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Truffles, Trifles & Trivia

A question is posed, whomever gets the first correct answer (and is acknowledged correct by the questioner) get to pose the next question:

Here be the articles, or guidelines if ye will:

1: I will ask a question at the end of this post.
2: Post an answer if ye will.
3: If I confirm that your answer is correct, you post the next question.
4: If an answer is wrong, then the asker should use his or her judgement - give people more time, give a hint, or ask an easier question.
5: Ask reasonable questions. The goal is to have fun, not to stump everyone.
6: If someone gives an answer that is true, then it counts as correct, even if you were thinking of a different answer. For example, if you asks who was the woman who sailed with Calico Jack, and you are thinking of Mary Read, and someone answers Anne Bonny, it counts.
7: Questions do not have to be about history or even pirates, but let's try and keep it within the time frame 1750-1900.
8: If ye don't know an answer, then researching it is okay, even googling.
9: If its your turn to ask, you have three days to post yer question. After that, whoever gets there first can ask the next question.

Tags: fun, game, quiz

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Permalink Reply by Caspian Zeplin on October 27, 2009 at 6:45pm: That's him :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Malibu DuPont on October 27, 2009 at 8:03pm: Mmmmm.. might have to quickly stash my precious bulbs in the secret chest, under the floorboards, in my potting shed.
No one will EVER think to look there....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bosun Greybeard on October 27, 2009 at 8:31pm: MallyBoo, ye hasta be one o de funniest n wittiest human beans I knows :-) I already found 'em hidden in th empty peanut butter jar!

My dear Vicar, was that a concession to correctness on my part?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GaiaGirl Pearl on October 28, 2009 at 1:52pm: Is that your trivia question Bosun?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bosun Greybeard on October 28, 2009 at 2:23pm: ok I am going to assume that I am considered correct with my answer.

"Who was known as the Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain man?" And if you dont mind, please elaborate a bit on each role this extraordinary man played.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Malibu DuPont on October 28, 2009 at 4:15pm: I am having trouble concentrating on the question.... my mind is fixated on a certain jar of peanut butter.... filled to the brim with precious bulbs... possibly on it's way to some far away port... to be sold for a small fortune.... or worse, traded for peanuts.

I think I shall rest for a spell on my fainting couch.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bosun Greybeard on October 28, 2009 at 5:39pm: *faceplants* I need a gardener....with a heavy sigh, I turn the ship round and point her bow back to Lady DuPonts garden shed...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GaiaGirl Pearl on October 30, 2009 at 11:58pm: Hugh Glass was captured by the buccaneer Jean Lafitte and turned pirate himself until his first chance to escape. Soon he fell prisoner to the Pawnees and lived for four years as one of them before he managed to make his way to St. Louis. Next he joined a group of trappers to open up the fur-rich, Indian-held territory of the Upper Missouri River. Seems that Hugh got into an argument with a grizzly bear and even though he won the wrestling match there were bits of him missing and his leg was broke. His mates pinched his rifle and gear and left him for dead. When he woke, he reset his leg, let maggots eat around the wounds to prevent gangrene, befriended some natives who sewed a bear hide to his back to cover the exposed wounds and managed to crawl and raft his way 320km (200 mile) to the neartest town. After recuperating he tracked down his mates who left him for dead. He was killed in 1833 by the Arikara indians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bridget Jennings on October 31, 2009 at 10:15am: How did you fond this - it was a tough question. Well done Gaia.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GaiaGirl Pearl on October 31, 2009 at 2:55pm: It's lives like Mr Glass' that make me wonder about reincarnation ... how could anyone possibly say "Hugh, you missed something, go back and do it again!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bosun Greybeard on October 31, 2009 at 10:17pm: ahoy, just got back from a cool camping trip to America's oldest city... Bridget, sorry, I dont remember how I knew about Hugh Glass, my head is full of stuff like this, probably because I end up spending hours on the internet going from link to link (gee is that why its called the "web") and then stumbling onto something really interesting like this guy. What a truly incredible life. Thanks for taking the time to summarize him Gaia, I feel like he was justly honored here.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GaiaGirl Pearl on November 1, 2009 at 12:50am: What is the name of the celtic festival being celebrated at this time of year in the southern hemisphere?; ▶ Reply to This