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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
02-11-2014, 04:51 PM
Post: #451
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Nice try, Gene.

Since no one is taking the bait, The Secret Six were six well-placed Northern abolitionists who financed John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. One of them was married to Julia Ward Howe, who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

My hint of the bouncing red ball was referring to the music part. Remember Mitch Miller and his sing-alongs with the bouncing red ball on your television screen? Okay, maybe not...
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02-11-2014, 04:54 PM
Post: #452
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Do I still win since I got close?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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02-11-2014, 08:33 PM (This post was last modified: 02-11-2014 08:34 PM by L Verge.)
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Yes, go to Harpers Ferry and take a free ride down the rapids of the Potomac River on an inner tube like all the young daredevils! It really is a great historic town and very scenic.

(02-11-2014 08:33 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Yes, go to Harpers Ferry and take a free ride down the rapids of the Potomac River on an inner tube like all the young daredevils! It really is a great historic town and very scenic.

P.S. George Washington also had a Secret Six that helped save our Revolution. I think there's a book by that name about them.
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02-12-2014, 06:01 AM
Post: #454
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Yes, Laurie. There is a review of a book on this topic here.
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03-03-2014, 04:50 PM
Post: #455
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
When people of Lincoln's time spoke of "coffin varnish," what were they referring to?
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03-03-2014, 04:51 PM
Post: #456
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Coffee? ☕️

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03-03-2014, 04:53 PM
Post: #457
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If it really refered to coffins, I'd guess lead.
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03-03-2014, 04:57 PM (This post was last modified: 03-03-2014 08:41 PM by LincolnMan.)
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Being an army veteran, I sure had some coffee that was like coffin varnish.

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03-03-2014, 05:12 PM
Post: #459
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My veteran father drank that kind of coffee too, Bill, but so far none of you have the correct answer.
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03-03-2014, 05:20 PM
Post: #460
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"Good to the last drop"

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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03-03-2014, 05:25 PM (This post was last modified: 03-03-2014 06:19 PM by L Verge.)
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That is what some would say about "coffin varnish," too, Gene.

(03-03-2014 05:25 PM)L Verge Wrote:  That is what some would say about "coffin varnish," too, Gene.

Hint #2: Consider what social movements were active in 19th-century America.
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03-03-2014, 06:23 PM
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The temperence movement. Booze?

"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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03-03-2014, 06:30 PM
Post: #463
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Well, this is one time that I did not stump the Yankee German! Congratulations, Joseph, and I'll buy you a drink at the conference as your award.
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03-03-2014, 06:38 PM
Post: #464
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[Image: crab-cakes-su-656208-l.jpg]

"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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03-03-2014, 07:02 PM
Post: #465
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Does that mean that you would rather have a crabcake?
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