Bill Flick

Question: Dana Perino is the Fox News host and commentator among those said to be a potential candidate as press secretary to President-elect Donald Trump.

Question: It's possible your father's father's father's father went to well-known college in Paxton, the Ford County town of 3,000.

Question: Of all the smaller towns that surround Bloomington-Normal, can you name the fastest growing? (1) Heyworth; (2) Danvers; (3) Hudson; (4) LeRoy; (5) Saybrook.

Question: An autumn of warmer-than-usual temperatures and not much threat yet of a major snow has left some weather-watchers wondering what date is the latest measurable (1 inch or more) snowfall ever in this area?

Question: The streaming service, Max, has launched a six-part documentary, “Call Me Ted,” about Ted Turner, a business renegade and mogul who founded CNN and once owned the Atlanta Braves.

The ever-growing whimsy, and jaw drops, at 1905 Garling Drive in Bloomington.

Question: Seventy-seven autumns ago, in 1947, an ex-Central Illinoisan returned to officially place a large pumpkin on a woman's head. Do you know who that was and why?

"Most of us, at some point, take on a remodeling project. Maybe a fresh kitchen, or updated bathroom fixtures, or a finished basement," Bill Flick writes. "Then there’s Tom Kirk."

Let's test your knowledge with today's quiz from Bill Flick.

Question: While Illinois State University's theater department is one of the nation's most successful — especially in terms of those who made it to