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Trivia IX Answers …

1 – Who wrote “Truman” “John Adams” and “1776″.
David McCullough

2-In the 1970′s what national food chain was denied permission to open on MV.
McDonald’s

3 – Who makes a Nantucket cookie but no Vineyard cookie.
Pepperidge Farm

4 – What is the name of the local Portuguese sausage.

linguica

5 – Where is this? image_1

Oak Bluffs by the beach

6 – My friend Seamond Ponsart Roberts had a book published this year about growing up on the Vineyard as the daughter of a…. ?

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Flying Horses What year did the Flying Horses arrive in Oak Bluffs.

1884 from Coney Island, New York

How’d you do?

- Joan -


Vineyard Trivia IX …

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It’s back… trivia questions… going to take some from previous posts so these should be pretty easy.

1 – Who wrote “Truman” “John Adams” and “1776″.

2-In the 1970′s what national food chain was denied permission to open on MV.

3 – Who makes a Nantucket cookie but no Vineyard cookie.

4 – What is the name of the local Portuguese sausage.

5 – Where is this? image_6

6 – My friend Seamond Ponsart Roberts had a book published this year about growing up on the Vineyard as the daughter of a…. ?

7 – What year did the Flying Horses arrive in Oak Bluffs.

:)

Leave your answers in ‘comments’ and come back tomorrow for answers.

- Joan -


MV Tri-Vets Answers …

Trivia answers…

#1 – which is further north… West Chop or East Chop  — West Chop

#2 – name 4 presidents who have spent a night or more on the Vineyard — Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Clinton, Obama

#3 – what does the name ‘beetlebung’ mean — the wood was used for making mallets (beetles) which were used to bang on the bungs (plugs) on casks

#4 – why did Alexander Graham Bell visit MV in 1895 — Bell visited MV in 1895 to study the deaf community in Chilmark

#5 – what town is the only town in the world with its name — Edgartown

Snippets answers…

#1 – 100_8645  Bank of Martha’s Vineyard

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#2 – snippet #2  Gingerbread houses in the Campground

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#3 -100_2174 snippet #3  Flying Horses

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#4 -  100_1524 snippet #4   plaque on The Edgartown Inn

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#5 -  DSC_0052 snippet #5  Edgartown lighthouse

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Hope you enjoyed MV tri-ets.

- Joan -


MV Triv-Ets …

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I’ve been doing trivia questions since March 2009… and snippet pictures since June 2012…  I thought I might combine them and thus the post title… Triv-Ets.

Trivia…

Trivia question #1 -  which is further north… West Chop or East Chop

Trivia question #2 – name 4 presidents who have spent a night or more on the Vineyard

Trivia question #3 – what does the name ‘beetlebung’ mean

Trivia question #4 – why did Alexander Graham Bell visit MV in 1895

Trivia question #5 – what town is the only town in the world with its name

Snippets…

How many places can you name.

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100_2174 Snippet #3

100_1524 snippet #4 Snippet #4

DSC_0052 snippet #5 Snippet #5

So how did you do?   Full size snippet pictures and trivia answers in a few day.

-Joan-

If you enjoyed this you might like to visit previous posts.

CLICK HERE for Snippets

CLICK HERE for trivia questions.


Vineyard Trivia X …

The 10th in the series of trivia questions.

Give it a go and see how well you do.  Don’t peek at the answers :)

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1 – Which town is the only town in the world with its name.
2 – What is the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs made of.
3 – Why did Alexander Graham Bell visit MV in 1895.
4 – Which is further north, West Chop or East Chop.

5 – What is the name of the local Portuguese sausage.

Some picture trivia.

6 – What is the name of this island off of Gay Head.

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7 – What town is this.

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8 – What town is this and where is this window.

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9 – Where is this statue.

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Let me know how you did, leave your answers in ‘comments’  :)

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1 – Edgartown is the only town in the world with its name.

2 – brick

3 – To study the deaf community in Chilmark .. (click here)

4 – West Chop is further north.

5 – linguica

6 – the small island off Gay Head is Nomans Land (click here)

7 – Edgartown

8 – Oak Bluffs.  The window is at the back of the Tabernacle.

9 – The Colonial Inn in Edgartown.

(CLICK HERE for previous trivia questions)


Snippet Update …

Full size snippet pictures

Part 1 -

Steamship Authority – Vineyard Haven

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Island Theatre – Oak Bluffs

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Sweetheart house – Campground

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Edgartown Inn

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Bandstand – Ocean Park

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Whale’s tail – Edgartown harbor

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Newes From America Pub – Edgartown

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Part 2:

Oak Bluffs beach

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Field Gallery – W Tisbury

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Old Whaling Church – Edgartown
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Gay Head cliffs – Aquinnah
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Flying Horses – Oak Bluffs
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Katama General Store – Edgartown
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Tabernacle – Campground
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(Click on pictures to enlarge)


Name That Vineyard Snippet (Part 1)…

#1

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#2

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#3

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#4

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#5

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#6

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#7

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How many places can you name?    For those who don’t know the Vineyard that well, tell me what picture you like the best.  Leave your answers in ‘comments’… thank you :)