The Trivia Thread

Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

1st question.....

What is the 7% Solution?

The perfect ABV for a beer?

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lcombs 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

The perfect ABV for a beer?

Nope.

Should give a hint? :p
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HeySal

12 years ago

Isn't that perfect PH balance?

Cocaine.

Trying to think of next question. Ah --

What is the number 50,000 relative to in Mandarin?

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whateverpedia

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

What is the number 50,000 relative to in Mandarin?

According to Google it's either:

A) The going salary for a Mandarin translator;
B) The number of New Zealanders Prime Minister John Key hopes will learn to speak Mandarin;
C) The number of characters there are in the Mandarin language.

I'm going for option C.

My question now.

In movie history there have only been two actors to receive a Best Actor Oscar posthumously.

What have they both got in common (besides being dead of course

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

In movie history there have only been two actors to receive a Best Actor Oscar posthumously.

What have they both got in common (besides being dead of course

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They were both men?

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

They were both men?

Remind me to never have you in my team at a Trivia night. :p
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- Dan Riffle 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  Remind me to never have you in my team at a Trivia night. :p
  
  Yeah, but was I right? :p
  
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MikeAmbrosio

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

Any subject you choose.

1st question.....

What is the 7% Solution?

I know a movie with that title - is that what you're referring to?

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whateverpedia

12 years ago

Oops, I've just checked and one of them was for Best Supporting actor. Nevertheless, they are still the only two posthumous Oscars for acting.

(Perhaps I should have Riffle on my team after all

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whateverpedia

12 years ago

<sigh>. Yes, they were both men as the term ACTOR denotes.

Let's start again shall we. The question is:

What did the only two men in history to have received posthumous Oscars for acting have in common?

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

<sigh>. Yes, they were both men as the term ACTOR denotes.

Let's start again shall we. The question is:

What did the only two men in history to have received posthumous Oscars for acting have in common?

They were both actors?

(Just messing with you, What. I know one, but I'd have to look up the other.)

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Frank Donovan

12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

<sigh>. Yes, they were both men as the term ACTOR denotes.

Let's start again shall we. The question is:

What did the only two men in history to have received posthumous Oscars for acting have in common?

Neither of them collected their award personally?

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by laurencewins

They both won Oscars posthumously

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Neither of them collected their award personally?.

Looks like you've been out-riffled Dan.
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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

<sigh>. Yes, they were both men as the term ACTOR denotes.

Let's start again shall we. The question is:

What did the only two men in history to have received posthumous Oscars for acting have in common?

Believe it or not, feminism has gotten SO bad that women will call themselves ACTORS! Hck, even SIR and DUDE today are "fair game"!

Steve

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

Believe it or not, feminism has gotten SO bad that women will call themselves ACTORS! Hck, even SIR and DUDE today are "fair game"!

Steve

Wow! I guess I'm not a permissible object of pursuit, ridicule, or attack because...

I think you're crude if you call me dude...
I'm an actress, call me otherwise, and you'd better be in battledress...
As for Sir? Hello? I'm a sister, not a mister...
If you can't see the difference, heck, you need to get your eyes checked!

That's just my humble opinion, haha!

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Wow! I guess I'm not a permissible object of pursuit, ridicule, or attack because...

I think you're crude if you call me dude...
I'm an actress, call me otherwise, and you'd better be in battledress...
As for Sir? Hello? I'm a sister, not a mister...
If you can't see the difference, heck, you need to get your eyes checked!

That's just my humble opinion, haha!

Terra

Yes, but in addition to being a fine poet, you're also "old school" when it comes to that (that's a compliment).

People have been calling actresses "actors" for years. I never got it. Young women call each other "dude" all the time. I've never heard them refer to each other or themselves as "sir" though, not that I doubt it happens. It's a weird world and getting stranger by the day.

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Wow! I guess I'm not a permissible object of pursuit, ridicule, or attack because...

I think you're crude if you call me dude...
I'm an actress, call me otherwise, and you'd better be in battledress...
As for Sir? Hello? I'm a sister, not a mister...
If you can't see the difference, heck, you need to get your eyes checked!

That's just my humble opinion, haha!

Terra

Watching the TV show 'Castle' the new Captain, a female, insists to be addressed as Sir.

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

Watching the TV show 'Castle' the new Captain, a female, insists to be addressed as Sir.

Wow!

To each his/her own I guess.

