Fred Norris
publication date: Monday, September 21, 1998 (part of Round II)
category: 
Government
clue: This former mayor of St. Charles is a center of cultural arts.
explanation: Fred Norris was at one time the mayor of Saint Charles, Illinois. That town is the location of the Norris Cultural Arts Center, built with donations from Norris's philanthropist family. more…
solved by: Matthew Preston, Lori Lancaster, Kelly Lee, Jason Peter Fedorow, and Erik Nelson
trivia: At the time, all of the players in the goo game were from St. Charles, so Norris was a legitimate celebrity. In the following week, Aaron Fischer started playing the game, and he was the first regular player to not come from St. Charles.
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