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Posted by: southsider2k7 Jun 17 2008, 01:46 PM
So to try something different, how about a perpetual quiz thread? I am thinking we have a question out there, then whoever answers it gets to ask the next question.
I'll start it off...
What is the first street south of the numbered streets?
Posted by: JHeath Jun 17 2008, 02:10 PM
Without looking at a map, I'm going to guess Detriot Street, which intestects with Franklin just south of 11th (near the Moose Lodge and the BP station).
Posted by: Ang Jun 17 2008, 02:13 PM
I agree with JHeath, but I know that doesn't mean I get to ask the next question. 
Posted by: JHeath Jun 17 2008, 02:39 PM
I agree with JHeath, but I know that doesn't mean I get to ask the next question.
Go ahead, Ang. I'll pass that honor on to you.
Posted by: Tim Jun 17 2008, 09:15 PM
Detroit St.
Next question - where was M&M Restaurant originally located?
Posted by: mcstumper Jun 17 2008, 09:37 PM
Detroit St.
Next question - where was M&M Restaurant originally located?
Mars?
Posted by: Tim Jun 18 2008, 01:09 AM
Mars?
Dude - it clearly says MC - not "solar system".
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 18 2008, 08:24 AM
'Tween 11th and 10th on Franklin?
Posted by: Ang Jun 18 2008, 10:03 AM
I think SSder said the rules were that the FIRST person to answer correctly gets to ask the next question.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 18 2008, 11:16 AM
Yes, I think SSider did. So Ang gets to ask, and the M&M question has to be put aside. I think it was Winston Churchill who put it best: Until Tim is the next, first-correct responder, his question is relegated to the ash heap of this message board.
Posted by: Tim Jun 19 2008, 02:34 AM
Are we taking guesses as actually winning entries? If so, IHeath gets to ask the next question. I'll withdraw mine until the proper time.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 19 2008, 07:36 AM
In order to avoid confusion, let us agree to stop using punctuation when answering in this thread.
Posted by: JHeath Jun 19 2008, 11:25 AM
Q:What year did Marquette Mall open?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 19 2008, 11:40 AM
1968
Posted by: JHeath Jun 19 2008, 12:07 PM
1968
Nope. Next response, please...
Posted by: Tim Jun 19 2008, 04:54 PM
Nope. Next response, please...
Marquette Mall opened in 1967.
I remember a girl who lived near us and I went to the mall when it was being built. We'd heard about it, but never having been in that type of mall, we figured it was going to be a glorified Park N' Shop. The store were built - they all had naked mannequins in the front window areas - we just walked through there like we'd landed on the moon - we were going to be like the Jetsons!
Let's go back to my M&M question - anyone?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 20 2008, 09:33 AM
Franklin St, 'tween 9th and 10th
Posted by: Tim Jun 22 2008, 02:59 AM
Franklin St, 'tween 9th and 10th
You're warm - but I'm looking for a more specific answer than an entire city block.
Do your best!
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 23 2008, 08:14 AM
where the dry cleaners is now on the corner of tenth and franlin
Posted by: Tim Jun 23 2008, 04:17 PM
where the dry cleaners is now on the corner of tenth and franlin
Is that anywhere near 10th and Franklin?
Ha ha.
Do you mean the NW corner?
Posted by: JHeath Jun 23 2008, 08:21 PM
Is that anywhere near 10th and Franklin?
Ha ha.
Do you mean the NW corner?
I thought that was Mayer's (Children's clothing shop)...? Or was that one storefront north?
Posted by: Tim Jun 24 2008, 02:48 AM
I thought that was Mayer's (Children's clothing shop)...? Or was that one storefront north?
Mayer's was not on the corner.
Come on, Rog - let's move the quiz along!
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 24 2008, 08:56 PM
Τhe dry cleaners is on the SE corner
Posted by: Tim Jun 24 2008, 09:12 PM
Τhe dry cleaners is on the SE corner
That's not where M&M used to be.
Any other takers? If not, I'll answer tomorrow and ask a new, more user-friendly question.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 25 2008, 01:44 PM
Just between you and me, I felt it was unfair to look up the answer to your question, preferring the extra challenge of top-of-my-mind answers instead of mere research. I would have looked in the Old Restaurants thread for the answer, if so inclined.
Posted by: JHeath Jun 25 2008, 01:59 PM
Just between you and me, I felt it was unfair to look up the answer to your question, preferring the extra challenge of top-of-my-mind answers instead of mere research. I would have looked in the Old Restaurants thread for the answer, if so inclined.
I agree, Roger. But I did go look up that thread. Not being quite as "seasoned" as some others, I'm questionning the locale. I thought there was a barbershop there. In fact, wasn't that Lou Esper's place?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 25 2008, 03:03 PM
His place is still there, where a diner used to be. It is the NE corner of Franklin and 10th.
Posted by: JHeath Jun 25 2008, 03:10 PM
Guess I'm not old enough to remember that.
Posted by: Ang Jun 25 2008, 03:28 PM
Guess I'm not old enough to remember that.
That's okay. I am old enough to remember and don't.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 25 2008, 03:31 PM
It has been Espar's joint for decades, so your youth cannot be held against you.
Posted by: Tim Jun 25 2008, 04:17 PM
I agree, Roger. But I did go look up that thread. Not being quite as "seasoned" as some others, I'm questionning the locale. I thought there was a barbershop there. In fact, wasn't that Lou Esper's place?
M&M was in fact where Lou Espar's barber shop is/was. My mom used to take me and my sister there when we were kids - must have been the late 50's.
Let's try an easier one - what month and years did Rogers High School's first students enter the school for classes?
Posted by: Ang Jun 25 2008, 04:20 PM
September 1972
Posted by: Tim Jun 25 2008, 04:21 PM
September 1972
Sorry - incorrect.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 25 2008, 04:26 PM
Aug '72
Posted by: Tim Jun 25 2008, 04:27 PM
Aug '72
Both month and year are wrong.
Try again!
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 26 2008, 09:24 AM
September 1970
Posted by: Dan Jun 26 2008, 10:26 AM
September 1974
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jun 26 2008, 11:15 AM
that smells right
Posted by: Tim Jun 26 2008, 04:06 PM
September 1970
Incorrect.
Posted by: Tim Jun 26 2008, 04:07 PM
September 1974
Also incorrect.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 26 2008, 06:28 PM
September 1971
Posted by: Tim Jun 26 2008, 07:10 PM
September 1971
Winner!
I started my junior year at Rogers in Sept., '71. It seems like we had to wait a week due to construction not being done - and it was still under construction when we started classes. I don't think they actually finished the gym until right before that first graduation in '72.
Congrats
- your question?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 27 2008, 12:15 PM
Ok...here's an easy one...
Name the NFL quarterback who was a spokesman for Jaymar-Ruby in the 70's...His line at the end of every TV ad was, "Sansabelt Slacks...From Jaymar-Ruby Corporation in Michigan City, Indiana."
Posted by: Dave Jun 27 2008, 12:44 PM
Joe Namuth?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 27 2008, 01:42 PM
Joe Namuth?
Incorrect. Think older and not so hip.
Posted by: Tim Jun 27 2008, 04:36 PM
Incorrect. Think older and not so hip.
Wow - I didn't even know there were Sansabelt TV ads back then! THerefore, no freaking idea!
Posted by: Marram Jun 27 2008, 10:53 PM
I don't know if you can be older than Namath and be in the '70's. In fact, Namath's glory years were in '67 through '69, with an improbable SuperBowl win in at the end of the '68 season (in '69).
So if he's older than Namath but in the '70's, I'm thinking Johnny U, Lamonica, or George Blanda.
I admit doing some research to try to find the answer. Heck, research should be rewarded, not frowned upon. Whilst doing my due diligence, I came upon the following:
from http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-indiana/107205-1.html
The new advertising campaign... will mark a new era for Jaymar-Ruby, a company that has piled up an impressive list of industry "firsts" in its eight-decade history. Jaymar-Ruby was the first: . To introduce the zipper closure in men's slacks; . To offer change pockets on the inside front pocket; . To use the hook-and-eye closure on men's slacks; . To pioneer the Sansabelt slack concept; . To incorporate a no-roll waistband in its product lines; . To offer many of the man-made fibers in its slacks; . To air coast-to-coast local retailer cut-in commercials on television; and . To operate a fully computerized spreading, marking, sizing and cutting system in the industry.
