Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The 3 for 1 general quiz

1. Water into wine

2. Sherlock Holmes

3. Thurman Munson, Yankees captain

#1 is again a nope. You've chosen another miracle that is recorded only once, I'm pretty sure, and again I'm pretty sure it's in the Gospel of John.

1) Walking on water

2) Sherlock Holmes

3) Thurman Munson, Yankees Captain

Again, no, although that one does show up more than once. Here's a hint: it's a miracle that a large crowd witnessed.

Was it the feeding of the five thousand?

Yessss...but remember the rules of the game...

I know - but if I post all 3 I'll have to think of questions!

1) Feeding the 5,000

2) Sherlock Holmes

3) Thurman Munson, Yankees Captain

Now for 3 new questions.

1) Who are the most well known antagonists of Casper the Friendly Ghost?

2) What superstition was thought to have originated in World War I?

3) What are the three races of the Triple Crown in the United States?

1. The other three obnoxious ghosts - Stretch, Fatso and Stinky.
2. What superstition... good question. Hmm. Oh, do you mean the 'Kilroy Was Here' thing?
3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.

1) Otherwise known as the Ghostly Trio

2) Kilroy was here was from WWII

3) Correct

1. Stretch, Fatso and Stinky.
2. Throwing salt over your shoulder?
3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.

1) correct
2) Not that I am aware of and definitely not the one I am thinking of.
3) correct

1. Stretch, Fatso and Stinky.
2. Lighting 3 cigarettes on one match
3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.

That would be the correct answers for all three. Notice the pattern in my questions?

All three involved 3.

Back in a few with a new set of questions...

1. Name 3 former colonial powers in the Caribbean

2. List three indian tribes that inhabited the caribbean basin.

3. Who or what is "Hatuey"?

1. Denmark (had what is now the US Virgin Islands), France (all its colonies are now independent, I believe), Spain (ditto)

2. Arawak, Carrib, Taino

3. A Taino chief who fought the Spanish in the 16th century.

Excellent job Kent!

You are next...

I'll post something by this weekend.

1. Who made a transatlantic voyage in 60 B.C.E., and where did they arrive?

2. By around 1800, New York City had surpassed what other city as the most populous city to have ever existed within the boundaries of the United States?

3. What 11th century Anglo-Saxon scholar crippled himself by attempting to fly with artificial wings, and what did he see twice?

1. The Egyptians arriving in the Yucatan

2. Philadelphia

3. The Venerable Bede and he saw Haley's comet twice.

1. Nope. That was way beforehand (arounf 1300 BCE if memory serves).

2. Good guess! But no! NYC did surpass Philadelphia in the late 1780s... but Philie never reached the #1 mark. HINT: I said, "ever existed... within the boundaries of," not necessarily immediately at that moment.

3. wrong guy, right comet.

1. I would need to check on but I would guess it's either the Viking chappie (Erik the Red? Something else else like that) who landed in Newfoundland or I think I heard something recently about a Chinese explorer who went the other way and landed in Alaska I think.

That's all a bit vague isn't it?

2 is probably one of the Mayan or Aztec cities but I don't know which one.

1. The Vikings were about 1,000 years later. The Chinese may have made one or more Pacific crossings, but not transatlantic until recent times. It's not vague, just hard.
HINT that gives away at least 1/2 the answer: it was a west-to-east voyage, and records don't name the specific nation that made the trip. So now you just have to guess where they landed!

2. There were no actual Mayan or Aztec cities in what is now the US, but at least you're in the ballpark. This city did have a large pyramid of sorts, which may have been borrowed from its southern neighbors.

3. you didn't guess a #3, but I'll hint anyway: 1066.

no takers?

Okay, I'll post a set of easier questions by Wednesday, if no one hazards a guess before then.