While love may be in the air this week bullets were also in the air in Chicago on February 14th 1929 when seven people were gunned down in what is now called the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre. Ironically enough this tragic event was the kick off of a very funny movie with Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. Name the movie with no Googling! If you don’t know the title off your head I am sure there is a friendly librarian who would be more than happy to help you with this query; and when you have an answer send it to arhudson@stthomas.edu
Last week I wondered about the name of the world chess champion beating computer who head to head with Garry Kasparov. The answer was IBM’s Deep Blue and the campus chess experts with the correct answers are
Eric Jorgensen and Holly Schultz
Thanks for playing!
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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!
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!
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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.
Last week I asked which museum was the primary beneficiary of Joesph Mallord Turner’s works. The answer is the Tate museum in London and the campus art historian who knew that fact was Roderick Teh
A new week and a new trivia question.
This week is primary week in New Hampshire and international attention is once again focused on the granite state. So important is that state in national politics that a fictional two term governor of New Hampshire was eventually elected president of the United States. Can you name this fictional POTUS?
Send guesses to arhudson@stthomas.edu As always there are no prizes for winners, exept for the thrill of seeing your name up in lights.
Last week I asked which museum was the primary beneficiary of Joesph Mallord Turner’s works. The answer is the Tate museum in London and the campus art historian who knew that fact was Roderick Teh
A new week and a new trivia question.
This week is primary week in New Hampshire and international attention is once again focused on the granite state. So important is that state in national politics that a fictional two term governor of New Hampshire was eventually elected president of the United States. Can you name this fictional POTUS?
Send guesses to arhudson@stthomas.edu As always there are no prizes for winners, exept for the thrill of seeing your name up in lights.
There is a major retrospective of Joseph Mallord Turner’s works on display at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and it makes me wonder out loud which gallery originally received the majority of paintings that Turner famously bequeathed.
Got an answer to share? Send it to arhudson@stthomas.edu
Speaking of answers, last week I asked which member of the executive branch was the first American to receive the Nobel Peach Prize. The answer is Theodore Roosevelt for helping to negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese war. Other executive branch Nobel Peace Prize winners were Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter along with Al Gore.
The campus presidential historians who knew the answer are
Roderick Teh
Bill Landherr
Thanks for playing along!
There is a major retrospective of Joseph Mallord Turner’s works on display at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and it makes me wonder out loud which gallery originally received the majority of paintings that Turner famously bequeathed.
Got an answer to share? Send it to arhudson@stthomas.edu
Speaking of answers, last week I asked which member of the executive branch was the first American to receive the Nobel Peach Prize. The answer is Theodore Roosevelt for helping to negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese war. Other executive branch Nobel Peace Prize winners were Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter along with Al Gore.
The campus presidential historians who knew the answer are
Roderick Teh
Bill Landherr
Thanks for playing along!
Al Gore going to Oslo Norway at this moment to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize got me wondering about who was the first American to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. Hint, the winner was also a member of the executive branch of government. Double hint – there are lots of terrific resources about him in the library’s online reference collection.
Can you name him? Please submit your answers to arhudson@stthomas.edu by this Friday.
Last week I wanted to know the name of the artist who is associated with the southwest but who was born in Wisconsin. The answer is of course Georgia O’Keeffe (count ’em two f’s) whose works adorn more than a few offices on campus and who also has her own museum in Santa Fe New Mexico.
The campus art historians with the correct answers are
Roderick Teh
Romain Lorentz
Kellen O’Grady
Master Stierman
Thanks for responding!
Al Gore going to Oslo Norway at this moment to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize got me wondering about who was the first American to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. Hint, the winner was also a member of the executive branch of government. Double hint – there are lots of terrific resources about him in the library’s online reference collection.
Can you name him? Please submit your answers to arhudson@stthomas.edu by this Friday.
Last week I wanted to know the name of the artist who is associated with the southwest but who was born in Wisconsin. The answer is of course Georgia O’Keeffe (count ’em two f’s) whose works adorn more than a few offices on campus and who also has her own museum in Santa Fe New Mexico.
The campus art historians with the correct answers are
Roderick Teh
Romain Lorentz
Kellen O’Grady
Master Stierman
Thanks for responding!
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