And I also ran into this little ditty written by a MC transplant who casts a rather cynical eye toward our fair city:
http://chinesebroccoli.org/2008/01/the_truth_about_chicken_city.html
I had my first swim lessons and my first positive day camp experiences at the Michigan City YMCA down on Coolspring. I was in Polliwogs or Guppies or Silverfish or whatever and have been, as a result of this place, a swimmer my whole life. I also had a gymnastics class here where the instructor, no doubt fourteen though I'm sure I thought she was ancient, was so mad at me once she insisted smoke would come out of her ears. I was terrified. I had a swim at the Michigan City Y just last year and I don't think the locker room had been updated or even cleaned since I was a Polliwog. The pool was fairly disgusting too. Yesterday they had their YMCA charter revoked...
A million other things happened and disappeared here too: Fried's Cat Shelter, whose name became more than ironic when the entire thing was destroyed by fire, the Franklin Pharmacy whose animated neon mortar-and-pestle are now echoed bizarrely in the modern logo of the newly erected Walgreens across the street, the crazy-arc architecture of Al's Grocery Store that became Frank's Nursery and Crafts that became Goodwill that became, I think, abandoned, the hobbit-renovated brick brewery on 8th street that nature has nearly fully reclaimed, the strip mall that came and went at Lake Shore Drive and Lake, the Hot'n'Now burger drive-thru that is now a delicious low-rent Mexican joint. ..
Wherefore art thou, weird old timey Michigan City? Not to worry, the world's most angularly modern library is still thriving, the creepy observation tower still looms atop the depressing zoo, the dunes still roll even in the shadows of teetering apartment developments, and yes, most importantly, the electric trains from Chicago still go right down the middle of the street.
I would have never found those articles had I just used my memory (and the memories of a ten-year-old at that).
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 28 2008, 06:54 AM
Ok...here's a hint...Think West Coast.
Posted by: Marram Jun 28 2008, 08:56 AM
Ok...here's a hint...Think West Coast.
Stabler (already said Blanda), Montana, Haden, Kemp?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 28 2008, 09:02 AM
Stabler (already said Blanda), Montana, Haden, Kemp?
OK...another hint...before the best QB in Notre Dame history.
Posted by: Tim Jun 28 2008, 06:36 PM
OK...another hint...before the best QB in Notre Dame history.
*stares at screen - draws blank - bangs head on desk*
Posted by: Marram Jun 28 2008, 07:42 PM
OK...another hint...before the best QB in Notre Dame history.
That's ambiguous, but hints are supposed to be, so here goes.
First off, a quick comment: Montana was the best NFL quarterback to come out of Notre Dame, but his ND career was not as good or only as good as a handfull of others, including Tony Rice, Quinn, McDougal, Clements, Bertelli, and Lujack.
Then, you said "before" the best QB, so you either mean before Montana at ND, which would be Theismann, Clements, Slager, or Lisch; or you mean before Montanta at San Fran, which the web tells me would be either Brodie, Steve Spurrier, Plunkett, or Deberg.
One of those has got to be right.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jun 29 2008, 09:14 AM
That's ambiguous, but hints are supposed to be, so here goes.
First off, a quick comment: Montana was the best NFL quarterback to come out of Notre Dame, but his ND career was not as good or only as good as a handfull of others, including Tony Rice, Quinn, McDougal, Clements, Bertelli, and Lujack.
Then, you said "before" the best QB, so you either mean before Montana at ND, which would be Theismann, Clements, Slager, or Lisch; or you mean before Montanta at San Fran, which the web tells me would be either Brodie, Steve Spurrier, Plunkett, or Deberg.
One of those has got to be right.
As much as I would like to question the careers of a couple of names on the ND list in comparison to Joe Montana's...this is America, and that could be a topic for another time.
We have a winner! John Brodie, former 49ers QB, was a spokesman for Sansabelt Slacks.
Congrats!
Your Question?
Posted by: Marram Jun 29 2008, 10:43 AM
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_accidents
Where in Michigan City did it crash?
Posted by: Tim Jun 30 2008, 04:23 PM
Can I make a suggestion? Maybe this quiz would be more fun if we just asked each other about stuff we remember, rather than testing each other's internet detective skills. For instance, the air crash question - since no one who posts here was alive then, why would anyone know that? It's a good question - I just think we'd have more fun with questions like this -
There used to be a cafe on 8th St. What was it called?
Just my opinion on the quiz parameters, of course....
Posted by: Marram Jul 1 2008, 06:42 AM
Can I make a suggestion? Maybe this quiz would be more fun if we just asked each other about stuff we remember, rather than testing each other's internet detective skills. For instance, the air crash question - since no one who posts here was alive then, why would anyone know that? It's a good question - I just think we'd have more fun with questions like this -
There used to be a cafe on 8th St. What was it called?
Just my opinion on the quiz parameters, of course....
Alright, the answer is actually not on the internet, although the details I displayed came from the website websited (there's a new one - "websited"). I got the answer from memory, and from a guided tour of Friendship Gardens, which was the answer, BTW. Not on the pond or in one of the rose gardens, but on a ridge on the boundaries of the park.
So here's one to take its place since no one responded to the first.
Where is the old Mayor Martin T. Krueger home located?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 1 2008, 06:58 AM
Not "alright" but "all right."
Posted by: Ang Jul 1 2008, 09:12 AM
There used to be a cafe on 8th St. What was it called?
[two cents]Since that wasn't a specific location (afterall 8th street covers a lot of ground) I'm going assume you mean on the corner of 8th and Franklin. There's been a couple restaurants there. Ceno's was the latest to my knowledge, but the most well known was Liles 801. I actually have a magnet on my refridgerator from there! I know that's not an official Quiz question and I do not want to take a turn by answering that one. [/two cents]
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 1 2008, 10:45 AM
[two cents]Since that wasn't a specific location (afterall 8th street covers a lot of ground) I'm going assume you mean on the corner of 8th and Franklin. There's been a couple restaurants there. Ceno's was the latest to my knowledge, but the most well known was Liles 801. I actually have a magnet on my refridgerator from there! I know that's not an official Quiz question and I do not want to take a turn by answering that one. [/two cents]
I think the correct answer Tim's looking for is 8th St. Cafe...
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll search for the the name of the person in Grant's Tomb.
nyuk, nyuk.
Posted by: Ang Jul 1 2008, 11:34 AM
I think the correct answer Tim's looking for is 8th St. Cafe...
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll search for the the name of the person in Grant's Tomb.
nyuk, nyuk.
Was that before or after Liles 801?
I'm still looking for Jimmy Hoffa...
Posted by: Tim Jul 1 2008, 05:44 PM
I think the correct answer Tim's looking for is 8th St. Cafe...
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll search for the the name of the person in Grant's Tomb.
nyuk, nyuk.
Bingo! Yeah - the Grant's Tomb thing was what I was going for.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 2 2008, 12:20 PM
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, what is the official question?
Posted by: Tim Jul 2 2008, 04:25 PM
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, what is the official question?
This one -
Where is the old Mayor Martin T. Krueger home located?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 3 2008, 09:56 AM
8th and York
Posted by: Tim Jul 3 2008, 07:13 PM
8th and York
So where's your question?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 4 2008, 08:58 AM
Marram has to acknowledge the answer and deem it correct first.
Posted by: Marram Jul 4 2008, 01:34 PM
8th and York
Only half right and still about one mile off. But you're getting warrrrmmmeeerrrrrr!
Posted by: Tim Jul 4 2008, 04:14 PM
Marram has to acknowledge the answer and deem it correct first.
Dude - are you just guessing?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 5 2008, 10:08 AM
Remember--no punctuation
Posted by: Marram Jul 6 2008, 02:11 PM
Hint #1: There is a large half-buried rectangular stone in front of the house that says "M T Krueger."
Hint #2: It would take me 10 seconds to get up from my computer and be able to see it.
Posted by: Marram Jul 7 2008, 04:37 PM
In the interest of not dragging this out too much, the answer is: on the north side of the 1500th block of East 8th Street, about one and a half blocks from Memorial Park.
So, next question:
Name the last ten mayors of MC (bonus: in order).
Posted by: Tim Jul 14 2008, 07:44 AM
In the interest of not dragging this out too much, the answer is: on the north side of the 1500th block of East 8th Street, about one and a half blocks from Memorial Park.
