Post a general trivia question & see if anyone can guess the answer without using Google.

[red dog 1]

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GUESSES ARE WELCOME!

(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. I'm thinking...

Alexander Graham Bell.

[LakeVermilion]

3. Nope!

I checked .

[Harker]

2. I'll go with Nikola Tesla.

[red dog 1]

10. Nope.

[lapucelle]

4. JP Morgan

[LNM]

5. Edison?

[red dog 1]

11. Good guess, but no.

[Earl_from_PA]

6. I don't know the answer to the OP's question

But my general trivia question is ...
Does carrot cake count as a serving of vegetables?...
Inquiring minds ..

[mwmisses4289]

7. Of course it does! It's made with carrots, right?

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]

8. My thinking exactly

A stand alone well balanced meal...

[yellowdogintexas]

58. my carrot cake has crushed pineapple and shredded coconut, carrots and walnuts

all the food groups

[quaint]

9. Ronald Reagan

[red dog 1]

12. Ha!

[quaint]

13. Am I wrong?

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]

16. The 1st house with electric lighting was in New York in 1880

[quaint]

19. It was the "solely" that made me think of Ronnie.

[Niagara]

14. Benjamin Harrison?

[red dog 1]

17. No

[Nittersing]

15. Vanderbilts?

[red dog 1]

18. Good guess, but no.

[Niagara]

20. How about that Rockefeller fellow?

[Harker]

21. If it was Jimmy Schwartz, there's going to be a riot.

[Niagara]

22. Who's Jimmy Schwartz, Harker?

[Harker]

23. Beats me, but "famous" could be subjective.

[Niagara]

24. Absolutely, Harker

[Harker]

25. ...

[red dog 1]

67. How about "well-known"?

Could 'well-known' also be subjective?

[Harker]

68. I don't know, red!

[red dog 1]

69. "Barefoot" Jimmy Schwartz of The Blues Disciples?

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]

70. Ah! Just the unaccomplished, utterly unknown Jimmy Schwartz of my imagination, red.

[red dog 1]

33. Nope, good guess though.

[LisaM]

26. The Astors?

Seems like a Gilded Age thing.

[lapfog_1]

27. Teddy Roosevelt?

just a WAG

[red dog 1]

34. Nope, good guess.

[underpants]

28. Hearst

[red dog 1]

35. Another good guess, but no.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

29. Stanford White. NT

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. If my first guess doesn't pan out, Ulysses Grant. NT

[Harker]

32. Jimmy Schwartz?

[VGNonly]

36. JP Morgan?

[red dog 1]

37. Ding!

[VGNonly]

38. It seemed like a robber baron thing.

[rpannier]

64. I can see it. Though if I had made it

the sign would read
JP Morgan is a douche. Thank you for reading.

[Niagara]

39. post #4 did give this answer, red dog

[VGNonly]

40. Who said

"I only play the piano, but tonight god is in the house"?

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Fats Waller Talking About Art Tatum

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]

42. Tiger Rag

[ProfessorGAC]

43. A Piano Genius!

He's near the top of almost every great piano players GOAT list.
They all know!

[VGNonly]

44. A fun jam!

[bobalew]

45. Who played the pedal steel on CSNY's "Teach your children" studio version?

NC....

[VGNonly]

46. Jerry Garcia

[red dog 1]

48. Was Wyatt Earp ever shot in a gunfight?

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[ProfessorGAC]

53. The Answer Is No

Never hit by a bullet, even though in the famous "gunfight" bullets went through his duster, he was never hit.

[red dog 1]

49. What horse is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time?

[WestMichRad]

50. I'm not a hose racing fan, but...

Secretariat?

[red dog 1]

51. Correct!

[ProfessorGAC]

54. That Was An Easy One

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]

56. It's the only horse's name I can remember!

(other than Trigger and Mr. Ed))

[303squadron]

52. Who is the only author who has written books

That appear in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal System?

[ProfessorGAC]

55. Great Question

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]

57. Isaac Asimov?

I know he wrote about a lot of different things. No idea what the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal system are.

[303squadron]

59. We have a winner

Asimov - one of my scientific and literary heroes.

[303squadron]

60. Another one (tongue in cheek)

Who played cornet for Jacques St. Claire on the jazz track "Vital Stats"?

[red dog 1]

61. What is the longest-running Broadway show in history?

[Harker]

62. "Cats"?

One of three that occurred to me.

[red dog 1]

63. Nope,

Good guess, Hark.
[What are the other two?]

[Harker]

65. "Phantom of the Opera"..

and "Les Misérables."

[red dog 1]

66. Ding!

Phantom of the Opera

[tornado34jh]

71. In which country can you find the Crooked Forest, where trees are bent at 90 degrees?