TRIVIA ANSWERS

(Trivia Questions)

1. 1859
2. Fairborne’s Fabulous Fair Food Finder, a new on-line food search engine at www.mnstatefair.org.
3. 1994.
4. The Blue Ribbon Bargain Book
5. 1885.
6. The CHS Miracle of Birth Center just east of the Coliseum.
7. Ramsey County Poor Farm.
8. The first flight in Minnesota history.
9. September 5, 1955. Robert Karklin received a wristwatch and silver trophy for being the fair’s millionth customer.
10. 1,762,976 people attended the fair in 2001.
11. Christina Aguilera.
12. Little Farm Hands at the Fair, located off of Lee Avenue on Machinery Hill.
13. Teddy Roosevelt, his “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick” speech in 1901.
14. John Phillip Sousa.
15. 20,000 Gallons.
16. At the X-Zone, located at the corner of Underwood Street and Murphy Avenue.
17. 1947.
18. Family Fair at Baldwin Park--the new Children’s Theater location.
19. On Last Chance Day, Labor Day, Sept. 1.
20. 1892.
21. 1953.
22. $60,000.
23. Apple.
24. Brooks and Dunn have won the award 12 times.
25. The Arts Center and the Progress Center, both built in 1907.
26. 1899; It consisted of an hour of harness racing followed by a massive fireworks show.
27. 2001! Visit the Foundation House at the north end of the fairgrounds OR the Foundation booth in the lower Grandstand.
28. 22,000 rolls.
29. Race horse Dan Patch, who set numerous records at the State Fair track in the early 1900s.
30. The Polio epidemic.
31. 85-90 pounds.
32. 1932; Lady Pride produced 35,625 pounds of milk and 1,483 pounds of butter in a year. The average production per cow in the US was 4,000 of milk and 170 pounds of butter.
33. Stingrays! At the Sealife Encounters exhibit, spectators can pet and feed live stingrays.
34. Alabama has performed 18 times in 13 years.
35. 500,000.
36. Coolidge, Eisenhower, Harding, Teddy Roosevelt, Taft.
37. 320 acres.
38. The fried candy bars.
39. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
40. "Minnesota’s Largest Senior Stretch and Stroll" on Aug. 31.
41. Ye Old Mill, built in 1913.