So, next question:
Name the last ten mayors of MC (bonus: in order).
THis quiz has gone belly up. I'm thinking of a new, more fun quiz. Stay tuned!
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 14 2008, 08:32 AM
Post mortem: This quiz has been killed by the constipation of obtuse questions.
Treatment: Lighter questions, easier-to-find answers.
Posted by: Ang Jul 14 2008, 08:35 AM
How about this one:
Who was Martin T. Krueger and what did he do for Michigan City?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 14 2008, 09:58 AM
Just to get it started properly, Ang has the conch. Unpunctuated responses have to be checked by her, and She says who is right. Then that person can ask a question, etc.
Here is my answer: mayor who first set aside land for what would become our Washington Park
Posted by: Ang Jul 14 2008, 10:18 AM
Absolutely correct. Your turn Roger
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 14 2008, 12:55 PM
I have one. Who was Rotation Slim and where did he hang out?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 14 2008, 02:00 PM
Wow! What an opportunity to amaze, baffle, and maybe buffalo!
Hold your horses, CCR!
Question forthcoming.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 14 2008, 03:03 PM
OK, I understand the format now.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 14 2008, 03:41 PM
Which parish is the NEWEST in MC?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 14 2008, 03:59 PM
QAS!
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 15 2008, 09:00 PM
I have one. Who was Rotation Slim and where did he hang out?
Willie "Rotation" Slim was the original hustler. I believe the Pony Lounge was his hangout.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 16 2008, 07:40 AM
QAS!
Correct!
Your turn, CCR
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 16 2008, 09:28 AM
What's the name of the silver screen thespian who won an Oscar (among other numerous awards) and was born in Michigan City?
NO GOOGLING!
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 16 2008, 11:05 AM
If you said thhhilver thhcreen thhhhethhpian, I would have said Daffy Duck
Posted by: Ang Jul 16 2008, 11:09 AM
What's the name of the silver screen thespian who won an Oscar (among other numerous awards) and was born in Michigan City?
NO GOOGLING!
Aaarrggghhh!! There was story about that in the ND not long ago and the names escapes me!
Posted by: Marram Jul 16 2008, 03:05 PM
Anne Baxter
I've actually edited the Wikipedia article on MC where she is listed.
BTW: Very, very, veeeerrrryyyy disappointed that no one could name our last 10 mayors. A quick visit to City Hall would have resolved that. Lazy butts.
Posted by: Tim Jul 16 2008, 04:16 PM
Anne Baxter
I've actually edited the Wikipedia article on MC.
BTW: Very, very, veeeerrrryyyy disappointed that no one could name our last 10 mayors. A quick visit to City Hall would have resolved that. Lazy butts.
Yeah, but then it goes from what do we remember to who can Google the fastest - and what fun is that?
Here's what I remember -
Francis Fedder
Randall C. Miller
Conrad Kominarek
Joe LaRocco
???
Sheila
Chuck O.
Maybe someone can fill in the blanks....
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 16 2008, 04:50 PM
I think Behler served two terms before Shiela.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 16 2008, 04:54 PM
I think Behler served two terms before Shiela.
That is correct.
I met him too. I think you were gone from SP already, but he came and talked to our eighth grade class with Mrs McCormick. Yeah, I made him upset too with my questions. I guess you could say I started young.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 16 2008, 05:08 PM
Wait until the Fed attorneys are deposing him for civic mismanagement.
Posted by: Marram Jul 16 2008, 05:14 PM
Yeah, but then it goes from what do we remember to who can Google the fastest - and what fun is that?
Here's what I remember -
Francis Fedder
Randall C. Miller
Conrad Kominarek
Joe LaRocco
???
Sheila
Chuck O.
Maybe someone can fill in the blanks....
You can't google those ten: I tried.
Besides City Hall, not sure where you would look...
You guys are missing an "A" for sure. I think a "V" too. I'll stop by City Hall and make sure I give y'all the definitive list tomorrow.
That wasn't my question, was it? Ang was supposed to verify my theatrical entry first, right?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 16 2008, 05:24 PM
Whoever asks the question has to verify the correct answer, and "pass the conch," so to speak. Then that person asks the next question, etc.
Posted by: Ang Jul 16 2008, 06:53 PM
I'm not the one who asked the theatrical question. I just posted an "arg" cause I remember reading about it but couldn't remember the who. I think it was Stumper's question. (no pun intended)
Posted by: JHeath Jul 16 2008, 08:32 PM
Francis Fedder
Randall C. Miller
Conrad Kominarek
Joe LaRocco
???
Sheila
Chuck O
You're missing Cliff Arnold and Bob Behler, between LaRocco and Sheila. But that's still only 8.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 16 2008, 09:45 PM
I've actually edited the Wikipedia article on MC where she is listed.
BTW: Very, very, veeeerrrryyyy disappointed that no one could name our last 10 mayors. A quick visit to City Hall would have resolved that. Lazy butts.
Marram, as you know, you're correct. What's your question?
Posted by: Tim Jul 16 2008, 10:03 PM
You're missing Cliff Arnold and Bob Behler, between LaRocco and Sheila. But that's still only 8.
Cliff Arnold??? Must've been during my "lost" years.
Not sure what order he came in, but Frannie Fedder's dad was also mayor, I believe.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 17 2008, 06:49 AM
You're missing Cliff Arnold and Bob Behler, between LaRocco and Sheila. But that's still only 8.
That takes us back a long way... To the 50's if my math is right. I think that is pretty impressive for the mostly Gen-X crowd we have around these parts. Once we get answers we should put a post up on the MC Wiki page with the list of mayors. Its kind of a shame that it isn't on there currently.
Posted by: Marram Jul 17 2008, 09:53 AM
That takes us back a long way... To the 50's if my math is right. I think that is pretty impressive for the mostly Gen-X crowd we have around these parts. Once we get answers we should put a post up on the MC Wiki page with the list of mayors. Its kind of a shame that it isn't on there currently.
That's a good idea. You should know there is someone else (Xenophon777) editing there who keeps shooting me (2lakes) down. He didn't like it when I listed Mayor Krueger under "Famous People From Michigan City," and then to appease that person, I created a category called "Leading Citizens of Michigan City," with which he also disagreed. Take a look at the "discussion" and "history" tabs at the top of the page and you'll see what I mean.
Still, you're right. I could bring the entire list (all of our mayors), and I think we should try to post it.
My question: As a young boy, Mayor Krueger saw which President?
I'll check for answers this afternoon.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 17 2008, 10:32 AM
Don't feel bad Marram. Evidently Xenophon, the great historian likes to make lot's of changes, lol.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Xenophon777&start=0&sa=N
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 17 2008, 10:50 AM
Don't feel bad Marram. Evidently Xenophon, the great historian likes to make lot's of changes, lol.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Xenophon777&start=0&sa=N
Look at the page history, he really doesn't do much, unless picking apart other people's work is good.
Posted by: Ang Jul 17 2008, 11:54 AM
My question: As a young boy, Mayor Krueger saw which President?
I'll check for answers this afternoon.
Abraham Lincoln
Posted by: Marram Jul 17 2008, 06:25 PM
I see you guys did some research on Xeno. I knew I forgot something today: to get down to City Hall and copy all the mayors and their terms: sorry. I'll make it a point to do that during my free time tomorrow.
Ang, Abraham Lincoln is correct. Check out the following from the library website, http://www.mclib.org/moments.htm#boys, (MOMENTS TO REMEMBER was written by Bob Kaser. Information used in the articles came from files of The News-Dispatch and from historical material compiled by Edna Kitchell, Michigan City historian.)
'In Utter Awe, He Stood and Stared'
It was raining in Michigan City on May 1, 1865. But boys, like flowers, thrive on rain. And 10-year-old Martin was no exception. He and his buddies all had been born in Germany and, with their parents, emigrated to the United States. Although in this country only a half-year, the boys had found summer jobs helping farmers plant potatoes.
This first day of May, they were puddle-jumping their way to one of the farms and were about a mile outside Michigan City when they were stopped short by the sound of cannons booming.
Boys don't always keep too well-posted on current events, least of all boys who are in a new country where they neither speak nor read the language. So, to Martin, there was only one likely explanation for the booms:
"The Confederates are attacking Michigan City!"
Like Martin, his friends were not aware the Civil War had ended. They accepted his explanation and joined him in typical boyish reaction to the "danger." They ran right for it.
