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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Nov-8-2006 16:57

Okay, here's 10 obscurely famous people. You tell me what for.

1. John Jacob Bausch
2. George Washington Ferris Jr.
3. Henry Phillip Hope
4. Joyce Hall
5. Abel Janszoon Tasman
6. George S. Parker
7. Virginia O'Hanlon
8. Joshua Vick
9. James Smithson
10. Mary elizabeth Sawyer

Nov-8-2006 17:51

1.?
2. Ferris Wheel (guess)
3. Hope Diamond? (huge guess)
4. ?
5. Discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, most of the Pacific.
8. lol Vick's vapor rub?
9. Smithsonian Institute... founder maybe?
10. This is Mary of Mary had a little Lamb :D (obsure knowledge leaps to the fore)

Nov-9-2006 00:49

1. Bausch & Lomb

2. Ferris Wheel

3. Hope Diamond

4. Hallmark

5. ?

6. Parker Brothers

7. ?

8. ?

9. Smithsonian Institute

10. ?

Nov-10-2006 18:21

And lets see you the two of you did, shall we?

1. John Jacob Bausch was a German-American optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with Henry Lomb).

2. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. is most well known for inventing the Ferris Wheel, constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition in an attempt to create something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

3. Henry Phillip Hope is the only survivor, and therefore namesake, of the curse of the Hope Diamond.

4. Joyce Clyde Hall was the founder of Hallmark Cards.

5. Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer and then merchant, best known for being the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands, which he did in 1643.

6. George S. Parker was a game manufacturer and founder of Parker Brothers.

7. Virginia O'Hanlon was the little girl who wrote a letter to the New York Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. The reply is of course the famous column titled, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

8. Joshua Vick was a medical doctor and pharmacist in North Carolina in the early 1900s. He, in fact, is only the namesake of Vick's VapoRub. It was his brother-in-law H. S. Richardson who came up with the formula.

9. James Smithson was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the United States of America, which was used to fund the Smithsonian Institution.

10. Mary Elizabeth Sawyer once had a little lamb. If followed her to school one day, which was against the rules. So she hid the lamb under her shawl, under her desk, but everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. When it followed her to spelling class, it was discovered and thrown out by the teacher. It made the other children laugh and play to see the lamb at school, and it made one of the children, named Rawlston, write a rhyme.

Nov-10-2006 18:22

Since you both got 6 right, I'll let you two decide who goes next.

Nov-10-2006 20:17

Kick myself HARD at 7. Grrrr. One of may all time favourite pieces. bah.

Maybe we'll collaborate Sindy, I'll catch you by PM. I have no ideas by the way.

Nov-12-2006 23:15

No more quizes?

Nov-13-2006 01:08

shhh jus. Sindy's about to post one ;)

Nov-13-2006 01:09

This is a quizz of S's

1. On what day of the week does the NFL championship game take place?
2. What is the name of the heroine in Gone with the Wind?
3. Which Greek philosopher was sentenced to death by poisoning?
4. Name of a gladiator-slave who led a slave uprising against the Roman Empire?
5. What band originally formed in 1966 in San Francisco is given credit for making Latin rock famous?
6. Which movie originally starring Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn was redone in 1995 and starred Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond?
7. "The Persistence of Memory" was painted by what artist?
8. The miser in “A Christmas Carol.”
9. Actress who starred in “Rocky Horror Picture” show and “Bull Durham.”
10. Actress who starred in “Carrie” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

Nov-13-2006 02:32

1. Sunday..Superbowl Sunday
2. Scarlett (well actually her first name is Catherine, and her miidle name is Scarlett, hence the reason why her father called her Katie Scarlett....Some useless info for you guys :-) )
3. Socrates?
4. Spartacus
5. Santana
6. Sabrina
7. ?
8. Scrooge
9. Susan Sarandon
10. Sissy Spacek