As for me, I think I make a better female than male every day of the week, haha, so, I'll forego the sir title.

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laurencewins

12 years ago

They both won Oscars posthumously

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

They were both Australian - Peter Finch and Heath Ledger

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

They were both Australian - Peter Finch and Heath Ledger

Thank the gods Suzanne showed up. I was just going to look for some rope and a sturdy tree branch before the rest of the "comedians" had a go.
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  Thank the gods Suzanne showed up. I was just going to look for some rope and a sturdy tree branch before the rest of the "comedians" had a go.
  
  Well, come on then - don't leave us in suspense. What did those two Australian actors have in common?
  
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  Well, come on then - don't leave us in suspense. What did those two Australian actors have in common?
  
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  Originally Posted by Frank Donovan
  
  Well, come on then - don't leave us in suspense. What did those two Australian actors have in common?.
  
  Before they died, they were both alive (two can play at this game :p ).
  
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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Okey dokey.

What highly popular toy was banned by a government agency and why? (Not banned from sale, but just banned from the government agency... like in, no politicians, staff, etc. were allowed to bring them in to play with them lol)

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MikeAmbrosio

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Okey dokey.

What highly popular toy was banned by a government agency and why? (Not banned from sale, but just banned from the government agency... like in, no politicians, staff, etc. were allowed to bring them in to play with them lol)

My step daughter was a Furby fanatic and I seem to recall that it was banned from intelligence agencies because they could record/repeat information. And you know those intelligence types...

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sbucciarel

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My step daughter was a Furby fanatic and I seem to recall that it was banned from intelligence agencies because they could record/repeat information. And you know those intelligence types...

Yep ... the NSA banned them. Didn't want them to spread classified secrets.

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MikeAmbrosio 12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Yep ... the NSA banned them. Didn't want them to spread classified secrets.

Do they ban smart phones now - since these can also record/repeat classified info?
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  Do they ban smart phones now - since these can also record/repeat classified info?
  
  Could not find a single article on that ... just the usual stuff like NSA sneaking, stealing and hacking into everyone else's smartphones.
  
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lcombs

12 years ago

The 7% solution....

Hey Sal was mostly right.
It is the solution Sherlock Holmes uses when shooting Coke.
And, it was a bokk and a movie.

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positivenegative 12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

The 7% solution....
And, it was a bokk and a movie.

And very tasty it was too, despite the name.
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HeySal

12 years ago

So um - anyone that can answer my question?

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lcombs 12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

So um - anyone that can answer my question?

Sorry, my Mandarin's a little rusty. :rolleyes:
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- HeySal 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lcombs
  
  Sorry, my Mandarin's a little rusty. :rolleyes:
  
  Um..........it's trivia - you don't need to speak it. I don't.
  
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  Um..........it's trivia - you don't need to speak it. I don't.
  
  Looks like we all thought Whateverpedia had the answer. I sure can't find anything in Google to give me a clue. :confused:
  
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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

So um - anyone that can answer my question?

Does that mean Whateverpedia was wrong?

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Does that mean Whateverpedia was wrong?

Oh Jeez - I missed his post! I was looking to see if my answer was the right one.

Nope, he's right. It's the number of base characters. They have little "add on" characters that bring it up to about 500,000 characters, but 50,000 base.

Anyone in the mood to learn to write in Mandarin?

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Oh Jeez - I missed his post! I was looking to see if my answer was the right one.

Nope, he's right. It's the number of base characters. They have little "add on" characters that bring it up to about 500,000 characters, but 50,000 base.

Anyone in the mood to learn to write in Mandarin?

What's the deal with so many characters? Why are so many necessary?

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HeySal

12 years ago

They don't really have an alphabet. Each character expresses a full idea, unlike our letters do, and each little add on character on a base character changes the basic meaning just a bit, much like our adding an "s" to make a word plural. Sure would be easier for their population if they changed over to an alphabet, but it would change the ideology that their language expresses to do so.

I'm not sure exactly how stringing these characters together as we string our letters together works to make words because I'm not oriented to their written language and can't remember that much about it from my morphology classes. Their language is tonal, though, which means that words change meaning when people change their tone of voice to say them (an equivalent we are familiar with would be sarcasm). So part of what they have to include in their writing is the change in word meaning per tone - that could get pretty hectic all on its own, if not impossible via alphabet.

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Sounds even more complicated than I had imagined. I was wondering if each character represented a word. Not quite, it sounds like.

