Scavenger Hunting

[spare_change]

Time for a game of Internet Scavenger Hunting --- the idea is to find an obscure fact somewhere on the Internet. So --- answer the question and then post a new obscure fact to chase.

To start:

;)How many times has the water stopped flowing over Niagara Falls in the last 100 years?;)

It isn't enough to know the answer -- post the URL where you found it. Then, post your next question. (Hint: when you post your obscure fact, save the URL in case you have to prove it)

[Annie]

Never in the past 100 years. It happened once in 1848.

http://www.niagaraparks.com/nfgg/trivia.php

Who is credited with bringing Lipizzan Horses to the United States and when?

[GeekMaster]

Never in the past 100 years. It happened once in 1848.

http://www.niagaraparks.com/nfgg/trivia.php

Who is credited with bringing Lipizzan Horses to the United States and when?

Opera singer Countess Maria Jeritza was given several Lipizzans by the Austrian government and imported them in 1937

http://www.lipizzan.org/History.htm


Next question:
Who patented the first vibrator for sexual use? When, and how was it powered?

[Polo38]

Geek ask the next question

[GeekMaster]

I just edited my post. Check it out

Next question:
Who patented the first vibrator for sexual use? When, and how was it powered?

[Norfolkdave]

Never in the past 100 years. It happened once in 1848.



Who is credited with bringing Lipizzan Horses to the United States and when?

Annies answer is nearly right it was March 29th 1848 the river froze due to ice blockages but the actual falls never froze

[Polo38]

Debut of the first vibrator. Developed by an American physician, George Taylor, M.D., it was a large, cumbersome, steam-powered apparatus. Taylor recommended it for treatment of an illness known at the time as "female hysteria." Hysteria, from the Greek for "suffering uterus," involved anxiety, irritability, sexual fantasies, "pelvic heaviness" and "excessive" vaginal lubrication -- in other words, sexual arousal. However, since it was the Victorian era, women were not considered to be at all sexual and it was therefore deemed a disease. Physicians of that era treated hysteria by massaging sufferers' vulvas until they experienced dramatic relief through "paroxysm" (orgasm). Unfortunately, hysteria was a recurrent condition and repeated treatment was often necessary. Taylor touted his steam-driven massage device as speeding treatment while reducing physician fatigue.

[Norfolkdave]

Time for a game of Internet Scavenger Hunting --- the idea is to find an obscure fact somewhere on the Internet. So --- answer the question and then post a new obscure fact to chase.

To start:

;)How many times has the water stopped flowing over Niagara Falls in the last 100 years?;)

It isn't enough to know the answer -- post the URL where you found it. Then, post your next question. (Hint: when you post your obscure fact, save the URL in case you have to prove it)

My question then who invented the first dildo:D

[Polo38]

next question:

name the two individuals born on the same day, same year one will change science as we know it and other will become one of our greatest presidents...tough one good luck

[Wet Beaver]

next question:

name the two individuals born on the same day, same year one will change science as we know it and other will become one of our greatest presidents...tough one good luck

Tim leary, and Jimmy Carter....









Just a guess

[Polo38]

Good guess WB, but the judges say no...we do have some nice parting gifts though. I case of Rice-A-Roni...the San Francisco treat

[Polo38]

clue......One man is english and the other American

[Annie]

Madison and Darwin... both born in 1809.

When and where was the first law passed abolishing slavery in the land we know as the United States?

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/DarwinCR

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html

[Wet Beaver]

Madison and Darwin... both born in 1809.


http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/DarwinCR

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html

that wrong Annie.. James Madison was born
Born: March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George, Virginia

from the site you listed

[Annie]

that wrong Annie.. James Madison was born
Born: March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George, Virginia

from the site you listed

Yep, you're right! I was looking at the year he served.

[Wet Beaver]

so it would make it Linclon and Darwin

Feb12,1809

http://who2.com/jeeves/charlesdarwin.html

[Wet Beaver]

In 1869, what event happen, that change the United States?

[Annie]

In 1869, what event happen, that change the United States?


Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1869.html

[Wet Beaver]

good guess..but wrong...... you can have my case of rice-a-roni


Hint...notting like it in the world at that time.

[Annie]

Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)

But I still say BASEBALL!

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1869.html

[Wet Beaver]

2 case of rice-a-roni.. for ya.... would you like to try for 3rd?

[Annie]

2 case of rice-a-roni.. for ya.... would you like to try for 3rd?

Third times a charm? O. B. Brown patents moving picture projector

The usual site! Pease W/B tell me I'm right?

[Big O]

How about this??

First Transcontinental Railroad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from First Transcontinental Railroad (North America))

Poster announcing railroad's openingThe First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railway network of the eastern U.S. with California on the Pacific coast. Finished on May 10, 1869 at the famous Golden spike event at Promontory Summit, Utah, it created a nationwide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West, catalyzing the transition from the wagon trains of previous decades to a modern transportation system. Authorized by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 and heavily backed by the federal government, it was the culmination of a decades-long movement to build such a line and was one of the crowning achievements of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, completed four years after his death. The building of the railway required enormous feats of engineering and labor in the crossing of plains and high mountains by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad, the two federally chartered enterprises that built the line westward and eastward respectively. The building of the railroad was motivated in part to bind the Union together during the strife of the American Civil War. It substantially accelerated the populating of the West by white homesteaders, led to rapid cultivation of new farm lands, while contributing to the decline of the Native Americans in these regions. Much of the original right-of-way is still in use today and owned by the modern Union Pacific, which is descended from both of the original railroads. The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad combined operations in 1870 and formally merged in 1885; the Union Pacific originally bought the Southern Pacific in 1901 and was forced to divest it in 1913, but finally took it over for good in 1996.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad"

[Wet Beaver]

strike 3




Hint......transportion

[Wet Beaver]

How about this??

