From the November 15, 1989 issue of the Pine Island Record: In
conjunction with American Education Week’s theme “Our Roots, Our
Future” a trivia quiz concerning the history of the City of Pine Island
and the Pine Island School was developed. Originally the quiz had 41
questions. Below is a partial listing of the questions.
Winner of the Trivia Quiz in 1989 was Mary Anne Owen. Mary Anne won
a Pine Island mug for her efforts. Now lets see how you do.
- In what two year period was Pine Island surveyed and platted?
- Who started the saw mill in 1856?
- What
was the weight of the piece of cheddar cheese made in Pine Island and
exhibited at the 1911 Minnesota State Fair? (It measured 6 feet in
diameter, 4 feet 6 inches in height, and 19 feet in circumference. It
represented 700,000 pounds of milk from 3,300 cows on 250 farms.
- When was the first school organized ? Who was the first teacher?
- What was the Baptist Church building originally used for?
- What book tells the story of the Collins family settlement in Pine Island in the 1800’s?
- What Pine Island company began operations in 1919 and provided boxes for storage and shipment of cheese?
- What were the Pine Island High School athletic teams nicknamed in the 1930-40’s?
- Name
the monthly salaries of Pine Island High School teachers in the early
1900’s. (The males made twice that of female teachers.)
- What Pine Island teacher’s grandfather’s name is engraved on the bell in the city hall clock tower?
- In what year did the Cheese Mart move from old Highway 52 to it’s present location?
- What two public buildings were built in 1909 and 1916 respectively, and are still used today for their original purposes?
- When did the Golden Bell (also known as the Carcajou) close for the final time? Who owned it at the time?
- When the Pine Island Care Center (Pine Haven Nursing Home) opened in August, 1964, how many rooms were available for patients?
- In
1900 what prominent Pine Island businessman owned a bank, a brick
factory, a feed mill, and a race track all located in Pine Island?
- The
first Pine Log (school annual) was published in 1941 under the
supervision of what dedicated, former Pine Island High School teacher?
- In
1896, at the local barbershop in the basement of the Opera House
Building a man could get three things. Two of these were a haircut and
a shave. Name the third.
- What was the construction cost of the 1904 brick school building?
Answers in this newsletter.
Answers to Trivia Quiz
- 1856-57
- Haggard & Hayward
- 3 ton
- 1856-Annette Seek
- movie theater
- Peter the Pioneer
- Iwen Box & Lumber Co.
- Islanders
- $48/month females $96/month male
- Janice Thompson
- 1969
- City Hall ’09, Van Horn Library ’16
- 1979 Leigh & Shirley Bell
- 37 rooms
- Loomis Irish
- Miss Burreson (Mrs. Harold (Ella) Reiter)
- A bath
- $10,500
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