>> ERIC: WE'VE REACHED THE TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION.

HERE'S A REMINDER OF OUR QUERY FROM LAST TIME.

WE TRAVELED BACK IN TIME TO LATE DECEMBER OF 1982 AND A RARE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE U.S.

IT INVOLVED A WELL-KNOWN MINNESOTAN AND AN EVEN MORE WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE.

MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE WITNESSED THIS "INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT" AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM TOOK THE SIDE OF THE NON-MINNESOTA PARTICIPANT.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT MINNESOTAN WAS INVOLVED IN A RARE "INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT" IN DECEMBER, 1982?

CATHY ADDED A SERIES OF HINTS THAT DID NOT HELP THESE CALLERS.

>> ERIC: LEE, YOU HAVE NOW JOINED A GROWING GROUP OF VIEWERS WHO HAVE TRIED, AND FAILED, TO USE CHAT GPT TO FIND THE CORRECT ANSWER TO OUR INDEX FILE QUERIES.

FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, WE TURN TO... A VIEWER-YET-TO-BE-NAMED.

NO ONE CALLED US WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER SO LONGTIME VIEWERS KNOW THE DRILL.

WE KEEP ASKING UNTIL SOMEONE GETS IT RIGHT.

IT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 1982, A RARE EVENT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE THE U.S. INVOLVING A WELL-KNOWN MINNESOTAN AND AN EVEN MORE WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE.

MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE WITNESS THIS "INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT" AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM TAKE THE SIDE OF THE CANADIAN.

IN FACT, A FORMER TEAMMATE OF THE MINNESOTA STAR IN QUESTION RECALLS THAT NO FEWER THAN FIVE OF HIS TEAMMATES THREATENED HIM FOR HIS ACTIONS.

WHAT MINNESOTAN WAS INVOLVED IN A RARE "INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT" IN DECEMBER, 1982?

HERE'S A HINT FOR YOU...

THE INCIDENT ITSELF WAS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE BUT THE PARTICIPANTS WERE.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM THE SHORES OF HOCKEY LAKE, PUCK LAKE, OR ICE LAKE.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES RIGHT OR WRONG.

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WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-CLOSING MUSIC TO SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY.

THIS WEEK BACK IN 2010, "THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN STRING COMPANY" PLAYED ON SET FOR THE VERY LAST TIME.

THEY WERE RELEASING THEIR FINAL C.D.

THE NEXT NIGHT AND THEN MOVING ON TO OTHER ADVENTURES IN LIFE.

TAKE A LISTEN.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

BE CAREFUL.

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