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In July of 1959 there was an off the cuff debate between two leaders about the perceived industrial strengths of the Soviet Union and the United States at an American products exposition in Moscow. I bring this up not because I am obsessed with cold war political history, but because one of the participants in that debate is predominant in the movie ‘Watchmen’ which is based on the iconic graphic novel that opens this week. Can you name this American politician? Can you give me the moniker attributed to this impromptu debate? Can you tell me if you plan to see 'Watchmen' on Friday? I want to know all of these things so please let me know.

Either my question last week about the crazy baseball play was too cryptic, or no one is that interested in the Chicago Cubs or games in which there is more than one baseball on the field. But through a series of errors and misjudgments not one but two balls were in play at the same time and the extra ball was used by the Cubs to get a player from the opposite team out. The play was contested but since the Cubs lost the game anyway, it was not a big deal and the event was consigned to realm of obscure trivia.

Thanks to everyone who tried!

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In 1959 the Chicago Cubs were only in year 51 of their now 101 year odyssey to experience firsthand what it is like to never win a World Series championship. Things were going better for Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks that year having won the National League Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year. On a much less prestigious, but way more hilarious note Ernie Banks was involved in one of the craziest plays in baseball history that year at Wrigley Field. Can you tell me what happened? More importantly can you explain it to me without getting really complicated because the situation is funny but the details will make my eyes glaze over. If you can do all of these things please let me know. As always the only prizes for correct answers are bragging rights.

Speaking of bragging rights last week I wanted to know which pioneering film director who passed in 1959 was name checked in one of the most memorable movie lines of all time. The line ‘All right Mr. Demille 'm ready for my close-up’ is spoken by Gloria Swanson at the end of Sunset Boulevard.

Join me while I listen to Marianne Hageman and Peter Keenen brag about getting the question correct.

Thanks as always to everyone who played.

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Which pioneering film director who died in 1959 was immortalized in front of the camera in one of the most famous lines in movie history?

If you can let me know.

Last week I wanted to know the name of a very catchy song about a very unsavory character that won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1959. Who could that be? Could that someone be Mack the Knife? It could be and it is. Who could the singer of this particular version of the song be? Could that someone be Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong or Frank Sinatra or Michael Buble or Robbie Williams? It could be since they all did versions of this song - but Bobby Darin's version is the one that got the Grammy and it became one of his signature songs.

Please help me congratulate those in the know -

Ann Hale
Marianne Hageman
Ann Kenne

Thanks to everyone who played!

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In 1732 an English playwright John Gay wrote ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ which introduced a notorious highwayman simply named Macheath. Gay’s ballad opera was then adopted with music by famed dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill into The Three Penny Opera which debuted in Berlin in 1928.

I know what you are thinking…this is all very fine and good but what does this have to do with the year 1959?

Well, the main character of MacHeath was transformed by Brecht and Weil into the more sinister anti-hero Mackie Messer.

And……

A song from this musical detailing Mackie Messer’s crimes and cruelties was a huge hit in 1959.

Can you name the song and the singer who would eventually become most associated with this song? If you can send me a message.

Last week I wanted to know the one place Nikita Khrushchev and his family were not permitted to visit on their North American tour in 1959. This site has nothing to do with national security or James Bond levels of spy activity, in fact it is the happiest place on earth. That’s right, due to insufficient security against Mickey and Donald, Nikita Khrushchev was not allowed to visit Disneyland.

The campus Mouseketeers who knew this are Carolyn DeLuca and Marianne Hageman

Thanks to everyone who played!

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There were many events that put 1959 on the map – everything from a continuing cold war with the Soviet Union, a band of revolutionaries overthrowing the government of a small Caribbean country, and the grand debut of a doll named ‘Barbie’. A little closer to home the St. Lawrence Seaway opened which made Duluth accessible to the Atlantic Ocean; and even closer still to home in 1959 the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center was completed. The UST libraries are hosting events throughout this year to commemorate this 50th anniversary and to go along with these events there will be weekly trivia questions revolving around events from 1959. Do you know much about the Cold War? The Space Race? Beatniks? Elvis Presley? Maime Van Doren? You will after this year!

Unfortunately there will be no prizes for correct answers – only recognition on this blog that you are one cool cat/dolly.

With all that said and done – here is this week’s question.

In September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev toured the United States, but he was denied permission to visit one particular place which according to a New York Times article at the time was especially disappointing for his family. The official explanation had to do with not being able to provide adequate security for the Soviet leader and not because of that whole ‘We will bury you!’ thing at the UN a few years earlier.

Can you name this place? If you can send me a message.

