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We reveal a mystery Minnesotan portrait subject plus a Gaelic Tribe tune from NewsNight.
We reveal a mystery Minnesotan portrait subject plus a Gaelic Tribe tune from NewsNight.
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Index File Answer and Archival Music
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We reveal a mystery Minnesotan portrait subject plus a Gaelic Tribe tune from NewsNight.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Cathy: THANKS, PANEL!
♪ ♪ >> HEY WELL, JUST CAME UP WITH SOMETHING, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
THIS IS A BATTERY-FREE, ELECTRONICS FREE SMOKE DETECTOR, YOU DUCT TAPE A CAN OF JIFFY POP ON YOUR CEILING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YOU HEAR POPPING, SMELL POPCORN YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> EXCELLENT IDEA, TIM.
>> THE DUCT TAPE GUYS, THEY WERE FUNNY, THEY WERE FUNNY.
Y'ALL STILL HAVE THEIR BOOKS OR TAPES AT HOME, ANYBODY?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND FOR OUR INDEX FILE.
BEEN A BIT SINCE WE ORIGINALLY ASKED OUR QUESTION, FRIENDS SO HERE'S A REVIEW.
IT'S 19734, A MINNESOTAN'S PORTAT -- 1973 -- THIS MINNESOTA NATIVE WAS BORN IN WASES CREEKA.
AFTER ATTENDING COLLEGE IN OMAHA AND SERVING IN ORLDWAR ONE HE SETTLED IN GARY, INDIANA, AND SEPARATE MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN CONGRESS.
WHAT MINNESOTAN WAS HONORED WITH A PORTRAIT UNVEILING IN THE U.S.
CAPITOL IN OCTOBER OF 1973?
SADLY WE DID NOT PAINT A CLEAR ENOUGH PICTURE FOR THESE NEXT CALLERS.
"U.S.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM MINNESOTA ANDREW VOLSTEAD...HE WAS FROM GRANITE FALLS, MN."
“WHAT MY A.I.
SAYS IS THAT IT WAS HAROLD KNUTSON•ANYWAYS THIS IS STEVEN CARROLL FROM PLYMOUTH."
"THE ANSWER IS RAY MADDOX FROM WASECA AND HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE WITH INDIANA."
>> Cathy: OOH, SO CLOSE, SO CLOSE, STEVE OUT IN HAM LAKE, FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER WE GO BACK TO STEVE IN PLYMOUTH.
>> MY ORIGINAL ANSWER IS NOT CORRECT, ACCORDING TO CHATGPT, IT SAID "WHAT HAPPENS, I MADE A MISTAKE."
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, FROM A.I.?
ANYWAY, THE ANSWER IT'S NOW GIVING ME IS RAY MADDEN.
HE REPRESENTED INDIANA'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
HE WAS BORN IN WASECA, MINNESOTA AND MOVED TO NEBRASKA AS A CHILD, AND SERVED IN THE HOUSE FROM 1943 TO 1977.
ANYWAY, I GUESS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISN'T PERFECT.
>> Cathy: THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
RAY JOHN MADDEN WAS THE ANSWER WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND HANKS TO ALL THE CALLERS WHO USED THEIR ACTUAL INTELLIGENCE ON THIS INDEX FILE QUESTION.
COUPLE OF NOTES BEFORE WE DEPART, WE WANT TO CONNECT YOU WITH ALL OF YOU IN PERSON LATER THIS MONTH.
WE LOVE CONNECTING WITH YOU.
ALMANAC AFTER HOURS RETURNS ON JULY 30 -- EXCUSE ME, JULY 21ST, 21ST.
IT'S A PRIMARY ELECTION PREVIEW COMBINED WITH AN "ALMANAC" TRIVIA COMPETITION.
ERIC AND MARY LAHAMMER WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS.
HEAD TO TPT.ORG/EVENTS FOR ALL THE DETAILS AND GRAB YOUR FREE TICKET.
WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SHOW-CLOSING MUSIC.
THIS WEEK BACK IN 2001, "NEWSNIGHT MINNESOTA" BROUGHT GAELIC TRIBE ON THE SET TO PERFORM.
TAKE A LISTEN, AND GOOD NIGHT.
♪ ♪ [ UPBEAT NSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ] ♪ >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.
SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY... GREAT RIVER ENERGY: PROVIDING WHOLESALE POWER TO 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MEMBER-OWNER COOPERATIVES AND CUSTOMERS.
DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH AND HELPING COMMUNITIES THRIVE.
DELTADENTALMN.ORG/TPT.
EDUCATION MINNESOTA: THE VOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
MORE AT EDUCATIONMINNESOTA.ORG.
AND VANESSA DAYTON, THROUGH THE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL MINNESOTANS FUND, SUPPORTING ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE STATEWIDE.
>> "ALMANAC" IS A PRODUCTION OF TWIN CITIES PBS FOR THE STATIONS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION.
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