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Old 07-15-2016, 05:03 AM
 
Location: 'greater' Buffalo, NY
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...nope, it was 21-30 that did me in
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:04 AM
 
Location: 'greater' Buffalo, NY
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(I knew Spahn and Joyce Carol Oates; I guessed on the other 8. Managed to guess wrong on all 8)
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Old 07-18-2016, 12:09 PM
 
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I got 28 so I guess I fit right in with the rest of you. With exception of Warren Spahn the birthplace section was pure guess, especially since about half of the notables I'd never actually heard of. Also mostly guesswork for matching name of place/highway/etc. with name's title/position. Had at least some idea on years of opening, still wrong on some since no "close enough", e.g. thought Metro Rail opened '87 turns out '85. Interesting quiz.
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Old 07-18-2016, 01:56 PM
 
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Got 35/50................
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Old 07-18-2016, 04:14 PM
 
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Need sports or music questions��
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Jamestown, NY
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I got 28 so I guess I fit right in with the rest of you. With exception of Warren Spahn the birthplace section was pure guess, especially since about half of the notables I'd never actually heard of. Also mostly guesswork for matching name of place/highway/etc. with name's title/position. Had at least some idea on years of opening, still wrong on some since no "close enough", e.g. thought Metro Rail opened '87 turns out '85. Interesting quiz.
Some of the people were pretty obscure. C'mon ... leaving off Lucille Ball and Robert H Jackson (US Supreme Court justice AND Chief Judge at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials) for likes of Barber Conable and some of the authors?
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Old 07-20-2016, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Lubec, ME
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I got 31/50.
Leave it up to the Jamestown-folk to outperform!
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Old 07-20-2016, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Lubec, ME
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George Pullman isn't obscure, FYI.
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