yeah. Okay. All right. And um so there's a type of meat and the name of one of the garden tools is what the name of the. Bef. That's so terrible. That sounds perfect actually. actually. Pitchfork? It's pitchfork steak fondu. Wow. Okay. Okay. That was. I mean, sign me up for that. Right. That sound delicious. Yes, a signature cowboy tradition where the stakes are skewered on pitchforks and served on a terrace overlooking the bad lands. Well, that sounds sounds fancy. Okay. Sign me up. Right. Um okay, last up is Nick. Often served as a snack or in a gift box. What chippers, with my air quotes out here. What chippers are famous North Dakota treat consisting of local potato chips dipped in chocolate. Oh. Oh, you're going to be mad. Dipped in chocolate. That's intriguing. Yeah. I'm not familiar with this. That's wow. North Dakota, okay. Chips dipped in chocolate. . You can't help it, can you? Well, he's going to be really mad at me on this one. Oh I am? Oh yeah. Mhm. Is it chocolate covered chips? It's chocolate covered chips. Yeah. I didn't catch that. I mean that sounds incredible. Really? It really does. Yeah, I can't believe it. Have you not Have you not had chocolate covered potato chips? I didn't even know it existed until this second. Never heard of this. I had at a wedding once and In North Dakota? Man, they are No, it wasn't in North Dakota. Those are served at a wedding? Yeah. Well, there was like a snack table. really cool. Okay. Yeah. Wow. Okay, yes, well that will do it. Thank you for exploring North North Dakota with us for our state series, celebrating the 250th birthday of the USA. Summer series