If you can’t then visit this site next Monday for the answer and another question.

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The sad and untimely deaths of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hays got me thinking about the saying that bad things happening in three’s. While that is not always true, what is true is that on August 11th on different years two famous but very different people were both killed in auto accidents. Well, one of the men was probably much more famous in Minnesota than in the rest of the country, but he definitely had his day in the sun in the winter of 1980. The other person made a splash (or a drip) on the international scene in the 1940’s and 1950’s and was even the subject of a documentary in 2006.

I believe I have given you more than enough clues; can you name the two victims of what I will now call the August 11th curse? If you can please let me know.

Last time around I wanted to know the name of the author from Indiana who joins the rank of William Faulkner and John Updike for winning not one, but two Pulitzer prizes for fiction. However despite this fact he is better known by the general public for the film adaptations of his award winning books. The author? Booth Tarkington. The novels? The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams, which aired on Turner Classic movies last weekend! How cool is that?

The campus hoosierphiles (yes that is a word) who knew the answer are –

Marianne Hageman
JoAnn Toussaint
Peter Erickson

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Isn’t it annoying when you are a prolific and relatively well received author in your time; you win two major (and I mean major) literary awards; but then you are best remembered by contemporary audiences for the film versions of your two award winning novels? An author who was born this week in 1869 in Indianapolis would probably be furiously nodding his head in agreement right around now if he hadn’t died in 1946.

Can you name this frustrated author? Can you name his two most famous books/movies? If you can do any of these things then please let me know.

Last week I wanted to the names of the still dynamic duo of entertainers who defeated the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game by appearing in a movie together in 2000. The unlikely couple? Phyllis Diller and Art Linkletter who rack up almost 200 years between the two of them. The name of the movie? Let me in, I hear laughter which is a documentary about the Friars Club that features a veritable who’s who of the biggest names in comedy circa 1930 – 1950.

I had some people who knew at least one name, but the closet Vaudevillians who got both names are –

Peter Erickson
Jan Pinkerton

Thanks everyone who played

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Looking at a list of people celebrating birthdays on July 17th two names caught my eye. On the surface these two people don’t seem to have anything in common besides both being entertainers in their 90’s. My first reaction was “Cool!” I thought I could finally beat the whole Six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon-thing by coming up with the names of two people who could not possibly be linked by six movies. Right?? Wrong!! It turns out that this couple who rack up 187 years between the two of them appeared in the same movie in 2000. Now I am not saying this was a big movie, I am not even sure it came out in the theaters, but in all fairness how many documentaries about venerable private clubs for comedians that have gone on to become summer blockbusters can you name?

So with the precious few clues I have dribbled before you, can you name the seemingly incongruous duo with only one degree of separation between them? If you can let me know. And while you are at it throw in the name of the movie because it actually looks pretty interesting.

Last week’s question revolved around a famous French author who did wonders for marketing a real cemetery in Paris by including it as the location for the burial of some of his fictional characters. The author? None other than Honoré de Balzac. The cemetery? None other than Père Lachaise Cemetery which now boasts such famous ‘residents’ as Isadora Duncan, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison. I really appreciate the people who took the extra time to research this question when all you really had to do was to watch this funny video for the answer. The French history scholars and Cher fans on campus this week are –

Marianne Hageman

Matthew Koenen

Peter Erickson

Thanks to everyone who played!

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July 8th marks the city of Paris’ 2057th birthday and the city’s rich cultural history is apparent in its landmarks, architecture, museums and graveyards. One Parisian graveyard in particular was made famous by a 19th century author who ‘buried’ the title character of one of his most famous books there making it an instant tourist destination. Talk about product placement! Ever since then it is one of the most ‘in’ places to be buried and the roster of who is resting there reads like a ‘Who’s who’ of modern French history, although the occasional Brit and American has snuck in. Speaking of Americans, in 1999 Cher reserved a plot there as her final resting place. I suppose her impact on French culture is greater than I initially thought.

Long story short, I would like to know the name of this graveyard and if you can come up with the name of the author of many classic works of realism then all the better for you.

There are two ways to tackle this question, you can go the highbrow history of French literature route in some of our literature or history databases, or you can approach it from the Cher angle and look for newspaper stories from that time. I promise to not judge your methods on finding the answer.

I was not yet around in 1962, but I do know that ‘Where were you in ‘62’ was the tagline to ‘American Graffiti’ and the personality I was looking for from that movie was DJ and all around fixture of 1970’s popular culture - Wolfman Jack. The campus 70’s nostalgia buffs are

Marianne Hageman
Jan Pinkerton
Peter Erickson
Matthew Koenen

Thanks to everyone who played.

