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Last edited Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:40 PM - Edit history (5)
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(Here's my question - please feel free to post a question of your own)
What well-known person's home was the very first to be illuminated solely by electric lights? (answered)
LakeVermilion
(1,649 posts)Alexander Graham Bell.
LakeVermilion
(1,649 posts)I checked .
Harker
(18,168 posts)lapucelle
(21,130 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Earl_from_PA
(308 posts)But my general trivia question is ...
Does carrot cake count as a serving of vegetables?...
Inquiring minds ..
mwmisses4289
(4,749 posts)And many recipes also add in nuts (usually walnuts or pecans) and raisins. Add in the cream cheese frosting (that's dairy, yes?) and voila! A healthy dessert! 😄😋😂🥕🍰🥕
Earl_from_PA
(308 posts)A stand alone well balanced meal...
yellowdogintexas
(23,763 posts)all the food groups
quaint
(5,112 posts)quaint
(5,112 posts)The General Electric Showcase House was at 1669 San Onofre Drive in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles in California. It was built as a residence for the American actor Ronald Reagan and his family. Reagan served as a spokesperson for the American conglomerate General Electric, who furnished the house with the latest consumer products. The house was featured in advertisements for General Electric. Reagan and his family lived at the house until his election as President of the United States in 1980. wikipedia
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)quaint
(5,112 posts)Niagara
(12,138 posts)Nittersing
(8,511 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Niagara
(12,138 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)Niagara
(12,138 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)Niagara
(12,138 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Could 'well-known' also be subjective?
Harker
(18,168 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Or Jimmy Schwartz, the artist and beatnik friend of British singer, songwriter, poet & guitarist Roy Harper, who has released 22 studio albums and 10 live albums.
(That Jimmy Schwartz died in 2012)
Harker
(18,168 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)LisaM
(29,688 posts)Seems like a Gilded Age thing.
Response to LisaM (Reply #26)
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lapfog_1
(31,994 posts)just a WAG
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)underpants
(197,218 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,829 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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mahatmakanejeeves
(70,829 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)VGNonly
(8,555 posts)VGNonly
(8,555 posts)rpannier
(24,958 posts)the sign would read
JP Morgan is a douche. Thank you for reading.
Niagara
(12,138 posts)Response to Niagara (Reply #39)
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mountain grammy
(29,224 posts)but JP Morgan makes sense. Thanks! Good trivia.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)"I only play the piano, but tonight god is in the house"?
ProfessorGAC
(77,308 posts)I think most jazz piano players know that quote. I think I heard it the first time when I was 11 or 12 when first exposed to Tatum's recording by my jazz coach. He's probably the one who said it.
Fats wax a great stride piano player,but....Art could do what Fats did, but the reverse wasn't true. Hardly anybody could do what Art was capable of. The only one that immediately comes to mind is Oscar Peterson.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,308 posts)He's near the top of almost every great piano players GOAT list.
They all know!
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)bobalew
(477 posts)NC....
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Last edited Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)
ProfessorGAC
(77,308 posts)Never hit by a bullet, even though in the famous "gunfight" bullets went through his duster, he was never hit.
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)WestMichRad
(3,400 posts)Secretariat?
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,308 posts)I was in my 3rd year of HS at the time and we had a priest (Geometry teacher) that had spent several 8years teaching at the Carmelite school in Louisville.
He knew all the racing folks and got us interested.
I remember watching the Belmont and there was a long period in the stretch run where Secretariat was the only horse in the camera frame, he was so far ahead.
It would be like a human winning the 1,500 meter at the Olympics by 150 yards.
Stunning!
WestMichRad
(3,400 posts)(other than Trigger and Mr. Ed))
Walleye
(45,524 posts)Thats a feat that ever been duplicated. I used to go to Belmont with my boyfriend and we would read the racing form and bet on the horses. It was really fun, if you didnt bet too much money. I dont think theres ever been a horse like Secretariat
303squadron
(852 posts)That appear in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal System?
ProfessorGAC
(77,308 posts)I don't have any clue as to the answer, but it's a great trivia question.
Edit: Well I know now, because I looked it up. Makes sense.
WestMichRad
(3,400 posts)I know he wrote about a lot of different things. No idea what the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal system are.
303squadron
(852 posts)Asimov - one of my scientific and literary heroes.
303squadron
(852 posts)Who played cornet for Jacques St. Claire on the jazz track "Vital Stats"?
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)One of three that occurred to me.
Good guess, Hark.
[What are the other two?]
Harker
(18,168 posts)and "Les Misérables."
Phantom of the Opera
tornado34jh
(1,532 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)100 cents?
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)It originally cost a buck to enter the Magic Kingdom.
Tikki
(15,227 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,168 posts)Tikki
(15,227 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,168 posts)yorkster
(3,956 posts)And I got to listen to Tiger Rag while perusing the comments.
-misanthroptimist
(1,836 posts)...also is known for an invention that is still used to this day. What is this invention?
-misanthroptimist
(1,836 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)Of course, finding a body of water that big is a bit challenging.
-misanthroptimist
(1,836 posts)That just always knocked me out - a planet with a 72k mile diameter that could float.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)460 North Shore Dr. Clear Lake Iowa?
jmowreader
(53,407 posts)VGNonly
(8,555 posts)Here's a tougher one: 28995 Lansing Rd. Dyersville, also in Iowa?
A lot corn there
jmowreader
(53,407 posts)Was it where Ray built his baseball field?
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)VGNonly
(8,555 posts)on Gimme Shelter, but she was the 2nd choice. Who was first?
Sanity Claws
(22,441 posts)I pulled this out of my ass.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)She was the 1st white Ikette. In 1969, Her somewhat demanding husband forbade her from performing with the Stones. They divorced in 72.
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa to their next venue in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Who were the two other musicians who were supposed to be on that plane with Buddy Holly, and what instruments did they play?
Harker
(18,168 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Harker
(18,168 posts)Last edited Mon May 4, 2026, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)
Not Armstrong as originally posted.
Leghorn21
(14,114 posts)red dog 1
(33,485 posts)She traveled with her husband and another couple.
The journey was by sleigh, canal barge, wagon, sternwheeler, horseback and foot.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)I don't recall her first name.
red dog 1
(33,485 posts)Mrs. Narcissa Whitman.
VGNonly
(8,555 posts)what is the name of the shopping mall in the famous Turkey Drop episode?
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