U.S.A: All about Minnesota Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis in 1922, but grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota's state capital. He created the "Peanuts" comic strip, which features Snoopy, Woodstock and Charlie Brown. He died in 2000 aged 77.

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city has 13 large lakes and many other rivers and waterfalls.

Answer: Bloomington

Mall of America has an area of 5,600,000 square feet (520,000 square m) and has been open to the public since 1992. There are over 520 shops. The city boasts a high level of employment partly due to the mall.

Bloomington is situated around 10 miles (15 km) south of downtown Minneapolis, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, in Hennepin County.

Answer: Summit Avenue

Built in 1887, Summit Avenue has many historic buildings including F. Scott Fitzgerald House, and the Frank B. Kellogg House (which is associated with Nobel Peace Prize winner, Frank B. Kellogg). Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, James J. Hill House is also on Summit Avenue, and was once the show home of Minnesota, being the one of the most impressive buildings at its time of construction in 1891.

Summit Avenue also features several impressive religious buildings, such as Saint Paul's Cathedral and Mount Zion Temple.

Answer: Manitoba and Ontario

Canada's border with Minnesota (with both provinces combined) is approximately 550 miles (885 km) in length. There are eight border crossings, with the Baudette - Rainy River crossing being the busiest border crossing in Minnesota.

Answer: Austin

Austin is the county seat of Mower County, Minnesota.

What is now known as Hormel Foods Corporation has been in operation since 1891. Hormel Flavor-Sealed Ham was on the market by 1926, which was America's first. Hormel's production drastically increased to help America during World War II, with 65% of the company's products being bought by 1945 by the U.S government.

Answer: Birds

Before construction had begun on the stadium the Audubon Society, which deals with bird conservation, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources both recommended that the stadium be built with bird-friendly designs. The advice was ignored, with the stadium being built with highly reflective glass. Birds often collide with the glass upon seeing the reflections on surrounding trees on its surface. The stadium's owners have tried to rectify the problem by making the stadium more bird-friendly.

The U.S. Bank Stadium is home to the Minnesota Vikings.

Answer: Iowa

Minnesota does border Wisconsin, but to the east. It also borders North Dakota and South Dakota, but to the west.

Answer: Marble dome

Minnesota's State Capitol Building's dome is made of three separate layers. The outer layer is self-supporting, made from Georgia marble blocks which rest safely upon their own weight. Around the base of the dome are 12 pillars, each with a marble eagle at the top.

The only larger self-supporting marble dome in the world bigger than the one at the Minnesota State Capitol Building, is the dome at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Answer: Saint Paul

Saint Paul is the county seat of Ramsey County.

Ann Bilansky was hanged in 1860 for poisoning her husband with arsenic. In 1906 the last execution of Minnesota took place also in Saint Paul. William Williams was an English miner who had murdered his lover. His botched hanging of 1906 (where he hung for 14 minutes until dead) ignited a fierce debate about the death penalty, which was abolished in Minnesota in 1911.

Answer: Rochester

Rochester is the county seat of Olmsted County, Minnesota. It is situated on the Zumbro River (a tributary of the Mississippi).

William W. Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 1863, which started as an examining clinic for Union draftees of the American Civil War. Now, the Mayo Clinic employers over 4,500 medical practitioners and scientists, as well as the nearly 60,000 administrative staff over three main campuses: Rochester, and Phoenix (Arizona) and Jacksonville (Florida).

Upon the discovery of cortisone in 1950, two Mayo Clinic doctors were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.

Answer: August Schell Brewing Company

The August Schell Brewing Company was established in around 1860 by German immigrant, August Schell. It is known for its brand of beer, "Grain Belt."

Only D. G. Yuengling & Son's brewing company in Pennsylvania (in operation since 1829) is an older family owned brewery in America.

Answer: Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids is the county seat of Itasca County, Minnesota. It is named for the rapids of the nearby Mississippi River.

Judy Garland played Dorothy in the 1939 film, the Wizard of Oz. She was an actress and singer for around 45 years. She died in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose. She was 47.

Answer: Sweden and Norway

Back when Saint Paul and Minneapolis were small frontier towns just before the 20th century, thousands of Swedes arrived in Minnesota in search of inexpensive and fertile farmland. By the beginning of the 20th century over 126,000 Swedes were in Minnesota.

The city of Duluth was a major hub for Norwegian immigration. Its location on Lake Superior gave Norwegian fisherman consistent work. In 1870, there were a recorded 242 Norwegians in Duluth. By 1900 this number was 7,500.

Answer: Hibbing

Vincent Bugliosi was born in Hibbing in 1934. With author Curt Gentry he wrote the book "Helter Skelter" in 1974, which deals with the investigation into Charles Manson's crimes, and his subsequent trial. Bugliosi died aged 80 in 2015.

Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. McCarthy Beach State Park is nearby, which boasts black bears, wolves, red squirrels and deer.

Answer: Mendota

Mendota is located in Dakota County, Minnesota. Fort Snelling State Park is close by.

In around 1830, Joseph Godfrey was born into slavery. After suffering at the hands of his slave masters, he escaped and sought refuge among the Dakota. He married a daughter of Wahpa Duta (or "Red Leaf") in 1857. During the 1862 Dakota war, Dakota warriors nicknamed Godfrey "Atokte," which means "slayer of many" though Godfrey never professed to killing anyone. There are conflicting accounts of how involved in the conflict he was.

The Battle of Wood Lake was where Godfrey and his fellow combatants, about 1,000 Dakota, surrendered. Attempting to avoid execution, Godfrey testified against the Dakota, resulting in many Dakota warriors being hung. Godfrey was imprisoned in Camp McClellan, Davenport, Iowa. He served three years of his sentence and was free by 1866. He died of natural causes in 1909.