History Contest

Discussion in 'Contests' started by cherylkubucko, Jun 26, 2008.

  1. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    I have never done this before, ya’ll have posted contest and I got involved, now it is my turn, I love to read about history, This will also involve the forum in part two. There will be two top prizes, Two parts to this contest. The first person that answers all right , will have the first choice of which coin they want and second person will receive the other one.
    Contest will run until July 5, 2007 at that time I will post the second part.
    FIRST: Name who invented, wrote, signed or led by. .
    1. Green Mountain Boys--They were led by? 4 People involed with this.
    2. Graham bread--was invented by?
    3. Sheldon Scale--developed by ?
    4. Jesus Loves Me-- written by?
    5. Flying Machine (Airplane)--was invented by? 2 Brothers
    6 Old Yankee's Bell--date? A letter was sent to Robert Charles, the Colonial Agent of the Province of Pennsylvania who was working in London. Signed by ? I need 3 people.
    Ok. You can PM or post answers here.
    For the Prizes:
     

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  3. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    hi
    pm sent

    Richard
     
  4. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    ok ziggy should be disqualified coz he didnt post his answer here. :D
     
  5. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    Actually i DID post it here before I realised that there will be 2 winners and didn't want to give it away to the other person. You will notice my post was edited. that was to remove the answers!

    Richard
     
  6. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    Ira Allen, Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker
    Sylvester Graham
    Dr. William Sheldon
    Anna B. Warner
    According to Aulus Gellius, Archytas, the Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist, was reputed to have designed and built the first artificial, self-propelled flying device, a bird-shaped model propelled by a jet of what was probably steam, said to have actually flown some 200 meters.[1][2] This machine, which its inventor called The Pigeon (Greek: Περιστέρα "Peristera"), may have been suspended on a wire or pivot for its flight.

    answer for the modifed question is wright brothers

    Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech, Edward Warner

    I will take the top coin Cheryl. thanks for the contest
     
  7. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    Double disqualification for him since he refused to share. :D i will now take both coins :D
     
  8. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    I am making this part a little easier to answer. This will help in part two. Cheryl
     
  9. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    Hi
    1. Ethan Allen, Ira Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker
    2. Sylvester Graham
    3. Dr. William Sheldon
    4. Anna B. Warner
    5. the Wright brothers
    6. Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech, Edward Warner

    Richard
     
  10. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    Would I be right to assume that your genealogy in some way connects to the various Warners listed above?
     
  11. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    unfortunately the wright brothers were a 1000 years too late. i have put the evidence above
     
  12. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    I originally gave the same answer but if you look above you will see that she has ammended the question to say "airplane" and asks for two brothers
     
  13. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    You will also note that she has stated that she is looking 4 people on the first question and 3 people on the sixth.
     
  14. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie


    As I said earlier.
     
  15. Jonathon

    Jonathon New Member

    Lol congratulations you can copy and paste directly from wikipedia.
     
  16. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    was he his own brother?
    Read original question.
     
  17. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    I decided to add the part B, You will need to PM this to me. I love History. I need to Know the Town and State where they are buried at. Only the people from 1-6. Then I will finish with the Second part on July 5, 2008 Cheryl
     
  18. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    you mean the modified question the original question was correctly answered
     
  19. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    Update

    I am Very Very new at this. I modified the questions so I can get the answers I needed. First part need (all)first and last names to the questions. Part B. Town and State of where they are buried. I hope this will help. Any questions Please PM me. Cheryl
     
  20. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    Second:

    You will need to be PM the answer to me. From this whole forum. I have started a thread or replyed to a thread with my birth name. What I need from you is:

    1.Where did you find the thread.

    2. Date and time in which it was posted

    3. The name in that post.

    Good luck
    Cheryl
     
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