Goldy the Gopher
Golden Gopher Sports
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100

This is the number Goldy wears on and off the field.

What is 0 or 00?

100

The home of the Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team.

What is Ridder Arena?

100

In 1991, University farmers bred this fruit for the first time.

What are Honeycrisp apples?

100

In 1861, the University temporarily closes due to this national dilemma. 

What is the Civil War?

100

The University was founded in this year, even though students weren't welcome until 1869.

What is 1851?

200

Goldy has won the UCA National Mascot Championship this many times.

What is 4? (2011, 2013, 2017, 2018)

200

This UofM sport claims the most national championship titles of any program.

What is the UofM dance team? (23!)

200

Minnesota Supreme Court Judge, Alan Page, played this sport during his time as a Golden Gopher.

What is football?

200

Libraries on campus total this number.

What is 12?

200

In 1904, tuition cost this much.

What is $10/semester?

300

The decade of the first official mascot illustration.

What are the 1940s?
300

The trophy shared between the rivalry of Minnesota and Wisconsin Football.

What is Paul Bunyan's Axe?

300

In the 1950s, James "Crash" Ryan proved the effectiveness of these in reducing injuries from car crashes, later getting the patent in 1963.

What are retractable seat belts?

300

Throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Twin Cities campus stretches across this many acres. 

What is over 1,150 acres?
300

Coach of the Golden Gophers men's hockey team from 1972-1979 and coach of the Gold medal winning "Miracle on Ice."

Who is Herb Brooks?

400

This is where a bronze statue of Goldy lives.

Where is outside of Coffman Memorial Union?

400

"The Birthplace of Blank," is a name given to the University due to being the first program worldwide to form this sport.

What is Cheerleading?

400

This UofM alumni was vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson. 

Who is Hubert Humphrey?

400

This building, built in 1886, is the oldest surviving building on campus.

What is Eddy Hall?

400

Players from this Minnesota club team coined Ski-U-Mah!

What is rugby?

500

This species of animal is the closet to resemble Goldy Gopher.

What is a 13-lined ground squirrel?

500

This year, the Golden Gophers joined the BigTen.

What is 1896?

500

Anthony Adducci, a pioneer of the medical device industry, co-founded the company that created the world's first artifical pacemaker powered by this.

What is a lithium battery?

500

While the UofM's nursing program started in 1909, men weren't admitted to the program until this year.

What is 1949?

500

This individual composed our "Minnesota Rouser."

Who is Floyd M. Hutsell?