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red dog 1

(33,062 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:15 PM Mar 23

Post a general trivia question & see if anyone can guess the answer without using Google. [View all]

Last edited Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:25 PM - Edit history (3)

(Here's my question - please feel free to post a question of your own)
What famous person's home was the very first to be illuminated solely by electric lights? (answered)

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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 Wednesday #13

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

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

Benjamin Harrison? Niagara Wednesday #14

No red dog 1 Wednesday #17

Vanderbilts? Nittersing Wednesday #15

Good guess, but no. red dog 1 Wednesday #18

How about that Rockefeller fellow? Niagara Wednesday #20

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

Who's Jimmy Schwartz, Harker? Niagara Wednesday #22

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

Absolutely, Harker Niagara Wednesday #24

... Harker Wednesday #25

Nope, good guess though. red dog 1 Thursday #33

The Astors? LisaM Wednesday #26

Teddy Roosevelt? lapfog_1 Wednesday #27

Nope, good guess. red dog 1 Thursday #34

Hearst underpants Wednesday #28

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

Stanford White. NT mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday #29

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

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

Jimmy Schwartz? Harker Thursday #32

JP Morgan? VGNonly Thursday #36

Ding! red dog 1 Thursday #37

It seemed like a robber baron thing. VGNonly Thursday #38

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

Who said VGNonly Saturday #40

Fats Waller Talking About Art Tatum ProfessorGAC Saturday #41

Tiger Rag VGNonly Saturday #42

A Piano Genius! ProfessorGAC Saturday #43

A fun jam! VGNonly Saturday #44

Who played the pedal steel on CSNY's "Teach your children" studio version? bobalew Saturday #45

Jerry Garcia VGNonly Saturday #46