JimmyJazz vs BigMcLargehuge trivia invitational!!!

[BigMcLargehuge]

Rules : General knowledge questions only. I won't ask telecom tech questions you don't ask whatever your specialization is... No outside sources, i.e. other Internet sites.

You go first. I will answer, then, if I am convinced I am right, I'll ask the next question. If I don't answer after five minutes I will post an I don't know.

on edit: I will only respond to JimmyJazz, she will only respond to me.

That work for you?

[HEyHEY]

1. What di dJacque Cartier Discover?

[JimmyJazz]

3. Who said you could ask a question?????

Diamonds in Africa?

[miss_kitty]

5. watches and jewelry

high end goods.

[HEyHEY]

7. New foundland!

[JimmyJazz]

2. House rules and it's your house.

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. House rules are you go first

[JimmyJazz]

6. I'll be gentle. Name the two athletes stripped of their medals

during the 1968 Olympics and why?

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. shortest trivia challenge ever

I was still a fetus in 1968...

I have absolutely no idea

[Kenneth ken]

9. Mexico City

track guys; they did a Black Power salute on the medal platform, but I don't remember their names :(

[BigMcLargehuge]

11. john carlos and tommie smith?

they weren't stripped of their medals

[JimmyJazz]

13. yes they were.

for standing on the podium with their fists in the air during the National anthem. I remember.

[Kenneth ken]

16. you are correct:

It was one of the 20th century's most powerful and controversial moments in sports, and a watershed event in the civil rights movement. After failing to convince their fellow black athletes to boycott the Mexico City 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos succeeded in winning the gold and bronze medals in the 200 meters track & field event. Determined to use the grand stage of the Olympic games as a platform for protest, Smith and Carlos accepted their medals in bare feet (to bring attention to the poverty of the African-American community), wearing beads (in honor of the countless blacks murdered as victims of slavery or racism), and holding black-gloved fists in the air (the "Black Power" salute).

A storm of outrage hit Smith and Carlos immediately. For disrespecting the "Star Spangled Banner" and the Olympic games, the IOC forced the U.S. Olympic Committe to withdraw them from the relays, banish them from the Olympic Village, and expel them from the U.S. Olympic team. Most of white America was also outraged at their actions, and both men experienced a heavy backlash upon their return home. Nonetheless, their legend has grown, and this classic black-and-white image has become a symbol of the struggle for equality for black athletes in America.

No wonder you didn't get the answer. :)

[JimmyJazz]

10. Tommie Smith and John Carlos

You can ask me a question. It's only fair.

[Kenneth ken]

12. yeah - that was them.

I'm only good at multiple choice trivia. :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

14. let's start again

according to:http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1289-7330/sports/olympics_cbc/clip4

they weren't stripped of their medals

"The International Olympic Committee, which argued that politics would poison the Games, reacted with outrage to the pair's silent gesture. In response, the U.S. Olympic Committee evicted the pair from the Olympic Village. While Smith and Carlos are now widely regarded as heroes of the civil rights movement, they returned to mostly hostile reaction in the United States. Contrary to some reports, they were not, however, stripped of their medals."

[JimmyJazz]

15. i seem to recall that their medals were taken away, but I guess

I will trust your internet source. Your question.

on edit: it was reported that they were stripped so that would have clouded my memory. :7

[JimmyJazz]

17. You ask a question.

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. History question

What was the name of the letter intercepted on the way to mexico from Germany urging the Mexicans to declare war on the US during the first world war.

[JimmyJazz]

19. I don't know.

do you want me to sing the Banana Splits theme song again? I can and I will!

Damn.

Your question: What score was posted for Nadia Comeneci following her individual uneven bars routine in 1976 in Montreal?

(this is my last sports question to you)

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. answer: The Zimmerman Note

answer to your question -

uh....

9?

Man, I guess I better not take the olympic history category on Jeopardy...

[JimmyJazz]

22. Okay - one more round and we'll call it a tie and I will go to bed.

No - the correct answer was 1.0. They used a manual poster with flip numbers that only went up to 9.9, so when she scored a perfect ten, it was posted as 1.0 (hey, this was 1976)

[BigMcLargehuge]

24. fair enough

your question

[JimmyJazz]

27. no - it's your turn to ask. I've asked two to your one.

Look mister, I'm the one drinking the white russians here. Don't try to confuse me any more than I already am. :)

[Spider Jerusalem]

23. Zimmermann telegram, to be exact.

2 "N"s in "Zimmermann".

[CaptainCorc]

21. The Zimmerman telegram? sorry, i couldn't resist n/t

[Kenneth ken]

25. ...

The Zimmermann note was an official letter sent secretly by Zimmermann, Germany's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to her Minister in Mexico, directing him to attempt to unite Mexico and Japan with Germany in war against the United States.

This document was captured by the United States secret service upon the Texas border, and was disclosed to the American public on February 28th, at the height of the brief interval of indignation and uncertainty between America's breaking of diplomatic relations and her declaring war.

for the voyeurs :D

[JimmyJazz]

26. next time - you play Mr. BigMcLargeHuge - he's wearing me out!

[Kenneth ken]

28. I already said

I'm only good if it's multiple guess trivia. Like at the bar. :D

besides, here I'm googling, so that wouldn't be fair. I'm playing the role of unofficial judge/voyeur

[JimmyJazz]

30. We probably should have made our questions multiple choice

I think I may have gotten the Zimmerman letter with multiple choice.

[Kellanved]

40. It was the British Secret Service, who intercepted the note

eom.

[Kenneth ken]

41. ok

I dunno - that was just a copy-n-paste from some googled site.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[BigMcLargehuge]

29. next question: entertainment

Morgan Freeman began his professional acting career as which character on which childrens television program?

[Kenneth ken]

31. I could maybe name the show

but since I never watched it, I certainly couldn't name the character.

Ooh, now I'm playing unoffical judge/voyeur/kbbitzer - a trifecta!

[BigMcLargehuge]

33. LOL

[JimmyJazz]

32. Sesame Street ? I'm thinking of the character also played by

Holly Robinson Peete's father. Am I way off?

[BigMcLargehuge]

34. you are way off

though you have the right network

[JimmyJazz]

35. would it be wrong to use the "f" word when talking about Sesame

Street? If it's the Electric Company, which seems to be about in your age range, I'm lost. I hate to admit it, but PBS was before my time. I say we call it a draw and both of us live to see another day (after you tell me the answer of course)

[BigMcLargehuge]

36. it was The Electric Company

and the character was Easy Reader

ok, one last one from you and I am done

[Kenneth ken]

37. Dang

you're good at answering your own questions!

...the hip character Easy Reader on the public television children's show The Electric Company.

I woulda guessed Sesame Street, for the record.

Good night and thanks for playing. Rice-A-Roni for each of our parting contestants.

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

38. See. I never watched that show. Aren't you at all impressed that

I knew Holly Robinson's dad was on Sesame Street? :7

We'll pick this up again on another slow night in the lounge. It's been fun playing with you Mr. BigMcLargeHuge. Now, while all this was going on, I'm sure some sophmoric posters have taken advantage of your absence to post some silly sex threads. :hi:

Until tomorrow, Zoro.

[BigMcLargehuge]

39. okie dokie :)

gnight, it was fun I look forward to our next duel