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red dog 1

(30,701 posts)
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:40 PM Apr 11

Post a general knowledge trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

Here's a sports question to start the thread:

What baseball player was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) in both leagues? (answered)

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Post a general knowledge trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google (Original Post) red dog 1 Apr 11 OP
Frank Robinson Captain Zero Apr 11 #1
Well done! red dog 1 Apr 11 #3
F. Robby is my all-time favorite Oriole. Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #52
my baseball era AltairIV Apr 11 #2
You got it! red dog 1 Apr 11 #4
What's the largest US city on a non-navigable river Captain Zero Apr 11 #5
My guess: Los Angeles. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 #6
Tucson Grumpy Old Guy Saturday #26
Albuquerque. Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #53
What is the oldest city in the United States? FM123 Apr 11 #7
St. Augustine. rsdsharp Apr 11 #8
Yes! FM123 Apr 11 #9
St. Augustine FL VGNonly Apr 15 #21
Yes! FM123 Apr 15 #24
What's the longest U.S. river not used for commercial shipping? Harker Apr 11 #10
My curiosity was killing me so looked it up. Not going to put it here but I had never heard of ti. efhmc Apr 11 #11
My guess is the Colorado River RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #16
That was mine, too, initially, but there is some commercial traffic. Harker Apr 12 #18
Commercial traffic? From where to where? RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #19
Between poor question forming, and even poorer knowledge, I'm going to eat it. Harker Apr 12 #20
Wouldn't the damn of the Colorado disqualify it? brush Saturday #35
There was some limited freight traffic prior to the damming, brush. Harker Saturday #40
Name 5 chemical elements whose chemical symbol is not same as its name tornado34jh Apr 12 #12
Off the top of my head: Gold (Au think); silver (Ag) KitFox Apr 12 #13
Mercury is Hg Wolf Frankula Apr 12 #14
Potassium K RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #15
Also, Potassium.... ProfessorGAC Saturday #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #54
Gale singing the elements. VGNonly Apr 15 #23
awesome! Kittycatkat Saturday #57
What was the first state admitted to the Union in the 19th century, RazorbackExpat Apr 12 #17
Guess dweller Saturday #38
What was the largest wood-walled fortification in North America? VGNonly Apr 15 #22
Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia? applegrove Saturday #29
Good guess but Louisbourg is stone and brick. VGNonly Saturday #43
Oh great. I was at Louisburgh when I was 4 and before applegrove Saturday #46
Wow, Louisbourgh is very impressive! VGNonly Saturday #50
I remember going to Old Fort Henry as a child. The tour applegrove Saturday #59
What is the name of the spot farthest away from any land in the world? red dog 1 Friday #25
It is that dead zone in the Pacific. I never know names. applegrove Saturday #28
Point Nemo VGNonly Saturday #42
Ding! red dog 1 Saturday #58
Canada is the country with the most coastline in the world. Who is second? applegrove Saturday #27
Norway, I would think. Harker Saturday #41
Right on! applegrove Saturday #47
Takk! Harker Saturday #48
Where is the southern-most point in the US? brush Saturday #30
Key West, FL? EverHopeful Saturday #39
My Answer, Too ProfessorGAC Saturday #45
Key West is correct. There's an actual monumemt there to signigfy it as the southern-most point of the continental US. brush Saturday #49
It isn't in Hawaii? Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #55
Key West is the southern-most point in the continental US brush Saturday #56
Who said this? brush Saturday #31
MLK dweller Saturday #32
You are correct on my question. Is Barrack Obama one of the two of your question? brush Saturday #33
Not to my knowledge dweller Saturday #34
What's the answer? brush Saturday #36
The only 2 people to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize dweller Saturday #37
What was the name of the ship VGNonly Saturday #51
Well it wasn't dweller Sunday #60
No... it wasn't the Edmund. VGNonly Sunday #61
Well dweller Sunday #62
Mia Farrow, Sally Field, VGNonly Monday #63

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,566 posts)
52. F. Robby is my all-time favorite Oriole.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:55 PM
Saturday

He spent only six years of his twenty-one year playing career in Baltimore but what a six years it was!

And his HOF plaque has him wearing an O’s cap.

mahatmakanejeeves

(64,396 posts)
6. My guess: Los Angeles.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:57 PM
Apr 11

People drive through it in “Repo Man,” and ants nest there in “Them,” so how navigable could that river be?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,566 posts)
53. Albuquerque.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:58 PM
Saturday

I think the Rio Grande is narrow and not all that deep in Albuquerque’s vicinity.

FM123

(10,245 posts)
7. What is the oldest city in the United States?
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 07:14 PM
Apr 11

(Hint : it was settled by Europeans in 1565)

efhmc

(15,415 posts)
11. My curiosity was killing me so looked it up. Not going to put it here but I had never heard of ti.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 10:28 PM
Apr 11

Harker

(16,095 posts)
20. Between poor question forming, and even poorer knowledge, I'm going to eat it.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 09:07 AM
Apr 12

What I was aiming for was the Susquehanna, at 444 miles, is the longest river entirely within the U.S. that has no commercial traffic, while the Colorado no longer has any shipping, but is home to commercial "traffic" in the recreational sense.

