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Title says it all.
Answer the question and leave one. No Google-fu allowed.
Leave politics at the door.
How many 14ers are in CO?
56 I think. Which city holds an annual Frozen Dead Guy festival?
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 14:23
54 & Nederland
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New question. Well done on the answers.
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 14:31
Wife says 54 is not correct. :confused:
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buffalobo
09-29-2013, 14:31
What was the first county in Colorado?
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OneGuy67
09-29-2013, 15:56
What was the first county in Colorado?
Sent from my electronic ball and chain.
Arapahoe?
Holger Danske
09-29-2013, 16:58
What is the county seat of Garfield county?
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 17:01
Arapahoe?
Correct.
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 17:02
What is the county seat of Garfield county?
Rifle.
What/ Who is Speer Blvd named after?
Close on the 14ers but not cookies.
Where is Mike The Headless Chicken Days held?
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 17:14
What/ Who is Speer Blvd named after?
Early Governor?
buffalobo
09-29-2013, 17:15
Close on the 14ers but not cookies.
Where is Mike The Headless Chicken Days held?
No clue, but as many chickens I have made headless, I should know.
How many 14ers are in CO?
58 if you don't get caught up in the saddle-between nonsense.
I forgot all about Mike the Headless Chicken. I didn't think that was in Colorado though.
Close on the 14ers but not cookies.
Where is Mike The Headless Chicken Days held?
Fruita.
58 if you don't get caught up in the saddle-between nonsense.
Almost.
Early Governor?
Close fist mayor or Denver, also a member of the KKK...
What's the longest road in Colorado?
Big Wall
09-29-2013, 18:09
Colfax. Also the longest in the US if I remember correctly.
If you took the gold off the capital dome it would make a ball about the size of what fruit?
What/Who was Colorado named after?
What Italian restaurant in north Denver was owned by Chubby Aiello (non confirmed early Denver gangster). Hint they have the best marinara in town.
I feel like if anyone knows the 14er's, it'd be Hatidua.
What/Who was Colorado named after?
Means Red river doesn't it?
What Italian restaurant in north Denver was owned by Chubby Aiello (non confirmed early Denver gangster). Hint they have the best marinara in town.
Fazoli's duh.
Means Red river doesn't it?
Fazoli's duh.
[ROFL1]
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 18:29
What/Who was Colorado named after?
"Colored Red" in reference to the red sandstone in the area where gold was first discovered here.
Q: Where was gold first discovered in Colorado ?
Platte River where it joins Cherry Creek in Denver?
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 18:42
Platte River where it joins Cherry Creek in Denver?
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wrong%20answer%20sound%20effect&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CC0QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDVV qrE143N4&ei=lchIUu6XAYaSyAHR64GwDw&usg=AFQjCNH4shl74xjyUhnueyKDg9TvaQQS3w&bvm=bv.53217764,d.aWc
Who was the Colorado governor who protested the internment of Japanese-American civilians during world War II?
This thread is a repost by the way. ;)
Who was the Colorado governor who protested the internment of Japanese-American civilians during world War II?
Thats a good one, McNicholes?
BPTactical
09-29-2013, 19:18
Who was the noted guide and mountain man who had a trading post near present day Lyons?
Who was the famous rifle maker who had a shop near present day 12th Street and Larimer?
Holger Danske
09-29-2013, 19:36
Rifle is not the county seat of Garfield county. (I dont know how to do thw quote thing)
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 19:49
Who was the noted guide and mountain man who had a trading post near present day Lyons?
William Bent.
BushMasterBoy
09-29-2013, 19:55
Gold on the Capitol dome is equivalent in size to a grapefruit. I'm surprised they haven't stolen it...
Who was the Colorado governor who protested the internment of Japanese-American civilians during world War II?
Gov. Carr, his statue is in Sakura Square.
BPTactical
09-29-2013, 19:59
William Bent.
This would be an incorrect answer Bobbo...
William Bent.
Kit Carson.
Bent's Old Fort is in La Junta.
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 20:11
Kit Carson.