First Transcontinental Railroad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from First Transcontinental Railroad (North America))

Poster announcing railroad's openingThe First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railway network of the eastern U.S. with California on the Pacific coast. Finished on May 10, 1869 at the famous Golden spike event at Promontory Summit, Utah, it created a nationwide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West, catalyzing the transition from the wagon trains of previous decades to a modern transportation system. Authorized by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 and heavily backed by the federal government, it was the culmination of a decades-long movement to build such a line and was one of the crowning achievements of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, completed four years after his death. The building of the railway required enormous feats of engineering and labor in the crossing of plains and high mountains by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad, the two federally chartered enterprises that built the line westward and eastward respectively. The building of the railroad was motivated in part to bind the Union together during the strife of the American Civil War. It substantially accelerated the populating of the West by white homesteaders, led to rapid cultivation of new farm lands, while contributing to the decline of the Native Americans in these regions. Much of the original right-of-way is still in use today and owned by the modern Union Pacific, which is descended from both of the original railroads. The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad combined operations in 1870 and formally merged in 1885; the Union Pacific originally bought the Southern Pacific in 1901 and was forced to divest it in 1913, but finally took it over for good in 1996.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad"

yaaaaa we have a winner

[Big O]

Wooo hoooo!!!!!!!

[Big O]

now I have to ask a question??????

[Wet Beaver]

thats the idea

[Annie]

Ok Big O what's the question gonna be?




(I still say BASEBALL!)

[Big O]

ok, what happened in new York city in 1900 that would link manhattan and Brooklyn together?

[Wet Beaver]

brooklyn bridge

[Big O]

nope

[Wet Beaver]

nope

so much for Bugs Bunny history................

[illmakeurtoeswiggle]

BMT Brighton Line...

[Annie]

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/cen/history.htm

In March 1900, ground was broken in Manhattan for an electric-powered subway.

[Big O]

be verry verry quiet. I'm hunting wabbits

[Wet Beaver]

they join together as one city??

[Big O]

they built the rapid transit system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900

[Annie]

So was I right?

[Wet Beaver]

So was I right?

i would say you got it right.





see it wasn't baseball

[Annie]

i would say you got it right.





see it wasn't baseball

Well alrighty then! When and where in what we know today as the United States was the first law passed abolishing slavery?





(...it's baseball! What's more American than Baseball?)

[spare_change]

[QUOTE=Annie Mull]Well alrighty then! When and where in what we know today as the United States was the first law passed abolishing slavery?

The Vermont Constitution in 1777 abolished slavery there, but the first LAW in the US was in Massachussetts 1783.

Tis true???

[Wet Beaver]

[QUOTE=Annie Mull]Well alrighty then! When and where in what we know today as the United States was the first law passed abolishing slavery?

The Vermont Constitution in 1777 abolished slavery there, but the first LAW in the US was in Massachussetts 1783.

Tis true???







well is he right?

[spare_change]

What animal is a known carrier of leprosy?

[Wet Beaver]

which leprosy? the modern or bibical?

[spare_change]

which leprosy? the modern or bibical?

very good!!!

Modern

[Wet Beaver]

Mice


http://research.ucsb.edu/connect/pro/disease.html

[Annie]

[QUOTE=Annie Mull]Well alrighty then! When and where in what we know today as the United States was the first law passed abolishing slavery?

The Vermont Constitution in 1777 abolished slavery there, but the first LAW in the US was in Massachussetts 1783.

Tis true???


Tis True

[Wet Beaver]

reading more of the report, it can also infect the nine-banded armadillo

[Wet Beaver]

what is the percentage of Major League baseball players, who have never hit a homerun?

[spare_change]

what is the percentage of Major League baseball players, who have never hit a homerun?


GREAT QUESTION !!!!!

[Annie]

what is the percentage of Major League baseball players, who have never hit a homerun?

Awe crap! A great question and I'm on my way out the door and can't look it up! :(

[spare_change]

what is the percentage of Major League baseball players, who have never hit a homerun?

OK, WB -- you got me. I found a reference that says "less than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run."

But, I wasn't able to find a specific percentage.

[Polo38]

Sorry I didn't response sooner i was 85 feet underwater, yesterday afternoon...Excellent WB you are on the money.....

[Wet Beaver]

OK, WB -- you got me. I found a reference that says "less than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run."

But, I wasn't able to find a specific percentage.

i'll take that, at the end of 2004, out of appx.. 16200 players..only 6612 have hit homeruns..whcih is appx. 59.2% who haven't. if i did the conversion right..

[Polo38]

that was a tough one

[spare_change]

Next question: If all the blood vessels in the human body were stretched end to end, how far would it reach?

[Wet Beaver]

male or female ??

[spare_change]

either --- the actual number only varies by about 2 miles

[Wet Beaver]

either --- the actual number only varies by about 2 miles

you sure? if the guy has a hard on, wouldn't only be about 6 inches?? i don't think he would care about the rest anyway, that is where all the blood is

[spare_change]

6 inches? you need to upgrade the level of guys you are seeing !