My embarrassment is intensified by having lived in Colorado for 50 years, and now crossing the Susquehanna a couple times each week.

Harker

(16,095 posts)
40. There was some limited freight traffic prior to the damming, brush.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 06:13 AM
Saturday
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Colorado_River

I should stick to subject areas I know for better questions.

KitFox

(289 posts)
13. Off the top of my head: Gold (Au think); silver (Ag)
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 01:24 AM
Apr 12

lead (Pb) sodium (Na),; tin ( Sn) Mercury but I can’t remember the symbol. Can’t think of any more. I used to have that chart memorized- dang that was eons ago😁

ProfessorGAC

(72,378 posts)
44. Also, Potassium....
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 09:29 AM
Saturday

...( K), Antimony (Sb), Iron (Fe), Tungsten (W), Copper (Cu).
Also, the symbol for mercury is Hg.
I spent 43 years working ss a chemist, so shame on me if I didn't know this one.

Response to KitFox (Reply #13)

RazorbackExpat

(469 posts)
17. What was the first state admitted to the Union in the 19th century,
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 04:07 AM
Apr 12

but not officially admitted until 1953?

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
22. What was the largest wood-walled fortification in North America?
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 07:23 PM
Apr 15

A reconstruction still exists.

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
43. Good guess but Louisbourg is stone and brick.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 08:54 AM
Saturday

Ft . Meigs in Perrysburg OH is said to the largest wooden fort. I grew up there, close enough to the fort site to occasionally find musket balls and other bits of metal.

applegrove

(125,750 posts)
46. Oh great. I was at Louisburgh when I was 4 and before
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:38 AM
Saturday

it was fully reconstructed. I just assumed the insides were wood.

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
50. Wow, Louisbourgh is very impressive!
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:50 PM
Saturday

I've never been in Nova Scotia, did pass the Quebec/Gaspe and New Brunswick while at Expo 67.

Ft. Meigs was constructed during the winter/spring of 1813 in 3 months during The War of 1812. The British General Henry Proctor along with Chief Tecumseh led the attacks. I believe that Canadian militia also took part. Two sieges advanced, both were repulsed. The fort was then taken down. The reconstruction took place in the early 1970s.



applegrove

(125,750 posts)
59. I remember going to Old Fort Henry as a child. The tour
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 06:34 PM
Saturday

guide told us about a tunnel prisoners had dug to escape. I was beside myself with intrigue. That was in Kingston, Ontario. Been to the Citadel in both Halifax, NS and Quebec City. Redoubt in Halifax. Vibes that we are beyond war at this point.

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
42. Point Nemo
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 08:39 AM
Saturday

48 52 6 S 123 23 6 W

That is the location where satellites and other space objects are crashed at. The International Space Station is planned to be sunk there in 2031.

applegrove

(125,750 posts)
27. Canada is the country with the most coastline in the world. Who is second?
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:16 AM
Saturday

It starts with the letter "N".

ProfessorGAC

(72,378 posts)
45. My Answer, Too
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:03 AM
Saturday

Though Brownsville Texas claims the same because they actually on the continent.
There's a hotel in Key West called the "Southernmost". It's around 8 blocks from where my wife's college roommate lived for over 40 years.

brush

(59,597 posts)
49. Key West is correct. There's an actual monumemt there to signigfy it as the southern-most point of the continental US.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:40 PM
Saturday

However, a point in Hawaii is even closer to the equator.

https://planetofthepaul.com/the-most-southern-point-in-the-us-key-west-vs-hawaii/

dweller

(26,437 posts)
32. MLK
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 12:47 AM
Saturday

My question : Name the only two people to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel prize .


✌🏻

dweller

(26,437 posts)
37. The only 2 people to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 01:12 AM
Saturday

Are George Bernard Shaw and Bob Dylan

Both Nobels in Literature.

Oscars : Shaw for the cinema production of Pygmalion ,
and Dylan for for the song Things Have Changed from the movie Wonder Boys


✌🏻

dweller

(26,437 posts)
60. Well it wasn't
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 10:09 PM
Sunday
https://m.
&pp=ygUzdGhlIHdyZWNrIG9mIHRoZSBlZG11bmQgZml0emdlcmFsZCBnb3Jkb24gbGlnaHRmb290


Was it ?


✌🏻

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
61. No... it wasn't the Edmund.
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:25 PM
Sunday

This ship was a fishing boat with a crew of seven. The NW Passage was sailed from 1902-1906 by a well known polar explorer.

VGNonly

(8,048 posts)
63. Mia Farrow, Sally Field,
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 10:34 PM
Monday

Tuesday Weld, Sandra Locke and singer Karen Carpenter were all considered for the lead role in what film? (none were chosen)

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