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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
(1,607 posts)Alexander Graham Bell.
LakeVermilion
(1,607 posts)I checked .
Harker
(17,920 posts)lapucelle
(21,075 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Earl_from_PA
(306 posts)But my general trivia question is ...
Does carrot cake count as a serving of vegetables?...
Inquiring minds ..
mwmisses4289
(4,436 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
(306 posts)A stand alone well balanced meal...
yellowdogintexas
(23,726 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
(33,269 posts)quaint
(5,112 posts)Niagara
(11,878 posts)Nittersing
(8,431 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Niagara
(11,878 posts)Harker
(17,920 posts)Niagara
(11,878 posts)Harker
(17,920 posts)Niagara
(11,878 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Could 'well-known' also be subjective?
Harker
(17,920 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 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
(17,920 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)LisaM
(29,665 posts)Seems like a Gilded Age thing.
Response to LisaM (Reply #26)
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lapfog_1
(31,935 posts)just a WAG
red dog 1
(33,269 posts)underpants
(196,845 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,259 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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mahatmakanejeeves
(70,259 posts)Harker
(17,920 posts)VGNonly
(8,514 posts)VGNonly
(8,514 posts)rpannier
(24,940 posts)the sign would read
JP Morgan is a douche. Thank you for reading.
Niagara
(11,878 posts)Response to Niagara (Reply #39)
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VGNonly
(8,514 posts)"I only play the piano, but tonight god is in the house"?
ProfessorGAC
(76,979 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
(8,514 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,979 posts)He's near the top of almost every great piano players GOAT list.
They all know!
VGNonly
(8,514 posts)bobalew
(448 posts)NC....
VGNonly
(8,514 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Last edited Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)
ProfessorGAC
(76,979 posts)Never hit by a bullet, even though in the famous "gunfight" bullets went through his duster, he was never hit.
red dog 1
(33,269 posts)WestMichRad
(3,316 posts)Secretariat?
red dog 1
(33,269 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,979 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
(3,316 posts)(other than Trigger and Mr. Ed))
Walleye
(45,098 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
(836 posts)That appear in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal System?
ProfessorGAC
(76,979 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
(3,316 posts)I know he wrote about a lot of different things. No idea what the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal system are.
303squadron
(836 posts)Asimov - one of my scientific and literary heroes.
303squadron
(836 posts)Who played cornet for Jacques St. Claire on the jazz track "Vital Stats"?
red dog 1
(33,269 posts)One of three that occurred to me.
Good guess, Hark.
[What are the other two?]
Harker
(17,920 posts)and "Les Misérables."
Phantom of the Opera
tornado34jh
(1,531 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Harker
(17,920 posts)red dog 1
(33,269 posts)Tikki
(15,175 posts)Tikki
Harker
(17,920 posts)Tikki
(15,175 posts)Tikki
Harker
(17,920 posts)yorkster
(3,889 posts)And I got to listen to Tiger Rag while perusing the comments.
-misanthroptimist
(1,674 posts)...also is known for an invention that is still used to this day. What is this invention?
-misanthroptimist
(1,674 posts)Angleae
(4,814 posts)Of course, finding a body of water that big is a bit challenging.
-misanthroptimist
(1,674 posts)That just always knocked me out - a planet with a 72k mile diameter that could float.
VGNonly
(8,514 posts)460 North Shore Dr. Clear Lake Iowa?
jmowreader
(53,284 posts)VGNonly
(8,514 posts)Here's a tougher one: 28995 Lansing Rd. Dyersville, also in Iowa?
A lot corn there
jmowreader
(53,284 posts)Was it where Ray built his baseball field?