Q 01/05

The Twins take their name from which pair of cities?

A) Duluth and Superior

B) Fargo and Moorhead

C) Minneapolis and Saint Paul

D) Minneapolis and Bloomington

Answer · why

C) Minneapolis and Saint Paul

The 'Twin Cities' nickname was baked into the team's identity from day one, right down to the shaking-hands 'Minnie and Paul' logo.

Q 02/05

Before moving to Minnesota for the 1961 season, the franchise played in which city?

A) Kansas City

B) Milwaukee

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

C) Washington, D.C.

The club had been the Washington Senators since 1901; an expansion team of the same name replaced it in Washington the very year it left.

Q 03/05

In which year did the franchise, then known as the Senators, win its first World Series?

A) 1933

B) 1946

C) 1924

D) 1957

Answer · why

C) 1924

The clincher turned on a Bucky Harris grounder that hit a pebble and hopped over the third baseman's head.

Q 04/05

From 1961 to 1981 the Twins played their home games at which ballpark?

A) Nicollet Park

B) Midway Stadium

C) Metropolitan Stadium

D) Lexington Park

Answer · why

C) Metropolitan Stadium

'The Met' sat in suburban Bloomington and was shared with the Vikings for all 21 of those seasons.

Q 05/05

What has stood on the site of the Twins' original Bloomington ballpark since 1992?

A) Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

B) U.S. Bank Stadium

C) Mall of America

D) Valleyfair amusement park

Answer · why

C) Mall of America

A brass home plate is set into the floor of the mall's indoor theme park, and a red seat marks where a 520-foot Harmon Killebrew homer landed.