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"The Great Minnesota Get-Together" is the official slogan for what Minnesota-based event that has been ongoing since 1859 and had a record 2.1 million attendees in 2019?
Minnesota State Fair
With rides including "Pepsi Orange Streak", "Shredder's Mutant Masher", and "Avatar Airbender", what is the current name of the indoor theme park found inside Minnesota's Mall of America?
Nickelodeon Universe
What four-letter “L” word is a bobcat or a member of Minnesota’s WNBA team?
Lynx
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was born in Minneapolis in 1922 and grew up in nearby St. Paul. Name the most famous dog drawn by Schulz.
Snoopy
The Betsy-Tacy books, by Maud Hart Lovelace (1940-1955), are set in what Minnesota city?
Mankato
What famous aviator from Little Falls made the first non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, France in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
Name the processed meat product that is manufactured in Austin, MN
Spam
Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first man to use what sacred mammal expression to express awe?
Holy Cow
Grand Rapids, Minnesota has an annual festival dedicated to what hometown actress, singer, dancer, and vaudevillian?
Judy Garland
Every July on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, a pageant is presented honoring which children's author?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
What native Minnesotan won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel “Main Street”?
Sinclair Lewis
Although the statue is located more than 60 miles from its company headquarters, the city of Blue Earth, MN is home to a 55-foot-tall statue of what verdant vegetable mascot?
Jolly Green Giant
Who is the Minnesota Timberwolves’ all-time leading scorer?
Kevin Garnett
What 1960’s folk legend was born in Duluth and raised in the Iron Range city of Hibbing, Minnesota?
Bob Dylan
What 1992 sports movie starred Emilio Estevez, was produced entirely in Minnesota, and followed a team of ragtag young Minneapolis athletes?
The Mighty Ducks
The word comes from the Dakota word for waterfall and is the name of a female character from a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem. The word is also a park, creek, and academy in Minnesota. What is the word?
Minnehaha
What sports facility was built in 1982 and was demolished in 2016?
The Metrodome
The Minnesota Wild began play in the National Hockey League in the 2000-01 season. Who did the Wild select as their first-ever draft pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft?
Marian Gaborik
Name the Professional Wrestler who became the Governor of Minnesota.
Jesse “The Body” Ventura
What famed American author was born in St Paul in 1896, married a woman named Zelda, and released 4 finished novels during his lifetime?
F Scott Fitzgerald
Within 5 years, in what year was Minnesota admitted to the U.S. as a state?
1858 (1853-63 acceptable)
Name the fictional Minnesota town popularized by Garrison Keillor in the Prairie Home Companion.
Lake Wobegon
Which player hit the game-winning home run in the 11th inning in game 6 of the 1991 World Series, to extend the series to a 7th and decisive game against the Atlanta Braves?
Kirby Puckett
This Minnesota Senator died in a 2002 plane crash in 2002 near Eveleth, MN
Paul Wellstone
What 1996 comedy/romance featuring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz was filmed in the Twin Cities?
Feeling Minnesota