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HeySal 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Sounds even more complicated than I had imagined. I was wondering if each character represented a word. Not quite, it sounds like.

It is complicated - that's why there's so few people who actually write the language. Just learning the basics to be able to function in the society would take some learning - written language isn't instinctual.

When people say English is the hardest language to learn, I'm assuming they've either got a Mandrin based language as their first language or they've never approached Mandarin. I can't "get" Mandarin because I am minus an eardrum and don't catch all tone shifts when someone talks. That would be crazy when trying to learn a tonal language.
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Kurt

12 years ago

Name two legendary NY Times sports writers that got their start as sports writers for the Denver Post.

Soapy Smith was an infamous Denver conman and sheriff. He also ran a poker room in Denver. Name two of his famous poker dealers. Hint: One of them is an answer for both questions.

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12 years ago

These are tough questions, but with being able to use Google, it's hard to come up with trivia questions that can't be easily researched. While these questions are tough, the answers are interesting.

Originally Posted by Kurt

Name two legendary NY Times sports writers that got their start as sports writers for the Denver Post.

Damon Runyon and Bat Masterson both were sports writers in Denver before moving to New York. Runyon is considered by many to be the greatest sports writer of all time and Bat Masterson was one of the best-known sheriffs in the Wild West before a long career as a sports writer.

Soapy Smith was an infamous Denver conman and sheriff. He also ran a poker room in Denver. Name two of his famous poker dealers. Hint: One of them is an answer for both questions.

Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp both were poker dealers that worked for Soapy Smith for a short time. Not sure I'd want to confront either of these guys about why there were two ace of spades dealt during a hand of poker .

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lcombs

12 years ago

You answered too quick, Kurt.
I actually knew Bat Masterson was one.

Given a little time I could have come up with the 2nd.

I used to have the Time/Life set of books on The Old West.
Very cool reading. Lost it in the divorce.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

You answered too quick, Kurt.
I actually knew Bat Masterson was one.

Given a little time I could have come up with the 2nd.

I used to have the Time/Life set of books on The Old West.
Very cool reading. Lost it in the divorce.

Sorry about that, but I find it easier to answer my own trivia questions than those asked by others. What do I win?

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lcombs 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Sorry about that, but I find it easier to answer my own trivia questions than those asked by others. What do I win?

A Cupie Doll!
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lcombs

12 years ago

OK.....
Everybody knows Robert E. Lee got his ass kicked at Gettysburg.

Who was the commanding General of the Union forces?

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

OK.....
Everybody knows Robert E. Lee got his ass kicked at Gettysburg.

Who was the commanding General of the Union forces?

It wasn't Ulysses S. Grant. The commanding General of the Union forces at Gettysburg was General George Meade.

I had to do a report on this in the 5th grade, lol.

Terra

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Okay, now that all of the idiotic spamvertising is gone, here's my trivia question:

What is the name of the Bourbon pink rose with the distinct attribute of being thornless and also played an important role in Agatha Christie's novel Sad Cypress?

Terra

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Okay, now that all of the idiotic spamvertising is gone, here's my trivia question:

What is the name of the Bourbon pink rose with the distinct attribute of being thornless and also played an important role in Agatha Christie's novel Sad Cypress?

Terra

Would it be "Rosa"?

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

Would it be "Rosa"?

You're on the right track.

It is in Rosaceae Family and in the Rosa Genus, but I'm looking for the next layer, the Cultivar. Here's a hint that you should focus on. It is also known as the "Thornless Rose". Oh, and they're pink.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

You're on the right track.

It is in Rosaceae Family and in the Rosa Genus, but I'm looking for the next layer, the Cultivar. Here's a hint that you should focus on. It is also known as the "Thornless Rose". Oh, and they're pink.

Terra

Yeah, I got the thornless pink Rose part.

As for going deeper.....:confused:

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

You're on the right track.

It is in Rosaceae Family and in the Rosa Genus, but I'm looking for the next layer, the Cultivar. Here's a hint that you should focus on. It is also known as the "Thornless Rose". Oh, and they're pink.

Terra

Don't read Agatha's work - but pink thornless rose?

Primrose?

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Okay, now that all of the idiotic spamvertising is gone, here's my trivia question:

What is the name of the Bourbon pink rose with the distinct attribute of being thornless and also played an important role in Agatha Christie's novel Sad Cypress?