To their probable chagrin, there were no grey-coated soldiers advancing along Franklin Street. Instead, there were hundreds of somber, but obviously excited, local citizens dressed in their Sunday finest. Martin and his pals followed the crowd - and found themselves at the Michigan Central railroad station.
There, to the boys puzzlement, people were patiently waiting in a long line to board a Monon train halted beneath successions of evergreen-decorated arches which had not been there the last time the boys came to the north end of town.
A curious boy is as restless as a chainsmoker at a double-feature. The only solution, obviously, was to board the train and seek out the cause of the excitement. So Martin got in line. When he reached the steps of the railroad car and started to ascend them, he was rebuffed by a uniformed guard. "No kids allowed without parents," he was told.
Now, telling a 10-year-old boy to stay out of somewhere is about as effective as asking a Soviet politician to cross his heart. A few moments later an elderly couple boarded the train. The woman wore a huge hoop skirt which, unknown to her, concealed a little boy. Once on the train, Martin emerged from his hiding place and trailed closely behind the couple. To the officials they passed, he was evidently their son. Finally, after moments of suspenseful expectation, Martin came upon the source of the excitement.
He was just 10 years old and only six months in America, but Martin was immediately aware of the significant sight before him. In utter awe, he stood and stared - and held up the long line of people. Then the spell was broken effectively--Martin was grabbed by the seat of the pants and the collar, marched forcefully to the end of the train, and dumped into a sandburr patch. As the little German immigrant glared back at the soldier on the train platform, he could little guess the events his future held in store.
But years later, when Martin Theodore Krueger grew up and served six terms as mayor of Michigan City and four terms as a state legislator, it's highly likely that his thoughts often returned to that day - May 1, 1865 - when the train carrying the body of President Abraham Lincoln paused here on its 1,662 mile journey from Washington to Springfield, Illinois.
Ang's question...
Posted by: Ang Jul 17 2008, 10:18 PM
Which direction did the entrance to the original Ames Field stadium face?
Posted by: Tim Jul 18 2008, 12:59 AM
Which direction did the entrance to the original Ames Field stadium face?
North.
Posted by: Ang Jul 18 2008, 08:30 AM
Yup. Tim's turn.
Posted by: Marram Jul 18 2008, 12:15 PM
Here's the official list of our Mayors (at least the last 10 individuals). Mr. Fedder (son and grandson of two men on this list) and the ladies at the City Clerk's Office were very helpful and even provided a printout which listed them in order.
According to my count, there were 38 separate people who served as mayor, strarting with Willys Peck in 1836. And our last 10 have been:
C. Oberlie, 7/1/03 - present
S. Brillson, 1/1/96 - 6/30/03
R. J. Behler, Jr., 1/1/88 - 12/31/95
C. D. Arnold, 1/1/80 - 12/31/87
J. R. LaRocco, 1/1/76 - 12/31/79
R. C. Miller, 1/1/72 - 12/31/75
C. S. Kominiarek, 1/1/68 - 12/31/71
R. C. Miller, 1/1/64 - 12/31/67
F. G. Fedder, 1/1/56 - 12/31/63
R. Hileman, 1/1/48 - 12/31/55
R. C. Fedder, 1/1/43 - 12/31/47 (term extended by the IN legislature to a fifth year due to WWII)
When I have a bit more time, I will type the rest out if anyone is interested. Other names that I recognized included Fred Parker, Martin Krueger, Walter Vail, John Barker, and George Ames. If we submit this to Wikipedia, perhaps we can have it linked to as a separate page since it would end up being a pretty long list.
Posted by: Tim Jul 18 2008, 04:13 PM
Yup. Tim's turn.
Thanks! McDonald's has its Big Mac. Three local restaurants - all gone now - had Big Mac-like triple decker burgers - all called "Big ____"
Name the restaurants and their burgers.
Posted by: Tim Jul 18 2008, 10:04 PM
I realize my question might be obsure - so I'll give it 48 hrs, and if no one nails it I'll give the answer and submit a new question.
A sidebar on the mayor discussion - in the fall of '63 when my dad was running against Frannie Fedder the REpulican party made some shopping bags with the names of all the candidates listed on the side. We lived in Edgewood, and on Halloween we went trick-or-treating - we used those shopping bags for our treats- and ended up at Fedder's house! He lived on Coolspring in a house shaped like a barn around Cleveland. We had no idea who he was - but I remember whoever came to the door made some kind of good-natured comment as to how they shouldn't give us anything because of those bags. We got home and told my dad about it - he got a BIG kick out of it.
Posted by: Marram Jul 18 2008, 11:07 PM
Thanks! McDonald's has its Big Mac. Three local restaurants - all gone now - had Big Mac-like triple decker burgers - all called "Big ____"
Name the restaurants and their burgers.
I knew I should have studied harder in my Burger Classes.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 19 2008, 07:31 AM
Burger Chef - "Big Chef"
M & M - "Big Morrie"
Morrison's - "Big Baby"
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 19 2008, 08:25 AM
M & M - "Big Morrie"
Morrison's - "Big Baby"
Man good work Caddy! I always knew M&M's as "The Big M." I'm not going to question your knowledge of burgers though.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 19 2008, 08:43 AM
Thanks CCR....2 of my answers are locks - 1 is a guess...
Now if the question was about bean sprouts, then I'd be screwed.
Posted by: Tim Jul 19 2008, 04:16 PM
Burger Chef - "Big Chef"
M & M - "Big Morrie"
Morrison's - "Big Baby"
In the M&M menu the sandwich was listed as the Big M.
If you got the set with fries and.... cole slaw? - it was called the Big M Special.
The Morrison's - that a shot in the dark guess, right?
Still one more - but good effort!
Posted by: Tim Jul 20 2008, 05:32 PM
Okay - let's move along -
Burger Chef - Big Chef
M&M - The Big M
Azar's - Big Boy
Azar's was where Lindo's is now.
Easier question -
There used to be a very small bar on 8th street that had a name indicative of its size.
What was it called?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 21 2008, 05:59 AM
Miniature Bar
Posted by: Marram Jul 21 2008, 06:06 AM
Miniature Bar
The Little Bitty Bar?
Posted by: Ang Jul 21 2008, 11:06 AM
Hole in the wall
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 21 2008, 02:18 PM
The answer is
Miniature Bar.
CaddyRich has the floor.
Posted by: Tim Jul 21 2008, 04:11 PM
Whoever asks the question has to verify the correct answer, and "pass the conch," so to speak. Then that person asks the next question, etc.
What happened to your "pass the conch" thing? "Whoever asks the question has to verify the correct answer."
That means I hand off, not you.
Posted by: Tim Jul 21 2008, 04:14 PM
Miniature Bar
Bingo!!
Your question, please.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 21 2008, 04:40 PM
Ok...here goes...this won't take long.
Johnny Cash wrote a song about an inmate at the Indiana State Prison...
What was that inmate's full name?
Posted by: Marram Jul 21 2008, 08:56 PM
Ok...here goes...this won't take long.
Johnny Cash wrote a song about an inmate at the Indiana State Prison...
What was that inmate's full name?
Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby...
"And down the streets of Michigan City he walked his first free mile..."
Actually, I think he returned to prison, after committing another crime which he claimed he did in order to go back. My father used to prosecute the cases that came out of the prison, and he would always talk about how the prison was a "city inside a city."
Posted by: Ang Jul 21 2008, 10:09 PM
Is that from Michigan City Howdy Do?
I still haven't been able to find a copy of that song.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 21 2008, 10:32 PM
"I BUILT IT ONE PIECE AT A TIME AND IT DIDN'T COST ME A DIME!"
It's on the "One Piece at a Time" album, Michigan City, Howdy Do!
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 22 2008, 02:40 AM
Johnson VanDyke Grigsby is correct.
Marram, the next question is yours.
Posted by: Marram Jul 22 2008, 10:11 AM
Johnson VanDyke Grigsby is correct.
Marram, the next question is yours.
Name two things in MC that are named after MC mayors not named Krueger or Barker.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 22 2008, 10:22 AM
Ames Field
Fedder's Alley
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 22 2008, 10:24 AM
I smell a winner, CCR!
Posted by: JHeath Jul 22 2008, 10:51 AM
What happened to your "pass the conch" thing? "Whoever asks the question has to verify the correct answer."
That means I hand off, not you.
Alright boys...let's play nice here.
