Q 01/05

What is the fair's famous slogan?

A) The Biggest Fair in the North

B) The Great Minnesota Get-Together

C) Minnesota's Twelve Best Days

D) The People's Fair

Answer · why

B) The Great Minnesota Get-Together

Known as "The Great Minnesota Get-Together," the fair is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance, drawing well over 10...

Q 02/05

The fairgrounds sit in which small city between Saint Paul and Minneapolis?

A) Roseville

B) Maplewood

C) Columbia Heights

D) Falcon Heights

Answer · why

D) Falcon Heights

The fairgrounds lie in Falcon Heights, a small Ramsey County city; the site was chosen in 1884 as politically neutral ground between rival Minneapolis...

Q 03/05

The fair runs for twelve days each year and always ends on which holiday?

A) Labor Day

B) Memorial Day

C) Independence Day

D) Columbus Day

Answer · why

A) Labor Day

The fair always closes on Labor Day; since 1975 it has opened on the Thursday twelve days earlier and run straight through the holiday Monday.

Q 04/05

The record annual attendance, set in 2019, was roughly how many people?

A) 1.2 million

B) 3.4 million

C) 2.1 million

D) 900,000

Answer · why

C) 2.1 million

The 2019 fair drew a record 2.1 million visitors (2,126,551 over twelve days), topping the previous high set a year earlier.

Q 05/05

The first state fair was held in 1859. What had happened the year before?

A) The Civil War began

B) Saint Paul was founded

C) The railroad reached Minneapolis

D) Statehood was granted

Answer · why

D) Statehood was granted

A Territorial Fair had already been held in 1854, five years earlier.