Bent's Old Fort is in La Junta.
Bent's first trading post was in la Junta, then his third ? Was at Ft. Lyons.
BPTactical
09-29-2013, 20:14
Kit Carson is incorrect as well.
Fort Lyon was not at present day Lyons either, it was near Platteville.
Guess again kids
Big Wall
09-29-2013, 20:23
Gold on the Capitol dome is equivalent in size to a grapefruit. I'm surprised they haven't stolen it...
Correct. Someone was busted collecting the rainwater from the downspouts to collect the gold particles. The down spouts were re-routed to prevent this from happening in the future.
Sorry, I screwed up the quote.
Bailey Guns
09-29-2013, 20:26
I axed the wife. We think there are 53 14ers in the state.
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 20:39
Kit Carson is incorrect as well.
Fort Lyon was not at present day Lyons either, it was near Platteville.
Guess again kids
Ceran de Hault de Lassus de St. Vrain, AKA Ceren St.Vrain.
BPTactical
09-29-2013, 20:39
Nice try Bobbo, but alas you be wrong again!
The answer to question one that I posted is: Mariano Modena.
Anybody care to try question two that I posted?
What famous rifle maker had a shop near current day 12th and Larimer? Hint: pre 1870!
Heuristic
09-29-2013, 20:50
58 if you don't get caught up in the saddle-between nonsense.
The correct answer is 54.
What is the least populated county in colorado?
Sharpienads
09-29-2013, 20:51
Lincoln County.
Heuristic
09-29-2013, 21:10
Lincoln County.
BUZZ.
Hinsdale County
SideShow Bob
09-29-2013, 21:37
Nice try Bobbo, but alas you be wrong again!
The answer to question one that I posted is: Mariano Modena.
Anybody care to try question two that I posted?
What famous rifle maker had a shop near current day 12th and Larimer? Hint: pre 1870!
Samuel and son William hawkens.
There are 53 ranked 14ers and 75 recognized high points that could be considered peaks if you felt like it. The essay i wrote in middle school finally came in handy.
What is the most photographed place in Colorado and arguably the United States?
Firehaus
09-29-2013, 23:32
What is the most photographed place in Colorado and arguably the United States?
Maroon bells.
GilpinGuy
09-30-2013, 00:36
What was Colorado's first capital city?
Bent's first trading post was in la Junta, then his third ? Was at Ft. Lyons.
Right you are sir, sorry.
lllRorlll
09-30-2013, 01:09
I get the family with these every time i see fit---
colorado
state bird- ?
state flower-?
state tree-?
state dinosaur-?
... Dont google them ....4th grade stuff here
..... Go broncos
State flower was a Columbine last I knew, unless it was changed to Hickenlooper.
GilpinGuy
09-30-2013, 01:35
Bird is the Lark Bunting I think.
Maroon bells.
Correct!
I get the family with these every time i see fit---
colorado
state bird- ?
state flower-?
state tree-?
state dinosaur-?
... Dont google them ....4th grade stuff here
..... Go broncos
Lark bunting
Columbine
Blue spruce
Stegosaurus?
First capital was Colorado City? However there are many in on this fight. Anywhere you see a wide road in a small town was "meant" to be the capital.
Ok let see if you can get a really hard one. What is the only town in Colorado named after a race horse and what presidential nominee kicked off his campaign there?
GilpinGuy
09-30-2013, 05:14
Colorado City is correct.
Pretty cool story here:
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/cap/locate.htm
BPTactical
09-30-2013, 05:59
Samuel and son William hawkens.
Look at the big brain on Bobbo! Go ahead, say "What" again......
Great-Kazoo
09-30-2013, 06:35
What motorcycle did a Denver Bronco trade in for a new Heritage Softail in 1986.
GilpinGuy
09-30-2013, 06:39
A Norton? I have no clue....
stoner01
09-30-2013, 07:02
Who were the City of Loveland and Loveland Pass named after. Did this person every actually go there?
GilpinGuy
09-30-2013, 07:12
When was gold discovered in Black Hawk? And if you're really good, by whom?