Posted by: Ang Jul 22 2008, 11:40 AM
Well, Tim is right. In all fairness, he's been slammed a bit himself for not playing by the rules. Both by me and Roger.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 22 2008, 12:27 PM
What happened to your "pass the conch" thing? "Whoever asks the question has to verify the correct answer."
That means I hand off, not you.
Just clearing traffic!
[Who can tell us the reference for "Pass the conch"?]
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 22 2008, 12:29 PM
appy-polly-loggies
Posted by: Marram Jul 22 2008, 01:11 PM
CCR is correct. The torch (counch?) is now officially passed to him. Your question, CCR.
Posted by: Ang Jul 22 2008, 01:15 PM
Pass the conch...
I think it has something to do with Lord of the Flies. Didn't they have a conch shell and who ever was holding the shell was the one who had the floor, so to speak?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 22 2008, 02:12 PM
Thank you Marram,
What famous boxer used to train in Long Beach and helped fund the construction of a prize fighting boxing ring in Michigan City?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 22 2008, 06:13 PM
Jack Dempsey
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 22 2008, 06:36 PM
Correct!
Jack Dempsey used to train at the Charlie Krutchkoff's summer house. He was the cook county assessor during Bill Thompson's days. There was a ring which the state had shut down right behind what is now Tri Plex plating on highway 12.
Go ahead Caddyrich!
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 22 2008, 10:06 PM
OK...here's an easy one...
The MCAS Administration Building, otherwise known as The Place Where Educational Ideas Go To Die, was previously what school?
(Okay, okay...I know it's a cheap shot...but it does have some comedic value.)
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 23 2008, 06:26 AM
I think it was Harrison?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 23 2008, 07:06 AM
I think it was Harrison?
Nope.
Posted by: Marram Jul 23 2008, 08:10 AM
Nope.
Garfield
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 23 2008, 08:18 AM
Garfield
Nope.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 23 2008, 08:29 AM
Nope.
Riley?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 23 2008, 09:06 AM
Riley?
Ohhhhh I think you're right! That's what I was going to say anyhew.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 23 2008, 09:06 AM
I was gonna post something to the effect that riley is the correct answer and SSider got it, but I don't want to wound anyone's sensibilities or get the Wyoming bite!
I will just say that I look forward to SSider's question.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 23 2008, 10:04 AM
Riley?
Give Southsider a cigar...you are a winnah!
BTW Roger, I would have to be in possession of any sensibilities for them to be wounded, or so I'm told, lol.
Your question, SSider?
Posted by: Marram Jul 23 2008, 10:12 AM
Give Southsider a cigar...you are a winnah!
BTW Roger, I would have to be in possession of any sensibilities for them to be wounded, or so I'm told, lol.
Your question, SSider?
Where was Garfield? Besides the comics, I mean.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 23 2008, 10:33 AM
Where was Garfield? Besides the comics, I mean.
It is now the firehouse at 11th and Ohio.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 23 2008, 10:44 AM
Which was founded first Chicago or Michigan City... bonus points for knowing the years of each.
Posted by: Marram Jul 23 2008, 10:49 AM
Which was founded first Chicago or Michigan City... bonus points for knowing the years of each.
MC - 1833
Chicago - 1837
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 23 2008, 10:53 AM
MC - 1833
Chicago - 1837
Answer is correct, years are wrong.
Michigan City was founded in 1836 officially, Chicago was 1837 (which was correct)
http://www.mclib.org/ourheri1.htm
The floor is yours.
Posted by: Marram Jul 23 2008, 11:02 AM
Answer is correct, years are wrong.
Michigan City was founded in 1836 officially, Chicago was 1837 (which was correct)
http://www.mclib.org/ourheri1.htm
The floor is yours.
Well, then it looks like the Laporte County Historical Society has an error.
Or I guess, although not written clearly, it could mean that the light was established in 1833, which is "about" 1836. Anyway, I knew the answer was Michigan City, but I'll admit having to look up the dates.
Question #25:
To go along with the second-to-last question, name eight MCA Schools that no longer exist. You have to name all eight yourself, no piggy-backing on other anwers.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 23 2008, 11:34 AM
Park, Garfield, Jefferson, Central, Riley, Eastport, Elston High School, Rogers High School,
Posted by: Ang Jul 23 2008, 12:09 PM
Park
Garfield
Jefferson
Central
Riley
Eastport
Rogers High School
Beverly Shores
Bonus(?) Long Beach
(Although Elston is not a "high school" anymore, it still has its original name)
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 23 2008, 12:22 PM
Beverly Shores is in Porter County but I'm not sure if the school was part of M.C. or not.
Posted by: Ang Jul 23 2008, 02:11 PM
Beverly Shores is in Porter County but I'm not sure if the school was part of M.C. or not.
Pine school is also in Porter Co. and is part of the MCAS. Beverly Shores school was also part of the MCAS. It was closed because if its proximity to Pine school and the fact that enrollment numbers were dropping every year.
Posted by: Marram Jul 23 2008, 02:58 PM
Park, Garfield, Jefferson, Central, Riley, Eastport, Elston High School, Rogers High School,
Could have also written:
St Mary's Elementary, Long Beach, and Beverly Shores (I did not know that).
Roger's is deemed the official correct answer: I will accept Elston High School, Rogers, and Eastport because as such they do not exist anymore.
#26, Roger?
Posted by: Tim Jul 25 2008, 09:04 PM
Paging Roger! Paging Roger!
Dude! Get in the game!
Posted by: Marram Jul 26 2008, 12:07 AM
I think we need to institute a new rule here:
163-3 If the official Questioner does not ask the Official Question within 24 hours of being passed the conch, then the conch is deemed in limbo and the passer of the conch retains the right to ask another question. Having become the Questioner, that person is then subject to this rule as well, with the conch reverting back to the previous Questioner after another 24 hours.
If there are no objections, Roger is hereby on the clock...
Posted by: Tim Jul 26 2008, 12:21 AM
I think we need to institute a new rule here:
163-3 If the official Questioner does not ask the Official Question within 24 hours of being passed the conch, then the conch is deemed in limbo and the passer of the conch retains the right to ask another question. Having become the Questioner, that person is then subject to this rule as well, with the conch reverting back to the previous Questioner after another 24 hours.
If there are no objections, Roger is hereby on the clock...
I'd give it 48 hours - some of us aren't here every day - though obviously I am.
Posted by: Tim Jul 26 2008, 07:17 PM
Time for a new question!
Posted by: Ang Jul 26 2008, 10:57 PM
I say give Roger till noon on Monday. Yeah, I know it sucks to have to wait that long. I'm chomping at the bit, too, but it IS the weekend and maybe he went out of town or something. If he posts no trivia by noon on Monday, then Marram gets to ask another question.
Fair?
Posted by: Tim Jul 26 2008, 11:36 PM
I say give Roger till noon on Monday. Yeah, I know it sucks to have to wait that long. I'm chomping at the bit, too, but it IS the weekend and maybe he went out of town or something. If he posts no trivia by noon on Monday, then Marram gets to ask another question.
Fair?
How's this - THIS time Roger gets until Monday - but after that we instate the 48 hour rule.
I'd say that's a pretty fair compromise - especially seeing as how I'm usually a complete XXXhole about this stuff.
Posted by: Ang Jul 27 2008, 07:19 AM
Deal.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 28 2008, 07:01 AM
Could have also written:
St Mary's Elementary, Long Beach, and Beverly Shores (I did not know that).
Roger's is deemed the official correct answer: I will accept Elston High School, Rogers, and Eastport because as such they do not exist anymore.
#26, Roger?
Where was Captain Eddy's house?
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 28 2008, 10:49 AM
Where was Captain Eddy's house?
On Michigan Boulevard where Fastenal is currently located, across from Owens Motor Supply.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 28 2008, 11:03 AM
My father worked for Television Associates overseas, but that was before my memory kicked in.
CaddyRich is correct! He has the floor.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 28 2008, 11:07 AM
this isn't a trivia question but WHO was Captain Eddy? I've never heard of him.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 28 2008, 12:14 PM
There was a story about him in the ND some time ago, and they discussed his work with the Navy, I think, during the war, and his involvement in developing television transmission technology. I am sure Wikipaedia has somehting. My father was an engineer and worked on power transmission lines in Thailand.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 28 2008, 02:53 PM
Hey Sports Fans...here's a tip-in...
