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Thursday Trivia #1

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Thursday Trivia #1

Got a twofer for you today just for grins. The second is below.

What kind of tree was the first to receive a patent?

For extra credit, who got the patent and when?

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WAG

A hybrid fruit tree? Maybe a seedless orange?

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#3

II believe it was

a good year for Los Angeles, Cubs, and Edwin Land, but especially this date not Charles Lindbergh.

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Re: II believe it was

I'll let you know as soon as I figure out what you said;-)

Some of your answers are as much fun as the trivia questions themselves.

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#5

Opps, No wonder. If

I got the year correct it was a bad year for the Cubs

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#6

That really doesn't help....

....as every year is a bad year for the Cubs. ;-)

Tommy

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OK, I go off on so many tangents

I ought to better understand trigonometry (and/or plane geometry). My intent was to call attention only to the year of patent--1932. That year LA hosted the Olympics, the Cubs lost the World Series 0-4 to the Yankees, Edwin Land formed the Land-Wheelright Laboratory, the pre cursor company which eventually became Polariod, and the Lindbergh baby was taken from his home on March 1, 1932. I was only going after the year, but since the question is still live I also believe it to be a fruit tree which is ______ keen. In my answer, the patent holder's last name (which I confess I did do a sesarch for) starts with an "M". Of course, all of this is useless if I'm wrong-again.

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;-)

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