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60 free Minnesota Twins trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Minnesota Twins have one of baseball's stranger biographies: born as the Washington Senators, renamed for two rival cities, housed for 28 years under an inflatable Teflon roof, nearly erased by contraction in 2002, and owners of two of the most dramatic World Series ever played. This quiz walks through all of it, from the 1924 title in Washington to the Bomba Squad and the night the 18-game playoff losing streak finally ended. The easier questions are for anyone who has waved a Homer Hanky: which ballpark the team calls home, who hit the Game 6 homer in 1991, what T.C. stands for. The harder ones dig into Rod Carew's steals of home, César Tovar's nine-position game, the two triple plays in one night, and how the Twins ended up with Johan Santana in the first place. Every answer was checked against the published record and each question links to its source, so you can settle an argument in the Target Field concourse without a second search.
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Q 01The Twins take their name from which pair of cities?
Minneapolis and Saint Paul
The 'Twin Cities' nickname was baked into the team's identity from day one, right down to the shaking-hands 'Minnie and Paul' logo.
Q 02Before moving to Minnesota for the 1961 season, the franchise played in which city?
Washington, D.C.
The club had been the Washington Senators since 1901; an expansion team of the same name replaced it in Washington the very year it left.
Q 03In which year did the franchise, then known as the Senators, win its first World Series?
1924
The clincher turned on a Bucky Harris grounder that hit a pebble and hopped over the third baseman's head.
Q 04From 1961 to 1981 the Twins played their home games at which ballpark?
Metropolitan Stadium
'The Met' sat in suburban Bloomington and was shared with the Vikings for all 21 of those seasons.
Q 05What has stood on the site of the Twins' original Bloomington ballpark since 1992?
Mall of America
A brass home plate is set into the floor of the mall's indoor theme park, and a red seat marks where a 520-foot Harmon Killebrew homer landed.
Q 06In 1982 the Twins moved indoors to which stadium?
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
The Metrodome's roof was held up by air pressure alone, which meant fans exiting through revolving doors got a helpful shove of wind.
Q 07Since 2010 the Twins have played at which ballpark?
Target Field
The open-air park in the downtown warehouse district cost about $555 million and later became the first sports venue recertified LEED Gold.
Q 08What caused the Metrodome roof to tear open in December 2010?
A heavy snowstorm
Three roof panels ripped in the early hours of December 12, and the footage of snow pouring onto the field became an instant viral clip.
Q 09The Metrodome was the only venue ever to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and which other event?
NCAA Final Four
It hosted the Final Four in 1992 and 2001, the Super Bowl in 1992 and the World Series in 1987 and 1991.
Q 10Which slugger hit a ball into the Metrodome roof in May 1984 that never came down?
Dave Kingman
The pop-up lodged in a drainage hole in the fabric ceiling and was ruled a ground-rule double.
Q 11The Twins lost their first World Series in Minnesota, in 1965, to which team?
Los Angeles Dodgers
It went the full seven games, and the Twins' 102 regular-season wins that year are still the most in club history.
Q 12Why did Sandy Koufax not pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series against the Twins?
It fell on Yom Kippur
Koufax came back to throw a three-hit shutout on two days' rest in Game 7 and was named Series MVP.
Q 13Which Twins shortstop won the American League MVP award in 1965?
Zoilo Versalles
Versalles led the league in runs, doubles and triples that year, and also in strikeouts and errors.
Q 21Bert Blyleven, the curveball artist whose number 28 hangs at the ballpark, was born in which country?
Netherlands
His family emigrated when he was a child, and he grew up in California before the Twins drafted him in 1969.
Q 22As a Twins broadcaster, Bert Blyleven became known for doing what on screen?
Circling fans with the telestrator
'Circle Me Bert' signs became a fixture in the stands, and the bit turned a Hall of Fame pitcher into a Minnesota TV institution.
Q 23The Twins won their first World Series in Minnesota in 1987 by beating which team?
St. Louis Cardinals
Q 14How many career home runs did Harmon Killebrew hit?
573
That total ranked fifth all-time when he retired in 1975 and still leads every player who spent the bulk of his career with the Twins.
Q 15Harmon Killebrew was born and raised in which state?
Idaho
A U.S. senator from Idaho tipped off the Senators, and scout Ossie Bluege signed the 17-year-old for $50,000 in 1954.
Q 16Killebrew is often, and incorrectly, said to be the batter silhouetted in whose logo?
Major League Baseball
Designer Jerry Dior said the batter was not modeled on anyone in particular, but the Killebrew story refuses to die.
Q 17Rod Carew was famously born in what unusual place?
On a train
He was born to a Panamanian mother aboard a train in the Canal Zone town of Gatún and was named after the doctor who delivered him.
Q 18How many American League batting titles did Rod Carew win?
7
Only Ty Cobb won more AL batting crowns, and Carew's .388 season in 1977 earned him the MVP award.
Q 19How many times did Rod Carew steal home during the 1969 season?
7
Manager Billy Martin had the whole team running that year, and Carew finished one steal of home short of Ty Cobb's record.
Q 20Which Twin was the first to win Rookie of the Year and a batting title in the same season, in 1964?
Tony Oliva
He did it again in 1965 and reached the Hall of Fame in 2022, having played his whole career under a passport that carried his younger brother's name.
It was the first World Series ever played indoors, and the crowd noise under the Metrodome roof became a story in itself.
Q 24The 1987 World Series was the first in which what happened?
The home team won every game
The Twins took all four in the Metrodome and lost all three in St. Louis.
Q 25Who was named MVP of the 1987 World Series?
Frank Viola
The left-hander won Games 1 and 7 and followed it with the AL Cy Young Award in 1988.
Q 26The 1987 Twins hold what distinction among World Series champions?
Worst full-season regular record (85-77)
They finished 85-77 and were outscored over the regular season, then went 6-2 at home in October.
Q 27The Homer Hanky was created in 1987 by which organization?
The Star Tribune newspaper
Promotions manager Terrie Robbins dreamed it up during the pennant race, and the paper has reissued it for every playoff run since.
Q 28Which Twins slugger, a Bloomington native raised near the old Met, hit a Game 6 grand slam in 1987?
Kent Hrbek
Hrbek was a 17th-round pick by his hometown team and spent all 14 of his seasons with the Twins.
Q 29In Game 2 of the 1991 World Series, the Twins' first baseman was accused of doing what to Ron Gant?
Lifting him off the bag while tagging him
Braves fans still insist Gant was safe; the umpire ruled him out and the Twins won 3-2.
Q 30What made the 1991 World Series matchup between the Twins and Braves a first?
Both teams had finished last the previous season
'Worst to first' became the shorthand for a Series that had five one-run games and three that went to extra innings.