[Wet Beaver]

6 inches? you need to upgrade the level of guys you are seeing !

according to the poll, that seems to be the average...

[spare_change]

well, if you are willing to settle for average ........

[Polo38]

Next question: If all the blood vessels in the human body were stretched end to end, how far would it reach?
62,500 miles...give or take those six inches

[spare_change]

62,500 miles...give or take those six inches


Very good. Your question?


BTW -- I checked and I came up 4 inches short.

[Polo38]

ok kids put on your geography hats..

This city in Devon, England was called Isca Dumnoniorum under Roman rule.

[Annie]

This city in Devon, England was called Isca Dumnoniorum under Roman rule.



Exeter, Devon

http://www.roman-britain.org/places/isca_dumnoniorum.htm

[MCat]

I wanna play....

[Norfolkdave]

Exeter, Devon





My history is useless thick here on this subject Im afraid:D

[Polo38]

Very annie...your turn to ask the question

[Annie]

Roman authors provide the first clear reference to this area as Boiohaemum, which is Germanic for “home of the Boii“, who were a Celtic people.

[Polo38]

I can see that you and i have similar interest in history. good one.

[Polo38]

Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen, Russian: Bogemiya) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic.

[Annie]

Ahhh that was too easy! Next question please?

[spare_change]

I wanna play....


Come on aboard --- the only rule is that the answer has to be found on the Internet ---- include the URL when you make your guess.

[Annie]

I'm waiting Xenote! Gotta give us a question now! We all want to play!

[Polo38]

name me all the muses?

[Annie]

The Muses were the daughters of Zeus (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/z/zeus.html) and Mnemosyne (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/m/mnemosyne.html), the goddess of memory. The number of Muses varies over time; initially there was but one, and later there is mention of three: Melete, Mneme, and Aoede. They were nymphs in Pieria, western Thrace, and their cult was brought to Helicon in Boeotia by the Aloadae (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/a/aloadae.html). Usually there is mention of nine muses: Calliope (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/c/calliope.html), Clio (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/c/clio.html), Erato (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/e/erato.html), Euterpe (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/e/euterpe.html), Melpomene (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/m/melpomene.html), Polyhymnia (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/p/polyhymnia.html), Terpsichore (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/t/terpsichore.html), Thalia (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/t/thalia.html), and Urania (http://www.marriedandflirtingchat.com/articles/u/urania.html).



http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/muses.html

[Polo38]

ok ...easy one..smarty pants...your turn

[Annie]

What is the maximum Mach number of the F-105D at an altitude of 36,090 feet?

[Polo38]

your kidding me right...and this has been storming in
your head for how long?

[Annie]

Ok, I'll give you a hint. The answer can be found on the internet.... and here's another one... it's an airplane. This is an easy one!






...now your question I found very amusing.

[MCat]

What is the maximum Mach number of the F-105D at an altitude of 36,090 feet?

Maximum Mach number of the F-105D was 2.08, or 1372 miles per hour, at an altitude of 36 090 feet

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-105.htm



next question: _________is the least destructible part of the human body. It remains well preserved long after the bony structure has turned to powder.

[Annie]

Wow, now this may not be what you had in mind... but I googled it and came up with the soul.

[MCat]

Wow, now this may not be what you had in mind... but I googled it and came up with the soul.

Wow, that is not what I came up with...

I was using Yahoo....

[Annie]

Wow, that is not what I came up with...

I was using Yahoo....


...well you're not supposed to help! Now you need to come up with another question! Hair! But that's not always true... I know a lot of people who have already out lived their hair... by quite bit I might add!

www.dustyinfo.com/hair_survives.html

[MCat]

...well you're not supposed to help! Now you need to come up with another question! Hair! But that's not always true... I know a lot of people who have already out lived their hair... by quite bit I might add!

www.dustyinfo.com/hair_survives.html (http://www.dustyinfo.com/hair_survives.html)

Well shit...

[MCat]

In the Christmas song, "Sleigh Ride", where is the party held?

[Annie]

Well shit...


:lmao awe c'mon... you can come up with a good one...actually the first one was good... for someone hooked on google!

[Annie]

There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day


next question: How many Alberto Vargas pictures are in his Erotic Art Album?

[MCat]

There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day


next question: How many Alberto Vargas pictures are in his Erotic Art Album?

Since thats my favorite place to visit I will let someone else answer this one. They are so nice...

[Annie]

Since thats my favorite place to visit I will let someone else answer this one. They are so nice...

:D ...now how'd I know that?

[spare_change]

386

http://www.art-album.com/index.php

[spare_change]

Next question!


What is the name of the first novel written on a typewriter?

[MCat]

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain

http://www.jsu.edu/chanticleer/vol50/features/5007uselessquiz.html#

Next Question: Who said this?

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

[Norfolkdave]

Maximum Mach number of the F-105D was 2.08, or 1372 miles per hour, at an altitude of 36 090 feet





next question: _________is the least destructible part of the human body. It remains well preserved long after the bony structure has turned to powder.

Hunt me and I,ll show you my bony part that is better than the !!!!!!:D

[Annie]

[/QUOTE]=marycat Next Question: Who said this? "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." [/QUOTE]


Martin Luther King.

Next question: What was invented and then patented by Sherwin Han on April 2nd, 2000?

