Nature and Such
Found mainly on the shores of Lake Superior and formed by lava eruptions that occurred about a billion years ago, this is Minnesota's state gemstone
Minnesota's official motto, L'Étoile du Nord, is the only state motto in French, translating to this phrase
What is "Star of the North"
This winter sport is Minnesota's official state sport
What is ice hockey
This big box retail company based out of Minneapolis is the state's largest employer
What is Target
Lester Prairie is in this Minnesota county, along with neighbors Winsted, Silver Lake, and Hutchinson
What is McLeod
Minnesota has some of the earth's oldest these, gneisses that are about 3.6 billion years old (80% as old as the planet)
What are rocks
The first Europeans to enter the region were French voyageurs, who arrived in the 17th century, who primarily trapped and traded this valuable commodity
What is fur
This Minnesota football team has past advanced to the Super Bowl Super Bowl IV, Super Bowl VIII, Super Bowl IX, and Super Bowl XI, losing all four games to their AFC/AFL opponents
What are the Minnesota Vikings
The premier big box electronics retailer in the United States, this company was founded in 1966 in St. Paul, Minnesota and is currently headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota - the second-largest employer in Minnesota
What is Best Buy
Lester Prairie is home to LPPS, a K-12 school with +/-400 students, and its ISD is this number
What is ISD 424
Minnesota has the highest population of this pack-dwelling carnivore outside of the state of Alaska
What is the wolf/are wolves
Minnesota became the 32nd U.S. state in this year
What is 1858
This Minnesota sports team won the the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 WNBA Championships
What are the Minnesota Lynx
Founded in 1864 in Rochester, Minnesota, this world-renowned medical center has ranked number one in the United States for seven consecutive years in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Honor Roll, maintaining a position at or near the top for more than 35 years
What is the Mayo Clinic
Lester Prairie has this many places of worship
What is 4
Minnesota is home to the largest number of breeding pairs of this predatory raptor and national symbol in the lower 48 states as of 2007
What is the bald eagle/are bald eagles
Located in Bemidji, Minnesota, these two characters - widely known American folk heroes - were erected in 1937 as a roadside attraction has been listed on the "National Register of Historic Places" since 1988
Who are Paul Bunyan and Babe the Big Blue Ox
This team joined Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 2017, having played in the lower-division North American Soccer League from 2010 to 2016 and plays at Allianz Field in St. Paul
Who/What is (Minnesota) United FC
Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis in 1856, this company originally gained fame for being a large flour miller and markets many well-known North American brands, including Gold Medal flour, Cheerios, Lucky Charms, and Yoplait yogurt
What is General Mills
This bike trail running east–west through the middle of town connects Lester Prairie to the Twin Cities
What is the Dakota Rail Regional Trail
Almost 1/3 of the state is covered in this kind of biome - including 400,000 acres of old growth
What is forest/taiga/boreal forest
The word Minnesota comes from this tribe's name for the Minnesota River, which got its name from one of two words in their language: "mní sóta", meaning "clear blue water", or "Mníssota", meaning "cloudy water"
Who/What are the Dakota
This Minnesota hockey team preceded the Minnesota Wild as our state team, members of the NHL from 1967 to 1993, which played in and lost the 1981 and 1991 Stanley Cup Finals
What are the Minnesota North Stars
The nation's first indoor shopping mall, Southdale Center, opened in this Minneapolis suburb in 1956
What is Edina
Lester Prairie was incorporated into Minnesota in this year
What is 1888