MAJORITY LEADER IM PAWLENTY IN 1999 FOUR YEARS BEFORE HE BECAME GOVERNOR PAWLENTY.

OKAY, FRIENDS.

TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE SECTION.

A HISTORY QUESTION FOR YOU TO PONDER AS OUR HOUR TOGETHER COMES TO A CLOSE.

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH OUR INVENTOR QUESTION LAST TIME, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE THEME GOING.

OUR QUESTION THIS WEEK CONCERNS A DUO OF INVENTORS.

THESE TWO MINNESOTANS CREATED SOMETHING MORE THAN 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.

WHO WERE THESE TWO MINNESOTA INVENTORS AND WHAT PRODUCT OF THEIRS RECENTLY PASSED THE CENTURY MARK?

THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE?

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WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

THE PRODUCERS DOVE INTO THE ARCHIVES AND FOUND THIS GEM FOR YOU.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THE LEGENDARY FOLK-BLUES ARTIST SPIDER JOHN KOERNER JOINED US RIGHT HERE IN STUDIO B.

TAKE A LOOK AND LISTEN.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK.

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