My MN IQ = ____/43 (Score)

1) The Capital of Minnesota is ___________________________ (1pt)

2) Four States and 2 Canadian Province share a border with MN…please name them! (6 pts)         

3) The current Population of Minnesota is _______________________? (1pt) #8

4) MN has a variety of Nicknames…please give 2 Examples. (2pts) #9 & 10 

5) Minnesota is home to _____________ Lakes and ____________ miles of river. (2pts) #11 & 12

6) The Official State…Name em! (7pts)

            Flower = _________________________ #13 

            Bird = ___________________________ #14

            Fish = ___________________________ #15

            Tree = ___________________________ #16

            Mushroom = ___________________________ #17

            Rock = __________________________________ #18

            Grain = _________________________________ # 19

7) Our State Moto is”L’Etoile du Nord”, which is French for… ____________________ (1pt) #20

8) Minnesota has 7 Professional Sports teams…please list teams. (7pts)

9) The Mighty Mississippi begins its journey to the Gulf of Mexico from this lake in Northern Minnesota…________________________________________ (1pt) #28

10) Minnesota’s capital was once called ___________   ___________ , after the French-Canadian trader Pierre Parrant who established the city in 1840.  In 1841 Roman Catholic missionaries convinced settlers to change it to the current name. (2pts) #29 & 30

11) In Minnesota there are _______ (number) Lake named “Long Lake”…which is the most common lake name in the state. (1pt) #31

12) Minnesota was the ________ state to enter the United State Union in 18______ (2pts)
#32 & 33

13)  Minnesota got its name from the Sioux word “Mnishota”, which means…

                        __________________________________ (1pt) #34

14) The High and Low… (4pts) #35 - 38 

            MN High Point ___________________ @ ________________ft above sea-level

            MN Low Point ___________________ @ ________________ft above sea-level

15) MN Dimensions…The State of Minnesota is the 12th largest state in the US…the state is about ___________ miles from east to west and _________ miles from north to south, which gives it a total land area of ____________ square miles.  7,326 square miles of this area is covered in water, which means that about __________ % of MN is water. (4pts) #39 - 42

16)  Name the current MN governor ______________________________ (1pt) #43