+41 Minnesota Trivia Questions & Answers
Posted by Adam on October 20, 2024
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Minnesota Trivia Questions and Answers
Q: What city in Minnesota borders Lake Superior?
A: Duluth
Q: Minnesotan Walter "Fritz" Mondale, born on Jan 5, 1928, was the vice president for which US President?
A: Jimmy Carter
Q: Which team did Brett Faure play for in the NFL in 2010?
A: Minnesota Vikings
Q: Retired professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura is a former governor of which US state?
A: Minnesota
Q: Which American actress was named after a city in Minnesota?
A: Winona Ryder
Q: What is the name of the US river which flows between St. Paul and Minneapolis?
A: Mississippi
Q: Which team lost the most Super Bowls in the 1970s?
A: Minnesota Vikings
Q: Which US bus company was founded in Minnesota in 1914?
A: Greyhound (Lines Inc)
Q: Bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage Range, which is the highest mountain range in Antarctica?
A: Ellsworth Range
Q: Between April and July 1997, Andrew Cunanan killed 5 people starting with Jeffrey Trail in Minneapolis. Who was his 5th victim, shot in Miami Beach, Florida?
A: Gianni Versace
Q: For a point each, name the states that touch the Mississippi river.
A: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
Q: Which writer, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, created the fictional cities of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota and Zenith, Winnemac?
A: Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
Q: Minnesota borders which of the Great Lakes?
A: Lake Superior
Q: Which American football team are known as the Vikings?
A: Minnesota
Q: In which state was Charles Schulz born?
A: Minnesota
Q: What was the wrestling nickname of former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura?
A: The Body
Q: What is the name of the system of lakes, canals, and rivers that enables shipping to get from the Atlantic to as far as Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior?
A: St Lawrence Seaway
Q: In which American city do the Timberwolves play basketball?
A: Minnesota
Q: Who became, in 1999, the most muscular governor in Minnesota history?
A: Jesse Ventura
Q: In what U.S. state does the Mississippi River begin?
A: Minnesota
Q: In which American state would you find the city of Duluth?
A: Minnesota
Q: What is the "twin city" of Minneapolis?
A: St. Paul
Q: Who's missing: Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves?
A: Oklahoma City Thunder
Q: What is the state capital of Minnesota? A: Saint Paul
Q: For a point each, name the states bordering Iowa (6).
A: South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois
Q: The Louisiana Purchase became all or part of 14 states (and 2 Canadian provinces). For a point each, name as many of the states as you can.
A: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Louisiana
Q: July 15, 1951 marked the birth of what famed professional wrestler, known as The Body, who also spent 4 years as the governor of Minnesota?
A: Jesse Ventura
Q: How many American states can you name beginning with M (point for each one)?
A: Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, Michigan, Montana Minnesota
Q: The small-time pool player who desires to prove himself by beating the legendary 'Minnesota Fats', what was the name of Paul Newman's character in the 1961 film 'The Hustler'?
A: 'Fast Eddie Felson' (accept either 'Fast Eddie' or 'Felson')
Q: What are all the children in the town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota?
A: Above Average
Q: Bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage Range, which is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
A: Vinson Massif
Q: Which team was named to honor 'the Nordic tradition in the northern Midwest'?
A: Minnesota Vikings
Q: Known as North Star State, among several others, what was the 32nd state to join the Union on May 11, 1858?
A: Minnesota
Q: Which US State achieved statehood in 1858 and is known as the 'Gopher' state?
A: Minnesota
Q: What sport was played by the legendary character Rudolph Wanderone, better known as Minnesota Fats?
A: Pool
Q: Who lost the first Super Bowl of the 70s?
A: Minnesota Vikings
Q: What NPR staple, set in a fictional Minnesota town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average", debuted in 1974?
A: A Prairie Home Companion
Q: Which state does Bob Dylan come from?
A: Minnesota
Q: Of the forty-eight contiguous states in the USA, which contains the most northerly point?
A: Minnesota
Q: What is the second longest-named river in the USA, which runs from Lake Hasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico?
A: Mississippi
Q: Zelda was the wife of which writer, born in Minnesota in 1896?
A: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Q: If the US states that border Canada from west to east are Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota, what comes next?
A: Minnesota
Q: What original SNL cast member and writer is currently the junior senator from the great state of Minnesota?
A: Al Franken
Q: What movie was named after a city in North Dakota but actually took place mostly in Minnesota?
A: Fargo
Conclusion
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