Bill Flick

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Question: Which of these Illinois colleges is the oldest: University of Illinois, Illinois State, Illinois Wesleyan, Northwestern, Bradley or Eureka College? Answer: Among that list, it's Illinois Wesleyan University, which turns 175 this year, founded in 1850. The rest: Northwestern, 1851; Eureka College, 1855; ISU, 1857; U of I, 1867; Bradley, 1897. Oldest college in Illinois? That's McKendree University in Lebanon (near St. Louis), founded in 1828.

1 week ago | bnd.com | Bill Flick

Question: What eerie connection links Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln? Answer: Both were assassinated. Both were age 56. And Lincoln's death - at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. - happened 160 years ago today.

1 week ago | bnd.com | Bill Flick

Question: Lots of college basketball courts are named for legendary coaches, including Dennie Bridges Court (at Illinois Wesleyan University) and Lou Henson Court (at University of Illinois). But what about players? Is Doug Collins at Illinois State University the only one? Answer: According to longtime sportscaster Tim Brando (CBS, ESPN, Fox), yes - Doug Collins is the only player in America to have a college court named solely in his honor.

1 week ago | bnd.com | Bill Flick

FLICK LITE: Our latest listings, as offered by the readers and your own resident Lite Boy ... Latest greatest B-N person gone famousWeek in, week out, NBC's "Chicago P.D." ranks among TV's top 20 shows. In its 12th season, it follows uniformed officers and an intelligence unit in one of Chicago's toughest districts. Shot on the streets of Chicago, it also has a hefty audience in Central Illinois. And many of them sat straight up in their recliners on a recent Wednesday night.

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Bill Flick

FLICK LITE: Our latest listings, as offered by the readers and your own resident Lite Boy ... Latest greatest B-N person gone famousWeek in, week out, NBC’s "Chicago P.D." ranks among TV’s top 20 shows. In its 12th season, it follows uniformed officers and an intelligence unit in one of Chicago’s toughest districts. Shot on the streets of Chicago, it also has a hefty audience in Central Illinois. And many of them sat straight up in their recliners on a recent Wednesday night.