Minnesota Symbols
The state bird
Loon
The meaning of the word "Mankato." Originally "Mahkato"
Greenish-blue earth
The country that borders Minnesota
Canada
The name given to someone living in Minnesota
Minnesotan
Name the five most popular professional Minnesota sports teams
Lynx, Timberwolves, Twins, Vikings, Wild
The state motto
The Star of the North
"L'Étoile du Nord"
The year Mankato was founded
1852
Name the four (or five) states that border Minnesota
North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan (across Lake Superior)
Minnesota nickname
The Gopher State
The name of Minnesota's Major League Soccer team
The Loons
The state tree
Red Pine, also known as the Norway Pine
The day Mankato was officially organized as a city
May 11, 1858
Where the Mississippi River starts
Lake Itaska
The number of shoreline miles Minnesota has
~90,000 miles of shoreline
More than half of the players on this decade's U.S. Olympic “Miracle On Ice” men's team were born in Minnesota
1980
The state muffin
Blueberry muffin
The first primary occupants of the area
Indigenous tribe, Dakota Sioux
The tiny, detached part of Minnesota that juts upward into Canada
Northwestern Angle
Minnesota's state gemstone
Lake Superior Agate
The year the Vikings became a professional football team
1961
The proposed state reptile
Blanding's Turtle
Population of Mankato
44,000-45,000
The highest point in Minnesota
Eagle Mountain
The Dinosaur fossil once found in Minnesota
Hadrosaur (a duck-billed dinosaur)
Decade the Minnesota Twins won the World Series
(Three possible answers, only need one correct)
1920's,1980's,1990's