Inquiring Minds

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.   What does the expression “fin de siècle” mean?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  I’ve seen an old picture of a beautiful woman on a white horse who is leading a march for votes for women from about a hundred years ago.  It’s a picture that sticks in the mind.  Can you tell me anything about who she was?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.   I was reading something that used the phrase “sine qua non”? What does that mean? And how do you pronounce it?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  I’m trying to think of an old radio personality from the 1930s and ’40s. He started out as a bandleader, but he was a really funny guy and pretty soon he became a regular on radio programs. He was also the “voice” of Br’er Bear in the Disney cartoon “Song of the South.” Do you know his real name?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.   My library bar code and PIN are not working. My library card was issued by the St. Paul Public library and it still works there. Please advise me what’s wrong.​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  How long has there been a library in Roseville?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  Is Donald Trump’s real name Drumpf?

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  Why did we get an extension on taxes this year? Instead of being due on April 15, we didn’t have to file until April 18th. Why was that?

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  Why is Falcon Heights ground zero for the Emerald Ash Borer infestation?​

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  What is ayurvedic?