[spare_change]

Knowledge acquisition and retrieval apparatus and method

United States Patent 6,611,841
Filed: April 3, 2000

A knowledge acquisition and retrieval apparatus and method that emulate the human brain and comprise at least one first memory segment, and a distinct second memory segment, wherein elements of the at least one first memory segment are reciprocally associated to elements of the second memory segment, and vice-versa. The at least one first memory segment comprises categorized data from the physical world, known as representational data, while the second memory segment contains abstract or conceptual data, otherwise known as consciousness data. Physical data comprises auditory data, language data, visual data, motion data, and sensory data, and each element of the at least one first memory segment is identified as auditory data, language data, visual data, motion data, or sensory data. By reciprocally associating the physical (representational) and conceptual (consciousness) data, a hierarchical structure is created that allows information retrieval by traversing the reciprocal associations. Varying retrieval algorithms traverse the hierarchical structure differently to generate specified system outputs. Retrieval algorithms are implemented to represent human information retrieval functions commonly known as reduction, imaging, deduction, recognition, recall, categorization, and reasoning.


LOL

[spare_change]

What is the longest one syllable word in the English Language?

[Cotties]

Thanks people.......
I feel more stupider after reading all this shiiiiiiiiiiit..
I think I'll go back to writing about the last time I played with myself...
each to their own
enjoy!

[Annie]

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." www.emaze.co.il/mywordz/facts about english.htm -

next question: Does the 428 Super Cobra Jet engine block have a higher nickel content than the 428 Cobra Jet or the 428 Police Intercepter?

[Norfolkdave]

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." about english.htm -

next question: Does the 428 Super Cobra Jet engine block have a higher nickel content than the 428 Cobra Jet or the 428 Police Intercepter?

I cant answer this for once Im stuck:lmao

[Sandy]

I would love to know where you guys come up with these questions and answers from? Cause i feel real stupid right about now......lol

[Annie]

I'll give ya'll a few hints. The Super Cobra Jet and Cobra Jet engines were used in Mustang Mach I cars and Shelby's in the 60's. The SCJ had markings on the engine block to tell it from the others. No more clues!

[Norfolkdave]

I would love to know where you guys come up with these questions and answers from? Cause i feel real stupid right about now......lol

Im confused so dont worry;)

[Norfolkdave]

I'll give ya'll a few hints. The Super Cobra Jet and Cobra Jet engines were used in Mustang Mach I cars and Shelby's in the 60's. The SCJ had markings on the engine block to tell it from the others. No more clues!

I,ll look into the site again today sometime;)

[Polo38]

Ok Annie it took a few extra minutes..


Super Cobra Jet blocks have higher nickel content than Cobra Jet blocks.
False! Finding the word "Super" stamped on some Cobra Jet blocks has led some people to believe that the block is a high nodular iron casting or is somehow otherwise stronger than other 428 Cobra Jet blocks. According to several sources all 428 Cobra Jet, 428 Super Cobra Jet, and 428 Police Interceptor engines were assembled on the same production line and this stamping helped identify engines whose bottom ends required Super Cobra Jet components.

[Polo38]

i'm looking for a tough one..give me a sec

[Polo38]

ok...kids let's put on our equestrian caps

If someone said to you: "I'm showing my gelding in the strip
class" what type of hunter class would they be referring to?

[spare_change]

That would be the Godiva class.

No, huh? Sounded good.

[Polo38]

Yeahhh...ahhh....I'm going to have to say no. LOL

[spare_change]

Hunter breeding classes.

Specifically, the Pleasure Riding classes. However, this is even a bit of a misnomer. Strip is a stance a horse must show. "Stand horse up in strip hunter pose, ie front legs even, back slightly apart, feet all pointing the same direction". Only required in the English and Western Pleasure classes.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=336994 among others.

[Polo38]

you got it spare..excellent.

[spare_change]

What do you call a pregnant goldfish?

(Other than the obvious --- mom)

[Polo38]

Goldfish don't get pregnant--they're egg layers

[Polo38]

otherwise they are called a twit

[Annie]

What do you call a pregnant goldfish?

(Other than the obvious --- mom)

A Miracle!

[Annie]

One says of egg-laden goldfish that they're ripe.

[spare_change]

Ding ding ding!!!


Go get'em!

[Polo38]

Who invented email...BTW i actually met this person

[Annie]

Ding ding ding!!!


Go get'em!

Was that for me or Xenote?

[spare_change]

One says of egg-laden goldfish that they're ripe.


Dated a girl from the Ozarks once -- she was definitely "ripe".

[spare_change]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/1408411

Ray Tomlinson


With guidance from Al Gore.

[Polo38]

spare who was right?

[Annie]

In the early 1970's, Ray Tomlinson was working on a small team developing the TENEX operating system, with local email programs called SNDMSG and READMAIL. In late 1971, Tomlinson developed the first ARPANET email application when he updated SNDMSG by adding a program called CPYNET capable of copying files over the network, and informed his colleagues by sending them an email using the new program with instructions on how to use it.

[Annie]

Ok now what? We all replied at 9:57! Who wins Spare?

[Polo38]

your both right..but spare was a couple second quicker..

[Polo38]

time for that second cup of coffee..annie

[Polo38]

if it was up to me Annie vagina always comes for penis

[Polo38]

before

[Annie]

time for that second cup of coffee..annie

...are you askin me to bring it to ya?

[spare_change]

"Escape ____ _____ The Killer Bees Preparedness Kit"

Fill in the blanks.

[Annie]

to Canada

[Polo38]

Well if you can make it down to austin i will buy you a cup..

