Re: Triva Questions

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From: Ken Konecki
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 13:24

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In article <1992May20.123623.2327@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> bkb@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (brian.bebeau) writes:
>Who donated the Field Museum of Natural History?

Marshall Field.

>What was the Museum of Science and Industry building left over from?

The Columbian Exposition.

>What's the neighborhood built by a railroad car magnate for his workers?
Pullman.

>Who was Dan Cook? What did they name after him?

Cook County.  Don't know why he got a county named after him
though.

-- 
Ken Konecki
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