>> ERIC: THIS YEAR'S WINTER CARNIVAL ORGANIZERS MAY BE THANKFUL THERE'S NO BIG ICE PALACE TO WATCH MELT IN THE UPCOMING WARM WINTER TEMPS.

IT'S HISTORY QUESTION TIME FOR YOU.

LAST WEEK CATHY ASKED ABOUT A DUO OF INVENTORS.

THESE TWO MINNESOTANS CREATED SOMETHING MORE THAN ONE 100 YEARS AGO THAT REMAINS A WELL-KNOWN AND LOVED PRODUCT INTERNATIONALLY.

WHILE THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECAME STRAINED, AND THEY DIED DECADES APART, THEY ENDED UP BURIED TOGETHER AT LAKEWOOD CEMETERY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU: WHO WERE THESE TWO MINNESOTA INVENTORS AND WHAT PRODUCT OF THEIRS RECENTLY PASSED THE CENTURY MARK?

CATHY THEN TOSSED IN SEVERAL CANDY HINTS, WHICH HELPED NEARLY ALL OF YOU.

THESE NEXT CALLERS WERE CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE THERE.

BUT NO CIGAR.

>> Eric: NO CHOCOLATE CIGAR FOR YOU FOCUSES.

PEARSON'S SALTED NUT ROLL WAS THE MOST COMMON WRONG ANSWER, AND A CANDY BAR IS THE PRODUCT WE SOUGHT BUT NOT THE NUT ROLL.

FOR THE CORRECT SWEET TREAT, TAKE IT AWAY, BONNIE.

>> ERIC: YES, THE FATHER AND SON DUO OF FRANKLIN AND FORREST MARS ARE THE INVENTORS WE SOUGHT.

THEY BOTH ARE RIGHT HERE.

FORREST AND FRANKLIN CREATED MANY SUCCESSFUL CANDY PRODUCTS, BUT THE MILKY WAY CANDY BAR WAS THEIR FIRST BIG HIT.

THE FATHER AND SON WERE SITTING IN A MINNEAPOLIS DINER MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO WHEN THE IDEA CAME TO THEM.

WHY NOT CREATE A CANDY BAR VERSION OF A MILKSHAKE.

AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY.

THE MILKY WAY WAS A NEAR INSTANT SUCCESS, LEADING TO THE CREATION OF MARS, INC., AND SEVERAL OTHER LASTING CANDY HITS INCLUDING SNICKERS, THREE MUSKETEERS, AND M&M'S.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CANDY HISTORY LESSON PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.

BEFORE WE GO, WE WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO LOYAL VIEWER TERRY FAUST FOR THE NEW ADDITION TO OUR SET THIS WEEK.

TERRY MAKES WEE WEATHER VANES FOR LITTLE LIBRARIES AND CREATED A CUSTOM ONE JUST FOR US.

THANK YOU FROM THE ENTIRE "ALMANAC" STAFF FOR THE NEW WEATHER VANE AND FOR WATCHING.

JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

THIS WEEK BACK IN 2008, JOANNA JAMES JOINED US LIVE IN STUDIO "B."

TAKE A LISTEN, AND BE CAREFUL.

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