Minnesota trivia quiz: Are you smarter than the mayors?

Mayors Chris Coleman and Betsy Hodges
MPR News' Tom Weber put the mayors' Minnesota knowledge to the test at the State Fair on Thursday. St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges faced off.
Stephanie Curtis | MPR News

The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul faced some tough Minnesota trivia at the State Fair on Thursday.

Questions ranged from the "oh so easy" to the "are you kidding me?" (Can you name where the Winter Carnival medallion was hidden in 1976? What about the names of Betsy Hodges' cats?)

Try your hand at some of the questions, and see if you know Minnesota better than the mayors.

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