[spare_change]

Very good, Annie.

Your turn !

[spare_change]

if it was up to me Annie vagina always comes for penis


I thought this was accurate the first time, Xenote.

[Annie]

When and where was the very first auto race?

[spare_change]

In June 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald newspaper announced the very first motor car race. The racecourse route ran about 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston and back. It was originally scheduled to happen at the end of October, but of the 89 entries, only a small percentage of the autos were ready to go. The race was rescheduled for Thanksgiving Day, November 28. Topping a high speed of 7.5 miles per hour, it took the winner, Frank Duryea 9 hours to win first place! The second (and last) contestant rolled in 2 hours later.

http://www.chevroncars.com/wocc/lrn/artcl/artcl.jhtml?id=/content/Car_Corner/a1790.xml

[spare_change]

And we have advanced to a top speed of 9.2 mph on the Los Angeles freeways.

[Annie]

In June 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald newspaper announced the very first motor car race. The racecourse route ran about 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston and back. It was originally scheduled to happen at the end of October, but of the 89 entries, only a small percentage of the autos were ready to go. The race was rescheduled for Thanksgiving Day, November 28. Topping a high speed of 7.5 miles per hour, it took the winner, Frank Duryea 9 hours to win first place! The second (and last) contestant rolled in 2 hours later.

http://www.chevroncars.com/wocc/lrn/artcl/artcl.jhtml?id=/content/Car_Corner/a1790.xml

Nope

[Norfolkdave]

When and where was the very first auto race?

1895 Chicagos Jackson Park 89 entries.;)

and where was the Dildo first found:D

[Annie]

1895 Chicagos Jackson Park 89 entries.;)

and where was the Dildo first found:D

Nope

[Norfolkdave]

Nope

Have I got it wrong...Dang

In June 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald newspaper announced the very first motor car race Remember that in 1895 gasoline-powered autos were just beginning to make their debut in America In 1891, John Lambert took the first drive in America in his auto and shortly thereafter, the Duryea brothers followed suit.
The racecourse route ran about 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston and back. It was originally scheduled to happen at the end of October, but of the 89 entries, only a small percentage of the autos were ready to go. The race was rescheduled for Thanksgiving Day, November 28.

Now am I right?;)

[Annie]

The very first auto race was not in the United States.

[Norfolkdave]

Nope

Either we are right or Annies got something else:lmao

[Annie]

Either we are right or Annies got something else:lmao

Yes I have got something else. Give up yet? Ya gonna call me on it Dave?

[Wet Beaver]

paris, 1894

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing#The_Start

[spare_change]

Auto racing began almost immediately after the construction of the first successful petrol-fuelled autos. In 1894, the first contest was organized by Paris magazine Le Petit Journal, a reliability test to determine best performance.

A year later the first real race was staged, from Paris, France to Bordeaux, France. First over the line was Émile Levassor but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater.

An international competition began with the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing.

The first auto race in the United States, over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place in Chicago, Illinois on November 2, 1895, Frank Duryea winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the Vanderbilt Cup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing#The_Start


Let's try this one.

[Norfolkdave]

Yes I have got something else. Give up yet? Ya gonna call me on it Dave?

Nope Im gonna try to find it:D

[Annie]

paris, 1894

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing#The_Start


YES! WE HAVE A WINNER!

[Norfolkdave]

Yes I have got something else. Give up yet? Ya gonna call me on it Dave?

The First Auto Race in America
The first automobile race in America occured on Nov. 28, 1895. Setting out in snow and ice, six cars traveled from Jackson Park in Chicago to Evanston, Illinois, about 54 miles. J. Frank Duryea won with a time of 7 hrs. 53 minutes. The prize was $2,000. :lmao

[Wet Beaver]

give me a few mintues while i look something up.....

[Wet Beaver]

in 1938, he took off for calif. but landed in ireland...who was he??

[spare_change]

On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan for California and took off from a Brooklyn airfield in a tiny single-engine plane. 29 hours later he arrived in Ireland, claiming his compasses had failed. Although Corrigan never quite admitted it, his 'mistake' was surely a ruse to circumvent aviation authorities who had turned down his request to make a trans-Atlantic flight. Corrigan's stunt caught the public fancy and he was given a hero's welcome on his return to New York.

http://www.who2.com/wrongwaycorrigan.html

[Norfolkdave]

paris, 1894



ok we give you that

[Annie]

Douglas Corrigan

http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/07/11/46722.php

[Wet Beaver]

ok we give you that

and you in europe, you should have know that......... dang limey

[Wet Beaver]

Douglas Corrigan

http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/07/11/46722.php

right
next question

[Norfolkdave]

in 1938, he took off for calif. but landed in ireland...who was he??

Howard Hughes

[Norfolkdave]

and you in europe, you should have know that......... dang limey

Ok I got it wrong we,re not all perfect you know?:lmao in general knowledge:D

[Annie]

right
next question

Spare got it before me by 2 minutes

[Norfolkdave]

Howard Hughes


got this wrong too :lmao bloody tablets:drink: :wa:

[Wet Beaver]

got this wrong too :lmao bloody tablets:drink: :wa:

sorry spare.. i didn't see it..Dave is on prozac..cluttering the thread...

[Norfolkdave]

Ok then brains " What is another name for a beaver"

[spare_change]

Other than the fact that these two presidents were the only ones to claim no religious affiliation, what obvious fact joined them?

