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15. Vanderbilts?

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:59 AM

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Post a general trivia question & see if anyone can guess the answer without using Google. [View all] red dog 1 Mar 23 OP

I'm thinking... LakeVermilion Mar 23 #1

Nope! LakeVermilion Mar 23 #3

I'll go with Nikola Tesla. Harker Mar 23 #2

Nope. red dog 1 Mar 24 #10

JP Morgan lapucelle Mar 23 #4

Edison? LNM Mar 23 #5

Good guess, but no. red dog 1 Mar 24 #11

I don't know the answer to the OP's question Earl_from_PA Mar 23 #6

Of course it does! It's made with carrots, right? mwmisses4289 Mar 23 #7

My thinking exactly Earl_from_PA Mar 23 #8

Ronald Reagan quaint Mar 23 #9

Ha! red dog 1 Mar 24 #12

Am I wrong? quaint Mar 25 #13

The 1st house with electric lighting was in New York in 1880 red dog 1 Mar 25 #16

It was the "solely" that made me think of Ronnie. quaint Mar 25 #19

Benjamin Harrison? Niagara Mar 25 #14

No red dog 1 Mar 25 #17

Vanderbilts? Nittersing Mar 25 #15

Good guess, but no. red dog 1 Mar 25 #18

How about that Rockefeller fellow? Niagara Mar 25 #20

If it was Jimmy Schwartz, there's going to be a riot. Harker Mar 25 #21

Who's Jimmy Schwartz, Harker? Niagara Mar 25 #22

Beats me, but "famous" could be subjective. Harker Mar 25 #23

Absolutely, Harker Niagara Mar 25 #24

... Harker Mar 25 #25

Nope, good guess though. red dog 1 Mar 26 #33

The Astors? LisaM Mar 25 #26

Teddy Roosevelt? lapfog_1 Mar 25 #27

Nope, good guess. red dog 1 Mar 26 #34

Hearst underpants Mar 25 #28

Another good guess, but no. red dog 1 Mar 26 #35

Stanford White. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author bamagal62 Mar 25 #30

If my first guess doesn't pan out, Ulysses Grant. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 #31

Jimmy Schwartz? Harker Mar 26 #32

JP Morgan? VGNonly Mar 26 #36

Ding! red dog 1 Mar 26 #37

It seemed like a robber baron thing. VGNonly Mar 26 #38

post #4 did give this answer, red dog Niagara Mar 26 #39

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Jerry Garcia VGNonly Saturday #46