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100

This minnesotan created the cartoon "peanuts"

Who is Charles Schultz?

Soul Bowl

100

This kid's circle game has a different name in other states.

Duck Duck Gray Duck (duck duck goose)

Henhouse Eatery

100

This school is on an island on the Mississippi

What is DeLasalle


Afro Deli

100

Tonka Trucks were developed and are continued to be manufactured in this suburb. 

What is Minnetonka?

Broder's Pasta Bar

100

This co-worker has a corgi named "Mose"

Who is Sarah Gillund

Soul Bowl

200

This folk artist played shows in Dinkytown before moving to NYC where their career kicked off

Who is Bob Dylan


Bad Waitress

200

This professional team have qualified for their playoffs in twelve of their twenty-one years and won the most national championships of any other Minnesota sports team.

What is the Minnesota Lynx?


Cardigan Donuts

200

This crowd-pleasing apple was invented at the University of Minnesota

What is Honey Crisp?

Taste of Rondo

200

This northern town is the birthplace of the American bus industry. The bus line grew to become Greyhound Lines, Inc.

What is Hibbing?

Pizza Luce

OR TRADE!

200

This co-worker celebrated their 25th anniversary of working at the Minneapolis Foundation in 2020

Who is Colleen Byrne?


Young Joni

300

This politician's nickname in their early career was "the body"

Who is Jesse Ventura?


Broders Pasta Bar

300

More than half of the players on the 1980 U.S. Olympic “Miracle On Ice” men’s team were born in Minnesota. Name their Minnesotan coach.

Who is Herb Brooks?

Pimento Jamaican Kitchen

300

This college's football team had 489 wins, the most ever won with one coach, with retired head coach John Gagliardi.

What is Saint John's University?

Afro Deli

300

The flavor of the Minnesota State muffin.

What is Blueberry?

The Colossal Cafe

300

This Co-worker plays the trumpet and has been featured on a song that was played 89.3 The Current

Who is Paul Odegaard


Reverie

400

These brothers made a critically acclaimed movie named after a town in North Dakota.

What is the Coen Brothers? (Fargo)


Brasa or TRADE

400

This football player ended his career life serving in the Minnesota Supreme Court

Who is Alan Page

Ghorka Palace or trade!

400

The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at this local university.

What is the University of Minnesota


Pizzeria Lola or can trade!

400

This marathon is run every summer along the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior.

What is Grandma's Marathon?

Ghorka Palace or trade!

400

This co-worker has cats named after characters from X-MEN

Who is Nancy Cerkvenik


Colossal Café or can trade!

500

This polar explorer was the first women to reach both the North and South Poles 

Who is Ann Bancroft?


Travail Kitchen and Amusements or can trade!

500

Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created this famous role-playing game while students at the University of Minnesota

What is Dungeons and Dragons?

Spoon and Stable or can trade!

500

Paul Wellstone was born in this college town that occasionally smells like toasted cereal. 

What is Northfield?


Travail Kitchen and Amusements or can trade!

500

An admission-free museum in Austin, Minnesota is home to this Hawaiian comfort food staple.

What is SPAM?


Estelle or can trade!

500

This co-worker's dad ran Minnesota's first cooperative creamery in Clarks Grove.

Who is Eric Anderson 

Borough or can trade!