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Post by mykol blackwell on Apr 2, 2011 22:30:31 GMT -5
He began acting in films in 1944 as Al LaRue, appearing in two musicals and a serial before being given a role in a Western film that would result in his being cast in a cowboy persona for virtually the rest of his career. He was given the name Lash because of the 18-foot (5.5 m)-long bullwhip he used to help bring down the bad guys. The popularity of his first role as the Cheyenne Kid, a sidekick of singing cowboy hero Eddie Dean, not just brandishing a whip but using it expertly to disarm villains, paved the way for LaRue to be featured in his own series of Western films. Sorry to be late for school,,, lots goin' on,, don't reckon I'll be able to participate, as much as I did, last year!! Got a part-time job,(3 daze a week) deliverin' Coffee, fer a local Roastin' Company!! However,,, when I'm able I'll be here, ready to play!! Attachments:
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 3, 2011 8:16:33 GMT -5
1pt Mykol! Its never to late to play! Questions become worth more points as the game progresses.
Political Science 101: Horace Greeley, newpaperman, is noted for a very famous western quote. Double Barrell Shotgun Question so two ranchers can score on this one! What was the quote? Why is Horace being discussed in this subject? 1pt each Please answer only one!
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 3, 2011 8:24:38 GMT -5
Greeley is best remembered today for a quote from an 1851 editorial in the New York Tribune: "Go west, young man." It has been said that Greeley thus inspired many thousands to set out for the frontier.
The most likely story behind the famous quote is that Greeley had reprinted, in the New York Tribune, an editorial by John B.L. Soule which contained the line, "Go west, young man, go west."
Greeley never claimed to have coined the original phrase, though he later expanded upon it by writing an editorial with the phrase, "Go west young man, and grow up with the country." And over time the original quote was usually attributed to Greeley.
Scott
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 3, 2011 8:28:18 GMT -5
Why your are discussing Greeley in a Political Science subject is because he was very active in politics during Lincolns political time. Greeley was very vocal about anti-slavery and other issues of the time and helped get Lincoln elected even though he was initially against him. Scott
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 3, 2011 10:56:29 GMT -5
Scott your correct on count one for a point and count two is also correct but not what I was going for so someone else has a chance to score.
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Post by topazbay on Apr 3, 2011 13:29:04 GMT -5
Horace Greeley is being discussed in Political Science 101 because he had a controversial political career. This culminated in 1872, when the anti-Grant Liberal Republicans and the Democrats nominated Greeley to challenge Grant in a run for the Presidency. Greeley was attacked as a fool and a crank. So merciless was the assault that Greeley commented later that he sometimes wondered whether he was running for the presidency or the penitentiary. He suffered a tremendous defeat in the election, carrying only six border and southern states. Nance(X)
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 3, 2011 14:01:31 GMT -5
Correct 1pt.
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 3, 2011 14:05:32 GMT -5
Music 101: Who led the "Smokey Mountain Boys"? 1pt
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Post by mykol blackwell on Apr 3, 2011 15:50:23 GMT -5
Roy Acuff and the Smokey Mountain Boys !
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 3, 2011 18:59:58 GMT -5
One point Mykol!
American History I 101: What famous Union general owned a single slave whom he freed rather than sell even though he was about to declare bancruptcy? 1pt
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Post by mykol blackwell on Apr 3, 2011 20:17:18 GMT -5
I was gonna say Ulysses S. Grant, however he didn't face bankruptcy til well after the war,,, after his presidency!,Since I can't find any other mention of Bankrupt Union Army Generals, I'll go with Ulysses! Kind of ironic, his pix is on the $50 bill!
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 4, 2011 10:19:33 GMT -5
Gosh Mykol I wouldn't have two trick questions in the first series of ten! LOL Correct for one point. I just found this ironic as alot of history texts gloss over facts that don't fit a perception.
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 4, 2011 10:21:30 GMT -5
I have now went through the first question of each subject for the first half so everyone should have an idea of what each is about. Remember that "Pop Quizes" will appear on Facebook also.
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 4, 2011 16:23:23 GMT -5
Sociology 102: What was the fate of the "Apache Scouts" after the Apache Wars? 1pt
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 4, 2011 17:49:28 GMT -5
There were different 'bands' of Apache scouts. Here's the fate of the most famous - The Chiricahuas: "Chiricahuas were the most subordinate, energetic, untiring and, by odds, the most efficient of their command." These scouts were sent to Florida by General Miles, along with those who they tracked for sixteen months in 1885 and 1886, as if these Apache Scouts were hostiles to be punished. They were kept captive under nominal arrest as prisoners of war, along with the rest of Geronimo's band whom they'd helped the army track down, for twenty-six years before finally being released.
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