Name the last 3 Indiana Mr. Basketball recipients from Michigan City...and the year in which they won the honor.
Posted by: digger262 Jul 28 2008, 03:06 PM
Hey Sports Fans...here's a tip-in...
Name the last 3 Indiana Mr. Basketball recipients from Michigan City...and the year in which they won the honor.
Dan Palombizio, Rogers 1981
Delray Brooks, Rogers 1984
Charles Macon, Elston 1992
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 28 2008, 03:18 PM
Dan Palombizio, Rogers 1981
Delray Brooks, Rogers 1984
Charles Macon, Elston 1992
"Boomshakalaka!!!" Out of the cheap seats, digger 262 takes his 3 previous posts and turns them into City By The Lake gold...You are correct, sir!
Your dime, your dance floor, digger262.
Posted by: digger262 Jul 28 2008, 04:26 PM
"Boomshakalaka!!!" Out of the cheap seats, digger 262 takes his 3 previous posts and turns them into City By The Lake gold...You are correct, sir!
Your dime, your dance floor, digger262.
Sticking with the same topic, name the coaches of each of the 3 Mr. Basketballs. Here's a hint, they each had a different coach.
Posted by: Tim Jul 28 2008, 07:12 PM
I'm so out of the loop here - I feel like Stevie Wonder in a darts game.
"Over here, Stevie - OW!"
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 29 2008, 07:23 AM
Sticking with the same topic, name the coaches of each of the 3 Mr. Basketballs. Here's a hint, they each had a different coach.
DP- Hahn
DB- Cunningham
CM- Steinke
FTW
Posted by: digger262 Jul 29 2008, 07:26 AM
DP- Hahn
DB- Cunningham
CM- Steinke
FTW
We have a winner!!!! The (virtual)floor is yours.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 29 2008, 07:29 AM
How about we keep with the theme of Mr Basketball history. All three of MC's award winners played at multiple colleges, can you name them?
Posted by: digger262 Jul 29 2008, 07:44 AM
How about we keep with the theme of Mr Basketball history. All three of MC's award winners played at multiple colleges, can you name them?
Palombizio - Purdue and Ball St
Brooks - Indiana and Providence
Macon - Ohio St and Central Michigan
Posted by: southsider2k7 Jul 29 2008, 07:46 AM
Palombizio - Purdue and Ball St
Brooks - Indiana and Providence
Macon - Ohio St and Central Michigan
Correct and back to you!
Posted by: digger262 Jul 29 2008, 08:17 AM
Correct and back to you!
OK, I'll make this one easy. 2 car dealerships from the 80's are no longer in business(under the names from the 80s) in MC. One was a Chevy dealer on Michigan Blvd and one was a Chrysler dealer on Michigan Blvd. What were there names?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Jul 29 2008, 08:26 AM
Jim Vine
J.J. Wright
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 29 2008, 08:29 AM
OK, I'll make this one easy. 2 car dealerships from the 80's are no longer in business(under the names from the 80s) in MC. One was a Chevy dealer on Michigan Blvd and one was a Chrysler dealer on Michigan Blvd. What were there names?
What is now Harbor Chevy-Cadillac was previously JJ Wright Chevrolet...and previously Jim Vine (a friend of mine who passed a few months ago) Chevrolet...and before that was Enyeart Chevrolet.
Michigan City Chrysler-Plymouth was previously Tom Scolan Chrysler-Plymouth...and before that was Mertl Motors for quite a long time.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 29 2008, 08:30 AM
Enyeart Chevrolet
Mertle Motors Chrysler
Posted by: digger262 Jul 29 2008, 08:54 AM
What is now Harbor Chevy-Cadillac was previously JJ Wright Chevrolet...and previously Jim Vine (a friend of mine who passed a few months ago) Chevrolet...and before that was Enyeart Chevrolet.
Michigan City Chrysler-Plymouth was previously Tom Scolan Chrysler-Plymouth...and before that was Mertl Motors for quite a long time.
I was looking for Jim Vine and Mertl Motors, you beat Roger by a minute. I still remember playing against all the Jim Vine Chevrolet baseball teams growing up.
Caddy, take it away!!
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 29 2008, 10:19 AM
Name the auto dealer across the street from the Chrysler dealer on Michigan Blvd. They were on the opposite corner of 11th and Boul Mich on the same side. The space where the building was is now a vacant lot.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 29 2008, 10:31 AM
Jim and Joe Dry
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 29 2008, 10:49 AM
Jim and Joe Dry
Congrats, Roger....the floor is yours.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 30 2008, 06:35 PM
Where was the elementary school named for Major Elston?
Posted by: Marram Jul 30 2008, 10:45 PM
Where was the elementary school named for Major Elston?
Lafayette, IN
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Jul 31 2008, 09:02 AM
I would remind the Gentle Reader that this is an MC quiz.
Posted by: Ang Jul 31 2008, 10:58 AM
Didn't know there WAS an elemantary school named after Major Elston. I'm at a loss.
Posted by: CaddyRich Jul 31 2008, 02:43 PM
This is a WAG, but was it somewhere on the grounds of what is now Elston Middle School, A.K. Smith Center, et al?
Posted by: Tim Aug 1 2008, 04:36 AM
Much like Paul McCartney's ex-wife, I'm stumped.
Posted by: Ang Aug 1 2008, 08:29 AM
Much like Paul McCartney's ex-wife, I'm stumped.
That is BAD!
Posted by: Tim Aug 1 2008, 06:48 PM
That is BAD!Maybe - but I hope she'll still be appearing on Stump The Band!
Thanks folks! I'm here all week - try the veal!
Posted by: Tim Aug 4 2008, 04:08 PM
^^^
Don't worry, Ang - she can always work at I-Hop!
The quiz grinds to a halt again - I'm starting a new one!
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 4 2008, 04:12 PM
Not so fast, Hondo! I still have not gotten an answer. If no one can answer (Hint: Ask your uncle or great aunts.), then I feel I must pose another.
Posted by: Tim Aug 4 2008, 04:37 PM
Not so fast, Hondo! I still have not gotten an answer. If no one can answer (Hint: Ask your uncle or great aunts.), then I feel I must pose another.
You asked your question on the 30th. That's too slow for me - now we have a new quiz, so folks can play either - or both! I'll be looking forward to your new question - IF you ever get around to asking it.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 4 2008, 05:54 PM
I will pose a new question tomorrow morning if no one gets this one.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 5 2008, 07:38 AM
Easy one: While the then-newest MC grade school was being dedicated, the forces of the Empire of Japan were attacking Pearl Harbor, Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. Which school is it? Hint: It is still operating in this location.
Posted by: Ang Aug 6 2008, 10:32 AM
Easy one: While the then-newest MC grade school was being dedicated, the forces of the Empire of Japan were attacking Pearl Harbor, Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. Which school is it? Hint: It is still operating in this location.
Lakeland
which is now named Niemann
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 6 2008, 10:50 AM
Additional hint: No name change.
Posted by: Ang Aug 6 2008, 11:16 AM
Well then, I am at a loss.
Posted by: TSNSPYDER Aug 6 2008, 08:07 PM
Queen Of All Saints?
I remember Captain Eddy's house. He used to have a chinese junk in the yard. I think he was a hero in one of the wars (not sure). He used to be an artist too I think. Made calendars. Would like to know who he was.
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 7 2008, 01:28 PM
Queen Of All Saints?
I remember Captain Eddy's house. He used to have a chinese junk in the yard. I think he was a hero in one of the wars (not sure). He used to be an artist too I think. Made calendars. Would like to know who he was.
St. Stanislaus.
He was very instrumental in the development (not the guy but in the team photo) of television. He also invented the Eddy Amplifier - an extremely sensitive radar device. If you Google "Captain Bill Eddy"...you'll find out quite a bit.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 7 2008, 04:03 PM
Another hint: Public school.
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 7 2008, 04:21 PM
Another hint: Public school.
Marsh School.
Posted by: Ang Aug 8 2008, 03:24 PM
Coolspring
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 10 2008, 11:39 AM
The answer is Marsh School, and Caddyrich takes the stick!
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 11 2008, 09:24 AM
This one should be easy.
On the corner of Johnson Rd. & US 20, in what is now Hammer's, there was the Sumarita Restaurant. How did the owner come up with the name "Sumarita"?
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 09:27 AM
This one should be easy.
