This page is great for students that missed a week of the Current game and
want to catch up, or just want to review all the questions from the past school
year and test their knowledge of Wisconsin cities. Each week, it will be updated
with the previous set of clues and answers.
For clues used in previous school years, go to the "Older Answers" page.
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Week 1:
Clue 1) In 2009, residents of this week’s mystery city hosted a “Welcome Back” parade for their lake, washed away by floods in 2008.
Clue 2) This Sauk County city shares its name with the near by man-made lake made popular by the Tommy Bartlett Show.
Clue 3) This picturesque village is right next to Wisconsin’s Waterpark Capital of the World.
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Week 2:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city, located in the heart of the Kickapoo Valley, intends to relocate due to flooding concerns.
Clue 2) This city was named after the saw mill of James Gay.
Clue 3) This Crawford County city is known to all as the Apple Capital of Wisconsin.
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Week 3:
Clue 1) This Marinette County mystery city is located along the shore of beautiful Lake Michigan.
Clue 2) October commemorates the anniversary of the tragic fire, which occurred on October 8, 1871, in this week’s city.
Clue 3) The museum in this week’s city reflects the lives and history of the 1,200 people who died in this fire. Hundreds lost their lives in the Great Chicago Fire the same week.
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Week 4:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city hosts the annual Wisconsin Book Festival held this year from October 7 to 11.
Clue 2) This city’s Camp Randall served as a center of the Union Army during Civil War times. Today Camp Randall includes the University of Wisconsin football stadium.
Clue 3) This city is known as the “The City of Four Lakes,” including Lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Kegonsa.
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Week 5:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city hosts an annual Great Craft Exposition in November.
Clue 2) This city, just west of Pike Lake State Park, is located in both Dodge and Washington Counties.
Clue 3) This city, an early car manufacturing center, showcases its Heritage Auto Museum.
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Week 6:
Clue 1) Every September, this week’s mystery city welcomes over 100,000 visitors to the world’s largest Cranberry Festival!
Clue 2) Travelers will find this small village in Monroe County.
Clue 3) This city celebrates our state fruit each year as Wisconsin produces more cranberries than any other state.
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Week 7:
Clue 1) Known as “The Swiss Cheese Capital of the USA,” this week’s mystery city hosts The Green County Cheese Days celebration every other year.
Clue 2) Highway 11 connects our mystery city to Shullsburg.
Clue 3) This week’s mystery city is the only maker of limburger cheese in the United States!
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Week 8:
Clue 1) Located on the bay side of a peninsula, this week’s mystery city’s name has a unique family flavor.
Clue 2) This Door County city hosts an annual Fall Fest in October.
Clue 3) Goats graze on the roof top of a famous Swedish restaurant in this mystery city.
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Week 9:
Clue 1) The name of this week’s mystery city comes from “dusty water” or “lake of shells” in Potawatomi.
Clue 2) The magnificent Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, built in 2001, is located in this mystery city.
Clue 3) This week’s city is located in the lake country area of Waukesha County.
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Week 10:
Clue 1) Historically known for its fur trade, this week’s mystery city’s name is French for “Prairie of the Dog”
Clue 2) This city near the Mississippi River has become known for its “Droppin’ of the Carp” celebration held every New Year’s Eve.
Clue 3) This city is home to the magnificent Villa Louis, one of the ten official Wisconsin Historic Sites.
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Week 11:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is located on the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior and is known for its beautiful scenery and shipping industry.
Clue 2) This city is home to two outstanding colleges, Northland College and a Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College campus.
Clue 3) This mystery city is ten miles west of Odanah, headquarters of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.
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Week 12:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is located in southeastern Brown County.
Clue 2) Danish settlers originally named the area Copenhagen, because they believed this place resembled their homeland.
Clue 3) This city is developing the Devil’s River State Recreational Trail for biking and hiking.
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Week 13:
Clue 1) Nicolet Area Technical College, one of our state’s sixteen technical colleges, is found in this week’s mystery city.
Clue 2) This city, located just north of Lake Julia, is the county seat of Oneida County.
Clue 3) This city is famous for the mythical creature, the hodag.
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Week 14:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is the fourth largest in Wisconsin and shares its name with its county.
Clue 2) Two great Wisconsin colleges, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Carthage College, are located in this mystery city.
Clue 3) This city is home to the historic Washington Park Velodrome where expert bicyclists train and compete.
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Week 15:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is fondly known as “Chocolate City, U.S.A” due to the Nestle factory built in 1965.
Clue 2) Dallas Cowboys star quarterback Tony Romo moved to this Wisconsin city when he was two years old.
Clue 3) This city is located in Racine County and is about 30 miles west of Lake Michigan.
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Week 16:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is nicknamed “The Electric City” because of its five hydroelectric generating plants.
Clue 2) In 1851 this city’s name was changed from Grand Kaukaulin to its current name.
Clue 3) This city is the easternmost of the Fox Cities located along the Fox River.
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Week 17:
Clue 1) This week’s mystery city is the hometown of Yahoo’s CEO, Carol Bartz.
Clue 2) This city, nestled between the mighty Mississippi and 500 foot limestone bluffs, is the county seat of Buffalo County.
Clue 3) This city was started by Swiss immigrants and has the motto “Step into Living History.”
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Answers:
Week 1 - Lake Delton |
Week 2 - Gays Mills |
Week 3 - Peshtigo |
Week 4 - Madison |
Week 5 - Hartford |
Week 6 - Warrens |
Week 7 - Monroe |
Week 8 - Sister Bay |
Week 9 - Pewaukee |
Week 10 - Prairie du Chien |
Week 11 - Ashland |
Week 12 - Denmark |
Week 13 - Rhinelander |
Week 14 - Kenosha |
Week 15 - Burlington |
Week 16 - Kaukauna |
Week 17 - Alma |
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