Minnesota Trivia Questions With Answers
What is the Minnesota State fish?
A: Walleye.
Minnesota was admitted to the Union as the 32nd state on
what date?
A: May 11, 1858.
Where do the Minnesota Timber
wolves of the
NBA play?
A: In the Target Center.
What is the Minnesota State flower?
A: Pink and white lady slipper.
Minnesota is commonly known as the what?
A: Land of 10,000 Lakes.
As far as education goes where is Minnesota ranked in the
percentage of people with at least a high school diploma?
A: First.
What is the Minnesota State fruit?
A: Honeycrisp apple.
Where doe Minnesota's name come from?
A: A Dakota word for "clear water".
Where does Minnesota rank in size compared to the rest of
the US states?
A: It is the 12th biggest.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was home to what
NFL team
until 2013?
A: The Minnesota Vikings.
What is the Minnesota State gemstone?
A: Lake Superior agate.
Minnesota shares a Lake Superior water border with what
other state?
A: Michigan.
Minnesota shares a land and water border to the east with
what state?
A: Wisconsin.
What is the Minnesota State mushroom?
A: Morel
What is the Minnesota State grain?
A: Wild rice.
How big is Minnesota in square miles?
A: 86,943.
In Minnesota you can find some of the oldest "what" found
on earth?
A: Rocks.
Michigan was under massive ice sheets at least one
kilometer thick which created its current what?
A: Terrain.
The highest point in Minnesota is what?
A: Eagle Mountain at 2,301 feet .
What is the Minnesota State muffin?
A: Blueberry.
What is Minnesota's lowest point in elevation?
A: 601 feet at the shore of Lake Superior.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome hosted the world series
winning Minnesota Twins until what year?
A: 2010.
What is Minnesota's principal airport?
A: Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP).
How many lakes does Minnesota have over 10 acres in size?
A: 11,842.
Except for Alaska, Minnesota has the nation's largest
population of what?
A: Timber wolves.
What is the Minnesota State song?
A: "Hail! Minnesota".
Itasca State Park, Minnesota's first, was created in 1891,
and is the source of what river?
A: The Mississippi.
How many state parks does Minnesota have?
A: 72.
What is the Minnesota State sport?
A: Ice hockey.
Who lived in what is now Minnesota before the arrival of
the European settlers?
A: The Dakota people.
On what date did Minnesota become the 32nd U.S. state?
A: On May 11, 1858.
During the Dakota War of 1862, how many white settlers
died?
A: 800.
The discovery of iron in the Vermilion Range and the Mesabi
Range in the 1880s, established Minnesota's what?
A: Iron-mining industry .
What city is the capital of Minnesota?
A: Saint Paul.
Which city is Minnesota's most populous?
A: Minneapolis.
How many cities does Minnesota have with populations over
50,000 according to the 2010 census?
A: 17.
How many counties does Minnesota have?
A: 87.
Where does the population of Minnesota rank in the
percentage of people engaging in regular
exercise?
A: First.
Minnesota was the 17th state to enact a statewide ban in
restaurants and bars to what?
A: Smoking.
The Mayo Clinic is based in what city?
A: Rochester.
What is the Minnesota State bird?
A: Common Loon.
What is the Minnesota State
butterfly?
A: Monarch.
What is the Minnesota State drink?
A: Milk
What is the Minnesota State tree?
A: Red Pine.