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This week in 1995 a famous personality whose real name was Robert Smith died from a heart attack at the age of 57. This person was much more famous under his stage name and will always be remembered (well... at least in my household) for a small but pivotal role in an early film by some guy named George Lucas. I know, I know, I haven't heard much about him lately either but humor me. Can you name this famous person? And then while you are at it you might as well name the movie. When you have completed all of these tasks let me know.

Last week I wanted to know the not-as-famous-term-as-'flying-saucer' that was coined by World War II pilots for unexplainable airborne phenomena. Players also got brownie points if they knew the alternative band who used that name on themselves. I am of course referring to foo fighters and the Foo Fighters. The winners whose names as promised will not be reported to the government are -

Peter Erickson
Matthew Koenen
David Smith
Christine Wayne

The rest of you all...well...I'm sorry.

Thanks for playing!

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On June 12th 1987 Ronald Reagan in Berlin famously called upon Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall.' What has been forgotten is the original historic anniversary he was commemorating when he made that challenge. Do you know what the special occasion was? If you do let me know. As always there are no prizes, just the satisfaction that comes from conducting stellar research on this query or being old enough to remember this event first hand.

The last question I posed had to do with the very influential, yet very stuffy movie critic from the New York Times who was notoriously behind the times in understanding the newer, grittier films that Hollywood started to produce in the late 1960's.

The answer is Bosley Crowther. The campus film critic experts are

Peter Erickson
Matthew Koenen

Thanks to all who played!

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This week in 1934 a famous gang of outlaws was infamously ambushed and nearly wiped out in a massive hail of bullets. A movie that came out in 1967 about the exploits and demise of the gang leaders shocked and enthralled movie goers. However not everyone was impressed and some influential critics scorned the cavalier attitude towards violence that the film portrayed.

If you think the question is going to be 'name this famous gang and their leaders...' you are sadly mistaken. That would be too easy because I am sure you have guessed it by now. What I want to know is the name of the influential New York Times movie critic at the time who seemed to make trashing this movie based on the gang his life's work?

If you can let me know.

If you don't know off your head why not go to the source? The UST libraries have a subscription to The New York Times historical database that contains the full text scanned in version of the New York Times going back to 1851. You can find a link to this database and other full text newspaper databases here. If you need a friendly librarian with this or any other search please feel free to contact us.

I must be thinking too much about movies these days because last week I wanted to know the name of the historic hotel in Los Angeles where the very first Academy Award ceremony was held. The hotel is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and that I have since learned it was held in the Blossom Room. The fellow campus film enthusiasts who knew the answer are

Karen Batdorf
Peter Erickson
Marianne Hageman

Thanks for playing!

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This week in 1929 the very first Academy Awards Ceremony was held in Hollywood and was hosted by Douglas Fairbanks. My question to you is in which historic hotel replete with a David Hockney underwater mural in the swimming pool did this event take place.

Think you know the answer? Let me know.

Would you like to find the answer along with other interesting facts about movie history and full pictures? Try browsing for books at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey library in the motion picture section which starts with the call numbers PN 1993 and with a book like this. Browsing books is sort of like surfing the web but with physical objects. If you ever need any kind of assistance please feel free to alert a librarian.

Last week I wanted to know the name of a very controversial self help book that doubles as a science fiction novel and the basis of a questionable cult/religion. There is nothing else that fits this discription but the book
Dianetcs written by L. Ron Hubbard and yes...I am fully aware that I will be sued any minute now.

The friends of Xenu who knew the answer are

Peter Erickson
Jim Pinkerton

Thanks to everyone who played!

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This week there is five times the trivia as usual and there are actual *prizes!* Yes rub your eyes and read that last sentence again. During National Library Week the value of knowing the correct answer could win you a gift certificate to the UST bookstores.

As usual send your answers to me by 9:00 PM and I will choose one random winner out of the correct answers. The winner will then be notified the following morning.

You can read the questions on our Library Week website or right here. Without further ado here is the question for Monday, April 14th

On this day in 1841 a work by a macabre American author was published that is considered to be the first detective story predating Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poiret.

Can you name the author and the work?

If you can let me know!

Thanks for playing!

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While the late Charlton Heston may be best well known for his biblical dramas he solidified his stature as a pop culture icon with three science fiction films in particular from 1968, 1971 and 1973. Can you name them? If you can let me know. Extra credit if you can give me quotes from the movies, extra extra credit if you can do it in an emotive, distinctive, booming voice.

If you would like to know more about Charlton Heston's life may I recommend a library resource like Biography Resource Center to find articles, encyclopedia entries, and pertinent websites about him and many, many other famous people throughout history.

