History of Rochester
One of THESE weather events struck Rochester/SE Minnesota and created a need for improved health care in 1883.
What is a tornado?
What is Foster Arends?
THIS city is located directly West of Rochester on Highway 14. It has a population of roughly 6,800 people.
What is Byron?
The newest building of the three public high schools in Rochester.
What is Century?
THIS huge, 3-letter tech company opened a location in Rochester in 1956.
What is IBM?
From your readings, the Mayo Brothers were the first to use THIS strategy to serve patient's medical needs. Considered "Mayo Clinic’s most significant contribution to medicine".
What is collaboration/teamwork?
Rochester has 15 locations of THIS gas station that is headquartered in La Crosse, WI. It is hard not to drive past one if you go anywhere in town.
What is Kwik Trip?
This busy street runs North and South right through downtown Rochester. It eventually turns into Highway 63.
What is Broadway?
This Catholic high school in Rochester was moved out of downtown Rochester, and demolition of the old building is going on this year.
What is Lourdes?
In 2013, our governor signed the bill known as DMC, which stands for this.
What is Destination Medical Center?
The flood that devastated Rochester happened in this year.
What is 1978?
This sporting goods store opened a location in Rochester at the Apache Mall in 2015.
What is Scheels?
The Root, Whitewater, and Zumbro rivers all flow through Olmsted Country, and eventually drain into THIS river.
What is the Mississippi?
This is the oldest high school of the three in RPS.
What is John Marshall?
The first franchise of this fast food chain opened in 2018, and construction of a second location is currently going on as we speak.
What is Chick-fil-A?
Rochester became an official city in THIS year. The same year Minnesota became the 32nd state in the US.
What is 1858?
Hopefully nobody in this room ever has to go there unless it is for work. This is the official name of the prison located here in Rochester.
What is Federal Medical Center Rochester?
Olmsted has THIS MANY naturally occurring lakes in the county.
What is zero?
Mr. Johnson went to Sunset Terrace Elementary School, which uses THIS as the schools mascot.
What is Wildcats?
SHE is the mayor of Rochester.
Who is Kim Norton?
One of the Mayo brothers was named after his father, and they both shared this same first name.
What is William?
The tallest building in Rochester is the Broadway Plaza, which was built in 2004. It has THIS MANY floors.
What is 29?
This is the name of the only interstate highway located in Olmsted County. It runs East/West and can get you from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA.
What is I-90?
This high school has the most MSHSL State Championships of the three public high schools with six. The most recent being the 2024 AA Girls Tennis state title.
What is Mayo?
Believe it or not, Rochester has it's own flag. It is blue, with a circle in the middle that highlights the city's skyline and THIS animal flying by.
What is a Canadian Goose?