Minnesota Facts
The northmost town within the Boundary Waters along Highway 61
What is Grand Portage
This character, along with Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, and Kramer, star as the four main characters in the hit 90's sitcom Seinfeld
Who is George Costanza
The number of heart chambers that a CRT-P device paces (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy - Pacemaker)
What is 3 chambers
The golf organization that the PGA Tour recently merged with
What is LIV golf
The name "LIV" refers to the Roman numerals for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the number of holes to be played at LIV events.
Earl Bakken created this first ever battery-powered device in 1957
What is a pacemaker
The only major river in Minnesota that flows North
What is the Red River
(Fun Fact: Water only flows out of Minnesota)
The first song performed by Queen at the Live Aid event in 1985
What is Bohemian Rhapsody
The marketed longevity, in years, for LINQ II
(Hint: not a whole number)
What is 4.5 years
The Vikings are tied with the Bills for this many Super Bowl attendances without a win - the most in franchise history
What is 4 :(
The number of patients, per second, that Medtronic therapies treated this past year.
What is 2 patients
(76+ million patients in the past year)
Minnesota has more of this animal than any other state, except Alaska
What are Wolves
This Hollywood actress - who is known for her roles in Little Women (1994), Beetlejuice (1988), and most recently Stranger Things (2016 -) - is named after the Minnesota town she was born in
Who is Winona Ryder
Medtronic's cryoballoon ablation device, and the first of its kind in the market, to treat Atrial Fibrillation
What is Arctic Front™
The highest paid athlete in 2023
The number of cities in Minnesota where Medtronic has at least one facility
What is 7
(Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Mounds View, Plymouth, Woodbury)
What is Caribou Coffee
The car used as a time machine in the film Back to the Future (1985)
What is a DeLorean
The latest Medtronic insulin pump that was recently approved by the FDA (model name and number)
What is the MiniMed™ 780G
The state with the most Big 4 professional organizations (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL)
What is California
(15 teams)
The country where the first-ever Medtronic Hugo™ Robotic-Assisted Surgery procedure took place
Where is Chile
(The robotic prostatectomy was performed on June 19, 2021, by urological surgeon Ruben Olivares, M.D. at Clínica Santa Maria in Santiago, Chile.)
The translation of the name "Minnesota" (derived from the Dakota Native American tribe)
What is "Sky-Tinted Waters"
("Sky-Blue Waters" or "Cloudy Water")
The hotel that Elvis Presley set the longest Las Vegas residency in history, playing two shows a night, seven days a week, from 1969 to 1976
What is the International Hotel
(Current Name: Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino)
What is 9 weeks
The sport added to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, along with breakdancing, sport climbing, and skateboarding
What is surfing
The amount of active Medtronic patents
(to the nearest 1000)
What is 50,000
(October 2022 count: 49,967)