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Subject: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
ok remember the trrue and false game, this is kind of like that. only this is a little different.
RULES:
one person asks a question about the state they are from and someone has to answer it correctly, when they do it's their turn to ask a question from their state and so on.
I'll start off first with an easy question.....
Michigan
Q: What's the name of the bridge to cross the Great Lakes to go from peninsula to peninsula?
Extra Credit: What's it nickname?
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A: The Macinack Bridge. I have no idea what it's nickname is.
Q: What is Zanesville famous for?
extra credit: What board member could anser that in a jiffy? ;)
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Ooh !
A bridge that is the shape of a 'Y'
Fett 69 ?
Queensland : (I'll make this easy for you )
Queensland is marketed as The ________ State (similar to one of the US States)
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Correct! You are very observant! (So howcum you haven't figured out the secret yet? ??? )
A: The Sunshine State (just like Florida)
I have two states, so.....
California
Q: Who is the dopey governor who just got re-elected in spite of helping cause the state to undergo rolling blackouts last year? ::)
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Quoting:
Correct! You are very observant! (So howcum you haven't figured out the secret yet? ??? )
A: The Sunshine State (just like Florida)
I have two states, so.....
Q: Who is the dopey governor who just got re-elected in spite of helping cause the state to undergo rolling blackouts last year? ::)
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Gray Davis ;)
I live in CA too
Now...what county do I live in? ;) I'm in Danville, btw.
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A: Contra Costa (and you are just over the line from Jessica! :o )
Ohio
Q: What city hold the famous Soap Box Derby every year?
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Quoting:
A: Contra Costa (and you are just over the line from Jessica! :o )
Ohio
Q: What city hold the famous Soap Box Derby every year?
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apparently I'm about a hundred miles away...and you're not from Ohio, are you?
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
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apparently I'm about a hundred miles away...and you're not from Ohio, are you?
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That far? It looked closer on the map! ::)
Ohio: Originally, yes. :)
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Quoting:
A: Contra Costa (and you are just over the line from Jessica! :o )
Ohio
Q: What city hold the famous Soap Box Derby every year?
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A: Akron. (There have been people from Charleston, WV who have won it!)
West Virginia
Q: West Virginia has two of these extremities; Texas and Florida have them, too, but only one.
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
A: panhandles
California
Q: The regional branch of what important government office is located at Laguna Niguel?
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The Federal Government.
Q: What is the nickname of the city of Evansville, IN?
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Nope Indy! The correct answer is: The National Archives.
A: Plastics Valley
Ohio
Q: "Cry Baby Bridge" and other ghostly places are located in what historic Northeast Ohio region?
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Sorry, you're wrong too! It's The Pocket City. ;)
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Nope Indy! The correct answer is: The National Archives.
A: Plastics Valley
Ohio
"Cry Baby Bridge" and other ghostly places are located in what historic Northeast Ohio region?
Q:
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A: Union County.
Q: What Indiana city does Larry Bird originate from?
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Quoting:
Sorry, you're wrong too! It's The Pocket City. ;)
A: Union County.
Q: What Indiana city does Larry Bird originate from?
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Um.... Union county is in West-central Ohio... ::)
The correct answer is: Rouge's Hollow
A: West Baden
California
Q: What California City is home of the Ronald Reagan Library?
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Very close, Zed, but Larry Bird is from French Lick.
A: Simi Valley, CA
Q: A Federal court struck down a bill (as unconstitutional) by Indianapolis mayor Bart Peterson that would have regulated the public use of What?
Quoting:
Um.... Union county is in West-central Ohio... ::)
The correct answer is: Rouge's Hollow
A: West Baden
California
Q: What California City is home of the Ronald Reagan Library?
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Quoting:
Very close, Zed, but Larry Bird is from French Lick.End Quote
Google keeps lying to me... :-/
Quoting:
A: Simi Valley, CA
Q: A Federal court struck down a bill (as unconstitutional) by Indianapolis mayor Bart Peterson that would have regulated the public use of What?
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A: Video game arcades (by children)
Ohio
Q: The Ohio Canal joined Lake Erie to the Ohio River via what two smaller rivers?
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
I'm having a guess here (obviously - although I have tried to research it)
The Cuyahoga and Hudson Rivers ? ??? :-[
Queensland :
The Capital is ____________ and is above or below the Tropic Of Capricorn ?
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Quoting:
I'm having a guess here (obviously - although I have tried to research it)
The Cuyahoga and Hudson Rivers ? ??? :-California
Q: Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" video was filmed at what park (as were many old westerns) ?
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A: Yosemite
Q: What was Evan Bayh's office before he became Governor of Indiana?
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A: United States senator.
Q: St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota. What is its original name?
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Swedish Town
Washington State
Has larges (type of what) public transportation system in the world?
Quoting:
A: United States senator.
Q: St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota. What is its original name?
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Quoting:
Swedish Town
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Nope. Not the original name of St. Paul, MN.
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Quoting:
A: Yosemite
Q: What was Evan Bayh's office before he became Governor of Indiana?
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Nope! The correct answer is Agua Dulce Park (with the pointed rocks...)
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Sorry Steve. Bayh was Indiana's Attorney General. I did say before he became Governor.
Quoting:
A: United States senator.
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Quoting:
Swedish Town
Washington State
Has larges (type of what) public transportation system in the world?
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A: I could be wrong, but I'm going to go with ferries on this one...
Ohio
Q: The most famous pre-historic mound in Ohio is called what?
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Correct Zella! Is Round Mountain that lump (oop's, I mean mound) the answer?
Washington State is home to the world famous onion called?
Quoting:
A: I could be wrong, but I'm going to go with ferries on this one...
Ohio
Q: The most famous pre-historic mound in Ohio is called what?
