Northern California Trivia Thread

[NoBonus]

The Lincoln link is actually the Sutter Buttes link. I thought they looked remarkably similar!

fixed the Lincoln one

 

[Widowmaker2k]

Question #41
So you've got an underground lair, now what are you going to do with it? Some felt it was a good place to house sheep; others made an underground ice-skating rink; and during prohibition, well, you can guess what happened then. Or, when running from the military, you and your tribe could hide away and fight a war for almost half a year. Of course, when you opt to have your tribe shoot and kill the group of Army and government people trying to make peace with you, your fate quickly becomes sealed. Your tribe is all put in prison and you, and your other leaders are tried and executed.

Where is this place?

Lava Beds National Monument? Sorry, wasn't going to try and answer another one so quickly, but my Dad used to take me up there when I was a youngin' and tell me stories about Captain Jack and the Indian wars.

 

[Widowmaker2k]

Here is a google map of the Chico site:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=x&g=chico+airport&ll=39.818071,-121.852552&spn=0.003144,0.004828&z=18

Here is a google map of the Sutter Buttes Site:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sutter+county,+ca&sll=39.22538,-121.823262&sspn=0.006242,0.009613&ie=UTF8&ll=39.275537,-121.829013&spn=0.003019,0.004807&t=h&z=18

And here is the Lincoln site:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...37,-121.265159&spn=0.004276,0.006974&t=h&z=17
Notice the three larger clustered hatches on one end (they are rectangles) and the antenna towers on the other end of the site (One large circle between two small circles).

Wow, that's really cool. I had no idea that there were missile bases in California (outside Vandenberg) until your clue. Great thread!

 

[NoBonus]

Lava Beds National Monument? Sorry, wasn't going to try and answer another one so quickly, but my Dad used to take me up there when I was a youngin' and tell me stories about Captain Jack and the Indian wars.

Nailed it!

 

[NoBonus]

Question #42

How do you think Lemurs got from Madagascar to India? I would guess by boat, but if I was a cultist of some sort, I would say there was a lost continent (which there is no proof of at all, BTW) where a highly advanced race of people lived and that is how the lemurs crossed into India. And then, when the utopian contient sank (around 50,000 years ago), these highly advanced people moved into an underground city in Northern California... sometimes, as claimed by cultists, these people can be found wandering this area in white robes (I mean, if I were a highly advanced group living underground in a secret city, I would want to wear a white robe as well, right?) I could go on and on about what these people could supposedly do and all of the wonderful and colorful characters that surround this secret underground place, but I will leave that for you in your quest to solve this gem.

The answer is the name of the city supposedly under this place and the name of the place

 

[NoBonus]

Wow, that's really cool. I had no idea that there were missile bases in California (outside Vandenberg) until your clue. Great thread!

If you search for Titan Missile bases you can find all kinds of pictures and stuff. They each housed 3 TITAN ICBM missiles with a 4 Megaton payload each.

 

[captain bill]

Question #42

How do you think Lemurs got from Madagascar to India? I would guess by boat, but if I was a cultist of some sort, I would say there was a lost continent (which there is no proof of at all, BTW) where a highly advanced race of people lived and that is how the lemurs crossed into India. And then, when the utopian contient sank (around 50,000 years ago), these highly advanced people moved into an underground city in Northern California... sometimes, as claimed by cultists, these people can be found wandering this area in white robes (I mean, if I were a highly advanced group living underground in a secret city, I would want to wear a white robe as well, right?) I could go on and on about what these people could supposedly do and all of the wonderful and colorful characters that surround this secret underground place, but I will leave that for you in your quest to solve this gem.

The answer is the name of the city supposedly under this place and the name of the place

The Lemurians occupy the underground city of Telos beneath Mount Shasta. Rumor has it they come into town and buy products with gold nuggets while their not en route to Venus in their flying cigars.

 

[NoBonus]

The Lemurians occupy the underground city of Telos beneath Mount Shasta. Rumor has it they come into town and buy products with gold nuggets while their not en route to Venus in their flying cigars.

Nailed it!

 

[NoBonus]

That is all of the questions I have! I will have a batch more in a while; should we declare a winner now or wait until I can come up with more questions or others could post questions?

 

[D-Mass]

I've thought about it a lot and I have no problem with you declaring a winner right now...

 

[kennadog]

You can declare a winner now and then we can do more as anyone thinks of one. This has been fun and interesting. Thanks NoBonus.

 

[NoBonus]

I am tempted to keep it going... Maybe the thing to do is have another one of these with slightly different rules after a while. So, here are the official results:

Winner and Champion: D-Mass - 9

Honorable mention:
kennadog - 7
Warhawk - 5
VF21 - 5
captain bill - 4
Widowmaker2k - 4
Purplehaze - 3

Just got the one:
ryanandty - 1
LPKingsfan - 1
'89 Kings Fan - 1
Spike - 1
Kingzrool - 1

Thanks to each of you for playing... I am sure I will be back with more later on...

Congrats to everyone that got a question correct and good luck!

 

[VF21]

What?!?!? It's over? Oh, rats...

Thanks, NoBonus. These were a lot of fun.