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Geography of Minnesota

Can you answer these random questions about the geography of Minnesota?
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What is the state capital of Minnesota?
Saint Paul
What is Minnesota's largest city?
Minneapolis
What major retailer is headquartered in the above?
Target
What important river starts in Minnesota and flows through both cities?
Mississippi River
What are the nicknames for Minnesota?
Land of 10,000 Lakes
The North Star State
What massive shopping mall is located in Bloomington?
Mall of America
Which Great Lake does Minnesota have a coast on?
Lake Superior
What Minnesotan port city is located on the above lake?
Duluth
What lake is shared by Minnesota and the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba?
Lake of the Woods
Name any of the three largest lakes that are located entirely in Minnesota
Red / Mille Lacs / Leech
What city in Minnesota is known for the Mayo Clinic?
Rochester
What type of apple, created at the University of Minnesota in 1960, is the state fruit?
Honeycrisp
What is Minnesota's state bird, appearing on its quarter?
Common Loon
What region of northeast Minnesota is known for high ore deposits?
Iron Range
What city is located on the other side of the Red River from Moorhead, Minnesota?
Fargo
What city on the border of Canada is nicknamed the "Icebox of the Nation"?
International Falls
What legendary figure is depicted by statues in Akeley, Bemidji, and Brainerd?
Paul Bunyan
What is Minnesota's highest point, at 2,301 feet? (hint: bird)
Eagle Mountain
What region of Europe do 32.1% of Minnesotans have ancestry from, the second-
highest percentage of any state behind North Dakota?
Scandinavia
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