| To entice AALL 2000 convention goers to come to Minneapolis, the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL) and the AALL 2001 Local Advisory Committee sponsored a trivia contest at the Philadelphia Convention Center last July. We wish to thank everyone who stopped by to play; we enjoyed meeting so many people. These were the questions:
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- What is the stage name of former Duluth recording artist, Robert Zimmerman?
- What states border Minnesota?
- What famous civil rights case had its beginnings in Fort Snelling? (Hint: think 1850s)
- What Minnesota company invented Scotch Tape and Post-It notes?
- Name the fictional Minnesota town popularized by Garrison Keillor on Prairie Home Companion.
- What national discount store has its headquarters in Minneapolis, MN?
- Name the first Minnesotan to fly solo across the Atlantic to Europe.
- Name the football team of the University of Minnesota.
- What two municipalities comprise the "Twin Cities"?
- Can you name the architect who designed the Minnesota Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, and the Woolworth Building in New York?
- Name the famous Minnesotan author of the Great Gatsby.
- General Mills of Golden Valley created what fictional spokeswoman in the 1920s?
- Who is the current governor of Minnesota?
- What Minnesota native created the "Peanuts" comic strip?
- Name the largest shopping mall in Minnesota.
- What processed meat product invented in Austin, MN was re-popularized by e-mail?
- What Minnesota company manufactures not only high school and college class rings and other graduation products, but also the Super Bowl rings?
- What cartoon characters live in Frostbite Falls, MN?
- Name the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Hint: think Main Street)?
- Name the famous medical clinic in Rochester, MN.
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