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A: Vedalia
Q: The town of Bedford, Indiana is known for digging for what sort of building material?
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Ooh Indy, the fine townspeople of Walla Walla Washington aren't going to take that answer well. The correct answer is of course the fine Walla Walla Sweet!
Bedford is know for Limestone.
This mountain is 14,411 feet high and is the ____ largest mountian in the US and is called ___________. It's original Native American name was Mt. _________?
Quoting:
A: Vedalia
Q: The town of Bedford, Indiana is known for digging for what sort of building material?
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Second largest,Mt. McKinley
(Don't know the rest.)
What Indiana town was Florence Henderson born in?
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Florance was born in Dale, Indiana.
Bill Gates father works for what local Wa State educational institute?
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Ooh Indy, the fine townspeople of Walla Walla Washington aren't going to take that answer well. The correct answer is of course the fine Walla Walla Sweet!
Bedford is know for Limestone.
This mountain is 14,411 feet high and is the _4th_ largest mountian in the US and is called _Mt. Ranier_. It's original Native American name was Mt. _Tahoma__?
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
The University of Washington.
Q: "Ben-Hur", a best-selling novel set during the days of Christ, was written by what Gary, IN native?
Quoting:
Florance was born in Dale, Indiana.
Bill Gates father works for what local Wa State educational institute?
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Lew Wallace.
Charleston is the current (and fourth) capital of West Virginia, as well as the second capital. What was the original (and the third) capital of West Virginia?
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A: Wheeling.
Q: Name the former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan who became the superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools in the 50s and was about to run for mayor until he was convicted of murdering his secretary.
Quoting:
Lew Wallace.
Charleston is the current (and fourth) capital of West Virginia, as well as the second capital. What was the original (and the third) capital of West Virginia?
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Quoting:
Correct Zella! Is Round Mountain that lump (oop's, I mean mound) the answer?
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No, that would be the Great Serpent Mound, Race.
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Hint on my question: I don't need his whole name, just his first two initials and his last name. (And, no, I do not support the Klan.)
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Hint on my question: I don't need his whole name, just his first two initials and his last name. (And, no, I do not support the Klan.)
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Is it D.C. Stephenson?
If that's the correct answer, here's my Q:
What do Indiana (IG's current state) and Arizona (DJM's home state) have in common? (other than the names are seven letters long, both end in "na", both have two 'a's in the name, both names begin with a vowel and both names contain an 'i'. It has NOTHING to do with the names.)
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
A: That's easy. Neither one of those states observes Daylight Savings Time. (Maybe a few counties do.)
Q: What "Indiana" icon is on the front of the Indianapolis Museum of Art?
Quoting:
Is it D.C. Stephenson?
If that's the correct answer, here's my Q:
What do Indiana (IG's current state) and Arizona (DJM's home state) have in common? (other than the names are seven letters long, both end in "na", both have two 'a's in the name, both names begin with a vowel and both names contain an 'i'. It has NOTHING to do with the names.)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Just a brief break in the action for me to say that I respect Indiana and Arizona for not participation in that assinine rite of dayight savings time.
I would ban it from the U.S. if I could, some day...mark my words...
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Just a brief break in the action for me to say that I respect Indiana and Arizona for not participation in that assinine rite of dayight savings time.
I would ban it from the U.S. if I could, some day...mark my words...
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I looooove daylight savings time! I wish we had it all year long! :D :D
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There's a hint for my last question in Zed's statement somewhere. ;)
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I looooove daylight savings time! I wish we had it all year long! :D :D
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Whoops! Sorry Zella. I took a look for the serpent mound and found this good shot of it. Anyone gets curious take a look.
http://www.courtneymilne.com/innerland/html/innerserpent.html
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No, that would be the Great Serpent Mound, Race.
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Quoting:
A: That's easy. Neither one of those states observes Daylight Savings Time. (Maybe a few counties do.)
Q: What "Indiana" icon is on the front of the Indianapolis Museum of Art?End Quote
I really don't know, but here's a picture of it, does this count?
http://www.tfaoi.com/am/3am/3am324.jpg
Michigan
Q: What are people called that live in the UP (Upper Peninsula)?
btw, the nickname for the Mackinaw Bridge is "Big Mac".
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Whoops! Sorry Zella. I took a look for the serpent mound and found this good shot of it. Anyone gets curious take a look.
http://www.courtneymilne.com/innerland/html/innerserpent.html
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Thanks Race! That's a great photo! :D
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Glad you liked it, I think it's cool to see what people are talking about. :D
Google is such a good friend.
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Thanks Race! That's a great photo! :D
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Good picture, but wrong answer. I was looking for the LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana, you know, the word "love" shaped into a square.
A: Popsicles. ;D (J/K, I don't know)
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I really don't know, but here's a picture of it, does this count?
http://www.tfaoi.com/am/3am/3am324.jpg
Michigan
Q: What are people called that live in the UP (Upper Peninsula)?
btw, the nickname for the Mackinaw Bridge is "Big Mac".
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
I'll go with that Zella, as long as we don't have to go back! :)
Quoting:
I looooove daylight savings time! I wish we had it all year long! :D :D
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For a good look at "Love" follow the link.
http://photoweb.lodestone.org/photo/2019/en
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Good picture, but wrong answer. I was looking for the LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana, you know, the word "love" shaped into a square.
A: Popsicles. ;D (J/K, I don't know)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Quoting:
Good picture, but wrong answer. I was looking for the LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana, you know, the word "love" shaped into a square.
A: Popsicles. ;D (J/K, I don't know)
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LOL! Actually they're called "Yoopers".
Subject: Re: Trivia Pursuit ... from your state
Yumpin' Yimmity! :o