Terra

It was from a Hercule Poirot story. A Zephyrine Drouhin.

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

Originally Posted by SteveJohnson

It was from a Hercule Poirot story. A Zephyrine Drouhin.

And the winner is....STEVE JOHNSON!

You got it Steve, awesome!!

These are so gorgeous and the fragrance is, well, just scrumptious!

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12 years ago

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Soapy Smith

Alias Soapy Smith

Soapy Smith was ,as pointed out, an infamous con man.
There are at least 2 locations that have an annual Soapy Smith Day.
One in Alaska where he was killed and the other at The Magic Castle in California.

He and many of his known assoaciates had very colorful and interesting lives.

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Kurt

12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Semi Thread Hijacking.
Soapy Smith

Alias Soapy Smith

Soapy Smith was ,as pointed out, an infamous con man.
There are at least 2 locations that have an annual Soapy Smith Day.
One in Alaska where he was killed and the other at The Magic Castle in California.

He and many of his known assoaciates had very colorful and interesting lives.

Even Soapy's death is interesting. He cheated a guy while living in Alaska, and the guy confronted him. They both shot each other, and both men died in the gun fight. I beieve he last words were something like "Don't shoot!".

He got the nickname "Soapy" because of a "game" he used to run where, for a dollar, you could pick a bar of soap from a basket and one of the bars of soap would have a $20(?) bill wrapped around it under the normal wrapping.

Reports are no one ever won the prize.

He's been a secondary character in some movies, but I still think someone should make a movie about his life. He's one of the great personalities of the Old West.

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KimW

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Even Soapy's death is interesting. He cheated a guy while living in Alaska, and the guy confronted him. They both shot each other, and both men died in the gun fight. I beieve he last words were something like "Don't shoot!".

He got the nickname "Soapy" because of a "game" he used to run where, for a dollar, you could pick a bar of soap from a basket and one of the bars of soap would have a $20(?) bill wrapped around it under the normal wrapping.

Reports are no one ever won the prize.

He's been a secondary character in some movies, but I still think someone should make a movie about his life. He's one of the great personalities of the Old West.

Kurt, I'm with you on that.
I'd love to see a movie about him.

His death/murder is quite a story in itself. There are many versions of what happened.

There was a mentalist/psychic back then named Alexander (Conlin), "The Man Who Knows". He was supposedly at te killing of Soapy Smith and some believe he may have been involved .

More information Here.

QA bit more about Alexander here.

I have several biographies of the man. Quite interesting.

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Semi Thread Hijacking.
Soapy Smith

Alias Soapy Smith

Soapy Smith was ,as pointed out, an infamous con man.
There are at least 2 locations that have an annual Soapy Smith Day.
One in Alaska where he was killed and the other at The Magic Castle in California.

He and many of his known assoaciates had very colorful and interesting lives.

Ok....
Since you brought it up....

Did John Wesley Hardin REALLY shoot a man just for snorin'?

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

Bugs, anyone?

There are more than 900,000 known species of insects in the world.

There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth! Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop. And we thought we were over populating the earth!

Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves.

No two spider webs are the same.

The honeybee kills more people world wide than all the poisonous snakes combined.

The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake.

When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone.

A cockroach can live for up to a week without a head.

An adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.

Yuck! Just creepy crawlin' yuck!!

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12 years ago

What was the Oakland Raiders football team's first name?

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12 years ago

Scratch that one ^^^^. Here's a better one.

She was born the 20th of 22 children - prematurely, and weighing a scant 4.5lbs.

When she was 4, she contracted infantile paralysis, caused by the polio virus. Though she recovered from the disease, until the age of 9, she had to wear a brace on her left foot, which was severely deformed from the disease. She had to wear a correctional shoe for two years after that.

Before she was 12, she had to fight two of the worst diseases of her time - polio and scarlet fever.

But she wanted to run. Before she was finished, she won several Olympic medals, was named in the top 50 of ESPN's greatest athletes of the 20th century, was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame, has a stretch of road named after her, and even had a postage stamp made for her.

She was...?

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Originally Posted by SteveJohnson

She was...?

Easy one . . . Wilma Rudolph.

Great story, and it reminds me of a similar story...

This guy was born with two club feet that were so bad doctors had to break both his legs when he was a toddler for him to have a chance to walk. He was confined to a wheelchair, and then had to wear leg braces for a long time.

