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. We are always hearing about the rich getting off free when it comes to taxes.  Is it really statistically true that “only the little people pay taxes”?
 

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 woke up last night with a song with these words running through my mind:
“Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King.
And the people rejoiced, and said:
God save the King.”
Where does that come from?  I know I didn’t make it up.

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 know that Easter is a moveable feast, but what is the latest date that it can possibly fall?

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. In Erik Larson’s new book “Dead Wake” about the sinking of the ship Lusitania during World War I, he talks about a British ship named the “Minneapolis,” which was sunk by the Germans in 1916. How was it that the British named a battleship after a place in Minnesota? What was the connection?

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. Can I get a library card at a Ramsey County library if I live in Minneapolis? I already have a library card with Hennepin County libraries, but it would be helpful to have access to more libraries for items that are not available in my home branch.

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 happened to the tax forms that libraries used to carry?

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 need to see a doctoral dissertation from 1952.  Is there any way you can find something that obscure for me?
 

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 there a way to get a list of all the books I have checked out from the library during the past year?

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 reading a novel, and one of the chapters is titled “Lebenslüge.” What does that 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.   Can I read e-books from the Library on my Chromebook?