A little history/geography quiz

[CGM]

You are incorrect. Three incorrect responses, time for the answer. The accident happened at Tenerife Airport in the Canary Islands, which is off the coast of Spain. It was a runway accident, pilot error compounded by poor visibility due to fog, proceeding without proper intructions from the control tower.

[Youngblood]

No one stepping up to take a shot at the number of Prime Ministers...so the answer is 22. Ranging from Sir John. A Macdonald our first, to our present Stephen Harper.

Ruben Carter - What is his nickname?

Where was he born and raised? And where does he live now?

[CGM]

No one stepping up to take a shot at the number of Prime Ministers...so the answer is 22. Ranging from Sir John. A Macdonald our first, to our present Stephen Harper.

Ruben Carter - What is his nickname?

Where was he born and raised? And where does he live now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EotM7FH8uQg

I believe Ruben "Hurricane Carter" lives here in Toronto, Not sure where he was born, but I think he was raised in juvenile hall.

[Youngblood]

Yea I should have asked you to stand down for current location. I imagine he gets/has gotten a fair bit of press there. Ironically he was falsely accused of a crime in Toronto and brought in for it...to be released shortly after they found out who he was.

Let's see who knows where he was born and raised, and incidentally charged for the multiple murders also.

[CGM]

Actually no, not that much press that I have noticed. But yeah, I remember reading a story in one of the local papers several years ago. A few people from Toronto were instrumental in getting him his release, and so he came here afterwards.

p.s, myself, I lean towards guilty as charged on the murders. Read his autobigraphy a few years ago. Probably the most angry, expletive filled book I've ever read.

[Scrap]

Tenerife is of Africa, Giune Basso, a tale .We were waiting on the Runway for 3 hours with Technical difficultys. My mate starts shitting himself wants to get of the plane He smells Trouble. Im telling Him to calm down, then start thinking His Father invented the Black Box also the spray that stops ther wings from freezing and the round bits on the wing tip to break down snow flakes. He knows Planes, now Im shitting myself. . Memorys of Tenerife

[CGM]

Tenerife is of Africa, Giune Basso, a tale .We were waiting on the Runway for 3 hours with Technical difficultys. My mate starts shitting himself wants to get of the plane He smells Trouble. Im telling Him to calm down, then start thinking His Father invented the Black Box also the spray that stops ther wings from freezing and the round bits on the wing tip to break down snow flakes. He knows Planes, now Im shitting myself. . Memorys of Tenerife

Right you are, off the Southern tip of Morocco I see now.

How long ago was this story of Tenerife? Before or after the collision?

[Scrap]

1997 as I recall

[CGM]

Yea I should have asked you to stand down for current location. I imagine he gets/has gotten a fair bit of press there. Ironically he was falsely accused of a crime in Toronto and brought in for it...to be released shortly after they found out who he was.

Let's see who knows where he was born and raised, and incidentally charged for the multiple murders also.

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

[Spicoli]

Off Africa....South Africa...close enough

Ruben Carter always struke me as a prick in interviews,Suppose I'd have a chip on my shoulders as well

[Youngblood]

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

Ya New Jersey is correct, but I was looking for specifically Paterson, New Jersey, as I figured enough people have read about Ruben Carter and likely someone would either know it by that, or live in close proximity.

I never really had an inclination one way or another to his guilt or innocence, as i didn't know much regarding it..only saw the movie. So I did some researching on it last night and I think it is fair to say that the movie was not a very good factual interpretation of the events and life of the Hurricane. It would seem Norman Jewison used more then a little creative licence to portray Ruben Carter as a man falsely persecuted.

I found this an interesting read.

The Hurricane Hoax by Lona Manning

[CGM]

Well, seeing as how you put it that way, I guess I do know the answer. It's a place in New Jersey where, if you're black, you better not show up on the street, lest you wanna draw the heat.

Ya New Jersey is correct, but I was looking for specifically Paterson, New Jersey, as I figured enough people have read about Ruben Carter and likely someone would either know it by that, or live in close proximity.

I never really had an inclination one way or another to his guilt or innocence, as i didn't know much regarding it..only saw the movie. So I did some researching on it last night and I think it is fair to say that the movie was not a very good factual interpretation of the events and life of the Hurricane. It would seem Norman Jewison used more then a little creative licence to portray Ruben Carter as a man falsely persecuted.

I found this an interesting read.

The Hurricane Hoax by Lona Manning

Yeah, I knew it was Paterson. I've listen to the song so many times, I pretty much have it memorized. btw, if you remember the bald black man with the beard that was my previous av, that was Carter.

Dylan's version of the story takes a few liberties with the facts also.

Anyways, here's the full verse...

Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Ruben Carter and a couple of friends are drivin round
The number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Paterson, that's just the way things go
If your black, you better not show up on the street
Lest you wanna draw the heat.

And the complete lyrics...

Home Page | Bob Dylan

good question.

[CGM]

He was the first European to set foot in North America. (exclusing Greenland or IceLand)

Bonus points if you know the year, and the location.

[killersheep]

He was the first European to set foot in North America. (exclusing Greenland or IceLand)

Bonus points if you know the year, and the location.

Eric The Red, 1399, location your mom's house.

[CGM]

You're on the right track with Eric the Red. It's a decent guess. As a matter of fact it was my guess. But you're way off with the year. Guess again if you want.