This Minnesota sports trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers the whole State of Hockey and beyond: the Twins' move from Washington and their 1987 and 1991 World Series, the Vikings' four Super Bowls and the Purple People Eaters, Kevin Garnett and Anthony Edwards' Timberwolves, the Wild replacing the North Stars, the Lynx dynasty of Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, the Gophers' rivalry trophies, the Minneapolis Lakers, Herb Brooks and the Miracle on Ice, Minnesota United and the stadiums from Met Stadium and the Metrodome to Target Field, U.S. Bank Stadium and Allianz Field. Early questions suit any fan who has seen a Homer Hanky; later ones reward people who know which trophy is a bronze pig, how long the Twins' postseason losing streak ran, and what the Metrodome hosted that no other stadium has. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01From which city did the Twins franchise relocate to Minnesota in 1961?
Washington, D.C.
They had been the Senators; a new expansion Senators team took their place in Washington the same year.
Q 02What is the Twins' name a reference to?
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Owner Calvin Griffith rejected the Twin Cities' first offer before agreeing to move.
Q 03In which two years did the Twins win the World Series in Minnesota?
1987 and 1991
The franchise had also won in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
Q 04Which Twins pitcher threw ten shutout innings in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series?
Jack Morris
Gene Larkin's walk-off single won it 1-0 in a game often called the greatest ever played.
Q 05Which Twin hit the 11th-inning walk-off homer in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series?
Kirby Puckett
Charlie Leibrandt was brought in specifically to face him.
Q 06Which Twins catcher won the AL MVP in 2009, only the second catcher to do so in 33 years?
Joe Mauer
He was a St. Paul native and later returned to catcher for one final game.
Q 07How long was the Twins' record postseason losing streak before they finally won a playoff game in 2023?
18 games
It stretched back to the 2004 ALDS and was the longest in North American pro sports history.
Q 08Where have the Twins played since 2010?
Target Field
Met Stadium hosted them from 1961 to 1981 and the Metrodome from 1982 to 2009.
Q 09In which year did the Vikings begin play in the NFL?
1961
They won their very first game, beating the Bears 37-13 as rookie Fran Tarkenton threw four touchdowns off the bench.
Q 10How many Super Bowls did the Vikings play in during the 1970s — and lose?
Four
Kansas City, Miami, Pittsburgh and Oakland beat them in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX and XI.
Q 11What was the nickname of the Vikings' fearsome late-1960s defensive line?
The Purple People Eaters
Alan Page, Carl Eller, Gary Larsen and Jim Marshall led it.
Q 12Which coach led the Vikings to all four of their Super Bowls?
Bud Grant
He came from the CFL in 1967 and went 151-87-5 in Minnesota.
Q 13What went wrong for the 15-1 Vikings in the 1998 NFC Championship Game?
Gary Anderson missed his first kick of the year
He had gone the entire regular season without missing; the Falcons tied it and won in overtime.
Q 21In which season did the Minnesota Wild begin play?
2000-01
The NHL awarded the franchise in June 1997, seven years after the North Stars left.
Q 22To which city did the North Stars move after the 1992-93 season?
Dallas
They became the Dallas Stars; the North Stars had reached two Stanley Cup Finals, in 1981 and 1991.
Q 23Whom did the Wild upset on their surprise run to the 2003 Western Conference finals?
Colorado and Vancouver
They rallied from 3-1 down in both series.
Q 24Whom did the Wild take third overall in the 2000 draft as their first franchise star?
Q 14Which receiver caught the walk-off 'Minneapolis Miracle' touchdown against the Saints in January 2018?
Stefon Diggs
Marcus Williams whiffed on the tackle and Diggs ran the rest of the way as time expired.
Q 15In which suburb did both the Twins and Vikings play at Metropolitan Stadium?
Bloomington
The Mall of America now stands on the site.
Q 16In which year did the Timberwolves begin play as an NBA expansion team?
1989
They joined alongside Orlando, Charlotte and Miami, and have the lowest win percentage of any active NBA team.
Q 17Which Timberwolves star won the NBA MVP award in 2004?
Kevin Garnett
That season the Wolves won their first division title and reached the Western Conference Finals.
Q 18Which No. 1 overall pick from 2020 sparked the Timberwolves' revival?
Anthony Edwards
With coach Chris Finch he led the team to consecutive Western Conference Finals.
Q 19Which Timberwolf had 31 points and 31 rebounds in 2010, the NBA's first 30-30 game in 28 years?
Kevin Love
The game against the Knicks was not even televised locally.
Q 20Which centre led the Minneapolis Lakers dynasty of the late 1940s and early 1950s?
George Mikan
After the NBL-BAA merger the Lakers won four of the next five NBA titles before decamping to Los Angeles in 1960.
Marian Gaborik
Jacques Lemaire was the team's first head coach.
Q 25How many WNBA championships had the Minnesota Lynx won by the end of the 2025 season?
Four
They came in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 under coach Cheryl Reeve.
Q 26Which LSU guard did the Lynx take first overall in the 2006 WNBA draft?
Seimone Augustus
Whalen was the Minnesota native on the title teams; Moore arrived as the No. 1 pick in 2011.
Q 27In which year did the Lynx begin play?
1999
They joined alongside the Orlando Miracle and drew 12,122 fans to their first game at Target Center.
Q 28What trophy do the Gophers and Michigan play for?
The Little Brown Jug
It is a five-gallon earthenware water jug dating from 1903.
Q 29What is Floyd of Rosedale, the trophy Minnesota and Iowa play for?
A bronze pig
It commemorates a bet between the two states' governors in 1935 that was paid with a live hog.
Q 30What did the Gophers reclaim from Wisconsin in 2018 to end a 14-season losing streak?
Paul Bunyan's Axe
The Axe replaced the original Slab of Bacon trophy in 1948 after the bacon went missing.