On the corner of Johnson Rd. & US 20, in what is now Hammer's, there was the Sumarita Restaurant. How did the owner come up with the name "Sumarita"?
It was a combo of his 3 daughters three names... (Sue, Mary, and Rita IIRC)
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 11 2008, 09:32 AM
It was a combo of his 3 daughters three names... (Sue, Mary, and Rita IIRC)
WOW...I think the last electron hit the screen right before your answer, LOL...
That is correct...southsider2k7 now has the floor.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 09:45 AM
Before the Blue Chip towers were built, what was the tallest building (not including NIPSO) ever built in City?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 10:36 AM
The Marquette Mall Tower. Seven or eight stories I think.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 11:02 AM
The Marquette Mall Tower. Seven or eight stories I think.
Nope.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 11:44 AM
Nope.
are you sure?
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 11:45 AM
are you sure?
Pretty sure... Remember this is history, not today.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 11:51 AM
Well the 2nd tallest building next to the Mall Building (and the tower at Blue Chip now) is / was the Warren building on Franklin street.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 12:02 PM
Maybe my grandma was wrong, but that wasn't the answer I was looking for...
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 12:10 PM
Oh, if it's something that's no longer here, probably the Spaulding hotel or was it Spalding Hotel?
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 12:14 PM
Oh, if it's something that's no longer here, probably the Spaulding hotel or was it Spalding Hotel?
Yes, Spaulding Hotel. 8 stories. Either way, I think you covered all of the answers
The floor is yours.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 11 2008, 12:16 PM
I don't think anyone should complain if I seem to hazard a guess after that machine-gunning of the previous question!
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 01:19 PM
Well Roger, there is a difference between guessing and giving the answer the person wanted. In all fairness, I think I was correct in saying that aside from the Blue Chip Tower, the Marquette Mall is the tallest building to have been constructed in Michigan City. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I'm right.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 01:22 PM
who was the first Commadore of the Yacht Club and what line of business was he in?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 01:37 PM
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 01:38 PM
The Spaulding Hotel was 8 stories, and the Mall office building is 7 IIRC.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 02:11 PM
How many stories is the mistake on the Lake?
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 11 2008, 02:12 PM
How many stories is the mistake on the Lake?
22 IIRC
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 11 2008, 02:19 PM
22 IIRC
The other mistake, lol,. (which one you ask?) the condo, what's it called, Beach Scape?
Posted by: Tim Aug 11 2008, 04:14 PM
How many stories is the mistake on the Lake?
I have lots of stories of mistakes on the lake.
I was younger then!
*sobs*
Posted by: Ang Aug 11 2008, 08:16 PM
I have lots of stories of mistakes on the lake.
I was younger then!
*sobs*
That's a GOOD one!!! Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 12 2008, 06:23 AM
The other mistake, lol,. (which one you ask?) the condo, what's it called, Beach Scape?
That I don't know.
Posted by: JHeath Aug 12 2008, 08:31 AM
The other mistake, lol,. (which one you ask?) the condo, what's it called, Beach Scape?
Dunescape Beach Club. It's an eyesore.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 12 2008, 08:32 AM
It is an abomination. If you have ever been in East Berlin, you will feel right at home looking at this thing.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 14 2008, 08:08 AM
How many stories do you guys count?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 14 2008, 08:13 AM
Who was the man who died a couple years back who lived in M.C. who was instrumental in getting the Harbor dug, the yacht club organized, and was the first commadore of the yacht club. He also had a large business in town which he started with his brothers.
Posted by: southsider2k7 Aug 14 2008, 08:26 AM
How many stories do you guys count?
10 it looks like... Is that still officially considered MC, or is that Long Beach?
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 14 2008, 08:49 AM
MC. I think they even had the gall to build on Park property; are they paying rent for that?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 14 2008, 09:20 AM
10 it looks like... Is that still officially considered MC, or is that Long Beach?
That's still Michigan City. Before Long Beach, you have Sheriden Beach.
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik Aug 14 2008, 09:53 AM
LB starts about Stop 13, ½ mile past the Beachwalk housing project.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 18 2008, 10:00 PM
OK, easier question I guess. What famous "foot doctor" claimed M.C. as his home?
Posted by: JHeath Aug 18 2008, 10:04 PM
OK, easier question I guess. What famous "foot doctor" claimed M.C. as his home?
Dr. Scholl.
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 19 2008, 07:36 AM
Dr. Scholl.
You win!
Posted by: JHeath Aug 19 2008, 12:57 PM
You win!
Woo hoo!
Okay, when was Rogers High School opened?
Posted by: Tim Aug 19 2008, 03:36 PM
Woo hoo!
Okay, when was Rogers High School opened?
September, 1971.
Posted by: JHeath Aug 19 2008, 03:45 PM
September, 1971.
And with that correct answer, the virtual floor is yours.
Posted by: Tim Aug 19 2008, 03:47 PM
And with that correct answer, the virtual floor is yours.
I was in the 11th grade that year - Rogers really smelled new!
There used to be a small rock club that featured bands near the prison - what was it called?
Posted by: ChickenCityRoller Aug 20 2008, 04:52 PM
I was in the 11th grade that year - Rogers really smelled new!
There used to be a small rock club that featured bands near the prison - what was it called?
The Rock Quarry!
Oh wait, I forgot, no guesses.
Posted by: Tim Aug 20 2008, 07:01 PM
The Rock Quarry!
Oh wait, I forgot, no guesses.
Actually, despite your Stevie-Wonder-at-the-dart-board method of responding, you're half right. Almost on the Dot, in fact!
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 28 2008, 06:00 PM
Actually, despite your Stevie-Wonder-at-the-dart-board method of responding, you're half right. Almost on the Dot, in fact!
In my attempt to defibrilate this thread...would the answer be The Rock A Dot?
Posted by: Tim Aug 28 2008, 08:10 PM
In my attempt to defibrilate this thread...would the answer be The Rock A Dot?
Yep. The only part of the answer I left out in that Mt.-Baldy-sized hint was "A".
Winner!
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 28 2008, 09:10 PM
Woohoo!
Name the man who owned the airport before it was acquired by the city and remains in its present location.
Posted by: Tim Aug 28 2008, 09:24 PM
Woohoo!
Name the man who owned the airport before it was acquired by the city and remains in its present location.
Joe Phillips?
Posted by: CaddyRich Aug 29 2008, 08:11 AM
Joe Phillips?
Our Far East operative is correct!
Posted by: Tim Aug 29 2008, 06:42 PM
Our Far East operative is correct!
I'd like to thank the little people - however, there were none involved here, so I'll take full credit for this spectacular win!
Posted by: southsider2k9 May 13 2009, 11:16 AM
So it has been a while, so let's try a photo trivia question...
Where am I at, and what is this object for?
Posted by: Ang May 13 2009, 11:47 AM
So it has been a while, so let's try a photo trivia question...
Where am I at, and what is this object for?
My guess is Magro's and that is used to work on the soles & heels of shoes
Posted by: southsider2k9 May 13 2009, 11:59 AM
My guess is Magro's and that is used to work on the soles & heels of shoes
No and no.
Posted by: lbl May 13 2009, 12:10 PM
What's the pic, I can't see it?
Can one add a question without having answered one?
Posted by: southsider2k9 May 13 2009, 12:13 PM
What's the pic, I can't see it?
Can one add a question without having answered one?
I don't know why you aren't seeing the picture, but feel free to add any questions you would like!
Posted by: lbl May 13 2009, 12:54 PM
I don't know why you aren't seeing the picture, but feel free to add any questions you would like!
I just see
IPB image...
Here's more of a little known fact-type question:
The five Michigan city Fire Houses are dedicated/memorialized for what reason?
Posted by: lovethiscity May 13 2009, 08:53 PM
I just see
IPB image...
Here's more of a little known fact-type question:
The five Michigan city Fire Houses are dedicated/memorialized for what reason?
This must be a trick question, as Michigan City has but 4 Fire Houses.
Posted by: Ang May 14 2009, 08:27 AM
This must be a trick question, as Michigan City has but 4 Fire Houses.
Oh, yeah cause they didn't redo the Blvd/Carroll Ave station, right? Or was it Central?
Posted by: lbl May 14 2009, 08:32 AM
Oh, yeah cause they didn't redo the Blvd/Carroll Ave station, right? Or was it Central?
OK OK OK! Four fire houses and the Training station...to whom were they memorialized? Not the names, the reason? (Names would be an insane amount of bonus points!)
