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Our state capital has been in use since…

Jan 1, 1905

100

The walls and ceilings are made of stone from Mankato and kasota, Minnesota. This stone is…

Limestone

100

What are the types of wood used to build the capital. 

White oak and mahogany. 

100

The architect is named… (and where he’s from)

Cass Gilber from Minnesota. 

100

The capital cost approximately…

$4,500,000

200

Name three branches of the government.

Legislative, executive, and judicial. 

200

The outside of the building above the granite foundation is of…

Marble from Georgia.

200

the marble in the steps and handrails is…

Creamy hauteville from France.

200

Minnesota became a state in…

1958

200

The state flower is a…

Pink and white lady slipper.

300

The ceiling in the corridors on the first floor are called…

Arabuscues.

300

The center area under the dome is called…

The Rotunda.

300

There are four kinds of stone in the building. Name four of them.

Granite, pipestone, limestone, and marble.

300

Most of the pictures in the governor‘s office are of…

The civil war period.

300

The pictures that line the corridors on the first floor are  of…

Former state governors.

400

The 18 large pillars which surround the stairwell of the grand stairways are made of…

Breach from France. 

400

How big are the pillars that surround the stairwell?

20 feet high, 3 feet in diameter, and 8 1/2 pounds. 

400

How many pillars are there? What are they made of? Where are they from?

366, skyros marble, from Greece.

400

How many times does the legislative branch meet every two years.

120 times.

400

The highest seat in the senate is occupied by the…

lieutenant governor.

500

How many senators are there?

67

500

Senators are elected to run for _ years.

4

500

The marble in the senate is…

Fleur de peche or peach flower from France.

500

How many members in the house? Who is the leader?

135 (134+1) the speaker.

500

The statues around the rotunda are…

Civil war heroes.