[Annie]

Ok then brains " What is another name for a beaver"

Castor canadensisis

[Norfolkdave]

Other than the fact that these two presidents were the only ones to claim no religious affiliation, what obvious fact joined them?

Are we on crossed threads here!;)

[Norfolkdave]

Castor canadensisis

Clever glogs no flies on you well done:lmao

[Wet Beaver]

Father and son John adams, John Q adams

[spare_change]

sorry! They were Episcopalians

[Wet Beaver]

sorry! They were Episcopalians

sorry they were, Religion: Unitarian..just found it


http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=2

[Annie]

Other than the fact that these two presidents were the only ones to claim no religious affiliation, what obvious fact joined them?


Presidents Who Were Not Members Of Any Church
William Henery Harrison (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html#5.1)
Andrew Johnson (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html#5.2)
Ulysses Simpson Grant (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html#5.3)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html#5.4)



http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/franklin_steiner/presidents.html

I'm confused

[spare_change]

you're right --- they were Unitarians. So, obviously, not the answer to the original question.

[Wet Beaver]

washington and jefferson.. they were deism

[Wet Beaver]

they both sign the consistion

[spare_change]

My reference says that Harrison was an Episcopalian, and Grant and Hayes were Methodists.

In that answer, lies the clue.

[spare_change]

http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=19

was my reference

[Norfolkdave]

And heres another then " What happened July 1954 to Elvis Presley, something was billed wrong.

[spare_change]

And heres another then " What happened July 1954 to Elvis Presley, something was billed wrong.

On a hot summer night in 1954 Elvis took the stage at the Overton Park Shell. Headliner for that evening was Slim Whitman, a C&W performer who also yodeled.

The newspaper ads for the event misspelled Elvis' name as Ellis Presley.

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis-bio.htm

[spare_change]

Due to the confusion surrounding the sources, this question will be deleted.

The answer was: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were the only presidents who claimed no religious affiliations ( http://www.americanpresidents.org/p...sidentNumber=19 ).

Therefore, the most obvious fact was that 1) they were on the same ticket (Johnson was Lincoln's vice president), or 2) Johnson succeeded Lincoln in office.

[Norfolkdave]

On a hot summer night in 1954 Elvis took the stage at the Overton Park Shell. Headliner for that evening was Slim Whitman, a C&W performer who also yodeled.

The newspaper ads for the event misspelled Elvis' name as Ellis Presley.




Yep it was Ellis I was looking for well done;)

[spare_change]

What animal produces a sound at 26 cycles per second, approximately equal to the sound of a diesel engine?

[Annie]

a cat

[Norfolkdave]

"What is the Feather? Where is it located! and whats being offered!

[Annie]

"What is the Feather? Where is it located! and whats being offered!

Feather: river, 80 mi (129 km) long, rising in three forks in the Sierra Nevada, uniting N of Oroville, Calif., and flowing S into the Sacramento River, N of Sacramento, Calif. The Feather River basin was a rich source of gold in the mid-1800s.

[Norfolkdave]

Feather: river, 80 mi (129 km) long, rising in three forks in the Sierra Nevada, uniting N of Oroville, Calif., and flowing S into the Sacramento River, N of Sacramento, Calif. The Feather River basin was a rich source of gold in the mid-1800s.

I spent ages looking at that and thought got em bloody hell what have I to do to get a point here?:lmao

[Annie]

I spent ages looking at that and thought got em bloody hell what have I to do to get a point here?:lmao

What can I say Dave... I have great googling skills!

[Norfolkdave]

What can I say Dave... I have great googling skills!

and this isnt on google, right as Im going for a beer I leave you this one

1886 it was explored with a lead pipe attached to piano wire.

See you later:drink:

[Annie]

Found on google: Crater Lake, in 1886, Steel assisted with the mapping of the lake, which had been undertaken by Clarence Dutton for the U. S. Geological Survey. During the original survey, soundings of the lake were conducted using pipe and piano wire. The maximum depth determined by the survey was 1,996 feet (608 meters), only 53 feet off from the sonar measurement of 1,943 feet officially recorded in 1958.

[Norfolkdave]

Found on google: Crater Lake, in 1886, Steel assisted with the mapping of the lake, which had been undertaken by Clarence Dutton for the U. S. Geological Survey. During the original survey, soundings of the lake were conducted using pipe and piano wire. The maximum depth determined by the survey was 1,996 feet (608 meters), only 53 feet off from the sonar measurement of 1,943 feet officially recorded in 1958.

Very clever and heres one ( im being rude but it had to be said) Whys a man goyt a hole at the end of his penis? Will google help you out:lmao omn the other one very well done marks out of 10.....12

[Norfolkdave]

What animal produces a sound at 26 cycles per second, approximately equal to the sound of a diesel engine?

A cat:lmao

[Wet Beaver]

Very clever and heres one ( im being rude but it had to be said) Whys a man goyt a hole at the end of his penis?

to get more air to his brain

[Norfolkdave]

to get more air to his brain

Well done give you top of the class, dont suck to hard wont be able to breathe? LOL:lmao

[Annie]

to get more air to his brain


:lmao Good answer! Good answer! Now you gotta ask the next question!

[Norfolkdave]

:lmao Good answer! Good answer! Now you gotta ask the next question!

It is true so I will work on something else:lmao

[Wet Beaver]

everyone know who Mark twain is, so how why did he take that name, and what does it mean?

