>> Eric: HERE'S THE SETUP TO LAST WEEK'S HISTORY QUESTION.
LISTEN CAREFULLY, NOW.
THE PLACE?
SWEDEN, SUMMER OF 1988 AND WE TOLD YOU THAT 33,115 FANS CRAMMED INTO A SOCCER STADIUM THERE.
A NUMBER OF GROUPS PERFORMED THAT DAY AT THE STADIUM INCLUDING A MUSICAL ENSEMBLE FROM MINNESOTA.
AND WE ADDED ONE MORE HINT.
THIS EVENT WAS GROUNDBREAKING IN SOME WAY.
WHAT MINNESOTA MUSIC ENSEMBLE PERFORMED BEFORE 33,000 SWEDES IN THE SUMMER OF 1988?
AGAIN, NO SHORTAGE OF WRONG GUESSES TO IMPRESS YOU WITH.
HERE'S A GENEROUS SAMPLING.
>> SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS, THE GOSPEL SOUL AND RXB GROUP THAT ORIGINATED FROM MACALESTER COLLEGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NATIONAL CHOIR WHICH WAS FORMEDFORMED IN 1986.
>> -- DUTCHMEN FROM NEW ULM, HAS TO BE GREAT GROUP LIKE THAT, 33,000 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OUT TO LISTEN TO THEM.
>> THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS?
THAT'S MY GUESS.
>> I PROBABLY CALLED THE WRONG LINE BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT ON WHAT GROUP SANG IN 1988 FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF SWEDES AND I THINK IT WAS ABBA.
>> YOU HAD THE RIGHT LINE BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, ABBA, NOT A MINNESOTA BASED BAND.
WHAT MINNESOTA GROUP PLAYED BEFORE 33,000 SWEDES IN 1988?
THERE WAS NO FOOLIN' DIANA OUT OF HIBBING.
>> HI, I BELIEVE -- THIS IS DIANA UP IN HIBBING AND I BELIEVE THE GROUP IS THE HIBBING HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
AND IT WAS FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN FOOTBALL GAME TO BE PLAYED ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT.
>> Eric: YEAH, THE VIKINGS PLAYED THE FIRST EVER EUROPEAN FOOTBALL GAME OUTSIDE OF ENGLAND BACK IN 1988.
THE GAME AWAS PLAYED IN GOTEBURG AND HALFTIME ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED THE HIBBING HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
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