Welcome, Archives blog enthusiasts and Urbana Sweetcorn Festival attendees! Below are the questions printed on the rally fans given away by the University Archives at the Festival this year, along with links to the answers. Enjoy!

 

What’s the University of Illinois connection to:

• Legendary comic strips The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician?
• Virtually every streetcorner in America?
• The story line of the first talking movie?
• World War I Biplanes?

And perhaps most importantly, what do a University President and a famous cow have in common?

 

As a bonus, here are the questions from the fans printed for the 2010 Sweetcorn Festival:

What’s the University of Illinois connection to:

• Whipped cream in a can?
• Collegiate Homecoming and Arctic exploration? (for more information on the Crocker Land Expedition, see this online exhibit)
• Talking movies?
• Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner?

And for Illini sports fanatics:  what is legendary football coach Ray Eliot’s real name?