Answer key: Grade your Minnesota sports figures spelling bee

May 31, 2017 at 4:52PM

Here are the correct answers to RandBall's sports figures spelling bee.

1.Jim Petersen

2.Jim Kleinsasser

3.Doug Mientkiewicz

4.Nino Niederreiter

5.Tsuyoshi Nishioka

6.Cris Carter

7.Sara Groenewegen

8. Ace Ntsoelengoe

9. A.J. Pierzynski

10. Nemanja Bjelica

Score yourself:

9 or 10 -- Come work for the Star Tribune

7 or 8 -- Better than most folks

5 or 6 -- Study up and try again

3 or 4 -- You're from Wisconsin, right?

0, 1 or 2 -- You weren't trying.

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