Posted by: Ang May 14 2009, 08:49 AM
OK OK OK! Four fire houses and the Training station...
Posted by: southsider2k9 May 15 2009, 07:54 AM
So it has been a while, so let's try a photo trivia question...
Where am I at, and what is this object for?
No more ideas? Here is a hint, look at the color of the seat and the other part in the background. It could be a giveaway as to what business I am at.
Posted by: Ang May 15 2009, 10:05 AM
It looks like a trash can and a recycle bin in the background. I would say Waste Management, but that thing on the bench confounds me.
Posted by: southsider2k9 May 19 2009, 08:54 AM
So it has been a while, so let's try a photo trivia question...
Where am I at, and what is this object for?
Final answer...
I am at Carlsons, and this is the device that is used to open the paper containers that the hotdogs are placed in before being delivered to hungry people like me!
Posted by: Ang May 19 2009, 09:20 AM
Is that clean? 
Posted by: southsider2k9 Jul 25 2009, 12:36 PM
Another picture quiz! Where was I?
Posted by: southyards Jul 25 2009, 01:22 PM
[quote name='southsider2k9' date='Jul 25 2009, 12:36 PM' post='22585']
Another picture quiz! Where was I?
Appears very much to be at the Michigan City Zoo, walking up the 'path' that goes from behind the camel's paddock and wends its way, eventually, up to Monkey Island.
Posted by: Tim Jul 26 2009, 04:14 PM
Another picture quiz! Where was I?
At the zoo heading to the Tower?
Posted by: southsider2k9 Jul 27 2009, 09:25 AM
It is one of the paths that lead up to the zoo tower. It is the one to the far east, that goes by what are the camel and ostrich, and kangaroo pens now.
Posted by: southsider2k9 Dec 17 2009, 11:14 AM
I read a good one the other day. What was the annual salary of the first Lighthouse Keeper in Michigan City?
Posted by: southyards Dec 17 2009, 03:58 PM
I read a good one the other day. What was the annual salary of the first Lighthouse Keeper in Michigan City?
The first keeper was Edmund B. Harrison, appointed on December 9, 1837, "at a salary of $350 per annum."
Posted by: southsiderMMX Sep 28 2010, 03:12 PM
I found a good one, who solid Michigan City the land for the prison 150+ years ago?
Posted by: southyards Oct 1 2010, 10:28 PM
I found a good one, who solid Michigan City the land for the prison 150+ years ago?
Michigan City resident Chauncey Blair, in 1860, sold 102 acres of land to the State Of Indiana, for the prison site. Price: $4,500.00. It was originally known as Prison North to distinguish it from Prison South (the first Indiana state prison) which was in Jeffersonville.
(Source: The Beacher, May 20, 2010)
Posted by: Tim Nov 30 2010, 01:24 AM
Did I ask this one?
In the 70's there was a "hippie" store on Franklin St. It had a big JEANS $3.75 sign painted in the window and sold hideous cheap clothing and head supplies. What was it called?
Posted by: southyards Nov 30 2010, 07:33 PM
Did I ask this one?
In the 70's there was a "hippie" store on Franklin St. It had a big JEANS $3.75 sign painted in the window and sold hideous cheap clothing and head supplies. What was it called?
Would that store been near the junction of Barker & Franklin, on the West side of Franklin?
Posted by: Mack Nov 30 2010, 10:22 PM
Would that store been near the junction of Barker & Franklin, on the West side of Franklin?
Fat Daddies.
I know I bought some pretty hideous clothes from that place on franklin.
Uggg. I had completely forgot that one...
Posted by: Tim Nov 30 2010, 11:05 PM
Would that store been near the junction of Barker & Franklin, on the West side of Franklin?
Barker Road? Barker Ave?
No and no.
Posted by: Tim Dec 1 2010, 08:27 PM
Fat Daddies.
I know I bought some pretty hideous clothes from that place on franklin.
Uggg. I had completely forgot that one...
Fat Daddies was the store - but it was not at Barker and Franklin.
But you are correct!
Bonus question - what was the more ethnically oriented store next to Fat Daddies?
Posted by: Homey Dec 2 2010, 08:21 AM
Fat Daddies was the store - but it was not at Barker and Franklin.
But you are correct!
Bonus question - what was the more ethnically oriented store next to Fat Daddies?
Was Fat Daddies around Ripley St? Tim, I remember the store you're talking about...but don't know the name.
Posted by: Tim Dec 3 2010, 04:35 AM
Was Fat Daddies around Ripley St? Tim, I remember the store you're talking about...but don't know the name.
Half of the name was an animal popular in Kentucky.
Posted by: Milldew37 Dec 3 2010, 01:45 PM
I have one. Who was Rotation Slim and where did he hang out?
He was a pimp who hung out at that old bar on Karwick.
Posted by: Tim Dec 3 2010, 03:09 PM
Where was The Trolley Stop?
Posted by: Ang Dec 3 2010, 04:15 PM
Where was The Trolley Stop?
Marquette Mall
Posted by: Tim Dec 3 2010, 10:49 PM
Marquette Mall
Correct.
Where was Brownie's Grill?
Posted by: southyards Dec 4 2010, 11:19 AM
Correct.
Where was Brownie's Grill?
Weren't there three eateries that shared the name Brown? (Owned by George Brown, I think?) Brownie's Grill in the South Side Park n' Shop, Brown's Griddle, by courthouse, and another Brown's on Michigan Blvd. Just a guess, of course. :-)
Posted by: southyards Dec 4 2010, 11:25 AM
Weren't there three eateries that shared the name Brown? (Owned by George Brown, I think?) Brownie's Grill in the South Side Park n' Shop, Brown's Griddle, by courthouse, and another Brown's on Michigan Blvd. Just a guess, of course. :-)
Ooops. . . . . . here's an addendum: Brownie's Griddle, 301 Franklin, Street, Phone: TRiangle 99515
Posted by: Tim Dec 4 2010, 11:48 PM
Weren't there three eateries that shared the name Brown? (Owned by George Brown, I think?) Brownie's Grill in the South Side Park n' Shop, Brown's Griddle, by courthouse, and another Brown's on Michigan Blvd. Just a guess, of course. :-)
Holy smokes! A slam-dunk win! My dad's original Miller Tax & Accounting office was behind the Brown's Grill by the courthouse. I must have been 3 or 4, but I can remember my dad taking through the kitchen, which somehow connected to his office, and sitting at the counter. We also have pics somewhere of my dad standing in front of Brownie's at the Park N Shop right after the '57 blizzard.
Impressive win!
Posted by: southyards Dec 5 2010, 08:33 AM
Holy smokes! A slam-dunk win! My dad's original Miller Tax & Accounting office was behind the Brown's Grill by the courthouse. I must have been 3 or 4, but I can remember my dad taking through the kitchen, which somehow connected to his office, and sitting at the counter. We also have pics somewhere of my dad standing in front of Brownie's at the Park N Shop right after the '57 blizzard.
Impressive win!
Thank you. Thank you very much. :- )
Posted by: Tim Dec 6 2010, 09:53 PM
Anyone remember the restaurant called Carol & Abe's?
Today's question:
What was Carol & Abe's before it became Carol & Abe's?
Posted by: southyards Dec 7 2010, 12:43 PM
Anyone remember the restaurant called Carol & Abe's?
Today's question:
What was Carol & Abe's before it became Carol & Abe's?
Sugar Bowl ?
Posted by: Tim Dec 7 2010, 03:33 PM
Sugar Bowl ?
Another impressive showing! Win!
Anything on the store next to Fat Daddies? It had "Horse" in the title.
Posted by: Tim Dec 9 2010, 02:23 AM
If feel like I've asked these questions on a different thread. Can't find it, so -
Where could the slogan "If you can't stop, smile as you go by." be seen in MC?
The store next to Fat Daddies was Calico Horse.
Posted by: Log Jam Dec 14 2010, 09:20 AM
The west entrance to MC on US 20.
Posted by: Tim Dec 14 2010, 02:54 PM
The west entrance to MC on US 20.
Do you remember actually seeing that? Because the location I'm thinking of is in town.
Posted by: MCRogers1974 Dec 14 2010, 04:30 PM
"If you can't stop, smile as you go by" was the slogan for Sid's Pure Oil gas station at the corner of Greenwood Ave and Franklin Street.
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