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The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - Curio - 21-07-2006
Also going to say the civil war.
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - Jangar - 21-07-2006
dudette Wrote:Sounds like the American Civil War
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The first female doctor in the U.S. Army, she served on the front lines and crossed enemy lines to tend to the wounded. Captured by the confederates, she was freed in a prisoner exchange.
How did the California wine country town of Hopland get its name?
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - dudette - 21-07-2006
The community was named for the hops grown there for brewing beer
That's also why Britain is named so... cos of all the Brits grown here ... :cheeky:
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - Jangar - 21-07-2006
dudette Wrote:The community was named for the hops grown there for brewing beer
That's also why Britain is named so... cos of all the Brits grown here ... :cheeky:
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Grapes replaced hops as the Mendocino 3County town's major crop in the 1970s.
Why were ladies asked not to wear their hooped skirts, and men not to wear their swords, to the premier performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin in 1742?
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - dudette - 21-07-2006
To make more room in the Hall
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - Jangar - 23-07-2006
dudette Wrote:To make more room in the Hall
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What hulking basketball legend appeared in a scene fight opposite 5-foot-7 Bruce Lee in the 1978 film Game of Death?
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - rlsuth - 23-07-2006
Jangar Wrote:What hulking basketball legend appeared in a scene fight opposite 5-foot-7 Bruce Lee in the 1978 film Game of Death?
Can only be: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - Jangar - 24-07-2006
rlsuth Wrote:Can only be: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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He had studied the martial art style known as Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist) with Lee. The film was Lee's last.
What plant root gave root beer its name?
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - rlsuth - 24-07-2006
Jangar Wrote:What plant root gave root beer its name?
I had to look this one up, so I'm not going to give the answer and spoil it, but I wouldn't have known it in a month of Sundays, since I'd never heard of this plant.
OK, I hid the answer below:
Sassafras
The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread - dudette - 25-07-2006
I beg to differ; I think it is Sarsaparilla