reveal's Daily Trivia 8.14.07

[reveal]

GenCon edition! Since we're leaving tomorrow and won't be back until Monday, I'm posting a bunch.

1) How old does a golfer have to be to qualify for election to the World Golf Hall of Fame?

2) Which two French Impressionists painted life inside the same bustling Paris dance hall, Le Moulin de la Galette? Answered

3) How much is the president of the United States paid in salary? How about his expense allowance?

4) Why did members of Bruce Springsteen's backup group name themselves the E Street Band? Answered

5) Where was the last major land battle of the Civil War fought?

6) What is the fastest speed attained by a piloted aircraft?

7) What famous American entrepeneur's dying words reportedly were "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub"? Answered

[Darth Flatulent]

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3) How much is the president of the United States paid in salary? How about his expense allowance?

4) Why did members of Bruce Springsteen's backup group name themselves the E Street Band?

5) Where was the last major land battle of the Civil War fought?

6) What is the fastest speed attained by a piloted aircraft?
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3) $250,000, $100,000
4)It's the street they grew up on
5) Palmetto Grove, TX
6) Mach 2

[Harry]

#4. If I recall correctly, the house where they practiced in their early Jersey days was on an E Street.

[reveal]

#4. If I recall correctly, the house where they practiced in their early Jersey days was on an E Street.
Correct!

[mollygrue]

?toulouse letrec?--cassat primarily painted family scenes--women with their children going about their domestic activities. as a well brought up young lady would she have beenfrequenting dance halls?

[NGRI]

[QUOTE=reveal;3260]GenCon edition! Since we're leaving tomorrow and won't be back until Monday, I'm posting a bunch.

5) Where was the last major land battle of the Civil War fought?

Most people consider Bentonville, North Carolina to be the last major battle of the Civil War.

[NGRI]

2) Which two French Impressionists painted life inside the same bustling Paris dance hall, Le Moulin de la Galette?

Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec

[NGRI]

7) What famous American entrepeneur's dying words reportedly were "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub"?


Conrad Hilton, famous for being Paris' Hiton's grandfather

[reveal]

2) Which two French Impressionists painted life inside the same bustling Paris dance hall, Le Moulin de la Galette?

Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec

7) What famous American entrepeneur's dying words reportedly were "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub"?


Conrad Hilton, famous for being Paris' Hiton's grandfather

Correct on both!

[Mr SmokeTooMuch]

6) What is the fastest speed attained by a piloted aircraft?

What do you mean? An African or European piloted aircraft?

[reveal]

1) 40.

3) $400,000 and $50,000 respectively.

5) Near Palmito Ranch, in Texas, 2 days after the war officially ended.

6) Mach 6.25 (4520 mph) by the Bell X-15 aircraft.