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20. How about that Rockefeller fellow?

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Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:47 PM

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Post a general trivia question & see if anyone can guess the answer without using Google. [View all] red dog 1 Monday OP

I'm thinking... LakeVermilion Monday #1

Nope! LakeVermilion Monday #3

I'll go with Nikola Tesla. Harker Monday #2

Nope. red dog 1 Tuesday #10

JP Morgan lapucelle Monday #4

Edison? LNM Monday #5

Good guess, but no. red dog 1 Tuesday #11

I don't know the answer to the OP's question Earl_from_PA Monday #6

Of course it does! It's made with carrots, right? mwmisses4289 Monday #7

My thinking exactly Earl_from_PA Monday #8

Ronald Reagan quaint Monday #9

Ha! red dog 1 Tuesday #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 16 hrs ago #33

The Astors? LisaM Wednesday #26

Teddy Roosevelt? lapfog_1 Wednesday #27

Nope, good guess. red dog 1 16 hrs ago #34

Hearst underpants Wednesday #28

Another good guess, but no. red dog 1 16 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #32

JP Morgan? VGNonly 16 hrs ago #36

Ding! red dog 1 16 hrs ago #37

It seemed like a robber baron thing. VGNonly 16 hrs ago #38

post #4 did give this answer, red dog Niagara 14 hrs ago #39