Speaking of history, last week I asked for the name of the Broadway debut from a mystery duo. Well actually the two partners are not all that mysterious, in fact they are very well known. I am of course thinking about Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and their monster hit Oklahoma! The campus musical theater aficionados are

Peter Erickson
Marianne Hageman
Jan Pinkerton

Thank you all for playing!

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Well actually its not. However there is nothing like singing and dancing to chase away late-March-snowy-Monday-blues and on this day in 1943 the first time musical collaboration of two partners debuted on Broadway and produced a monster hit. Can you name the prolific duo and their socko smash? If you can let me know!

If you can't then get out of your lonely room and search one of our music databases by the (not so) hidden keyword clues contained in this entry.

Last week I wanted to know the name of the man who built what is now the largest brewing company in the United States on Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob amongst others. The man is August Anheuser Busch, Jr. and his grandson August Anheuser Busch IV is the current CEO of the Anheuser-Busch Companies. The campus cheap beer aficionados are

Peter Erickson
Jan Orf
An anonymous poster

Thanks as always for playing!

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If I wanted to drown my sorrows about the lateness of this post with weak, water-like beer I can do so largely in part because of the man who was born on March 28th, 1899. He turned a family brewery into a world renown cheep beer juggernaut that college students are still celebrating to this day. If that is not enough for one life time this man also convinced his company to buy the St. Louis Cardinals in 1953. Can you name this beer baron?

If you can then drop me a message.

The striking image of an earnest researcher pouring over old newspaper articles on microfiche may seem romantic in the movies but the stark reality is that the machines are hard to use and induce migraines when you try to read the small print. Give me a database any day like the Historical New York Times or the Historical Washington Post if you want to research news from 1953 or some other date from the last century. And if you have a question about these or any other library resource you may always ask a librarian.

Last week I asked for the names of the lesser known Gorgon sisters who are overshadowed by their infamous sister Medusa. The answer is Stheno and Euryale who seem to be making a bit of a comeback lately in video games and graphic novels. The campus classical scholars who knew the answer are -

Peter Erickson
Ann Kenne
Marianne Hageman

Thanks for playing!

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Many people this week have snakes on a brain because St. Patrick is credited for banishing them from Ireland. But when I think of snakes I think of Medusa from ancient Greek mythology who pioneered them as a fashion statement. What I did not know was that Medusa overshadowed two other equally coifed and dangerous sisters. Can you name them off your snake-free head? If you can send me a message and receive the adulation that comes with being known as one of the premier campus ophiologists.

If need to do a little research on this or any question how about using an online encyclopedia that you know is from a reputable source and can trust in a bibliography? We have many to choose from on this page.

Last week I asked about an infamously querulous couple who chose the ill-fated date of March 15th to be married for the first time. The mystery couple who set the standard for tumultuous relationships are Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The campus gossipmongers who knew the answer are

Peter Erickson
Jan Orf
John Wendt
Laure Benson
Elizabeth Dial

Thank you very much!

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The assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15th 44 BC has made 'Beware the Ides of March' a metaphor for impending doom. So with that in mind you would think that no one would want to get married on that day. Well it just so happened that a very famous and famously tumultuous couple did get married on March 15th 1964 after starring in a famously horrible movie together. Hint: They eventually divorced in 1974, but remarried in 1975.

Can you name the couple? If you can send me a message and receive your own 15 minutes of fame on our blog.

If you don't know the answer off your head a great place to look is in a new database Readers Guide Retrospective which is an electronic index to articles from more than 375 popular magazines and journals from 1890 to 1982.
For people 'of a certain age' this is the electronic version of the seminal print source that many students first used to conduct research. If you would like more information about this source please contact Ann Kenne

Speaking of people 'of a certain age' last week I wanted to know which two toys debuted in one week and were recently named the top toys of all time. The answer is #2 Barbie and #1 The Hula Hoop.

The two young at heart answerers are

Elizabeth Dial
Peter Erickson

Thank you very much!

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This week was a banner week in the history of toys! On March 5th 1963 this toy was patented and launched an international craze. Then on March 9th 1959 this toy made a glamorous debut. Can you name the toys off your head? Hint: On the VH1 show I Love Toys one of these toys was voted the number one greatest toy of all times and the other was voted the number two greatest toy of all times.

If you are still stumped then trying a database of newspapers would be another place to look and it just so happens that the libraries provide access to one called Proquest Newsstand Complete. Along with answers to trivia questions you can also find full text of the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune full text.

If you come up with the answer or an anecdote about these or any other favorite toys send a message to arhudson@stthomas.edu in order to receive the recognition you deserve.

