October 2026 edition

South Dakota quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Which river divides South Dakota into East River and West River?
AMississippi River
BPlatte River
CMissouri River
DArkansas River
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about South Dakota? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from Mount Rushmore to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

South Dakota · October 2026 edition

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Q3 / 50Opener
What is the capital of South Dakota?
ASioux Falls
BRapid City
CAberdeen
DPierre

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerMount Rushmore, bison and the prairies
2EasySioux Falls, the Badlands and rivers
3TrickyBlack Hills gold rush and railroads
4HardStatehood, reservations and the Dust Bowl
5BrutalWounded Knee, ranching and state symbols
South Dakota titlesout of 500
Carved in stone50 / 50
Rushmore view350+
Black Hills275+
Badlands200+
Open prairie100+
Rest stop1+
Road closed0

44 of 50 right · six short of Carved in stone

You vs Katie BSouth Dakota · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Who was president when the Dakotas became states in 1889?
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison✓GBKB
Ulysses S. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt

Speed scores

Faster than a prairie wind.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which city is the state capital? No time to stop for bison.

The ramp

Open prairie, then the Hills.

Five rounds of ten. Each trail gets steeper.

Titles

Hit the open road.

When you finish, your score earns a title. Score nothing and it's Road closed; get every question right and you're Carved in stone.

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Compare notes at the rest stop.

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