[Norfolkdave]

everyone know who Mark twain is, so how why did he take that name, and what does it mean?

Part I cannot find but Twain means scan:lmao

[Annie]

His pseudonym, Mark Twain, was taken from Mississippi riverboat terminology; it's a measure of depth...

Great question... ask another.


(... if that was right.)

[Norfolkdave]

His pseudonym, Mark Twain, was taken from Mississippi riverboat terminology; it's a measure of depth...

Great question... ask another.


(... if that was right.)


I have read that but I cant find out why he changed it to Mark twain as we know his name was Samuel Langhome

[Norfolkdave]

everyone know who Mark twain is, so how why did he take that name, and what does it mean?

Ok give us the answer o clever and wise one:lmao

[Wet Beaver]

His pseudonym, Mark Twain, was taken from Mississippi riverboat terminology; it's a measure of depth...

Great question... ask another.


(... if that was right.)


keep going Annie,,, you almost have it.....

[Wet Beaver]

Ok give us the answer o clever and wise one:lmao

is the prozac keeping you away from google?? :na

[Norfolkdave]

keep going Annie,,, you almost have it.....

Night night wet beaver Im tired and have got to take more tablets Im afraid, thankyou for the banter again tonight I thoroughly enjoyed it hope god willing to see you all tommorrow night night;)

[Norfolkdave]

is the prozac keeping you away from google?? :na

No I look on AOL butIm tired now as said night night catch you all tomorrow:lf

[Barkiss]

everyone know who Mark twain is, so how why did he take that name, and what does it mean?

Some say Samual Clemens deserted the Confederate Army when he moved with his brother to Nevada. Is this the reason he changed his name? It was in Nevada he first used the pen Mark Twain, when he was sent to Carsen City to report on the Legislature convention.

His name comes from a river term meaning two fathoms deep.

[Wet Beaver]

Some say Samual Clemens deserted the Confederate Army when he moved with his brother to Nevada. Is this the reason he changed his name? It was in Nevada he first used the pen Mark Twain, when he was sent to Carsen City to report on the Legislature convention.

His name comes from a river term meaning two fathoms deep.

we got a winner.... (there are those who say it was the union army)...... next question barkiss

[Barkiss]

This isn't as crude as it sounds...actually quite interesting.

Where does the word Shit come from?

I haven't tried searching on it, so it might be easy to find.

[spare_change]

Subject: Fabulous bit of historical knowledge

Ever wonder where the word "shit" comes from. Well here it is:

Certain types of manure used to be transported (as everything was back then) by ship. In dry form it weighs a lot less, but once water (at sea) hit it. It not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas.

As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen; methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern. BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was discovered what was happening.

After that, the bundles of manure where always stamped with the term "S.H.I.T" on them which meant to the sailors to "Ship High In Transit." In other words, high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm


However, in truth ........

Well, clever as all that may be, whoever wrote it doesn't know shit about shit. According to my dictionary, the word is much older than the 1800s, appearing in its earliest form about 1,000 years ago as the Old English verb scitan. That is confirmed by lexicographer Hugh Rawson in his bawdily edifying book, "Wicked Words" (New York: Crown, 1989), where it is further noted that the expletive is distantly related to words like science, schedule and shield, all of which derive from the Indo-European root skei-, meaning "to cut" or "to split." You get the idea.

For most of its history "shit" was spelled "shite" (and sometimes still is), but the modern, four-letter spelling of the word can be found in texts dating as far back as the mid-1700s. It most certainly did not originate as an acronym used by 19th-century sailors.

Apropos that false premise, Rawson observes that "shit" has long been the subject of naughty wordplay, very often based on made-up acronyms. For example:

In the Army, officers who did not go to West Point have been known to disparage the military academy as the South Hudson Institute of Technology.... And if an angelic six-year-old asks, "Would you like to have some Sugar Honey Iced Tea?", the safest course is to pretend that you have suddenly gone stone deaf.

Finally, these S.H.I.T. stories are reminiscent of another specimen of folk etymology claiming that the F-word (another good, old-fashioned, all-purpose, four-letter expletive) originated as the acronym of "Fornication Under Consent of the King," or, in another variant, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge."

Suffice it to say, it's all C.R.A.P.

So says www.urbanlegends.com

[Wet Beaver]

This isn't as crude as it sounds...actually quite interesting.

Where does the word Shit come from?

I haven't tried searching on it, so it might be easy to find.

as a verb or a noun??


as a verb..

Inflected Form(s): shit or shat http://www.merriamwebster.com/images/audio.gif (javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?shit0005.wav=shat')) /'shat/; shit·ting
Etymology: alteration of earlier shite, from Middle English shiten, from Old English -scItan; akin to Old High German scIzan to defecate and probably to Old English scEadan to separate -- more at SHED (http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/shed)

[Barkiss]

Ok...I feel like C.R.A.P. :) I will step down now, and allow the wiser to ask the next question.

[spare_change]

The stationary part of an electric motor is most often called a STATOR.

Stator is also the name for something else. What is it?

[Cotties]

Thanks Spare change. Not a bad read.

[Barkiss]

I am not sure if it what you are looking for, but Stator is the name of a mass-mailing worm program.

[spare_change]

It wasn't -- but interesting info. When you say worm program, it mines emails?

[Barkiss]

I believe it morphed itself, grabbed e-mail addresses from local address books, and mass mailed itself to those addys.

[spare_change]

Thanks for info.


For clarification, I am waiting for another answer to the STATOR question.

[Norfolkdave]

This weighs 365,000 tons and moves 1.48inches what!

[MCat]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/1408411

Ray Tomlinson


With guidance from Al Gore.


:lmao

[MCat]

Dated a girl from the Ozarks once -- she was definitely "ripe".

That girl would have been a relative of mine....they are all ripe :whee:

[MCat]

Well if you can make it down to austin i will buy you a cup..

Hank & I will be in Lubbock and Bul Verde in November.... hope the weather in Texas is nice that time of year.

[Norfolkdave]

This isn't as crude as it sounds...actually quite interesting.

Where does the word Shit come from?

I haven't tried searching on it, so it might be easy to find.

The verb to shit dates the Middle English period (c. 1308), and the noun form is from the 16th century. The interjection is of quite recent vintage, not found until the 1920s.:lmao

[MCat]

The stationary part of an electric motor is most often called a STATOR.

Stator is also the name for something else. What is it?

Thats really a hard question.....

[Sandy]

you guys are nuts and i still feel stupid

[Annie]

Thanks for info.


For clarification, I am waiting for another answer to the STATOR question.


Stator is affordable portfolio management software designed by investors for investors. ...

www.stator-afm.com



Stator@mm is a mass-mailing worm program

securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.stator@mm.html

[spare_change]

I will accept this answer. However, the answer I was looking for was that Stator was an alternative name for the Roman god Jupiter.

In deference, barkiss also gave the same answer earlier. However, Annie --- since you added the URL, you are the official winner.

Next question, please.

[Annie]

I will accept this answer. However, the answer I was looking for was that Stator was an alternative name for the Roman god Jupiter.

In deference, barkiss also gave the same answer earlier. However, Annie --- since you added the URL, you are the official winner.

Next question, please.

Spare, I wasn't even close, hell I wasn't even in the neighborhood! You ask the next one... you ask better questions!


(besides I gotta get the kid off to school.)

[Annie]

Ok since Spare hasn't posted the next question, I will. Who was it that said: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

[Polo38]

Albert Einstein

[Polo38]

next question...ok let's stick to quotes who siad the following

"You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it? "

[Annie]

next question...ok let's stick to quotes who siad the following

Chris Farley: "You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it? "

Old Guy : What? I'm failing to make the connection here.
Chris Farley : No, I meant, you can get a good look at a T-bone steak by sticking your head up a butcher's ass... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull.

http://www.theywillrockyou.com/Dailypage/topten/rogereberttoptenmovies.html

[Polo38]

your just to smart annie

[Polo38]

apparently i really have to sreach the archieve for a really tough question in the future...

i bet ten to one your mensa member?

[Annie]

What film star boasted in an interview that she "must have a man every night." ?

[Polo38]

Ah one of my fellow french person

Brigitte Bardot (b. 1934)—4,980
At the age of 40, the French film star boasted in an interview that she "must have a man every night." Assuming that her need began at age 20, and subtracting an arbitrary 76 days a year for travel, illness, etc., that would mean Brigitte had a total of 4,980 nights of sexual activity—and that’s without considering daytime liaisons.

[Annie]

Ahhh Xenote... you play the game so well! Next question?

[Polo38]

i really have to find a hard one for you

[Annie]

i really have to find a hard one for you


Yeah? Good luck with that! :D

[Polo38]

lol...funny the puns are too easy people....

[Polo38]

ok kids lets put on our history thinking caps on...a lesson from depressing moments in american history...

this president, took his oath to become a klansman in the green room of the white house.


Annie i think i got you now

[Barkiss]

Warren Harding?...probably him, but I guess could be Coolidge or Truman

[Polo38]

your right Barkiss4u...very good...actually coolidge who as you may know was from Vermont didn't like joining any group which required him to do speak.

your question

[Annie]

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/1515.htm

Dang I had that too!

[Barkiss]

Ok, sticking with the president theme...

Which president has seen a UFO and filed an official report?

[Polo38]

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/1515.htm

Dang I had that too!


don't worry annie, you can get the next one

[Polo38]

Ok, sticking with the president theme...

Which president has seen a UFO and filed an official report?

Jimmy Cater

http://www.ufoevidence.org/Researchers/Detail108.htm

right after he was attacked by that vicious rabbit

[Barkiss]

Easy, huh? Ok...go ahead

[Polo38]

which president had a lover in the senate? In fact for a time they lived together (16 years).

Extra point who was the Senator?

[spare_change]

which president had a lover in the senate? In fact for a time they lived together (16 years).

Extra point who was the Senator?

I found this reference:

WARREN HARDING: (http://www.who2.com/warrenharding.html) Harding got around. One mistress, Carrie Phillips, took $20,000 in hush money from the GOP while Harding ran for president. Another, Nan Britton, bore Harding's child in 1919 while he was a senator. After Harding became president he continued to 'entertain' Britton, sometimes in a small anteroom just off the Oval Office. After Harding's death she wrote a bestseller, The President's Daughter, telling all.

However, your question seems to indicate that the lover was a senator. Since I think we can safely assume that this means the senator was a lady, (being gay would be the death knell for both), I checked the biographies of each lady senator until 1970 - there were 11 of them. None of them had a reference to an affair.

Is my interpretation of your question correct?

[Polo38]

Spare... wrong sex...both are men

[spare_change]

whoaaaaa!!!!!!!

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