Last week I challenged you all to name the young boxer and the heavyweight champion he defeated in 1964. The young upstart was Cassius Clay and his heavyweight champion opponent was Sonny Liston. The campus boxing enthusiasts who knew the answer are

Peter Erickson
Marianne Hageman

Thanks to all for playing!

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This week in 1964 a young boxer went against the heavyweight champion of the world and beat him in the first of two controversial matches. Can you name the two boxers? If you can drop a line to arhudson@stthomas.edu

Hint: A picture from the second (very short) match produced what Sports Illustrated called one of "The Century's Greatest Sports Photos."

Double hint: A great place to find this answer is our full text scholarly multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Premier.

Triple hint: A great person to ask about this or any other research query you have is a friendly librarian.

Last week I needed to know the author and title of a classic work in literature that has a rather ominous forward. The answer is Huckleberry Finn and the author is Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens.

The campus experts on multi-name authors who knew the answer are

John Heintz
Marianne Hageman
Peter Erickson
Kelli Lais
Ann Kenne

Thank you very much!

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A literary classic was released on February 18th 1885 with this ominous notice on the first page -

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Oh my!

Can you name the work and the author? If you can send a message to arhudson@stthomas.edu. As always we hope that you think about using library resources to answer these questions because you have many great literature databases at your fingertips not to mention friendly librarians to assist you.

Last week I wondered which hilarious classic movie used the not-so-hilarious St. Valentine's Day Massacre as a jumping off point. The answer is Some Like it Hot.

The campus film and gangland historian who knew the answer is Ann Kenne!

Thank you!

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Oh sure everyone is still buzzing about the exciting Superbowl game Sunday, but what about America’s other great sports obsession, chess? On February 10th 1996 world chess champion/Russian presidential candidate Garry Kasparov played chess against a computer specifically designed to beat him.

What was the name of the computer?

Helpful hint! A library database like Academic Search Premier is ideal to find the answer and when you do drop a line here arhudson@stthomas.edu
As always there are no prizes for correct answers just the satisfaction of seeing your name up in lights.

Speaking of names up in lights, last week I asked for the title of a wickedly funny movie about the dark side of high school elections. The answer, amusingly enough is Election. The correct answers were provided by the campus experts on Nebraska high school politics

Lindsey Hines
Thomas Engrav
Holly Schultz
Marianne Hageman
Pat Sirek
Ann Kenne

Thanks to all who played!

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Last week I wondered which fictional New Hampshire governor/POTUS had a real life namesake who was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. The answer is Josiah Bartlet from The West Wing played by Martin Sheen. The winners and campus fake-president scholars are -

Janice Kragness and Ann Kenne!

Here is the new question

With Super Tuesday looming on the horizon I am still thinking about politics and a very funny satirical movie about the dark side of the election process. It came out in 1999 and takes place in a high school in Omaha, Nebraska. Can you name the movie? If you can send your answers to arhudson@stthomas.edu

If you can't you can try Googling or instead you can browse the journal Postmodern Culture full text in the database Project MUSE to find the answer. And while you are there you can search and browse over 380 scholarly publications covering many topics in the humanities and social sciences. Ask a UST librarian for assistance with this database or any other library resource.

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I am thinking about a famous artist who is associated with the American Southwest but was actually born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Have you seen the exhibition of this person's work in town? Can you name this artist?

If you can't do that off your head why don't you search Biography Resource Center or any of the other library biographical reference sources from this page. Trust me, your professor will appreciate a citation from here rather than wikipedia.

Send your guess by Friday to arhudson@stthomas.edu

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Last week I wondered out loud about what year did the name Armistice Day change to Veterans Day in order to honor all American veterans.

The year in question is 1954 and Marianne Hageman is the predominant military historian on campus who knew the answer.

It's a new day and a new question.

This month marks the anniversary of the founding of a Minnesota town in 1855 by members of a very popular group of family singers.

Name the group and you have named the town.

Submit or hum an answer to arhudson@ssthomas.edu by this Friday. As always no prizes will be awarded, but we will sing the praises of correct answers on this site.

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You are invited to take advantage of many opportunities to learn about various instructional technologies, including numerous workshops on aspects of using Blackboard; an Introduction to RefWorks; Faculty Research Tools; and others. See the Bulletin article from July 16th, or faculty and staff can register via the HR Department's Leadership Academy--Training Online web site.

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The UST Media Resources Center is providing a new trial to the Films Media Group (FMG) On Demand online video database. Over the next two months, you can use your computer to watch educational videos on a vareity of subjects. Details here.

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