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What was the original name for St. Paul, MN?
Pig's Eye
What Minnesota city was named after a French city near Paris which itself was named after the 6th-century French monk Clodoald?
St. Cloud
What is the name of the first designated state park in Minnesota? This park famously contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Itasca State Park
What multinational manufacturer based in Minnesota was once named the Washburn-Crosby Company?
General Mills
The St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota is actually not within St. Paul city limits but is rather in what neighboring municipality?
Falcon Heights
True or false: Minnesota is the 15th largest state, by area, in the US.
False. Minnesota is the 12th largest state in the U.S. by total area.
To train for a race back in the 1970s, Ed Pauls built a static cross country skiing machine in his Chaska, Minnesota garage. That's the origin of what exercise equipment company based in Utah, not Sweden?
NordicTrack
Minnesota is the 36th most densely populated state in the United States. What is the *most* densely populated?
New Jersey, with more than 1,260 people per square mile. It is followed by Rhode Island and Massachusetts in terms of population density
What annual Minnesota festival had 176 shows and 895 performances over 11 days in 2013 and features shows 60 minutes of less across a wide variety of performing arts disciplines? The alliterative festival has other incarnations throughout the US.
Fringe Festival
Gopher 5 and Daily 3 are both Minnesota contests administered and marketed by what state agency?
State Lottery
What is the Minnesota State Mushroom?
Morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta), which was officially designated in 1984. Also known as the sponge mushroom or honeycomb morel, the morel is a popular and delicious edible fungus found in the spring, particularly in the forested regions of southeastern Minnesota.
A pair of filmmaking brothers born in Minnesota in the 1950s have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards together, including a handful of wins for "No Country for Old Men." What is the surname of these brothers?
Coen
The word comes from the Dakota word for waterfall and is the name of a female character from a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem. The word is also a park, creek, and academy in Minnesota. What is the word?
Minnehaha
What long-serving politician from Minnesota was known as "Mr. Environment" and has a namesake recreational trail that runs between Hinckley and Duluth?
Willard Munger
Minnesota and Mississippi both considered the same name for their state, but both ultimately rejected it. A different state, admitted to the Union in 1889 as the 42nd state used this name (and continues to). What is the state?
Washington
Who was the first governor of Minnesota?
Henry H. Sibley was the first governor of Minnesota, serving from 1858 to 1860, after the state's admission to the Union in 1858. He previously served as a delegate from the Wisconsin and Minnesota territories and was a key figure in the Minnesota Constitutional Convention
What canine bus service began with a single route serving miners in Hibbing, Minnesota?
Greyhound
Although the majority of the movie "Fargo" takes place in Minnesota, the movie's title references a city in what other state?
North Dakota
Assuming office in January 2019 alongside Tim Walz, who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota?
Peggy Flanagan
In 1989, which football player and later failed politician (in 2022) was traded by the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings for four players and many draft picks, thus letting the Cowboys build their dynasty team of the 1990s?
Herschel Walker
Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first man to use what sacred mammal expression to express awe?
Holy Cow!
"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" is by which funnyman-turned-Minnesota senator?
Al Franken
The Minnesota DFL is a political party in its namesake state affiliated with the US Democratic Party. The D stands for Democratic. The L stands for Labor. What does the F stand for?
Farmer
Before the franchise relocated to the Twin Cities from the East Coast, what was the name of the team now known as the Minnesota Twins?
Washington Senators
What was the last name at birth of legendary Minnesota musician Prince?
The last name at birth of legendary musician Prince was Nelson. He was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota