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Who did the Oregon Legislature describe as the "Father of Oregon"?
Joseph Lane
Tom McCall
John McLoughlin
Herbert Hoover
Who explored Oregon with Meriwether Lewis in the early 1800s?
Thomas Condon
James K. Polk
Samuel Barlow
William Clark
Who is the only Oregonian to win two Nobel prizes?
Linus Pauling
Matt Groening
Steve Prefontaine
Carl E. Wieman
Which Oregonian appeared weekday mornings on NBC TV for years?
Edith Green
Jean Auel
Kim Novak
Ann Curry
In 1962, this Oregonian was the first pachyderm born in the western hemisphere in over 44 years:
Simba
Packy
Khayam
Belle
The first governor of the Oregon Territory was:
Joseph Lane
Tom McCall
George Curry
Ulysses S. Grant
She danced with Fred Astaire in ten popular Hollywood movies:
Tabitha Moffet Brown
Ginger Rogers
Sally Struthers
Lindsay Wagner
Who led the music on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson?
Doc Severinsen
Ed McMahon
Jay Leno
Don Rickles
Who first brought Homer and Bart Simpson to life on TV?
Thurston Howell III
Brad Garrett
Garry Shandling
Matt Groening
This governor is known for land use planning and the bottle bill:
Barbara Roberts
John Kitzhaber
Tom McCall
Earl Snell
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