Minnesota Trivia

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Two states, border Minnesota to the West. North and South Dakota. Number two, born in Minnesota in 1971, what actress started movies? Like Beetlejuice Little Women Heather's and most recently stranger things. Winona Ryder. Number 3, born Frances Ethel Gumm what actress and singer became an icon with her 1939. Portrayal of Dorothy Gale. Judy Garland. Number for performing under his first name, What? Musician had hits with purple rain when doves cry and Little Red Corvette. Prince. Number 5 located in Minnesota. What is the largest Shopping Centre in the US? The Mall of America. Number 6, born in Austin, Minnesota. What NFL coach would go on to win, 16 Sports Emmys as an announcer, as well as lend his name to one of the longest-running video game franchises around. John Madden. Number 7, what Minnesotan would publish The Great Gatsby in 1925? F Scott Fitzgerald. Number 8. What artist? Born in Minnesota created, the peanuts in 1950. Charles Schulz. Number nine, what 1970s TV series named for its star? Would create three spin-offs Rhoda Phyllis and Lou Grant? The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Number 10, what NFL? Team calls Minnesota home. The Minnesota Vikings. The geeky round. Number one. What singer-songwriter from Duluth had hits with Like, a Rolling Stone and Visions of Johanna. Bob Dylan. Number two. What is the capital of Minnesota? Saint Paul. Number three. What? 2007 comedy drama starred Elliot page as a pregnant teenager in Elk River Minnesota. Juno. Number four by population, what is the largest city in Minnesota? Minneapolis. Number five. What brothers from st. Louis Park. Minnesota, brought us films like Raising Arizona, Fargo and O Brother. Where Art? Thou? The Coen brothers. Number 6, born in Rochester Minnesota. What actress? Starting all three Back to the Future movies, as well. As the first Marvel movie. Howard the Duck. Lea Thompson. Number 7. What book series and TV show was set in Walnut, Grove Minnesota. Little House on the Prairie. Number 8, what actor? Director and artist was born in Minnesota, but moved to England and became a member of the Monty Python troupe. Terry Gilliam. Number 9. What state borders, Minnesota to the South. Iowa. Number 10. What Minnesota actor, had roles in films, like Wedding, Crashers Jurassic Park Lost World in Dodgeball, Vince Vaughn. The nerdy round. Number one, hailing from New Ulm Minnesota. What actress made her Mark with the birds in 1963 and Marnie in 1964? Tippi Hedren. Number two, what 1992 Disney movie would go on to inspire the name of a real life hockey team in 1993. The Mighty Ducks. Number three. What u.s. senator from Minnesota ran for president in 2020 and was the first speaker at President Biden's Inauguration in 2021. Amy Klobuchar. Number for Minnesota touches, which of the five Great Lakes. Lake Superior. number 5 sit in Wabasha what 1993 movie started, comedy Legends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau Grumpy Old Men. Number 6. Minnesota borders. What two Canadian provinces. Ontario, and Manitoba. Number 7. What professional wrestler became mayor of Brooklyn Park? Then governor of Minnesota in 1999? Jesse Ventura. Number 8, set in Devil's Kettle. Minnesota. What 2009 horror comedy starred? Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried Jennifer's Body. Number nine what politician served as vice president to Jimmy Carter and would later win the Democratic nomination for president in 1984. Walter Mondale? number 10, according to its nickname Minnesota, is home to how many lakes It's the Land of 10,000 lakes. Officially there are eleven thousand four hundred eighty two, lakes in the state. And that's it for our Minnesota trivia questions. What some bonus facts. Minnesota became a state in 1858, make it a 30 second state in the Union, it ranks 22nd population and 12 in landmass. It's home to the largest population of Somali Americans in the US. The governor and both senators are members of the democratic farmer labor party, an affiliate of the u.s. democratic party. It was formed in 1844 when the Minnesota Democratic party merged with the farmer labor party. It's a relatively flat state with its highest point, Eagle Mountain only reaching 2300 feet about 700 meters. Minnesota is not one of the state's I visited yet. I'll leave it up to you minnesotans to tell me where I need to go. If I ever make it up there, this is the first episode I've written in reported in 2023. So I have all my stats for last year. 2022, was a big year for the show. We had over eighty thousand downloads for the year. That's half our total downloads for all of the Is history. So a big. Thank you for all your support this year. This season is winding down and I'm excited for season 5. Next month. I'm still a little weirded out that I'm coming up on a fifth season for the show. I'll be back here next week with another US state. Here's a clue. What state is home to the oldest state capital. Good luck. And I'll see you back here next Wednesday. Day. This has been episode 207 of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. The music has been provided by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. This show was written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins. You could find me at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening. Day. This has been episode 207 of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. The music has been provided by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. This show was written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins. You could find me at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening.