Color blindness.
Unless everyone else is in way more than a lil hurry, I'll try to come up with another question later this morning.
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| Author: | liljol [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
Color blindness. Unless everyone else is in way more than a lil hurry, I'll try to come up with another question later this morning.
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| Author: | liljol [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
Well hell, since this is all my increasingly decrepit, fragile lil mind can produce  , I'll make this one open to all.Who is the only NFL player to have appeared in five consecutive Super Bowls? |
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| Author: | MiniYoda [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
liljol wrote: Well hell, since this is all my increasingly decrepit, fragile lil mind can produce , I'll make this one open to all.Who is the only NFL player to have appeared in five consecutive Super Bowls? Gale Gilbert was a backup quarterback for the Buffalo Bills for the four years they went to the Super Bowl and lost (Super Bowls XXV-XXVIII) and was the backup quarterback for the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX I will post another question shortly |
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| Author: | liljol [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
MiniYoda wrote: liljol wrote: Well hell, since this is all my increasingly decrepit, fragile lil mind can produce , I'll make this one open to all.Who is the only NFL player to have appeared in five consecutive Super Bowls? Gale Gilbert was a backup quarterback for the Buffalo Bills for the four years they went to the Super Bowl and lost (Super Bowls XXV-XXVIII) and was the backup quarterback for the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX Gale Gilbert was also the quarterback for The California Golden Bears for the most memorable Big Game victory over that eternally damnable junior university. 
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| Author: | MiniYoda [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
There's some conflicting information on the internet, but I'm going to rely on what Wikipedia has for the question/answer In December 1955, a store in Colorado Springs posted a phone number for kids to call and talk to Santa. The posted number was wrong, and at many kids wound up calling a government agency. The resulting phone conversation between the children and a person at the agency started a tradition that continues today. What is the agency, and what is the tradition? |
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| Author: | spotes [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
Given that it was Colorado Springs and that the number given was most likely local and not long distance, the only thing I can come up with is the Santa tracking that NORAD used to provide for children. If that's correct and I'm on the hook for a new question, I'll be back with one in a smidge. |
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| Author: | MiniYoda [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
spotes wrote: Given that it was Colorado Springs and that the number given was most likely local and not long distance, the only thing I can come up with is the Santa tracking that NORAD used to provide for children. If that's correct and I'm on the hook for a new question, I'll be back with one in a smidge. You are correct sir http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html |
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| Author: | Cloudy [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | DANTE, I agree with you... |
Dante wrote: You all should take out the "assigning" part and just make it whoever answers first. It would go a lot smoother.  DANTE, I agree with you. In fact, I was consdidering suggusting this to YODA myself. |
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| Author: | Cloudy [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | ZOG, I agree with you also... |
zog741 wrote: Dante wrote: You all should take out the "assigning" part and just make it whoever answers first. It would go a lot smoother. Plus, this thread would not just be between the same four or five people. ZOG, I agree with you also... You and DANTE are both right, and opening up trivia question answers to everyone would get this thread humming along. One thing I think we should keep is that whoever nails the answer first, should be the person to pose the next triva question. |
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| Author: | liljol [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DANTE, I agree with you... |
Cloudy wrote: Dante wrote: You all should take out the "assigning" part and just make it whoever answers first. It would go a lot smoother. DANTE, I agree with you. In fact, I was consdidering suggusting this to YODA myself. 
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| Author: | Cloudy [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | LilJol, you are truly a man of few words... |
liljol wrote: Cloudy wrote: Dante wrote: You all should take out the "assigning" part and just make it whoever answers first. It would go a lot smoother. DANTE, I agree with you. In fact, I was consdidering suggusting this to YODA myself. LilJol wrote LilJol, you are truly a man of few words...
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| Author: | spotes [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
The first Oscar winner to pass away also holds another unique distinction concerning winning Academy Award efforts. What might that be? His name and the distinction for full points, if you please. Happy hunting. |
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| Author: | teverett [ Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
spotes wrote: The first Oscar winner to pass away also holds another unique distinction concerning winning Academy Award efforts. What might that be? His name and the distinction for full points, if you please. Happy hunting. Are you meaning person nominated posthumously and won or winner who was alive to receive award and then died? |
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| Author: | spotes [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
teverett wrote: spotes wrote: The first Oscar winner to pass away also holds another unique distinction concerning winning Academy Award efforts. What might that be? His name and the distinction for full points, if you please. Happy hunting. Are you meaning person nominated posthumously and won or winner who was alive to receive award and then died? "The first Oscar winner to pass away" means exactly what it says. Of all the people who have ever won an Oscar, this guy died on an earlier date than all the rest. If it further helps to clarify, there were no posthumous winners before the date of this man's death anyway. Trust me, he's no one famous. In all the years I've been quizzing people, only one person has successfully come up with his name. So don't sweat it any more than you have to, Tiff. Let the game come to you... 
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| Author: | xtrain [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
I'm going to guess it was George Arliss, who was also the first British actor to win best actor Oscar, and incidentally the first to be nominated for two films. XTrain |
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| Author: | spotes [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
xtrain wrote: I'm going to guess it was George Arliss, who was also the first British actor to win best actor Oscar, and incidentally the first to be nominated for two films. XTrain Nice try, train, but this guy is so obscure he makes George Arliss seem like Clark Gable. Arliss was the first to win for a western also, I do believe. To further thin the herd, this man did not win in an acting category. |
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| Author: | ANON [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
spotes wrote: xtrain wrote: I'm going to guess it was George Arliss, who was also the first British actor to win best actor Oscar, and incidentally the first to be nominated for two films. XTrain Nice try, train, but this guy is so obscure he makes George Arliss seem like Clark Gable. Arliss was the first to win for a western also, I do believe. To further thin the herd, this man did not win in an acting category. Joseph Farnham. He's also the guy who butchered von Stroheim's "Greed" by about 75%-ish. Oh, and he also won the only Oscar ever awarded for writing inter-titles (for silent films). |
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| Author: | Dante [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
ANON wrote: spotes wrote: xtrain wrote: I'm going to guess it was George Arliss, who was also the first British actor to win best actor Oscar, and incidentally the first to be nominated for two films. XTrain Nice try, train, but this guy is so obscure he makes George Arliss seem like Clark Gable. Arliss was the first to win for a western also, I do believe. To further thin the herd, this man did not win in an acting category. Joseph Farnham. He's also the guy who butchered von Stroheim's "Greed" by about 75%-ish. Oh, and he also won the only Oscar ever awarded for writing inter-titles (for silent films). You're one of the few people I think may have answered something like this without using Google.
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| Author: | ANON [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
Dante wrote: You're one of the few people I think may have answered something like this without using Google. I'm afraid I did use Google to confirm the answer. SPOTES insistence on his obscurity was the giveaway--he's a favorite early-film trivia answer of mine because of "Greed" and the dead category (along with "Sunrise"'s win for "Unique Artistic Production."). I had no idea he was the first Oscar-winner to die, though. |
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| Author: | ANON [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:17 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain | ||
I am not sure of the protocol here. Am I supposed to wait for SPOTES to confirm the answer before asking, "Who is this guy and why should he be much more famous?" If so, I guess it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission. Please forgive me.
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| Author: | spotes [ Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
ANON wrote: I am not sure of the protocol here. Am I supposed to wait for SPOTES to confirm the answer before asking, "Who is this guy and why should he be much more famous?" If so, I guess it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission. Please forgive me. It's all good, ANON. Sorry about not responding sooner but I just got back from (Shock!) playing trivia for the last eight hours or so. Your answer of Joseph Farnham is correct, so all's well that ends well. In an effort to not hog the action of this thread, I will not reveal the answer to your pictured individual. I almost misplaced him at first (initially, he reminded me of Eadweard Muybridge), but, eventually, the light bulb came on...
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| Author: | Cloudy [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Protocol...? Permission...? |
ANON wrote: I am not sure of the protocol here. Am I supposed to wait for SPOTES to confirm the answer before asking, "Who is this guy and why should he be much more famous?" If so, I guess it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission. Please forgive me. Protocol...? Permission...? I think at the beginning YODA had hoped that those, who posted here, would follow his rules, and that there would be some kind of protocol. However, it appears that he would have had more success trying to herd cats. "Rules in a knife fight...? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTNBRs7Ccs There are no rules... 
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| Author: | Akbar71 [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
spotes wrote: eventually, the light bulb came on... I've said it before and I'll say it again. You're a peach, sir. |
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| Author: | ANON [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trivia chain |
spotes wrote: ANON wrote: I almost misplaced him at first (initially, he reminded me of Eadweard Muybridge), but, eventually, the light bulb came on... Somehow, I knew even a rather difficult one like this would be child's play for SPOTES. Do you want to take it, AKBAR? |
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| Author: | MiniYoda [ Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Protocol...? Permission...? |
Cloudy wrote: ANON wrote: I am not sure of the protocol here. Am I supposed to wait for SPOTES to confirm the answer before asking, "Who is this guy and why should he be much more famous?" If so, I guess it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission. Please forgive me. Protocol...? Permission...? I think at the beginning YODA had hoped that those, who posted here, would follow his rules, and that there would be some kind of protocol. However, it appears that he would have had more success trying to herd cats. "Rules in a knife fight...? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTNBRs7Ccs There are no rules... Herd? I can't even catch ONE cat without a fickin' fisherman's net. The intent was to keep a chain, and not risk a situation where 2-3 people entered the correct answer, asked a question, and 2-3 people answered those, going into a pyramid/tree/??? event instead of a chain. I was hoping that a personal message or phone call would wake someone up whose turn it was. But it looks like this concern isn't an issue, so I am happy to let the thread evolve as is it will. Oh, by the way, the picuture is of my great great grand pappy. But I'll let someone else post the person's true name. |
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