He went on to play in the NFL and was a 5-time Pro-Bowl selection, along with being named to the All-Decade Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Who is this man?

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Easy one . . . Wilma Rudolph.

Great story, and it reminds me of a similar story...

This guy was born with two club feet that were so bad doctors had to break both his legs when he was a toddler for him to have a chance to walk. He was confined to a wheelchair, and then had to wear leg braces for a long time.

He went on to play in the NFL and was a 5-time Pro-Bowl selection, along with being named to the All-Decade Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Who is this man?

I know it was easy

I read about her when I was just a youngster and her story just impressed me and has always stuck with me.

As to your question, I was going to say Troy Aikman, but I don't think he was on an All-Decade Team. And Dempsey had only one club foot. So I dunno.

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Originally Posted by SteveJohnson

I know it was easy

I read about her when I was just a youngster and her story just impressed me and has always stuck with me.

As to your question, I was going to say Troy Aikman, but I don't think he was on an All-Decade Team. And Dempsey had only one club foot. So I dunno.

Yeah, it's a great story. Troy would have been a good guess.

Here's a hint for my question: He played safety.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

This guy was born with two club feet that were so bad doctors had to break both his legs when he was a toddler for him to have a chance to walk. He was confined to a wheelchair, and then had to wear leg braces for a long time.

He went on to play in the NFL and was a 5-time Pro-Bowl selection, along with being named to the All-Decade Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Who is this man?

Since no one got it, the answer is Leroy Butler.

@ Kurt - Roy Rogers was going to be my guess. Since that's not it, I'll try Gene Autry. Second choice: Audie Murphy.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Since no one got it, the answer is Leroy Butler.

@ Kurt - Roy Rogers was going to be my guess. Since that's not it, I'll try Gene Autry. Second choice: Audie Murphy.

No and no.

Since we've had three respond, I won't keep you in suspense any longer...

1. Wyatt Earp. Late in his life, Earp saw the fame other Western icons had gotten, such as Buffalo Bill and wanted the same, so he tried to push for a movie about his life. He met a young John Wayne and they became friends. John Wayne said every western character he played was based on Wyatt Earp.

2. Glenn Ford. I don't know why, I guess he was a really good rider.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

No and no.

Since we've had three respond, I won't keep you in suspense any longer...

1. Wyatt Earp. Late in his life, Earp saw the fame other Western icons had gotten, such as Buffalo Bill and wanted the same, so he tried to push for a movie about his life. He met a young John Wayne and they became friends. John Wayne said every western character he played was based on Wyatt Earp.

2. Glenn Ford. I don't know why, I guess he was a really good rider.

I was just about to make another guess.

I would have been wrong but, Wyatt Earp did cross my mind.
But, he wasn't really a "good guy". He was as much an outlaw as he was a law Man.

My 2nd guess on the best horseman I considered Audie Murphy.
But, I think was more of a '50s star.
I like Glenn Ford but never thought of him as a great rider.

So, in that in regard, I will offer this "Soft Ball";

What was Audie Murphy most famous for?

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

I was just about to make another guess.

I would have been wrong but, Wyatt Earp did cross my mind.
But, he wasn't really a "good guy". He was as much an outlaw as he was a law Man.

My 2nd guess on the best horseman was going to be Audie Murphy.

So, in that in regard, I will offer this "Soft Ball";

What was Audie Murphy most famous for?

Earning the most medals during WWII.

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lcombs 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Earning the most medals during WWII.

Correct-a-mundo!

Though small of stature he was the most decorated soldier of WWII.

And, kind of a bizaarr twist, he played himself in the movie about his exploits in earning those medals.
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12 years ago

Which Medieval Queen dressed as an Amazon (and had her ladies dress the same) while she was on the Crusade with her husband?

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12 years ago

What Wild West person did John Wayne say he emulated in every western he made?

Here's a tough one...According to a rodeo/cowboy association (can't remember their name), who was the best horseback rider of any of the Hollywood actors? This would have been in the 1960s, so think about actors in westerns in that era and before.

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

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We still haven't answered barbling's question yet, to which the answer is Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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  We still haven't answered barbling's question yet.
  
  I'm not answering hers because I had to look it up so wouldn't be fair.
  
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12 years ago

Now, onto your questions:

Originally Posted by Kurt

What Wild West person did John Wayne say he emulated in every western he made?

Buffalo Bill.

