The Vikings kick off the season with a rematch of last year's NFC Championship game against the Saints in New Orleans.
Your question this week, the city of New Orleans is built on a turn of the Mississippi River, and as such, has a special name. By what other name is the city of New Orleans called, is it:
A) The Emerald City
B) The Great River City
C) The Crescent City
D) The Cajun City
The answer: C- The Crescent City
Schools with correct answer
Salem Hills Ms. Gustafson's 3rd Grade Class
St. Raphael School Mrs. Sheila Forster
New Ulm Ms. Fritz's Social Studies
New Ulm Ms. Fritz's Homeroom
Maple Grove Mrs. Maki's 5th Grade Class
Edina Mrs. Johnson's 4th Grade Class
Foley Mr. Bosshart's Class
St. Paul Museum Magnet 4th grade
Hutchinson Mrs. Suzanne Brull Sixth Grade Class
Inver Grove Heights Salem Hill Elementary Third Grade
Farmington Riverview Elementary School Mrs. Burns 5th Grade
St. Raphael Mrs. Kelly Krzmarzick 6th grade
Waconia St. Joseph School Grade 2nd
Cedar East Bethel School Mrs. Schmoll's Fourth Grade Class
Buffalo PRIDE Transitions
Brainerd Lincoln Education Center Jo Georges HS Class
Faribault 7th Grade Geography
Prescott Grade 7 Area Studies
Dawson Stevens Elementary Mrs. Kemen's 6th Graders
Inver Grove Heights Salem Hills Mrs.lewis 4th grade
Farmington Meadowview Elementary School Mrs. Hanson's Special Education Class
Roseville St. Rose of Lima Catholic School 5th Grade
Goodthunder Maple River West Elementary Mrs. Howieson's 4th
Shakopee High School Family and Consumer Science
Luck Elementary 4th grade
Champlin Oxbow Creek Elementary 2nd Grade
Watertown-Mayer Block 1-Math
Rogers High School World Geography 9th grade
Hutchinson Park Elementary Ms. Mueller's Fifth grade
Rogers Middle School Mr. Gulden's Advisory
Gibbon GFW Elementary School 3rd grade
South St. Paul Kaposia Mrs. Troup's 1st grade
Grove City ACGC Junior-Senior High School 8th Grade Geography
Lakefield Jackson County Central
Mendota Heights Mendota Elementary Mrs. Poppitz's 2nd Grade
If your classroom gets seven out of 16 questions correct throughout the Vikings season, your class will be entered into a drawing at the end of the season for a $1,100 first place prize courtesy of the Minnesota Vikings Children's Fund. That money will go to your school. Look for the newest Girdiron Geography question every Tuesday morning around 6:20 a.m.