Sports in Minnesota Trivia Quiz

Answer: St John's

Gagliardi was appointed head coach of the St John's Johnnies in 1952. He spent an amazing 60 seasons in charge at Collegville, leading his teams to four national titles - two in NAIA and two in NCAA Divsion III. He eventually retired in 2012 aged 86.

Answer: Lakers

The Minneapolis Lakers began life as the Detroit Gems in 1946, but moved to the Minneapolis Auditorium after just one season. The team won five NBA titles during their stay in the Twin Cities, before relocating to Los Angeles in 1960.

Answer: Men's Ice Hockey

The Bulldogs compete at Division II level in most sports, but the men's and women's hockey squads are Division I outfits, both being members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The women's team won five national titles between 2001 and 2010, and the men joined in the act in 2011, beating Michigan 3-2 in the championship game.

Answer: Bud Grant

Grant was head coach of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers before taking over at the Vikings in 1967. He quickly turned the Vikings into a regular contender, reaching Superbowl IV in January, 1970, where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. Further big-game appearances followed at Superbowls VIII, IX and XI, but, sadly for the Vikings, they lost them all, to the Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Oakland Raiders respectively.

Answer: Hazeltine

Hazeltine National Golf Club is located in Chaska, Minnesota. In 1970, Britain's Tony Jacklin won the US Open there by a seven-shot margin over Dave Hill. In the 1991 US Open there, Payne Stewart beat Scott Simpson in a play-off. Rich Beem and Y.E. Yang both won the PGA Championship there in the first decade of the 21st century. Hazeltine was also selected to host the 2016 Ryder Cup.

Answer: Basketball

The Minnesota Lynx are a women's basketball team who began play in the WNBA in 1999. Based at the Target Center in Minneapolis, they won their first championship in 2011, defeating the Atlanta Dream in the finals.

Answer: Tom Kelly

Kelly had been involved with the Twins organisation as a player and coach since 1971, mostly in the minor leagues. He was appointed team manager in 1986, and, in just his second season in charge, led them to World Series glory with a 4-3 win over the St Louis Cardinals. Four years later, the Atlanta Braves were their victims in another seventh game series decider.

Answer: Old Oaken Bucket

The Golden Gophers play for the Little Brown Jug against the Michigan Wolverines. Floyd of Rosedale is a bronze pig contested for by the Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Paul Bunyan's Axe is the trophy played for by the Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers.


The Old Oaken Bucket is played for by the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers.

Answer: St Paul

In 2013, the Wild played home games at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul. The team began NHL play in 1997 as an expansion team to replace the Minnesota North Stars, who relocated to Dallas in 1993.

Answer: Mardy Fish

Fish was born in Edina in 1981. Turning pro in 2000, he won his first ATP tour title in Stockholm in 2003. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, he went all the way to the final before losing to Chile's Nicolas Massu.