Trivia Game (No googling allowed) - Page 38

AlienBoy · #**371** 10-26-2006, 05:59 PM

Mmmm... wasn't that only that one county in NORTH carolina?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklen...f_Independence

AB

AlienBoy · #**372** 10-26-2006, 06:00 PM

Oh - I was thinking independence from GB.

metrognome7 · #**373** 10-26-2006, 06:00 PM

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Mmmm... wasn't that only that one county in NORTH carolina?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklen...f_Independence

AB

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I believe Ruth's referring to the beginnings of the Confederacy, AB - but GREAT catch, I'd never heard of that before.

RuthB.Ginsburg · #**374** 10-26-2006, 06:01 PM

So it's my turn?

metrognome7 · #**375** 10-26-2006, 06:02 PM

Alright, I need to head out so I'm going to give it to Ruth on the South Carolina technicality. The answer I was looking for, however, was:

Hawai'i
California (The Bear Republic)
Texas (The Lone Star Republic)
Vermont (The Republic of Vermont, aka "New Connecticut")

RuthB.Ginsburg · #**376** 10-26-2006, 06:05 PM

Ok, cool. Who was the first American to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize?

JimHammer · #**377** 10-26-2006, 06:06 PM

Teddy Roosevelt

RuthB.Ginsburg · #**378** 10-26-2006, 06:06 PM

Nice Jim. Go.

JimHammer · #**379** 10-26-2006, 06:08 PM

Who was the host of the tonight show before Johnny Carson?

entertainme · #**380** 10-26-2006, 06:09 PM

Steve Allen?