Bailey Guns
09-30-2013, 07:15
What motorcycle did a Denver Bronco trade in for a new Heritage Softail in 1986.
His old one?
[Coffee]
What motorcycle did a Denver Bronco trade in for a new Heritage Softail in 1986.
Probably #7. Traded his Titan.
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 11:14
Who was the Colorado governor who protested the internment of Japanese-American civilians during world War II?Ralph Carr
There is a plaque didicated to Carr and this story. Its on 285; anybody know where it is?
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 11:28
Colorado has 53 14'ers.
We used to have 54! What happened?
james_bond_007
09-30-2013, 11:58
Colorado has 53 14'ers.
We used to have 54! What happened?
If I remember correctly (and remembering can be a chore these days), it has something to do with the "saddles" aka peak prominence (how much it sticks up above its surroundings).
To be classified as a peak, I think the peak has to rise at least 300 feet above a contour line that encircles it, and it alone. It can't be a "spur" or saddle of a larger peak.
Being part of a a saddle is OK, as long as the saddle dips down 300 or more feet below the peak in question.
I think some peaks were "re-classified" when the new definition came out.
Kind of like we all learned that there were 9 planets in the solar system. Now with the new definition of a "planet", Pluto has officially been dropped off the list.
So if you ask a 3rd grader "How many planets are there?" He will, to your surprise, say "8".
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 12:38
Colorado is North America's #1 producer of what mineral?
Edited: Didn't want to make it too easy to Google...
W.R.T. 14ers, I've seen the number be 52, 53, 54 and 58. Depends on how they are classified.
Colorado is home to how many National Parks?
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 12:49
Colorado is home to how many National Parks?Without any Google... 5 National parks?
Colorado is North America's #1 producer of what?
There is more than one correct answer. Millet is one correct answer.
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 12:54
W.R.T. 14ers, I've seen the number be 52, 53, 54 and 58. Depends on how they are classified.
The Colorado Summit Criterion: For a summit to be a ranked summit, it must have at least 300 feet of prominence. A summit's prominence is its rise above the highest saddle connecting the summit to higher ground. That highest saddle is called the prominence saddle.
Pretty silly eh??? 58 are 14k+ but only 53 fit this criteria currently...
A 14er was "Created" in 1987. Which one and for whom was it created??? [Pilot]
newracer
09-30-2013, 13:10
Four National Parks, Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Four National Parks, Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Yep! Folks often miss Mesa Verde unless they have been there.
newracer
09-30-2013, 14:20
What unique "Day" is celebrated in Fruita?
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 14:53
Four National Parks, Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.I counted Dinosaur, but its a "National Monument" not a Park...
Before Magpul what company based in Colorado made magazines and stocks?
Before Magpul what company based in Colorado made magazines and stocks?
Would that be Ramline?
Name two at least (Denver) East High School graduates that have found success in Hollywood.
Big Wall
09-30-2013, 15:07
Pretty silly eh??? 58 are 14k+ but only 53 fit this criteria currently...
A 14er was "Created" in 1987. Which one and for whom was it created??? [Pilot]
Challenger Point. Created to honor the members of the Challenger crew after the disaster.
Would that be Ramline?
That would be right.
buffalobo
09-30-2013, 15:42
What unique "Day" is celebrated in Fruita?
Headless Chicken Day.
Sent from my electronic ball and chain.
There are 53 official 14ers. There are 6 other peaks over 14K but do not fit the CO definition of an individual peak.
What unique "Day" is celebrated in Fruita?
See post #12.
Where is Bob the Bridge?
lllRorlll
09-30-2013, 16:49
Correct!
Lark bunting
Columbine
Blue spruce
Stegosaurus?
First capital was Colorado City? However there are many in on this fight. Anywhere you see a wide road in a small town was "meant" to be the capital.
Ok let see if you can get a really hard one. What is the only town in Colorado named after a race horse and what presidential nominee kicked off his campaign there?
yep!
no one ever gets the dinosaur
gj
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 17:32
Challenger Point. Created to honor the members of the Challenger crew after the disaster.Correct!
