Around MN
A la Mode
Maroon and GO!
By the Numbers
On the Road
100

Hundreds of thousands of people park their cars and ride this to the State Fair every year.

What is the bus / Metro Transit?

100

Invented by the Wright brothers, this machine uses fixed wings to fly through the air.

What is an airplane?

100

Goldy Gopher travels via underground tunnels — just like these trains in many of the world’s largest cities.

What is a subway?

100

The President of the United States flies in this highly outfitted jet called Air Force ___.

What is One?

100

The number of sides on an octagonal STOP sign.

What is eight?

200

Flying Cloud, Mankato Regional, and MSP International are all names of these.

What are airports?

200

A roadway sign says “Ped Xing”. “Ped” is short for this.

What is Pedestrian?

200

The color of this light-rail line that runs through the heart of the Twin Cities U of M campus.

What is green?

200

You may have seen signs saying that this rhyming number is “plenty” when it comes to speeds on neighborhood streets.

What is 20?

200

What the acronym MnDOT stands for.

What is "Minnesota Department of Transportation"?

300

This numbered famous highway immortalized by Bob Dylan runs along Lake Superior between Duluth and the Canadian border.

What is Highway 61?

300

Buell, Indian, and Harley Davidson are Midwestern brands of this type of vehicle.

What is a motorcycle?

300

MnCAV Ecosystem is a U of M research program with a networked, self-driving, tech-laden vehicle. CAV stands for this.

What is Connected and Automated Vehicle/s?

300

This North-South Interstate splits into “W” and “E” segments to pass through both of the Twin Cities.

What is I-35/35?

300

This University of Minnesota-invented safety device is required while traveling in a motor vehicle in Minnesota.

What is a seat belt / safety belt?

400

This Saint Paul-based tycoon dramatically expanded the rail system in the U.S.

Who is James J. Hill?

400

This flat-bottomed watercraft is designed to be heavily loaded with shipping containers.

What is a barge?

400

A University of Minnesota researcher invented this darkly nicknamed investigative device found on all commercial aircraft.

What is a “Black Box”?

400

Most Minnesota highway lanes are this many feet wide.

What is 12?

400

Drivers can reduce congestion and crashes in work zones by taking turns with this merging technique.

What is zipper?  

500

This 333-mile, uniquely-numbered highway crosses northern MN from Oslo to Lake Superior.

What is Highway 1/1?

500

Baksfiets, Mountain, Recumbent, and Fat are styles of this transportation mode.

What is a bike/bicycle?

500

The Zumbro Independent Paratransit Service (ZIPS) serves those with disabilities on this U of M campus.

What is Rochester?

500

This is the youngest age which certain groups of workers can be legally licensed to drive in Minnesota.

What is 15?

500

88% of centerline ________ are located outside of MN’s 7-county metro area.    

What are "miles"