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Post by topazbay on Apr 6, 2011 18:09:38 GMT -5
President Grover Cleveland ? Nance(X)
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 7, 2011 7:47:01 GMT -5
Point for Nance
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 7, 2011 7:47:47 GMT -5
Geography 103: Where was Louis Marx born? 1pt
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 7, 2011 15:17:43 GMT -5
Born in Brooklyn, New York
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 8, 2011 10:58:34 GMT -5
Point Scott
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 8, 2011 11:02:27 GMT -5
Design 102: What company invented and originally produced the Winchester 1885 under the designation 1878? 3pts
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Post by topazbay on Apr 8, 2011 18:46:28 GMT -5
The Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle is a rifle with a falling block action. It was principally designed by John Browning. Two models were produced, the Low Wall and the High Wall.
In 1878, the 23-year-old Browning designed a falling-block single shot rifle, for which he was granted a patent the following year. Browning and his brother , the Browning Arms company, commenced making the rifles by hand in their second-floor workshop in Ogden, Utah, with limited success.
In 1883, Thomas G. Bennett, Vice-President and General Manager of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, traveled to Ogden and negotiated the purchase of the single-shot design, as well as the prototype of what would become the Model 1886 lever-action – the beginning of the fruitful 20-year Winchester-Browning collaboration. Winchester's engineers made some improvements to Browning's design, including angling the block at six degrees to create a positive breech seal, and released the rifle as the Model 1885. Two popular models were made, the so-called Low Wall which showed an exposed hammer, firing less powerful cartridges, and the so-called High Wall for stronger cartridges whose steel frame covered most of the firing hammer when viewed from the side; but both were officially marketed by Winchester as the Single Shot Rifle.
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 7:35:57 GMT -5
3pts Nance
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 7:42:28 GMT -5
Military Science 102: Aside from being killed alongside his brother at the Little Bighorn, Tom Custer had something unique about him from his military service. What was it? 3pts
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 9, 2011 7:45:33 GMT -5
The only soldier to win two Congressional Medals of Honor during the Civil War
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 17:56:19 GMT -5
3pts Scott
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 17:58:53 GMT -5
Music 102: What was the only law Liberty understood? 1pt
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Post by stewartsattic on Apr 9, 2011 18:28:54 GMT -5
the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 20:00:04 GMT -5
point Scott
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Post by Blindpig on Apr 9, 2011 20:01:03 GMT -5
Veterinary Science 102: Did sheep drives ever occur? 1pt
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