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Post Toastie
09-30-2013, 17:46
Where is Bob the Bridge?
Vail
In what county is the town of Rinn?
mdflem51
09-30-2013, 18:41
Name two at least (Denver) East High School graduates that have found success in Hollywood.
Pam Grier and Joni Mitchell
Holger Danske
09-30-2013, 18:56
Where is Doc Holiday buried?
Holger Danske
09-30-2013, 18:58
Why is the million dollar highway called the million dollar highway?
mdflem51
09-30-2013, 18:59
Where is Doc Holiday buried?
Glenwood Springs
Holger Danske
09-30-2013, 18:59
What did Colorado contribute to the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
Where is Doc Holiday buried?
In his grave.
What did Colorado contribute to the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
Marble?
Delfuego
09-30-2013, 19:04
Why is the million dollar highway called the million dollar highway?Because it cost $1 million dollars per mile to build OR You couldn't pay me a million dollars to go over it!
Because it cost $1 million dollars per mile to build OR You couldn't pay me a million dollars to go over it!
Or that was the amount of gold in the earth they dug up building it.
Big Wall
09-30-2013, 19:31
On the west side of the tunels at Idaho Springs, there is the Scott Lancaster memorial bridge. What happened to Scott Lancaster?
Why is the million dollar highway called the million dollar highway?
The million dollar views.
On the west side of the tunels at Idaho Springs, there is the Scott Lancaster memorial bridge. What happened to Scott Lancaster?
Killed by a mountain lion.
Why is Cripple Creek called Cripple Creek?
BPTactical
10-01-2013, 07:33
Why is the million dollar highway called the million dollar highway?
At the time of its construction the cost exceeded 1 million dollars. It was the most expensive public construction project in history up to that time (late 1800's)
BPTactical
10-01-2013, 07:34
Where is Alferd Packer buried?
BPTactical
10-01-2013, 07:36
Why is Cripple Creek called Cripple Creek?
Because Jerrymrc and Ginsue live so close...
jhirsh5280
10-01-2013, 08:15
Where is Alferd Packer buried?
In Alferd Packer's tomb [ROFL1]
Where is Alferd Packer buried?
Littleton
Colorado Marble
What did Colorado contribute to the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
BPTactical
10-01-2013, 08:39
Littleton
Da Winnah!
Littleton cemetery near ACC, just south on Windemere.
Delfuego
10-01-2013, 09:10
Colorado is North America's #1 producer of what mineral?
What famous and wealthy man did a short stint as a republican senator and died penniless in Denver?
Delfuego
10-01-2013, 09:58
Molybdenum?Correct! [Beer]
Name two at least (Denver) East High School graduates that have found success in Hollywood.
Pam Grier and Joni Mitchell
Pam Grier, yes. I'll have to check on Joni Mitchell, though you may have been thinking Judy Collins. Don Cheadle was the other of these three that originally came to my mind.
ETA: I broke the thread rules, and googled Joni Mitchell for verification. She is Canadian.
Pam Grier, yes. I'll have to check on Joni Mitchell, though you may have been thinking Judy Collins. Don Cheadle was the other of these three that originally came to my mind.
ETA: I broke the thread rules, and googled Joni Mitchell for verification. She is Canadian.
TJ Miller I believe also went to East HS
Why is Cripple Creek called Cripple Creek?
Because that's where she sends me.
TJ Miller I believe also went to East HS
Who is TJ Miller?
Sent via my Mobile Work Avoidance Device
Zombie Steve
10-01-2013, 12:41
Molybdenum?
Yep. Anyone know which mountain in Colorado was dubbed " The Mountain That Won a War" (WWII) because it is literally a mountain of molybdenum and at the time thought to be 85% of the world's supply of molybdenum?
Do not know the name of the mountain but i do know the climax mine is chewing through it.
Who is TJ Miller?
TJ Miller is a comedian who's been in a few movies, most notably "She's out of my league". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2554352/
Big Wall
10-01-2013, 13:12
Killed by a mountain lion.
