By Popular Demand...A New Quiz (Complete with a Chocolate Prize!)

Who are these SPPL people? Email me your answers! Barb S. at Central



1. This staff member's uncle is MPR's Gary Eichten.

2. This staff member grew up in Hawaii, Thailand and Germany.

3. This staff member took classes at the Oxford college which was "Hogwarts" in the Harry Potter films.

4. This staff member is an accomplished potter.

5. This staff member worked at the St. Paul Police Dept. Library.

6. This staff member speaks Russian.

7. This staff member worked at the Univ. of MN's Forestry Library.

8. This staff member taught high school English for 25 years.

9. This staff member was an air traffic controller, bridge inspector and college history professor.

10. This staff member worked at the University of MN press.

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Katrina who had all the right answers and has won the chocolate! By popular demand, another SPPL staff quiz will be coming soon to this blog.

Hint #2

The staff member in question #1 is also a writer.

Hint #1

The staff member in question 4 also plays the bagpipes.

Win a fabulous chocolate prize!

If you are the first to guess who the following SPPL people are, you will win a box of truffles and filled chocolates! Please email your guesses to my library email.

Barb S. at Central

Watch for hints in future posts!


1. This SPPL staff member used to play in a group called "Noise in the Library."

2. This SPPL staff member was a member of two U.S. Olympic Luge teams.

3. This SPPL staff member used to do TV commercials for the Minnesota Moose and public address announcing for the Saint Paul Saints.

4. This SPPL staff member played the violin in the first "Twin Cities Youth Symphony."

5. This SPPL staff member lived in Galway and later Dublin studying medieval Irish history.

6. This SPPL staff member used to work as a petroleum engineer in her native country.

7. This SPPL staff member grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

8. This SPPL staff member was born in Trier.

9. This SPPL staff member has a 2005 CD entitled: "Loved Songs."

10. This SPPL staff member was a neighbor of the Editor-in-Chief of "The Onion."