Here's a tough one...According to a rodeo/cowboy association (can't remember their name), who was the best horseback rider of any of the Hollywood actors? This would have been in the 1960s, so think about actors in westerns in that era and before.

Gary Cooper?

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Kurt 12 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

Now, onto your questions:

Buffalo Bill.

Gary Cooper?

No and no, but both are good guesses.
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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

What Wild West person did John Wayne say he emulated in every western he made?

Here's a tough one...According to a rodeo/cowboy association (can't remember their name), who was the best horseback rider of any of the Hollywood actors? This would have been in the 1960s, so think about actors in westerns in that era and before.

1. Rooster Cogburn

2. well, obviously, Roy Rogers could ride.
But, I'm thinking, maybe Randolf Scott.

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Originally Posted by lcombs

1. Rooster Cogburn

2. well, obviously, Roy Rogers could ride.
But, I'm thinking, maybe Randolf Scott.

No and no. But Roy Rogers could very well be a better rider than this guy, but I'm not an expert.
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12 years ago

I'm not sure there was only one, I doubt there were too many, but there's one I know of...Can you name an NFL player that had a PHD while he was still playing in the NFL?

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I'm not sure there was only one, I doubt there were too many, but there's one I know of...Can you name an NFL player that had a PHD while he was still playing in the NFL?

Pat McInally?
Bengals punter, graduated from Harvard and created the "Starting Line up" sports figures co.

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Originally Posted by lcombs

Pat McInally?
Bengals punter, graduated from Harvard and created the "Starting Line up" sports figures co.

It's possible, but not who I was looking for. Charley Johnson was a QB for St Louis, Houston and my Broncos and earned a PHD in chemical engineering while still active in the NFL.

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12 years ago

What Major League pitcher threw a 10 inning no-hitter but lost the game?

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12 years ago

Why does Yogi Bear wear a collar?

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Why does Yogi Bear wear a collar?

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Because he and Boo Boo are into some weird $#!&?
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  Because he and Boo Boo are into some weird $#!&?
  
  Everyone else who wears a collar, isn't into weird shit. Just you.
  
  For example, my leather mask and ball gag? I use the ball gag to straighten out my teeth, and the leather mask helps control my double chin.
  
  My collar? It's a fashion statement. It means "I'm not into weird shit, but I want you to think I am.....and somehow that helps me sell vacuum cleaners. And I know Riffle will want one as soon as he sees I have one".
  
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Why does Yogi Bear wear a collar?

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Because he doesn't want to be a bare bear.
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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Why does Yogi Bear wear a collar?

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Collar, tie, and hat. I just figured they were giving him guy clothes. All the female bears in the cartoons wear dresses.

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12 years ago

Why does Yogi Bear wear a collar?

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Collar, tie, and hat. I just figured they were giving him guy clothes. All the female bears in the cartoons wear dresses.

Guess I'd better give the answer before we get any more puns.

When the studio, Hanna-Barbera, was making the transition from Cinema to TV, it had to work on a much-reduced budget, so the artists came up with the technique of planned animation, also called limited animation, in which many of the main cartoon characters were given prominent collars or neckties. This allowed the body to remain static when the character was speaking, so only the face needed to be re-drawn in each frame.

As a result, the company was able to reduce the number of drawings required for a seven-minute cartoon from 14,000 to under 2,000. According to Barbera, this measure helped to save the entire animation industry.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Guess I'd better give the answer before we get any more puns.

When the studio, Hanna-Barbera, was making the transition from Cinema to TV, it had to work on a much-reduced budget, so the artists came up with the technique of planned animation, also called limited animation, in which many of the main cartoon characters were given prominent collars or neckties. This allowed the body to remain static when the character was speaking, so only the face needed to be re-drawn in each frame.

As a result, the company was able to reduce the number of drawings required for a seven-minute cartoon from 14,000 to under 2,000. According to Barbera, this measure helped to save the entire animation industry.

Source: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Hanna Barbera's golden age of animation

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Which is 1 of the reasons Looney Toons was much better.

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Guess I'd better give the answer before we get any more puns.

You know it's the End Of Times when folks are more concerned with my witty play on words than Claude describing his BD/SM toy collection.
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What Major League pitcher threw a 10 inning no-hitter but lost the game?

Before I give the answer, I thought I'd give y'all one more chance.
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What Major League pitcher threw a 10 inning no-hitter but lost the game?

Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds.
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