Correct!
Big Wall
10-01-2013, 15:33
When what is now hwy 34 was first built from Loveland to Estes Park, what did Loveland not do and what did the man who built the road do about it?
jerrymrc
10-01-2013, 15:54
OK, All Colorado Springs related and Family related. First radio station in the springs and what did the call letters stand for. Leads us to the next one and ties into the first. Gold camp road was first called what after he outbid Penrose at auction for the rights to the railroad tracks.
Sold the city of Colorado Springs the land to give to the Army to start Camp Carson. Hint, there used to be a house by the ball fields named after him. [Flower]
What is the largest glacier in CO?
Vanniek71
10-28-2013, 08:50
What is the largest glacier in CO?
I know the smallest is St Mary's. The largest, Arapahoe? or Rowe maybe?
I know the smallest is St Mary's. The largest, Arapahoe? or Rowe maybe?
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Big Wall
10-28-2013, 13:37
When what is now hwy 34 was first built from Loveland to Estes Park, what did Loveland not do and what did the man who built the road do about it?
No bites so here's the answer: Loveland refused to pay him for building the road. He responded by building his house in the middle of the road so no could use it.
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Vanniek71
10-28-2013, 13:54
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Sweet! I was guessing but it got me through lol
here's my question:
How many documented waterfalls does the state of CO have?
Great. Discussions about undocumented water falls always end in a locked thread.
Great. Discussions about undocumented water falls always end in a locked thread.
Shhhhh. Do you want the perma band? [banned][Peep]
Delfuego
10-31-2013, 10:49
What is the oldest town in Colorado?
What is the oldest town in Colorado?
Easy one that would be the town of San Luis, CO
Delfuego
10-31-2013, 11:42
Easy one that would be the town of San Luis, COCorrect!
What is the 2nd largest lake in Colorado?
Correct!
What is the 2nd largest lake in Colorado?
As in NOT man made? I want to say Granby
Delfuego
10-31-2013, 12:58
Not man made...
Ok so I had the largest, I looked up the second
HoneyBadger
10-31-2013, 13:43
Ok so I had the largest, I looked up the second
Is Dillon Lake man made? (I think that's what it's called... I'm talking about the big lake by Frisco, but we're not allowed to use Google, so I can't confirm)
Delfuego
10-31-2013, 13:49
Dillon is a reservoir and part of Denver's water supply.
First capital was Colorado City? However there are many in on this fight. Anywhere you see a wide road in a small town was "meant" to be the capital.
Bonus points- after Colorado City and before Denver, what was the capital?
What famous candy is Colorado the birthplace of? Extra points if you can guess what town it was born in...
Icecoldviper
10-31-2013, 18:52
Bonus points- after Colorado City and before Denver, what was the capital? Golden?
Golden?
Bingo!
ETA: I know this because I interviewed with Golden PD last month and brought this factoid up- it really impressed the CPT.
What famous candy is Colorado the birthplace of? Extra points if you can guess what town it was born in...
Jolly Rancher?
Jolly Rancher?
Yessir! Not to be confused with the joke "what do you call a farmer with one sheep under each arm?" [LOL]
Yessir! Not to be confused with the joke "what do you call a farmer with one sheep under each arm?" [LOL]
I know the factory was in Wheat Ridge, but I don't know if that's where it originated.
The joke I remember was from Desert Storm and it went, "What do you call an Iraqi with a sheep under each arm?" "A pimp!"
jerrymrc
10-31-2013, 20:19
Jolly Rancher?
Back in the 80's a good friend that I grew up with raced Midgets and was sponsored by JR. My Oldest always loved going out to the races because she always got a big bag of candy.[Flower]35825
hghclsswhitetrsh
10-31-2013, 22:29
Jerry did you goto lakeside in the 80's?
buffalobo
10-31-2013, 22:41
Back in the 80's a good friend that I grew up with raced Midgets and was sponsored by JR. My Oldest always loved going out to the races because she always got a big bag of candy.[Flower]35825
They were a long time local racing sponsor. Good things for racing along the front range.
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