City Throwbacks
Decades of rivalry continue among these two businesses, each claiming to have first invented the now-iconic Juicy Lucy burger.
What is Matt's Bar and the 5-8 Club
The number of skyscrapers in Minneapolis, that is, built over 492 feet tall.
What is 12?
Prince, 1980
What is Uptown?
His 1998 gubernatorial victory on the Reform Party ticket was a stunning shift in Minnesota's political landscape.
Who is Jesse Ventura?
First established as "Central Park," and latter renamed in 1890
What is Loring Park?
This company historically held offices in Minneapolis City Hall, leading it to have the same phone prefix as City lines to this day.
What is the Minneapolis Tribune/ Minnesota Star Tribune
Minneapolis' iconic music venue, First Avenue, is decorated with this many gold stars.
450
Bruno Mars, 2014
Uptown Funk
Made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight with the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
The smallest park in the Minneapolis park system, measuring in at just 360 square feet.
What is Orlin Triangle?
On the evening of June 17, 1890, a Deputy U.S. Marshal from St. Paul arrested seven Minneapolis men, in what would later be known as perhaps the peak of the rivalry between the two cities and triggering a federal investigation.
What is fabricating names to artificially inflate Minneapolis' population and outgrow St. Paul? (Worth noting: a federal recount found both cities were guilty of this practice)
The official number of serialized amendments to the Minneapolis City Charter
What is 184?
Lil Yachty, 2016
What is Minnesota?
Since 1976, he has served as the official mascot of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
What is Elmer the Elm Tree
The closest park to the intersection of 39th St. S. and 33rd St. E.
What is Longfellow?
A common qualm of local officials, Minneapolis' City flag features these four icons in its central circle
a building, a gear and square, a pilot wheel, and a microscope.
As of 2022, the most recently available data, the City of Minneapolis had this many full-time employees (FTEs)
4,194
Lee Greenwood, 1984
What is God Bless the USA?
Coach of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team, leading the Miracle on Ice
Who is Herb Brooks?
Prohibited from visiting, these two islands situated in Lake of the Isles are designated wildlife refuges.
What is Mike's Island and Raspberry Island?
Before the completion of Minneapolis' first City Hall in 1873, the City government rented out space from this venue.
What is the Pence Opera House?
The 1872 Merger of the cities of St. Anthony and Minneapolis created a unified City Council with this many alderman.
What is 20?
Lipps Inc., 1979
What is Funky Town?
Was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930.
Who is Sinclair Lewis?
Nearly the same size as New York City's Central Park, this park spans 759 acres.
What is Theodore Wirth Regional Park?